Penny Perks

Penny Perks are a boost used in Penny's Pursuit. With each Perk having its effect, it can drastically change the player's experience when playing a level.

On a level, up to three Perks can be used. The player can choose one Perk for free, but additional Perks will cost gems to use in the level (with 5 gems cost for each perk.)

Perks can be leveled-up by completing bonus objectives. The Perks themselves and the levels of each Perk reset whenever a new event rolls in.

The more time you upgrade perks, the more bonus objectives it needs to upgrade a perk. In some events, mostly worldly events, some perks can require 1, 2, or 3 bonus objectives completed before being upgraded.

List of perks

Note: The stats below only apply to level 1.

Perk	Icon	Description
Traffic Jam Perk		Delays zombies by 1.5 seconds!
Score Boost Perk		Increases score by 5.0 percent!
Sun Break Perk		Gives bursts of 150 sun at regular intervals!
Zom-b-gone Perk		Replaces Zombie Gargantuars/Roman Zcorpions/Prospector Zombies in level!
Boss Buster Perk		Inflicts up to 1250 damage to bosses every 30 seconds!
Butter Zombies Perk		Applies Butter for 5 seconds every 30 seconds!
Chill Zombies Perk		Applies Chill for 5 seconds every 30 seconds!
Freeze Zombies Perk		Applies Freeze for 5 seconds every 30 seconds!
Poison Zombies Perk		Applies 100 Poison damage for 3 seconds every 45 seconds!
Hypnotize Zombies Perk		3 Zombies Hypnotize every 30 seconds!
Stall Zombies Perk		Applies Stall for 3 seconds every 25 seconds!
Sun Bean Zombies Perk		Applies Sun Bean for 5 seconds every 25 seconds!
Shrink Zombies Perk		Shrink 3 Zombies every 30 seconds!
Plant Food Zombies Perk		1 Zombies carry extra Plant Food every 30 seconds!
Mine Launcher Perk		Disperse 1 Potato Mines/Primal Potato Mines every 25 seconds!
Jalapeño Popper Perk		Disperse 1 Jalapeños every 25 seconds!
Tumble Rumble Perk		Disperse 1 Tumbleweeds every 25 seconds!
Minion Maker Perk		Disperse 1 Hypnoshrooms every 30 seconds!
Squish Squash Perk		Disperse 1 Squash every 30 seconds!
Boost Tile Perk		Disperse 1 single-use Boost Tiles every 30 seconds!
Triple Boost Tile Perk		Disperse 1 three-use Boost Tile every 45 seconds!
Bass Blast Perk		Knockback zombies approx. 0.56 tiles every 30 seconds!
Sun Bank Perk		Start with 100 additional Sun.
Penny Shield Perk		Creates a 4500 health shield every 45 seconds!
Penny Multi shield Perk		Creates two 1500 health shields every 30 seconds!
Quick Delivery Perk		Conveyor belt speed increased 15%!
Anti-Gravity Perk		1 Zombies float away every 20 seconds!
Cherry Picker Perk		Adds Cherry Bombs to the conveyor!
Instant Gargantuar Perk		Adds Boosted Hypno-shrooms to the conveyor!
Hurry Hurrikale Perk		Adds Hurrikales to the conveyor!
Iced Out Perk		Adds Iceblooms to the conveyor!
Power Puffed Perk		Adds Puffballs to the conveyor!
Imp Possible Perk		Adds Imppears to the conveyor!
Heavy Watering Perk		Seed packet refresh time reduced 5%!
Hyper Healing Perk		Heal plants 50%, up to 150% of max health every 15 seconds!
Birthdayz Party Perk		Birthdayz zombies join the party!
Rebound Peas Perk (China only)		All plants will rebound zombie peas for 30 seconds!

Perk Upgrades

Perk	Level Upgrades
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Traffic Jam	1.5 seconds	2.0 seconds	2.5 seconds	3.0 seconds	3.5 seconds	4.0 seconds	4.5 seconds	5.0 seconds	5.5 seconds	6.0 seconds
Score Boost	5.0%	6.0%	6.5%	7.0%	7.5%	8.0%	8.5%	9.0%	9.5%	10.0%
Sun Break	150 sun burst	200 sun burst	250 sun burst	300 sun burst	350 sun burst	400 sun burst	450 sun burst	650 sun burst	700 sun burst	750 sun burst
Boss Buster	1250 damage	1750 damage	2250 damage	2750 damage	3250 damage	3750 damage	4250 damage	4500 damage	4750 damage	5000 damage
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds	15 seconds
Butter Zombies	5 seconds (butter)	6 seconds (butter)	6 seconds (butter)	7 seconds (butter)		8 seconds (butter)	8 seconds (butter)	9 seconds (butter)	9 seconds (butter)	10 seconds (butter)
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds		24 seconds	22 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	20 seconds
Chill Zombies	5 seconds (chill)	6 seconds (chill)	6 seconds (chill)	7 seconds (chill)		8 seconds (chill)	8 seconds (chill)	9 seconds (chill)	9 seconds (chill)	10 seconds (chill)
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds		24 seconds	22 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	20 seconds
Freeze Zombies	5 seconds (freeze)	6 seconds (freeze)	6 seconds (freeze)	7 seconds (freeze)		8 seconds (freeze)	8 seconds (freeze)	9 seconds (freeze)	9 seconds (freeze)	10 seconds (freeze)
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds		24 seconds	22 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	20 seconds
Poison Zombies	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage	100 poison damage
	3 seconds (poison)	4 seconds (poison)	5 seconds (poison)	6 seconds (poison)	7 seconds (poison)	8 seconds (poison)	9 seconds (poison)	10 seconds (poison)	11 seconds (poison)	12 seconds (poison)
	45 seconds	40 seconds	37 seconds	34 seconds	32 seconds	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds
Hypnotize Zombies	3 Zombies	3 Zombies	4 Zombies	4 Zombies	5 Zombies		6 Zombies		7 Zombies
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds	24 seconds		22 seconds		20 seconds
Stall Zombies	3 seconds (stall)	3 seconds (stall)	4 seconds (stall)	4 seconds (stall)	5 seconds (stall)	5 seconds (stall)	6 seconds (stall)	6 seconds (stall)	7 seconds (stall)	7 seconds (stall)
	25 seconds	24 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds	19 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds
Sun Bean Zombies	5 seconds (effect)	6 seconds (effect)	6 seconds (effect)	7 seconds (effect)	7 seconds (effect)	8 seconds (effect)	8 seconds (effect)	9 seconds (effect)	9 seconds (effect)	10 seconds (effect)
	25 seconds	24 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds	19 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds
Shrink Zombies	3 Zombies	4 Zombies	5 Zombies	6 Zombies	7 Zombies	8 Zombies	9 Zombies	10 Zombies	11 Zombies	12 Zombies
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds	24 seconds	24 seconds	22 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	20 seconds
Plant Food Zombies	1 Zombie	1 Zombie	1 Zombie	1 Zombie	2 Zombies		2 Zombies	3 Zombies	3 Zombies
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds	24 seconds		22 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds
Mine Launcher	1 Mine	1 Mine	2 Mines	2 Mines	2 Mines	2 Mines	3 Mines	3 Mines	3 Mines	3 Mines
	25 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds	19 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds	15 seconds
Jalapeño Popper	1 Jalapeño	1 Jalapeño	2 Jalapeños	2 Jalapeños	2 Jalapeños	2 Jalapeños	3 Jalapeños	3 Jalapeños	3 Jalapeños	3 Jalapeños
	25 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds	19 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds	15 seconds
Tumble Rumble	1 Tumbleweed	1 Tumbleweed	1 Tumbleweed	2 Tumbleweeds	2 Tumbleweeds	2 Tumbleweeds	2 Tumbleweeds	3 Tumbleweeds	3 Tumbleweeds	3 Tumbleweeds
	25 seconds	23 seconds	21 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds	19 seconds	18 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	15 seconds
Minion Maker	1 Hypno-shroom	1 Hypno-shroom	2 Hypno-shrooms		2 Hypno-shrooms	2 Hypno-shrooms	3 Hypno-shrooms	3 Hypno-shrooms	3 Hypno-shrooms	3 Hypno-shrooms
	30 seconds	29 seconds	28 seconds		27 seconds	26 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds	23 seconds	20 seconds
Squish Squash	1 Squash	1 Squash	1 Squash	1 Squash	2 Squash	2 Squash	2 Squash	3 Squash	3 Squash	3 Squash
	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds	24 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds
Boost Tile	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds	24 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds
Triple Boost Tile	45 seconds	40 seconds	37 seconds	34 seconds	32 seconds	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds
Bass Blast	0.56 tiles	0.68 tiles	0.79 tiles	0.90 tiles	1.01 tiles	1.12 tiles	1.24 tiles	1.35 tiles	1.46 tiles	1.58 tiles
	30 seconds	28 seconds	26 seconds	24 seconds	24 seconds	24 seconds	22 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	20 seconds
Sun Bank	100 sun	150 sun	200 sun	250 sun	300 sun	350 sun	400 sun	450 sun	500 sun	550 sun
Penny Shield	4500 health	4500 health	5000 health	5500 health	6000 health	6500 health	7000 health	7500 health	8000 health	8500 health
	45 seconds	40 seconds	37 seconds	34 seconds	32 seconds	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds
Penny Multi shield	2 shields	2 shields	2 shields	3 shields	3 shields	3 shields	4 shields	4 shields	4 shields	5 shields
	1500 health	1600 health	1700 health	1700 health	1800 health	1800 health	1900 health	1900 health	2000 health	2000 health
	35 seconds	33 seconds	31 seconds	29 seconds	27 seconds	25 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds
Quick Delivery	15% speed	20% speed	25% speed	30% speed	35% speed	40% speed	45% speed	50% speed	55% speed	60% speed
Anti Gravity	1 Zombie	1 Zombie	1 Zombie	2 Zombies	2 Zombies	2 Zombies	3 Zombies	3 Zombies	3 Zombies	3 Zombies
	20 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds	15 seconds	14 seconds	13 seconds	12 seconds	11 seconds	10 seconds
Cherry Picker	25 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	18 seconds	16 seconds	14 seconds	13 seconds	12 seconds	11 seconds	10 seconds
Instant Gargantuar	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds	24 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds
Hurry Hurrikale	25 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds	19 seconds	18 seconds	17 seconds	16 seconds	15 seconds
Iced Out	25 seconds	22 seconds	20 seconds	18 seconds	16 seconds	14 seconds	13 seconds	12 seconds	11 seconds	10 seconds
Power Puffed
Imp Possible	30 seconds	28 seconds	27 seconds	26 seconds	25 seconds	24 seconds	23 seconds	22 seconds	21 seconds	20 seconds
Heavy Watering	5% cooldown reduction	10% cooldown reduction	15% cooldown reduction	20% cooldown reduction	25% cooldown reduction	30% cooldown reduction	35% cooldown reduction	40% cooldown reduction	45% cooldown reduction	50% cooldown reduction
Hyper Healing	50% heal	60% heal	65% heal	70% heal	75% heal	80% heal	85% heal	90% heal	95% heal	100% heal
	150% max	165% max	180% max	190% max	200% max	209% max	220% max	230% max	240% max	250% max
	15 seconds	14 seconds	13 seconds	13 seconds	12 seconds	12 seconds	11 seconds	11 seconds	11 seconds	10 seconds
Rebound Peas Perk  (China only)

* Zom-b-gone perk and Birthdayz Party perk have no upgrades.

Strategies

Penny Perks are helpful when playing Spicy and Extra Hot levels as they give you an extra advantage. Perks can help you achieve Perk Upgrades or avoid losing levels. Here is how you can use each perk to win levels:

Traffic Jam Perk

Advantages: Reduces zombie speed, making anything that moves easier to handle.

Disadvantage: None.

Score Boost Perk

Advantages: Increases score which can help you achieve Perk Upgrades.

Disadvantage: Only useful in Arena/score levels and does nothing beyond completing bonus upgrades. Usually can'y win the stage for you.

Sun Break Perk

Advantages: Gives a decent amount of sun to plant plants and is very useful in Last Stand levels, because this can be your only way to earn sun in a level. This Perk gives more sun in total that that of Sun Bank Perk.

Disadvantage: Sometimes unable to keep up with the player's strategies, as it might not provide enough sun for more expensive plants such as Winter Melon, Mega Gatling Pea and Banana Launcher.

Zom-b-Gone Perk

Advantages: Downgrades Zcorpions and Gargantuars which are often the biggest threats in each stage.

Disadvantages: Replaces them with Imp Cannons which still can be dangerous, especially in Spicy or Extra Hot levels. Can inadvertedly make the stage harder when it comes to Prospector Zombie.

Boss Buster Perk

Advantages: Depletes Zomboss' health during the boss fight which is useful, especially when you are struggling or having low-level plants. It also works on Zombie Generals like Cardio, Z-Mech, and Caesar, if any of these appear.

Disadvantages: Doesn't target other zombies.

Chill Zombie Perk

Advantages: Slow down zombies which makes it easier for you to plant and makes the plants' time required to be eaten by zombies longer. Also helps in completing "Chill X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Zombies are chilled for only a limited time and is useless when you have any fire-based plants on the lawn because they will remove the chill effect from the zombies.

Poison Zombie Perk

Advantages: Can easily kill certain tough zombies in Mild levels. Also helps in completing "Poison X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Useless when a Healer Zombie is present, as he can remove poison effects from the zombies. Also, zombies are dramatically stronger at higher difficulties while poison damage isn't increased.

Hypnotize Zombie Perk

Advantages: Can hypnotize powerful zombies strong zombies regardless of health such as Gargantuars, and even zombies that are normally impossible to hypnotize (such as Zcorpions) which can easily wipe out zombie hordes. Also helps in completing "Hypnotize X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Can inadvertedly target weak zombies. Countered by Healer and Medusa.

Stall Zombies Perk

Advantages: Stalls zombies, giving you more time to kill them or further prepare your defenses. Also helps in completing "Stall X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Stalls for a very limited time (upgrading it is recommended, as it increases the frequency and duration), useless when consistend alternatives like Shadow Peashooter or Pokra are in play.

Sun Bean Zombie Perk

Advantages: Very helpful in Last Stand or in produce at least X sun levels, more zombies mean more sun.

Disadvantages: Will only be in effect for a limited time, and zombies will always drop 50 sun regardless of health. It can also be difficult to obtain the sun from zombies in higher difficulties due to higher health, meaning that you might not be actually get any sun from it (upgrading it is recommended, as it effectively improves your odds of getting sun). These zombies are also not counted if the player is doing "Sun Bean X Zombies".

Shrink Zombie Perk

Advantages: Shrinks zombies which reduces their health and damage. Also helps in completing "Shrink X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Healer Zombies are immune to it and zombies are shrunk for a limited time before going back to normal size (upgrading it is recommended, as it increases its duration and hence the amount of damage dealt).

Butter Zombie Perk

Advantages: Butters all zombies similar to the Freeze Zombie perk and defeats Seagull Zombies, Pelican Zombies, and Bug Zombies (only the bug will be defeated, and the Zombie will be dropped). Also helps in completing "Butter X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Useless against Jester Zombies and Parasol Zombies because they block or deflect the butter.

Freeze Zombie Perk

Advantages: Freezes all zombies including flying zombies, which can give you time to set up plants. Also helps in completing "Freeze X Zombies" bonus objectives.

Disadvantages: Useless if you have fire-based plants because they will remove the freeze effect from the zombies, and they are frozen for a very limited time (upgrading it is recommended, as it increases the time).

Plant Food Zombie Perk

Advantages: Really helpful in levels where Plant Food is scarce, or levels that need constant use of Plant Food (for example, the Blover + Reinforce-mint strategy)

Disadvantages: The plant food may be given to stronger zombies such as Zcorpions, Gargantuars or even Bosses, making it difficult to acquire.

Mine Launcher Perk

Advantages: Can easily deal heavy damage, especially when Primal Potato Mines are in play.

Disadvantages: The mines spawned are unarmed. Avoid using it in don't lose X plants because once they explode they will count as a lost plant, and will cause Gargantuars to throw Imps which can cause a problem, especially in Spicy and Extra Hot levels.

Squish Squash Perk

Advantages: Can easily handle zombies without them trespassing his tile or dodging attacks. Also helps in completing "defeat X General Zombies" bonus objectives if Plant Fed.

Disadvantages: The Squashes are always spawned in column 9 and sometimes miss the targets from the left side, which means the player will need to use safe plants such as Spikeweed or Cactus to make those Squashes reaching them. Avoid using it in "Don't lose more than X plants" objectives because once they squash zombies, they will disappear and count as a lost plant (more Squash upgrades are recommended as they will squash more), in addition of causing Garagntuars to throw their Imps, especially in Spicy or Extra Hot levels.

Jalapeño Popper Perk

Advantages: Can easily destroy a lane of zombies.

Disadvantages: May cause Gargantuars to throw their Imps causing trouble, especially in Spicy and Extra Hot levels. The Jalapenos are often spawned randomly (often 1-3 on 5 tiles in column 9), potentially missing dangerous zombies. Counts against "Don't lose more than X Plants" and "Don't Have More than X Plants" objectives. Blocks plants in its respective tile.

Boost Tile Perk/Triple Boost Tile Perk

Advantages: Really helpful in levels where Plant Food is scarce, or levels that need constant use of them (for example, the Blover + Reinforce-mint strategy)

Disadvantages: Useless when you bring already Boosted plants from Zen Garden.

Bass Blast Perk

Advantages: Can push back zombies that prevent plants from being eaten and zombies trampling flowers. The pushed zombies are counted airborne and vulnerable to Blover.

Disadvantages: Can remove stunning effects from zombies when they are pushed pack.

Sun Bank Perk

Advantages: You will have more sun to plant in Last Stand levels, and have a head-start in regular levels for planting.

Disadvantages: Can be a waste of Perks if it is not upgraded, as the extra sun supplied may not be enough sun for expensive plants such as Winter Melon or Banana Launcher. Gives less sun in total than that of Sun Break Perk.

Penny Shield Perk/Penny's Multi Shield

Advantages: Protects your plants and your house with a shield having the same function as Infi-nut's. The shields are independent, meaning that losing the shield in a lane does not affect others. Multiple shields can stall zombies from a further distance, giving the player more time to prepare defenses.

Disadvantages: May slow zombies down when you are leading to certain plants such as Primal Potato Mine or Chili Bean (this is usually not the case, though). Shields are insufficient against zombies of higher levels.

Quick Delivery Perk

Advantages: Plants come more often on the Conveyor Belt which can make all the difference in battle.

Disadvantages: Stacking unneeded plants making the player unable to get important seed packets.

Anti-Gravity Perk

Advantages: Can flick away dangerous or high-health zombies, with the only exceptions of Gargantuars, Cardio Zombies, Z-Mechs and Zombots. Dangerous zombies are often priortized, and even then you should be able to focus on other dangerous threats.

Disadvantages: Can inadvertedly target weak zombies,

Conveyor Plant-type Perks

Advantages: Conveyor belt perks such as Cherry Picker, Instant Gargantuar, and Hurry Hurrikale provide a similar concept: providing a useful instant plant in the conveyor belt, which can help decimate large crowds of zombies, weaken stronger zombies, or knock back dangerous or close zombies. The plant can also be manually placed by the player, unlike the Jalapeño Popper perk. It is highly recommended to upgrade these types of perks to make them appear more often on the conveyor belt.

Disadvantages: For the Instant Gargantuar perk, the Hypno-Shroom may not be eaten by zombies if it is destroyed or thrown off the lawn, resulting in no Gargantuars. The Gargantuar itself is also very vulnerable to large hordes of zombies which can overwhelm it. Using it when a Healer or Medusa is nearby is also not advised due to their abilities to turn the Gargantuar into stone or a regular one respectively, which gives the zombies a major advantage and potentially result in a loss. For the Cherry Picker Perk, sometimes in Extra Hot difficulty, zombies require two explosions to be defeated.

Heavy Watering Perk

Advantages: Reduces the refresh time of plants, allowing you to plant them more often.

Disadvantages: None.

Birthdayz Party Perk

Advantages: Replaces all Basic Zombies and their helmet variants to Birthdayz Zombies, which can potentially make a level easier by removing the zombies' helmets.

Disadvantages: Doesn't target anything that isn't a Basic Zombie variant.

Hyper Healing Perk

Advantages: Heals plants, which if upgraded can make a wall be able to stall a single zombie forever, depending on difficulty. Chard Guard will regain a leaf when this perk occurs, making it like a spring bean that can knockback multiple zombies at once.

Disadvantages: Plants meant to be eaten such as Chili Bean will also be healed, which means the a zombie eating a plant supposed to be eaten will have to do so longer, giving zombies such as Octo Zombie more time to toss something onto it or destroy it altogether.

Gallery

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  Perk Library (new)

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  Perk Library (old)

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  A warning about using the Mine Launcher Perk

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  Sun Bean Zombie Perk in action (Animated)

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  Bass Blast Perk in Action(Animated, note: The Shield Zombie shield get disabled)

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  Shield Zombie Perk in action (Animated)

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  Mine Launcher Perk in action (Animated)

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  Plant Food Zombie Perk in action (Animated)

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  Sun Beak perk in action (Animated)

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  Poison Zombies Perk in action (Animated)

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  Penny Perks sprites

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  Penny Perks Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) sprites

Trivia 

• Bass Blast Perk was reused by Hair Metal Gargantuar guitar shockwave.
• The amount of perk upgrades you can get varies depending on the event, such as:
  • In Rome, Rome on the Range, Vidi Vici BRAINZ! & Iron Age Antics, there are 109 perk upgrades
  • In Plants vs. Romans, there are 108 perk upgrades
  • In Imperial Entanglements, there are 105 perk upgrades