Modern Day - Day 16
- For the Chinese version of this level, see Modern Day - Day 16 (Chinese version).
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Modern Day - Day 16 is the sixteenth level of Modern Day in Plants vs. Zombies 2. The player is required to battle all of the Gargantuar variants in Adventure Mode except for the Dark Ages Gargantuar, without lawn mowers. When this level is finished for the first time, the player receives a Modern Day Piñata.
Dialogue
(Dr. Zomboss appears)
Dr. Zomboss: Fools! You have fallen into my excruciatingly obvious trap!
Dr. Zomboss: My vast and varied array of Gargantuars will pummel you into total oblivion!
(Dr. Zomboss leaves, Crazy Dave appears)
Crazy Dave: And then I get my taco?
(Crazy Dave leaves)
Difficulty
With the level consisting of mostly Gargantuars, the entire level poses a big threat for the player. The first part will contain powerful plants for the player. However, as waves start to progress, powerful plants will be swapped out for weaker plants. As a result, this level heavily relies on the player's positioning and use of given plants, including luck from the plants provided. As there is no Plant Food provided in this level, the player will need some skill in order to pass this level.
Waves
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost lane.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
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| 1 |  5
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None | Metal plays. |
| 2 |  2 4
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None |  and  are available.
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| 3 |  3 5
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None |  is available.
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| 4 |  1  4  2
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None | First flag. |
| 5 |  3 5
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None |  ,  , and  are available. and  are no longer available.
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| 6 |  2
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None |  is no longer available.
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| 7 |  4 4
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None | |
| 8 | 1 5 2 3
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None | Second flag. is available. and are no longer available.
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| 9 |  4
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None |  and  are available., , and are no longer available.
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| 10 |  1 3
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None |  is available. is no longer available.
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| 11 | 4 5
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None |  ,  , and  are available. is no longer available.
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| 12 | 4 3 5 2 1
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None | Final wave. is available. and are no longer available.
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Strategies
Strategy 1
- Created by Dung Dinh Anh
Note: CxRy means column x, row y
This strategy divides the given plants into four categories:
- Explode: - these plants deal a lot of damage over an area but can only be used once, so they MUST be placed strategically.
- Vital: - these plants are required to defeat the Gargantuars, and MUST also be placed strategically.
- Support: - these plants do not deal much damage, but they are very helpful against Imps, so they should be placed on the third column.
- Sacrifice: - these are the weak ones, and should be used to stall the Gargantuars.
Planting tips:
- Place the first two Primal Potato Mines on C4R5 and C5R5.
- Fill the first column with Winter Melons, place the first one on the fifth column to buy some time.
- When the second wave starts, start filling the second column with Coconut Cannons and Winter Melons; Citrons should be put on column 4, especially C4R2
- Place the third Primal Potato Mine on C9R2, and the fourth on C9R1 to defeat Hair Metal Gargantuar quickly. If there are not enough Primal Potato Mines, the C4R2 Citron will take the hit.
- Save the third column for the Support plants.
- Only use Cherry Bombs and Grapeshots to kill the Gargantuars which have reached the fourth column or to greatly damage Gargantuar Primes.
- Do not plant any of the Support or Sacrifice on the first two columns unless the Imps are about to reach your house, or Intensive Carrots will not be able to revive powerful plants.
Strategy 2
Created by Jgryoutube10
- Plant Winter Melon on first column, definitely for the first Gargantuar.
- Plant Primal Potato Mine in the third column, 7th row, just in case.
- When the Wild West Gargantuar comes and you have Primal Potato Mine, plant it 2 tiles in front of Gargantuar.
- When Cherry Bomb Comes, plant in 3x3 in Gargantuar to make them weaker (level 3 Cherry Bomb is reccomend
- Plant Coconut Cannon in second Column.
- Plant the Citron on the third column.
- Finally Primal Wall-nut in fourth column.
- Grapeshot is a very important plant, not only it cause explosion but it also release grapes that can also damage the Gargantuar.
- When it is already FInal Wave, fire all Coconut Cannons you already planted to damage the Gargantuar, or if you have already Grapeshot/Cherry Bomb in the conveyor-belt, put it directly/3x3 around the gargantuar, to make the Gargantuar weaker, also make sure you already fired the Coconut Cannons.
Related achievement
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Gallery
Treasure Yeti appears
After the first wave by Mognoxprox
Final wave by Mognoxprox
Completed by Mognoxprox
By LegendofNickson (prior to 5.2.1 update)
Example of Dynamic Difficulty on this level by BF10 (prior to 6.0.1 update)
By Someone456
Walkthrough
- Modern Day Day 16
Trivia
- It is the first Gargantuar Level without a plant in the conveyor belt being from the respective world the level is in.
- Beside boss levels, this level contains the most zombie types.
- Excluding non-Adventure Mode levels, it is the second level where the first zombie which appears is a Gargantuar (the first being Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 31, the third being Ancient Egypt - Day 33 and fourth being Pirate Seas - Day 28).
- This is the second level to include a period in the goal description. The first is Lost City - Day 16.
- The Dark Ages Gargantuar, Gladiator Gargantuar, Head Office Impgantuar, Vase Gargantuar and Strongman Gargantuar are the only Gargantuars that do not appear.
- The Modern Day Gargantuar only appears once throughout the level, as the majority of the zombies are Gargantuars from other worlds.
- The same also applies to the Pirate Gargantuar.
- Oddly, in the code, Winter Melon is removed twice from the conveyor belt, first at Wave 6 and then at Wave 9.
- The same happens with Coconut Cannon.
- Excluding Dynamic Zombies, this is the only level in Modern Day to not feature any of the four basic zombies.
- The Chinese Version of this level has the same plants given in the conveyor, but the Gargantuars are replaced with normal Modern Day zombies.
- *: Removed ~: Epic Quest
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