Lost City

Lost City
The fifth world in Plants vs. Zombies 2
32 levels · Fully released on June 30, 2015

For the Chinese version, see Lost City (Chinese version).

Lost City
An empty Lost City day lawn (top) followed by the night version of it (bottom)
Game	Plants vs. Zombies 2
Number of levels	32
Difficulty
New plants
New zombies
To unlock	Complete Frostbite Caves

Lost City is the 5th world (8th world released chronologically) in Plants vs. Zombies 2, released along with the 3.6.1 and 3.7.1 updates.

This world was first revealed with the official trailer released on May 22, 2015. The next Tuesday, the sneak peek Piñata Parties had begun, showcasing the Lava Guava, the gem premium plant for Part 1, and the developer diary was released on May 28, 2015, the same day as the soft release. The official update of Part 1 was released on June 2, 2015.

After three weeks, Lost City Part 2 trailer was released on June 21, 2015, along with the developer diary two days later, on June 23, 2015, on the same day as the teaser parties and the release of Toadstool, the premium plant released alongside the second part of this world. Another 2 days later, Part 2 was soft released for Android devices. Next Tuesday on June 30, 2015, the official update was released.

The timeline of this world is unknown; it appears to be set in early Mesoamerica, but it seems to take place during the early 20th century, as the city seems to have been decaying for a long time and the zombies appear to be from a more modern era of exploration, and there are planes which are invented in 1903. So the timeline is set to be after that.

This world is based on the lost world of Maya. The Lost City here is based on an ancient city found in a rainforest in Guatemala. The temple, which is in this world's icon, is a form of a Tikal Temple.

The main gimmick of this world is the Gold Tiles. When a plant is placed on a Gold Tile, it will immediately give the player 50 sun, and then produce another 50 sun every 20 seconds until eaten, crushed, or moved by the zombies. Replanting a plant on a Gold Tile generates initial sun. Nothing special happens when the player uses Plant Food on a plant located on a Gold Tile.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Lost City Intro
	Choose your Seed
	First wave
	First flag start
	First flag
	Second flag start
	Second flag
	Last flag intro
	Last flag
	Victory
	Winning a Lost City Level
	Losing a Lost City Level
	Lost City Ultimate Battle
	Lost City Demonstration Mini-game
	Zombot Aerostatic Gondola battle intro
	Exclusive Zomboss battle Phase 1

Game description

Discover the vanished city of gold, where sun is plentiful and misplaced zombies abound! Use special tiles for extra sun, for these treasure-seekers are no idol threat!

Order of events

The player can gain access to Lost City by using the key obtained in Frostbite Caves - Day 30.

After beating Day 15, the player finds a map which leads to one of the lost temples. The player survives waves of Porter Gargantuars on Day 16.

On Day 32, Dr. Zomboss tells the player to not usurp his discovery of Lost City, and he and his zombies already report their findings to the Eminent Journal Of Missing and Mislaid. After defeating Zombot Aerostatic Gondola, Crazy Dave complains that after all those discoveries he hasn't found his taco yet, while Penny comforted him and ensured that the search will continue.

Levels

Difficulty

Lost City is a medium to a hard world. It contains twelve somewhat hard-hard days (13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, and 32), and one very hard day (30). However, there are many medium levels. Part 1 Has the Same Difficulty that the Previous World, Frostbite Caves, However Part 2 its Much Harder than Frostbite Caves. Essential plants from Far Future like Blover, Infi-nut and Magnifying Grass cannot be used.

• Easiest level: Lost City - Day 1 or Lost City - Day 22
• Hardest level: Lost City - Day 30

Main levels

Day	Plants		Zombies	Flags	First reward	Notes
	Chosen	Available
1	Choice	N/A		One
2	Choice	Three		Two	A money bag
3		N/A		Three	A money bag	Special Delivery level
4	Choice	One		Two	Lost City Piñata
5		N/A		Three	A money bag	Special Delivery level
6	Choice	N/A		Three
7	Choice	N/A		Three	A money bag
8		N/A		Two	Lost City Piñata	Objective: Don't let the zombies trample the flowers Locked and Loaded level
9		N/A		Three	A money bag	Special Delivery level
10	Choice	N/A		Three
11	Choice	N/A		Three	A money bag
12	Choice	N/A		Three	Lost City Piñata	Objective: Produce at least 5000 sun
13		N/A		Three	A money bag	Special Delivery level
14		N/A		Three	Lost City Piñata	Locked and Loaded level
15	Choice	Two endangered		Three	A note	Save Our Seeds level
16		N/A		Three	Lost City Piñata	Gargantuar battle
17	Choice	N/A		Three	Lost City Piñata
18		One		Two	A money bag	Special Delivery level
19	Choice	N/A		Two
20	Choice	N/A		Two	Temple of Bloom
21		N/A		Two	A money bag	Locked and Loaded level
22		N/A		One (two in game)	A money bag	Locked and Loaded level
23	Choice	N/A		Three	Lost City Piñata
24	Choice	N/A		Two	A money bag	Objective: Don't let the zombies trample the flowers
25	Choice	N/A		Two	A money bag	Objective: Survive the zombie attack with most plants picked for you
26	Choice	N/A		Two
27	Choice	N/A		Three	A money bag
28		N/A		Two (three in-game)	Lost City Piñata	Locked and Loaded level
29	Choice	N/A		Three	A money bag
30	Choice	N/A		Two	Lost City Piñata	Objective: Survive without planting on Dave's mold colonies
31		N/A		Two	A money bag	Locked and Loaded level
32		N/A		None	Lost City Trophy, Far Future key	Zomboss battle

Brain Busters

Special Delivery

Main article: Special Delivery

Special Delivery is a Brain Buster that is a conveyor-belt level with the plants given via said conveyor-belt. Being a conveyor-belt level, no sun and sun-producing plants will be given. Starting from Big Wave Beach, most of its levels are featuring new plants.

It is playable on Days 3, 5, 9, 13 and 18.

Save Our Seeds

Main article: Save Our Seeds

In the Save Our Seeds levels, the player has to protect the endangered plants marked by a striped tile and his or her house too. If the player lets one of them be eaten by the zombies or disappear in some way, he or she will lose. Otherwise, it is a regular level, which the player can choose the plants to protect the endangered ones.

It is playable on Day 15, with two endangered A.K.E.E.s. This has the least amount of levels of its type in the world.

Locked and Loaded

Main article: Locked and Loaded

Locked and Loaded is a regular Brain Buster with the plants chosen, and the player has to use them to defeat the zombies. Starting from Dark Ages, its levels will always feature a premium plant.

It is playable on Days 8, 14, 21, 22, 28 and 31.

Related achievements

	Porter Thwarter Unleash the Lost City Gargantuar

	Lost and Found Complete Lost City

	Shovel Off Complete a level where Excavator Zombie shovels no plants

	Spawn Camping Clear a level where 3 Imp Porters have established camps

	Ragweeds to Riches Create 5 new Gold Tiles in a single level with the Gold Leaf

Gallery

Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Lost City.

Visit this page to see it.

Walkthrough

See Lost City/Walkthrough.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Lost City
French	Cité perdue
German	Verlorene Stadt
Italian	Città perduta
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade Perdida
Spanish	Ciudad perdida

Trivia

• The post the construction Imps are on seems to have the head of a Snapdragon.
• EA's official website uses "Lost City of Gold" as the name of this world.
  • Penny called it "The Fabled Lost City."
• Dr. Zomboss talks normally in this world, hinting that this world is set near the present day.
  • This, however, contrasts the zombies' looks.
• The music in this world is an interpretation of Indiana Jones-styled music, which goes hand in hand with the theme of the world itself.
  • This world has exclusive boss fight music for phase 1. It is where Lost City's instruments take part with the existing regular Zomboss battle theme.
  • The first 4 songs, as well as the Zomboss Intro theme have a filter on the master track, which imitate the audio quality of recordings of the old movies they are based on. This filter gradually becomes less audible until it finally disappears in the Final Wave theme. The first 3 songs are also completely monaural.
  • The Ultimate Battle and Minigame theme is directly based on Frostbite Caves' version.
  • The instruments reused for Modern Day from this world are the bassoon, the strings, the pizzicato strings and the concert flute in the Demonstration Minigame
• A level with the same name and the same theme exists in the 1996 game Crash Bandicoot.
• This world is similar to Merlock's Temple from the Disney Game Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers.
• The Wave 1 music features a nod to the SpongeBob SquarePants APM song "Slinky Panther Pants."
• The victory music uses a very similar melody to the "Bowser's Message" theme from Super Mario 64.
• The music that plays on basic levels contains a few areas of silence unlike the other worlds' main themes.
• An area in Zuma's Revenge!, another PopCap game, is also called Lost City.
• In the Epic Quest Aloe, Salut! and the Beghouled Beyond event, a night version of Lost City is present.
• Before the 5.2.1 update, there was a portal underneath the Gargantuar and Zomboss podiums.
• Before the 5.3.1 version, it was the eighth world on the world map order.
• This is the third world that has beneficial gimmicks, with the first being Wild West, and the second being Far Future.
• At the bottom left corner of the lawn, one can see a statue of Crazy Dave's head.
• Frostbite Caves, Lost City, Modern Day, and Jurassic Marsh are the only worlds that do not have unlockable plants from Plants vs. Zombies.
• In this world, there are no Last Stand levels.