Piñata Party/Events/2016
This page records all events of Piñata Party in 2016.
Modern Day Part 1 Sneak Peek Parties
Starting on January 5, those levels showed a sneak peek of the eleventh world, Modern Day, and included Shrinking Violet and Basic Zombies. The lawn is the same as Player's House.
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The Piñata Party Banner
Another Party Banner
Valenbrainz Parties 2016
Starting on February 2 to February 14, those levels introduce the new premium plant, the Blooming Heart, though Strawburst returned and was also for sale in the store for a week. The lawn is the same as last year.
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A gameplay of the third Party
A gameplay of the fourth Party
A Dark Alchemy Piñata Party
A Party that contains dinosaurs
Modern Day Part 2 Parties
Starting on February 17, those levels introduce the new premium plant, the Escape Root.
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Advertisement about Escape Root
Penny talking about Escape Root
Luck O' the Zombie Piñata Parties 2016
Starting on March 8, those levels brought back Leprechaun Imps and their "Leprechauns!" ambushes. A variant of the Dodo Rider Zombie was introduced in this event, where Leprechaun Imps rode on top of green dodos.
At the time of this event, there were premium plants that had their prices reduced for 14 days to be bought in the store. A special-edition premium plant, the Jack O' Lantern, returned with a 40% off discount.
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A promotional banner for Luck O' The Zombie 2016
The in-game banner
The Irish Dodo Rider Zombie
An Electric Blueberry Piñata Party on March 8
A Snow Pea Piñata Party on March 9
A Power Lily Piñata Party on March 10
A Toadstool Piñata Party on March 11. A variant of the Dodo Rider Zombie is shown here.
A Jack O' Lantern Piñata Party on March 12
Another Electric Blueberry Piñata Party on March 13
A Torchwood Piñata Party on March 14
A Jalapeno Piñata Party on March 15
A Homing Thistle Piñata Party on March 16
Another Jack O' Lantern Piñata Party on March 17
Reduced prices for Jack O' Lantern and Electric Blueberry
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 Luck o' the Zombie Trailer
Trailer
Springening Piñata Parties 2016
These parties started on March 22. These parties brought back the Easter Gargantuar, Easter Imp, Easter Poncho Zombie,and Eggbreaker.
During the event, the Dandelion appeared once again in the store to be bought for 109 gems. Meanwhile, the Grapeshot had its price reduced by a 25% discount.
In the April Fools' 2016 Springening Piñata Party, it involved Easter Gargantuars. They threw more Easter Gargantuars instead of Easter Imps at the player's plants, and threw them at the fourth column rather than the third column. However, these Easter Gargantuars had significantly less damages than other Gargantuars, did not throw more Gargantuars, and strangely made Imp sounds. They were probably reskinned Imps.
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A Dandelion Piñata Party on March 22
A Homing Thistle Piñata Party on March 23
Another Dandelion Piñata Party on March 24
Another Eggbreaker Piñata Party on March 25. It features the Fire Peashooter (see the picture to the right).
A Power Lily Piñata Party on March 26
Another Dandelion Piñata Party on March 27
A Sweet Potato Piñata Party on March 28
Another Dandelion Piñata Party on March 29
A Starfruit Piñata Party on March 30
Another Power Lily Piñata Party on March 31
An Intensive Carrot Piñata Party on April 1
Animation of the thrown Easter Gargantuars on April 1
A Torchwood Piñata Party on April 2
Another Dandelion Piñata Party on April 3
A Snow Pea Piñata Party on April 4
An example of Eggbreaker
Prices of Dandelion and Grapeshot
The ad for the Eggbreaker mini-game
An ad for the retries reduced by 50%
An ad that was released on April Fools Day
7th Birthdayz Piñata Parties 2016
These parties started on May 3, and lasted until May 12. The parties celebrate the seventh birthday of the first game in the franchise, Plants vs. Zombies. Holiday-exclusive Birthdayz costumes were brought back to be attainable during the event. It also has made the zombies return with their Birthdayz outfits. The piñatas were replaced by presents. In addition, all parties were "gem-guaranteed", where coins were replaced by gems.
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A Jalapeno Piñata Party on May 3
A Grapeshot Piñata Party on May 4
A Torchwood Piñata Party on May 5
A Starfruit Piñata Party on May 6
An Electric Blueberry Piñata Party on May 7
A Power Lily Piñata Party on May 8
A Cold Snapdragon Piñata Party on May 9
An Escape Root Piñata Party on May 10
A Squash Piñata Party on May 11
A Shrinking Violet Piñata Party on May 12
The presents that replaced normal piñatas along with the "Gem-Guaranteed" banner
An ad to play Birthdayz Piñata Parties
Advertisement banner for the parties
Trivia
- For some reason, Birthday Flag Zombie did not appear in the 7th Birthdayz Piñata Parties, but he was present last year.
Children's Day Piñata Parties (China only)
These parties started on May 22, and ended on May 28. Each day brought you a different party and different piñata presents, and on the seventh day, you got the Angel Starfruit.
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News about the event
News about the Puzzle Piece offer of this event
The Puzzle Piece offer
The icon of the event
Children's Day - Day 1 layout
A screenshot of Day 1
The piñata presents after completing a Piñata Party
Angel Starfruits with Plant Food used on them
A set up for Day 1
Days until you may obtain Angel Starfruit
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Time Twister Piñata Parties
These parties started on May 26, and ended on June 5. It mainly features the Wasabi Whip. It also allowed players to get one limited-edition Time Twister costumes for three plants, specifically Bonk Choy, Cabbage-pult, and Melon-pult.
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A Wasabi Whip Piñata Party on May 26
A Wasabi Whip Vasebreaker Piñata Party on May 27
Another Wasabi Whip Piñata Party on May 28
A Beghouled Piñata Party on May 29
Another Wasabi Whip Piñata Party on May 30
Another Wasabi Whip Vasebreaker Piñata Party on May 31
Another Wasabi Whip Piñata Party on June 1
Another Beghouled Piñata Party on June 2
Another Wasabi Whip Vasebreaker Piñata Party on June 3
Another Wasabi Whip Piñata Party on June 4
Another Beghouled Piñata Party on June 5
An advertisement for a party
Time left to next party with exclusive Time Twister image
Summer Nights Piñata Parties
These parties started on June 23, and ended on July 7. During the event, Strawburst returned to the store and a new premium plant was introduced: the Explode-O-Nut, which returns from Plants vs. Zombies.
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The Summer Nights banner with Strawburst
Sprites and assets for the event
The Summer Nights banner with Vasebreaker
Levels
| Level | Plants | Zombies* | Flags | Notes |
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| Piñata Party #1 |   
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Three | Special Delivery |
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Piñata Party #2 |
Five  Three  Three  Two  Four
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One Two Four
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None | Firebreaker |
| Piñata Party #3 |  Strawburst
Potato Mine Chard Guard Repeater |
Basic Zombie
Flag Zombie Gargantuar Buckethead Zombie |
Four | Locked & Loaded |
Beghouled Beyond Piñata Parties
These parties introduced new Beghouled levels featuring the Aloe, and the new premium plant, the Kiwibeast.
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The first Piñata banner with Kiwibeast
Another Piñata banner with Electric Blueberry
Gameplay of the event in the Far Future on July 28
Gameplay of the event in the Dark Ages on July 29
August 8 party in Jurassic Marsh by Mognoxprox. All plants have been upgraded.
August 8 party completed by Mognoxprox
Levels
| Level | Plants | Zombies | World | Matches required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piñata Party #1 | →→ or
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Far Future | 100 |
| Piñata Party #2 |  → or
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Dark Ages | 100 |
| Piñata Party #3 |  → → or
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Lost City | 100 |
| Piñata Party #4 |  →  →
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Frostbite Caves | 100 |
| Piñata Party #5 | → → or
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Wild West | 100 |
| Piñata Party #6 |  → or
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Jurassic Marsh | 125 |
| Piñata Party #7 | →  →
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Ancient Egypt | 125 |
| Piñata Party #8 | → →  →
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Big Wave Beach | 125 |
| Piñata Party #9 | →  →
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Modern Day | 125 |
| Piñata Party #10 | → or
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Lost City | 100 |
| Piñata Party #11 | →→
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Jurassic Marsh | 125 |
| Piñata Party #12 | → →
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Dark Ages | 125 |
| Piñata Party #13 | → or
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Wild West | 125 |
| Piñata Party #14 | → → or
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Far Future | 125 |
Trivia
- Parties 6 and 9 are the only Beghouled levels that allow the Puff-shroom to upgrade into something other than Fume-shroom.
- In the 9th Party, there are Sun-shrooms, but they do not produce sun. This is because it is meant to be upgraded to Moonflower, which would power up Dusk Lobber. The game presumably has sun production off, like with Modern Day - Day 34.
Big Brainz Piñata Parties
These parties stared on September 30th, and involves all zombies exclusive to Player's House and Modern Day to have heads many times their normal size. Apple Mortar is the premium plant associated with this event.
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An advertisement for the Big Brainz Piñata Parties
The third Big Brainz Piñata Party
A Big Brainz Imp
Lawn of Doom Piñata Parties 2016
These parties started on October 17th, and showcases the premium plant Witch Hazel. In addition, Ghost Pepper and Jack O' Lantern would also be brought back during this time.
Due to an error in the programming, the costumes of Sunflower, Peashooter and Wall-nut didn't change to their limited time Halloween costumes.
Plants vs. Zombies Heroes Parties
These parties started on November 2nd, and showcased Piñata Parties based on Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. Each Piñata Party started with a comedic cutscene involving Green Shadow, Solar Flare, Wall-Knight, Super Brainz, Impfinity, or Electric Boogaloo.
Three new obtainable limited time costumes based on Plant Heroes were added. Peashooter, Sunflower, and Wall-nut were also intended to wear limited time costumes based on Green Shadow, Solar Flare and Wall-Knight respectively for the duration of the event; however due to an ongoing programming error regarding their limited time costumes, the said costumes weren't actually displayed.
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A Zombie wearing a Electric Boogaloo costume
Imp wearing a Impfinity costume
Gargantuar wearing The Smash costume
Jetpack Zombie wearing a Rustbolt costume
Jurassic Bully wearing a Super Brain costume
Sunflower wearing Solar Flare's Goggles
Peashooter wearing Green Shadow's Mask and Hood
Wall-nut wearing Wall-Knight's Belt
Bonk Choy wearing Grass Knuckles' Belt
Torchwood wearing Captain Combustible's Helmet
Fume-shroom wearing Night Cap's Scarf
Banner featuring Green Shadow
Banner featuring Solar Flare
Banner featuring Wall-Knight
Banner featuring Super Brainz
Banner featuring Impfinity
Banner featuring Electric Boogaloo
Food Fight 2016 Event
These parties started in the 18th of November and ended in the 1st of December. Sweet Potato was added back to the store as a limited time gem plant. These parties feature Thanksgiving themed zombies with forks and knifes in their hands and usually the plants given in the conveyor belt are Fruits, Vegetables or in some way common ingredients.
The new premium plant, Parsnip, is sponsored during this event, coming alongside a limited-time Whip and Snip Bundle in which Parnsnip and Wasabi Whip are sold together for a slightly discounted cost. The Underground Plants Bundle was added with Cactus, Parsnip, and Escape Root.