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Plant upgrade system (Chinese version)
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- For the international version, see Plant upgrade system.
Plant upgrade system is a mechanic in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. Plants are able to be upgraded via Puzzle Pieces and money to become stronger, as well as to gain unique effects. The requirement also increases when that plant is upgraded each time. Upgrading plants to Level 5 requires Culture Medium with the same rarity as the plant that needs to be upgraded.
Requirement of each level
|
Level |
Required Puzzle Pieces | Required coins | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
 Level 1
|
10 | N/A | |
 Level 2
|
30 | 50,000 | |
 Level 3
|
50 | 100,000 | |
 Level 4
|
50 | 200,000 | |
 Level 5
|
80 | 500,000 | 10 units of Culture Medium of the corresponding rarity required |
Level 4 Plant Food chances
Level 4 plants have different chances to activate their Plant Food effect. Chances are as follows:
| Activation Rate | Plants |
|---|---|
| 100% |                         
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| 95% | |
| 90% |       
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| 85% | |
| 80% |                                                
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| 75% |    
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| 70% |             
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| 65% | |
| 60% |                                                     
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| 55% |      
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| 50% |                                  
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| 45% |       
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| 40% |        
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| 35% |      
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| 30% |  
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| 25% |                                   
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| 20% |  
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| 15% |   
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| 10% | |
| 5% |   
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| 0% |  
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Note: for Ultomato, its based on his level 4 ability, not the Plant Food boost.
Note #2: for Capaci-cone, his rate is precisely 70.001%
Note #3: for Electric Tailgrape, his rate is precisely 70.01%
Note #4: for Parallel Universe No. 42 plants, their rates are separate from their regular counterparts.
Gallery
Threepeater leveling up
Threepeater leveling with the upgrades given
Landlord Bamboo leveling up
Sunflower Singer leveling up to Level 4 with the upgrades given
Squash leveling up to Level 3 with the upgrades given
The Level 5 upgrade menu
Level 5 advertisement, showing all plants that have level now
Banana Launcher in Level 5 advertisement
Old
Level 2 seed packet
Level 3 seed packet
Level 4 seed packet
HD level 2 seed packet border
HD level 3 seed packet border
HD level 4 seed packet border
Level 3 Guacodile on the Big Wave Beach map
Level 3 Fire Peashooter on the Frostbite Caves map
Level 3 Rotobaga on the Sky City map
Pre-JM Update Level 1 Icon
Pre-JM Update Level 2 Icon
Pre-JM Update Level 3 Icon
Pre-JM Update Level 4 Icon
Trivia
- Some plants cannot be leveled up (for example, Power Lily, Sun Bean, Lily Pad).
- Cherry Bomb, Jalapeno, Loquat and Jackfruit can only be leveled up to a maximum of level three after the 1.4.0 update.
- For Cherry Bomb, Jalapeno, Loquat, and Jackfruit, it is because they are instant use.
- Loquat is the only plant introduced after the 1.4.0 update to have this trait.
- Zombies can also level up; however, the player cannot control this and it only increases the zombies' health and the damage. Unlike plants however, their stats increases is different from plants.
- Zombie level up shown on the image to the right applies to Endless Challenges only, zombie levelling in every other mode outside of it have their stats multiplied by their levels except for level 9 and 10 which are 10x and 20x base stats respectively.
- As of the latest update, their levels are based on the world order on the map. The later the world they appear in, the higher their levels are.
- Previously, their levels were based on how many worlds you had available. For instance, if you had only 3 worlds unlocked, the zombies would only be at level 2 to 3, but having all worlds unlocked makes the latest unlocked worlds have level 4 zombies.
- Previously, Level 2 plants would have a blue ring around them at all times, and Level 3 plants would have a purple ring around them at all times. These effects were later removed in the 1.4.0 update.
- Level 2 and 3 zombies had a blue and purple electrical effect around them respectively. This was also removed in the 1.4.0 update, with the introduction of Level 4 plants and zombies.
- Level 5 was added in v2.0.0 update.
- A level 5 seed packet border and icon could be found in pre-1.8 versions of the game, but forcing these in would crash the game. It’s possible level 5 was planned from the start as opposed to being released after 2.0.0.