Peashooter (Plants vs. Zombies)

For other uses, see Peashooter (disambiguation).

Peashooter is the first of the plants to be made available in Plants vs. Zombies, being unlocked from the beginning of the very first level. A peashooting plant, he fires one pea every 1.425 seconds, dealing 20 damage with each shot, and costs 100 sun with a very fast recharge. When his peas are lit on fire by Torchwood, they deal twice as much damage, as well as weaker splash damage.

Up until Level 1-6 when Snow Pea is unlocked, Peashooter is the only long-ranged offensive plant, but remains useful afterwards due to its lower sun cost. His ZomBotany zombie counterpart is Peashooter Zombie.

Almanac entry

Peashooter
Peashooters are your first line of defense. They shoot peas at attacking zombies. Damage: normal How can a single plant grow and shoot so many peas so quickly? Peashooter says, "Hard work, commitment, and a healthy, well-balanced breakfast of sunlight and high-fiber carbon dioxide make it all possible." Cost: 100 Recharge: fast

Strategies

Peashooter is the primary source of firepower in the player's arsenal until Level 1-6 where Snow Pea is unlocked. As the player continues to progress, then, Peashooter becomes more outclassed due to its comparatively low damage over time and lack of unique mechanics. Despite this, however, its relatively low sun cost and fast recharge can make it useful in at least the early stages of levels, and may prove useful when sun isn't as available.

As Peashooter fires in a straight line, he should be planted on the same lane of an oncoming zombie with enough distance to safely take them down without getting eaten. To increase a Peashooter's damage, Torchwood can be used. This not only doubles the damage output, but also adds splash damage for taking on larger and more concentrated swarms of zombies.

As with the other peashooting plants, Peashooter is advised against using on Roof levels, as they are unable to shoot over the sloped section of the roof, meaning they are only effective when planted further forward. While using Peashooters could be useful for obtaining the Grounded achievement, Fume-shrooms with Coffee Beans usually provide superior crowd control capability and overall damage output.

Heat Wave mini-game

Peashooters are the only offensive plants available in the mini-game Heat Wave, where tough enemies that would normally absorb many peas appear frequently. The Peashooters have a special ability, however - immediately after shouting (or making noise) into the microphone of the Nintendo DS, some of the Peashooters on the screen will gain an orange-yellowish tint and begin shooting a constant stream of peas at the same rate as a Repeater. The supercharged Peashooters will allow the player to make short work of tough zombies like the Gargantuar that Peashooter would normally be unable to deal with.

However, the noises on the microphone should be maintained, as over time, without a signal, the Peashooters will eventually tire out and turn a tint of brown, and soon enough black. A constant source of loud noises, such as a speaker or fan, is advised to keep the Peashooters running.

Related achievements

	Don't Pea in the Pool Complete a Daytime Pool level without using Peashooters of any kind.

	Morticulturalist Collect all 49 plants.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Peashooter
Simplified Chinese	豌豆射手 小豆 as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition	lit. "Pea Shooter" lit. "Little Bean" as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Traditional Chinese	豌豆射手 小豆 as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Dutch	Peulenschieter
French	Pisto-pois
German	Erbsenkanone
Italian	Sparasemi	lit. "Seed Shooter"
Japanese	ピーシューター	English name transliterated into Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese	Disparervilha
Russian	Горохострел
Spanish	Lanzaguisantes	from "lanzar" and "guisantes", pun is retained.

Trivia

• Many of Peashooter's textures, such as his bottom leaves and his head, are reused in the sprites of other plants.
• Peashooter originally had leaves for his eyebrows, similar to Repeater. However, he was later changed to simply have no visible eyebrows at all.
• When on the Zombatar tab of the Plants vs. Zombies Website, a Peashooter with blue hair can be seen at the corner of the screen.
• Peashooter, Puff-shroom, Wall-nut and Jalapeno are the only plants referenced to in another plant's Suburban Almanac description. Peashooter and Jalapeno are both referenced in the Imitater's entry.
• Sometimes in Heat Wave, Peashooter will transform directly from orange to brown. It is unknown whether this is a glitch or not.
• In the Android and iOS versions of Plants vs. Zombies, a Peashooter's leaf is significantly thicker.

See also

• Peashooting plants
• Peashooter Zombie
• Pea

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