Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville/Concepts

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The content and images in this article are not fake. They are either unused concepts or scrapped features.

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These are the concepts for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. These are not fake, but rather scrapped ideas, or early images taken during development.

Many of the upcoming contents for the game were scrapped, due to the fact that the game was discontinued in late September 2020, with the final update arriving around that time period.

Characters

Berry Brigade

As of the January 2020 patch, some assets related to the Berry Brigade such as the weapon data and model were added to the game files, but were removed in the March 2020 patch.

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  Berry Brigade early model

Iceberg Lettuce

Since the November 2019 patch, there has been a character select icon in the game data that simply says "L." However, this has been revealed to be the placeholder icon for the Ice Plant as of the January 2020 patch, as the filename has been renamed to that.

As of the May 2020 patch, or CU5 (Content Update 5), character models, weapon data, upgrade data, and ability data for this plant exist in the game files. However, it has been confirmed that this plant has been scrapped due to the game's end of support.

Gallery

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  Character selection icon

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  Ice Plant ingame

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  Ice Plant model

• Iceberg Lettuce (Ice Plant - Alpha ver.) in Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville

  Video showing gameplay

• PvZ Battle for Neighborville First Look at Iceberg Lettuce In-Game 1!

  Video by The One and Only NM

• Ice Plant upgrades

  Iceberg Lettuce's upgrades gameplay

Super Bean

In the July 2020 patch, The files for Super Bean were added to the playable characters folder, complete with a primary weapon, 3 abilities (Cape Twirl, Team Shield, and Warp), and one passive ability, to jump long distances when the jump button is held down. Of course, Super Bean already appears in the game as a boss along with its cape twirl and warp abilities. The Team Shield ability seems to be specific to the playable version of the character, as it can give nearby plant characters force fields to protect them from a certain amount of damage.

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• Super Bean (Playable Character - Alpha ver.) in Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville

Others

There are also references to other playable characters in the game, such as Cabbage, Squash, Mini Gargantuar, Toxic Zombie, and Browncoat. However, not much is known other than their internal names, and for some their weapon data.

Toxic Zombie would supposedly have had a chargeable sniper rifle called the "Needle Rifle" and a "Sticky Grenade" attack.

Mini Gargantuar had a primary attack that would have involved him aiming his weapon forwards, which would have likely been similar to Gargantuar's power pole attack, and a secondary attack that would have aimed his weapon downwards, which would likely have been something similar to Gargantuar's slam attack.

Browncoat, also known as "Eric", had 8 possible primaries in the game's code, one of which allowed him to throw vinyl records that roll along the ground when unzoomed and throw records like frisbees when zoomed in, similarly to Peashooter's scrapped legendary upgrade.

Cabbage had an alternate name in the game's code, "Catapult". This may have meant that it would have been similar to the Cabbage-pult.

Gnome Tag character

An unreleased playable Shooty Gnome that has a complete model, fully functional weapon, and abilities. It has 340 health and three abilities: Warp, Hammer Slam, and Grenade. While sprinting, the Gnome Cave theme song from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is played in a similar fashion to 80s Action Hero's music.

• The primary weapon has a rate of fire of 420 RPM and deals 9.5 damage, with an occasional damage increase to 10.
• The Warp ability allows it to warp 45 meters (147.64 feet) away from the current position, three times farther than Scientist's Warp, and has a recharge time of 6 seconds.
• The Hammer Slam ability currently deals no damage and has a recharge time of 15 seconds.
• The Grenade ability deals 175 direct damage and has a recharge time of 16 seconds.

Gallery

• Plants Vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville Unused Playable Gnome Class

  Video showing gameplay of the character

Bosses

Super Mexi-Bean

A scrapped boss from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 who was planned to debut in Battle for Neighborville under the new name of "Mexi-Bean" instead of "Super Chili Bean" and was meant to be a new boss.

Captain Smasher

A boss from a Boss Hunt quest in Garden Warfare was planned to return to Battle for Neighborville, likely as a boss for Garden Ops.

Fiddles the Crab

A scrapped boss from Garden Warfare 2 that was supposed to be released in Battle for Neighborville but it is unknown for which game mode or content this boss would have been part of.

Sasquatch

A boss from Boss Hunt in Garden Warfare was planned to return to Battle for Neighborville, likely as a boss for Garden Ops.

Chompzilla

A plant hero from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes who was planned to be released in Battle for Neighborville as a boss, but due to the game's end of support was scrapped.

The Yeti King

A boss from Boss Hunt in Garden Warfare was planned to return to Battle for Neighborville, likely as a boss for Garden Ops.

Navel Laser and Turbo Twister rework

As of the May 2020 patch, there are some weapon data for a new version of Navel Laser and Turbo Twister.

The new version of Navel Laser would have allowed the player to fire the weapon manually but the weapon would have had 30 rounds. The upgrade is unfinished as the cooldown will still be triggered after 6 seconds due to it reusing the same weapon data as the current Navel Laser. It also has 7 charge stages, possibly intended to allow the player to fire the weapon before the weapon is fully charged, at the cost of having less ammo to fire.

The new version of Turbo Twister would have had a longer cooldown and caused Super Brainz to move in a circular pattern while using the ability, but dealt more damage and lasts longer.

Gallery

• Navel Laser and Turbo Twister Unfinished Ability Rework - PvZ Battle for Neighborville

  By Drek'TharSuperSword

Abilities

Hey You

An unused icon for an ability called "Hey You" is located within the game's files. Its icon suggests it was meant for the Acorn. It likely was meant to attract other Acorns to its location, as it's internally called "AcornCallingAcorn".

A colorless version of this icon was put in an activity sheet released for Feastivus 2019.

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  The ability's icon

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  The icon's appearance in the activity sheet

Astronaut Dock

An unused icon for an ability called "Astronaut Dock" is located within the game's files. Its icon suggests that, similar to Acorn's "Hey You", it was an ability for Space Cadets to find each other. Its internal name, like Acorn's "Hey You" ability, is "AstronautCallingAstronaut"

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  The ability's icon

Cannon Rodeo

An unused icon resembling Cannon Rodeo from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 was present in older versions of the game. However, this was removed in the January 2020 patch. The same icon was found in an activity sheet released for Feastivus 2019, albeit with its colors changed. It is unknown if this ability was Cannon Rodeo, but if it was the ability was most likely scrapped in favor for Anchor's Away to better fit Captain Deadbeard's more defensive style.

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  The possible icon

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  The icon found in the activity sheet

Feastivus Activity Sheet Beta Icons

For Feastivus 2019, multiple activity sheets were released. On three of these sheets are multiple icons for abilities that seem to be from an earlier build. It is unknown why these icons were used instead of the current ones. Noticeable parts of these sheets include -

• Unused Hey You! and Cannon Rodeo ability icons.
• A Kernel Corn icon left completely unused. Its position makes it likely this was meant for Shuck Shot.
• Hyper Jump Thump facing a different direction than the finished icon.
• Rocket Ride's color is blue rather than purple.
• Sprint Tackle's color is blue rather than pink.
• Fung Fu's coloring is slightly darker than its finished icon.
  • A different activity sheet shows a Fung-Fu icon with one less surrounding shadow.

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  The Unscramble activity sheet

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  The Matching Game activity sheet

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  The Word Search activiy sheet

Videos

All videos were provided by The One and Only NM.

• PvZ Battle for Neighborville Unused Upcoming Weapons 1!
• PvZ Battle for Neighborville Unused Upcoming Weapons 2!
• PvZ Battle for Neighborville Unused Upcoming Weapons 3!

Cut mechanics

There are some cut gameplay mechanisms that were found in the game data.

Confidence

A cut mechanic for the Acorn. Little is known about what it does, but it is referenced in two unused upgrades: Bravado and Determination.

	Bravado		● 2
	Gain large amount of confidence randomly when earning a vanquish. Unknown effect, it appears to utilize a scrapped mechanism called "confidence" according to the description.

	Determination		● 3
	Gain more confidence when dealing critical damage. Unknown effect, it appears to utilize a scrapped mechanism called "confidence" according to the description.

Damage falloff

Damage falloff is a feature that existed in both Garden Warfare and Garden Warfare 2 as a means of reducing weapon's effectiveness at longer range for balancing purposes, but is almost wholly absent in Battle for Neighborville for unknown reasons, save for the Sunbeam and Scientist's primary weapon, although the latter has an inverse falloff instead, where the damage is higher at longer range.

Two of the unused upgrades present in the game data—Carbine Rounds and Increased Bullet Range—suggest that damage falloff was meant to be added into the game, but was cut during the development, as these upgrades increase the damage falloff start and end distances.

Unused upgrades

There are unused upgrades in the game data that have existed since the Founders Edition. Some of the upgrades still have their name present in the localized string data, but most of them are missing. Some upgrades also have parts of their data missing. All classes except the Wizard have at least one unused upgrade.

Peashooter

	Pea Suped Hover Speed		● 2
	Increases movement speed by 150% while Pea Suped is active.

	Damage Reduction Pea Gatling		● 3
	Reduces the damage taken while in Pea Gatling by 34%.

	Bean Party (unused)		● 3
	Chili Bean Bomb yields multiple explosions via smaller bombs. Actual effect unknown. It appears to last for 10 seconds. The name suggests that this might be an earlier version of the Bean Party upgrade in the final release.

	Musical Fruit		● 7
	Launch three Chili Bean Bombs instead of one.

Chomper

	Chomp Explosion		● 7
	Cause an explosion while using Chomp. The explosion deals 35 damage within a 6m (19.69 ft) radius and knocks enemies 5m (16.4 ft) upward and 12m (39.37 ft) backward

	Gashag		● 2
	Increased projectile speed and damage on direct hit of Fumes Grody Goop has a 100% faster projectile speed and can deal 25 direct hit damage.

	Health on Burrow Vanquish		● 1
	Vanquishing enemies with Burrow regenerates health at a rate of 2.5 HP per 0.25 seconds for 3 seconds, for a total health recovery of 30 HP.

	Spikeweed Victim Adds Magazine		● 1
	Trapping enemies with Spikeweed adds a magazine (rather than ammo) to the primary weapon. It is unknown why this upgrade adds a magazine as the game gives an unlimited amount of them for the players, which would have rendered this upgrade pointless.

Kernel Corn

	Shuck Shot Size		● 2
	Unknown effect, actual data seems to have been removed from the game, but it might have changed the projectile blast radius according to its filename.

	Uber (Kernel Corn)		● 2
	Unknown effect.

Night Cap

	Fung Fu Kills Reduce Cooldowns		● 3
	Reduces Fung Fu's cooldown timer by 3 seconds by earning a vanquish with it.

	Shadow Sneak Strafe Speed		● 3
	No effect, but the game data shows that it was meant to modify the movement speed in a similar manner to the Parkour upgrade.

	Uber (Night Cap)		● 3
	Allows Night Cap to perform an invisible jump and/or a triple jump.

Snapdragon

	Wider Primary Spray		● 2
	No effect, but the game data shows that it was meant to modify the projectile shape displacement for the Flame Blower, which does not exist.

Cactus

	Extra Mines		● 2
	Increases the amount of Potato Mines the Cactus can carry to 5.

	Petal Propeller Move Speed		● 2
	Increases movement speed by 900% while using Petal Propeller.

Citron

	Spin Dash Vanquish Heal		● 1
	Vanquishing enemies with Spin Dash fully restores Citron's health.

	Navel Laser Movement Speed		● 2
	Increases movement speed by 50% while using Navel Laser.

Acorn

	Determination		● 3
	Gain more confidence when dealing critical damage. Unknown effect, it appears to utilize a scrapped mechanism called "confidence" according to the description.

	Bravado		● 2
	Gain large amount of confidence randomly when earning a vanquish. Unknown effect, it appears to utilize a scrapped mechanism called "confidence" according to the description.

Sunflower

	Sunbeam Damage Boost		● 3
	Increases Sunbeam's damage by 11.1111%.

	Overflowered		● 2
	Increased heal rate of Heal Beam. Heal target shoots out Sundrops at max overhealth. Increases Heal Beam's heal rate to 1.25 HP per 0.25 seconds (5 HP per second). Heal target shoots out an unknown amount of Sundrops at max overhealth.

Rose

	Larger Enigma		● 3
	Unknown effect, but supposedly it increases the radius of Arcane Enigma.

	Larger Jinx AOE		● 3
	Increases Jinx's inner blast radius to 3.9m (12.8 ft), blast radius to 4m (13.12 ft), and shockwave radius to 4.5m (14.76 ft)

	Uber (Rose)		● 3
	Increases the rate of fire of allies' weapons by 25%, reduces the reload time and Cactus charge time by 50%, and increases movement speed by 100% for teammates inside Arcane Enigma.

Foot Soldier

	Carbine Rounds		● 3
	Increased range, reduced recoil of primary weapon. Decreases the recoil increase per shot by 90% and increases the damage falloff start and end distance by 50%.

	Rocket Jump Land Knockback		● 3
	Landing from Rocket Jump knocks enemies 5m (16.4 ft) upward and 12m (39.37 ft) backward within a 5m (16.4 ft) radius.

	ZPG Kill Cooldown		● 3
	Reduces the cooldown time of ZPG by 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy with it.

	ZPG Vanquish Gas Cloud		● 3
	Spawns a Stink Cloud on the location of the vanquished enemy that lasts for 3 seconds.

Imp

	Faster Missile Madness Low Health		● 2
	Increases Missile Madness' rate of fire by 100% upon reaching 50% HP or below.

	Gravity Grenade Speed		● 2
	Increases Gravity Grenade's projectile speed by 100%.

Super Brainz

	Clay Pigeon		● 2
	Enemy stays aloft longer when hit by Hyper Jump Thump. Increases the knock-upward distance of enemies hit by Super Jump Thump to 10m (32.81 ft)

	Knockback on Turbo Twister End		● 2
	Turbo Twister knocks enemies within a 3m radius of the player 5m (16.4 ft) upward and 12m (39.37 ft) backward

	Turbo Twister Miss Cooldown		● 3
	Decreases the cooldown time for Turbo Twister by 5 seconds if it doesn't hit an enemy.

	Whirlwind Duration		● 2
	Multiple stage upgrade.

80s Action Hero

	Dynamite Dodge Speed		● 1
	Increases movement speed by 100% for 2 seconds while using Dynamite Dodge.

	Can't-Miss-ile Damage Reduce Cooldown		● 1
	Dealing Damage with Can't-Miss-ile reduces its cooldown time by 1 second.

	Secure Landing		● 1
	Unknown effect. It appears to affect the Dynamite Dodge.

Electric Slide

	Funky Bouncer Explosion		● 1
	Enemies caught in Funky Bouncer receive 25 damage.

	Faster Electric Form		● 1
	Increases movement speed while in Outta Fight! by 25%.

	Larger Storm		● 1
	No effect. It appears that it was meant to increase Disco Tornado's storm size, but the data was removed.

Captain Deadbeard

	Launch Explosion		● 1
	Deals 35 damage at a 5m (16.4 ft) radius when being launched from Barrel Blast.

All-Star

	Uber (All-Star)		● 3
	Unknown effect. It appears to affect Imp Punt.

Space Cadet

	Gravity Smash Height Damage		● 1
	Increases the damage output of Gravity Smash the higher the Space Cadet is from the ground. It is split into 4 power thresholds: a power threshold of 1 gives 12.5% increased damage, 0.75 power threshold gives 14.2857% increased damage, 0.5 power threshold gives 16.6667% increased damage, while 0.25 power threshold gives 20% increased damage.

	Big Bang Beam Miss Reduce Cooldown		● 1
	Reduces the cooldown time of Big Bang Beam by 5 second if it doesn't hit an enemy.

Scientist

	Uber (Scientist)		● 2
	This ability either allows the Scientist to have 50 more overhealth points or the Healing Hose to increase the amount of overhealth it can provide by 50 points, similar to Cocoon.

	Warp Extra Charge		● 3
	Adds an additional charge for the Warp ability for a total of 4 Warps.

Engineer

	Double Time Damage		● 3
	Double time can deal 25 damage within 3 seconds of deploying it.

	Jumpstart		● 3
	Allies move faster for a short time after landing from Jump Pad. Increases movement speed of allies by 20% for 3 seconds upon touching Double Time.

Attack classes

	Increased Bullet Range		● 2
	Increases the damage falloff start and end distances by 35%.

Support classes

	Increased Zoom		● 1
	No effect. It appears that the data for this upgrade is missing.

	Ranged Revive		● 1
	Revive allies from a farther distance. Increases the maximum revive range by 100% and increases the movement speed of the reviving character by 100%.

Legendary upgrades

• PvZ Battle for Neighborville All New Legendary Upgrades 1!

  New legendary upgrades as of the May 2020 patch

80s Action Hero

The December 2019 patch added a new upgrade named "Bombing Run" for the 80s Action Hero. The description is "Gain flight and homing on fired rockets. Fire additional rockets by earning a vanquish with Rocket Ride." It costs 7 points. The Bombing Run upgrade briefly appeared in the game's upgrade selection screen in January, which was fixed in the January 2020 patch.

	Bombing Run		● 7
	Gain flight and homing on fired rockets. Fire additional rockets by earning a vanquish with Rocket Ride.

The Bombing Run upgrade showing up in the upgrade customization screen

Peashooter

A legendary upgrade for the Peashooter that fires vinyls that roll when unzoomed and fly in the same fashion as frisbees when zoomed.

Weapon stats
Internal data
Ammo capacity		Fire mode		Rate of fire
Infinite (overheats)		Full auto		133 RPM
Projectile speed		Projectile lifetime	Projectile travel distance		Projectile gravity
45 m/s (147.64 ft/s)		2 s	90 m (295.28 ft)		30 m/s² (98.43 ft/s²)
Overheat data
Heat rate per bullet	Max amount of shots before overheat	Heat drop per second	Heat drop time from full overheat	Heat drop delay	Overheat penalty time
0.015	67	0.3	3.33 s	0.5 s	1.25 s
Explosion data
Blast damage	Inner blast radius	Blast radius	Shockwave damage	Shockwave radius	Shockwave time
5	1 m (3.28 ft)	1.25 m (4.1 ft)	0	6 m (19.69 ft)	0 s

Snapdragon

An unfinished legendary upgrade for the Snapdragon, named "Magma Projectile," as of the March 2020 patch. This weapon has a longer effective range than the Flame Blower as well as spawning some magma trails on the ground that deals 13 damage every 0.75 seconds.

Weapon stats
Internal data
Ammo capacity		Fire mode		Rate of fire
Infinite (overheats)		Full auto		800 RPM
Projectile speed		Projectile lifetime	Projectile travel distance		Projectile gravity
45 m/s (147.64 ft/s)		2 s	90 m (295.28 ft)		30 m/s² (98.43 ft/s²)
Overheat data
Heat rate per bullet	Max amount of shots before overheat	Heat drop per second	Heat drop time from full overheat	Heat drop delay	Overheat penalty time
0.015	67	0.3	3.33 s	0.5 s	1.25 s
Explosion data
Blast damage	Inner blast radius	Blast radius	Shockwave damage	Shockwave radius	Shockwave time
5	1 m (3.28 ft)	1.25 m (4.1 ft)	0	6 m (19.69 ft)	0 s

Citron

A legendary upgrade for the Citron in the May 2020 patch that fires lasers similar to Navel Laser or Orange Beam.

Acorn

A legendary upgrade for the Acorn in the May 2020 patch that fires high-gravity projectiles.

Weapon stats
Internal data
Ammo capacity		Fire mode	Rate of fire	Damage (DPS)	Reload time
45		Full auto	525 RPM	2.333333 (20.42)	1.3 s
Projectile speed		Projectile lifetime	Projectile travel distance		Projectile gravity
100 m/s (328.08 ft/s)		5 s	500 m (1640.42 ft)		50 m/s² (164.04 ft/s²)
Base recoil
Minimum x-axis recoil angle	Maximum x-axis recoil angle	Minimum y-axis recoil angle	Maximum y-axis recoil angle	Minimum z-axis recoil angle	Maximum z-axis recoil angle
0	-1	0	-0.2	0	0
Minimum FOV recoil		Maximum FOV recoil		Recoil recovery time
0		0		0.0055
Projectile spread (unzoomed, standing)
Minimum angle		Maximum angle	Increase per shot		Decrease per second
0		0.35	0.065		5
Projectile spread (unzoomed, moving)
Minimum angle		Maximum angle	Increase per shot		Decrease per second
0.4		1	0.08		5
Projectile spread (unzoomed, jumping)
Minimum angle		Maximum angle	Increase per shot		Decrease per second
0.75		1.5	0.03		15
Sway recoil (unzoomed)
Maximum vertical amplitude	Vertical increase per shot	Maximum horizontal amplitude	Horizontal minimum increase per shot	Horizontal maximum increase per shot	Amplitude decrease factor
2.15	0.17	1.6	-0.225	0.225	10.5
Projectile spread (zoomed, standing)
Minimum angle		Maximum angle	Increase per shot		Decrease per second
-0.4		0.15	0.015		5
Projectile spread (zoomed, moving)
Minimum angle		Maximum angle	Increase per shot		Decrease per second
0.2		0.5	0.05		5
Projectile spread (zoomed, jumping)
Minimum angle		Maximum angle	Increase per shot		Decrease per second
0.4		0.85	0.03		15
Sway recoil (zoomed)
Maximum vertical amplitude	Vertical increase per shot	Maximum horizontal amplitude	Horizontal minimum increase per shot	Horizontal maximum increase per shot	Amplitude decrease factor
6.6	0.19	1.6	-0.2	0.2	10.5

Oak

There are three legendary upgrades for the Oak added in the May 2020 patch, possibly for testing purposes. They are:

• A straight-firing rocket gun that fires in 6-round bursts.
• A rocket gun that fires in a sweeping pattern in 10-round bursts.
• A shotgun that fires multiple rockets and reloads in a similar fashion as tube shotguns.

Foot Soldier

A new legendary upgrade for the Foot Soldier in the May 2020 patch replaces the legendary upgrade found in earlier patches that fired ricocheting rounds. The first three shots of this weapon deals a higher damage than the subsequent shots when the fire button is held.

Imp

There are two legendary upgrades for the Imp added in the May 2020 patch, possibly for testing purposes. They are:

• A rocket gun.
• A gun that spawns explosions on the Imp's position.

Early renditions

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  An early render of Daisy Drive's LD blockout

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  Weirding Woods during different development periods

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  An early version of Peachy District

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  Some early renders of Mount Steeps

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  Early render shots of Colossal Fossil

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  Stirring Swamp during different development periods

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  An extremely early shot of Giddy Park, during its first phase of development.

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  An early teleportation pad used during development before it was replaced by a portal.

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  Early level blockout of Dave Manor in Giddy Park.

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  More early screenshots of Giddy Park.

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  Additional early level blockouts of Dave Manor.

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  A time lapse of Giddy Park's development.

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  Same time lapse, but from a different perspective.

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  Another time lapse of Giddy Park during development.

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  From slightly different perspective.

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  A third time lapse of Giddy Park's development.

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  Overview of Weirding Woods from its early iterations.

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  Lower part of Steep Mines' early blockout.

Customizations

Unused customizations which were intended for both future Prize Maps and Rux's Emporium.

Costumes

Image	Item	Rarity	Description	Character	Acquisition
	Super Disco Pea	Rare	There isn't a dancefloor or battlefield he doesn't feel at home on.	Peashooter	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Super Disco Baller	Rare	Don't tell him disco is dead: it's just sleeping at that farm upstate.	Peashooter	Unknown, Judging by its internal name, DiscoTwitch, the costume could have been a Twitch Prime subscription reward.
	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTBLACK	Common	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTBLACK_DESC	Cactus	Unknown
	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTBLUE	Common	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTBLUE_DESC	Cactus	Unknown
	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTWHITE	Common	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTWHITE_DESC	Cactus	Unknown
	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTYELLOW	Common	ID_CACTUS_VISUAL_SKIN_DEFAULTYELLOW_DESC	Cactus	Unknown
	Skunk Brainz	Rare	He's a Super Brainz that got skunked once and decided to own it.	Super Brainz	Presumably Rux's Emporium
	Orange Oracle	Common	He predicts orange will be BIG next season.	Wizard	Rux's Emporium

Sets

Image	Item	Rarity	Character	Acquisition	Trivia
	Cucumber Samurai	Super Rare	Nightcap	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	DJ Spacey McSpace	Super Rare	Space Cadet	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.

Hats

Image	Item	Rarity	Type	Character	Acquisition	Trivia
	Pumpkin Topper	Common	Standard	Peashooter	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Commando Cob	Rare	Standard	Kernel Corn	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Golden Mask	Legendary	Reaction	Acorn	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Festive Cappy	Rare	Spectrum	Sunflower	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Franky Flappy-Bat	Rare	Standard	Snapdragon	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Blast Master	Super Rare	Standard	Super Brainz	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Band Cap	Rare	Standard	Foot Soldier	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Voodoo Mask	Rare	Spectrum	80s Action Hero	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Head Crater	Rare	Spectrum	Space Cadet	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Exo-Peekaboo	Rare	Standard	Space Cadet	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Hoakus Croakus	Legendary	Reaction	Wizard	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.

Other

The below cosmetics suggest that individual cosmetics of not just hats were considered.

Image	Item	Rarity	Type	Character	Acquisition	Trivia
	Toggle Goggles	Common	Accessory	Peashooter	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Snail Vision	Common	Acessory	Peashooter	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Bird-Snout Shades	Common	Acessory	Peashooter	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Bottle Capper	Common	Neck	Peashooter	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Stick Glasses	Common	Accessory	Acorn	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Critter Carving	Common	Oak Mouth	Acorn	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.	This can be seen in-game on the champion Oak in the “Champions of The Forest” Weirding Woods Battle Chest mission.
	3D Peepers	Common	Accessory	80s Action Hero	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Chat Amp	Common	Mouth	80s Action Hero	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Wonder Foot	Common	Footwear	80s Action Hero	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Birdy Peepers	Common	Accessory	All-Star	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Tennis Ball Gawkers	Common	Acessory	All-Star	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.
	Hotdog Party	Common	Mouth	All-Star	Unknown, presumably Rux's Emporium.

Universal Hats

Starting from the Summer Nights festival, universal hat thumbnails (icons of universal hats without a character wearing it) are no longer added for unknown reasons.

Crown of Indifference

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A universal hat that looks similar to the Everlasting Crown from Garden Warfare 2. It's possible that it could've been used as a reward for completing all of character challenges or a hidden challenge.

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Crowning Achievement

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A purple and silver variation of the unused Crown of Indifference universal hat.

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Cool Penguin

An unused universal hat. This might have been a reward for completing all of the character challenges in a certain month, but was scrapped in favor of a different hat.

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Hula Doll

Another unused universal hat.

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Unfinished Costumes

In May 2020 patch descriptions and concept arts for upcoming costumes were added into the game. They appeared to be used by the designers as a reference for modeling customizations. Some costumes received customization icons in July 2020 patch. None of following costumes were finished and therefore are left unused.

Color Me Impressed

This costume is internally called "Default Painter".

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  Concept art

Engineer Engineer

This costume is internally called "Nerd". Its description: "He can program your computer to catch on fire and get hit 87 times with his hammer."

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Robin No-Good

This costume is internally called "Robin Hood". Its description: "He steals from the rich and gives a piece of his mind to the poor."

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Zomb Queen

This costume is internally called "Zom Queen". Its description: "When she won Zomb Queen, she knew she’d accomplished her mission in life—sticking it to Stephanie." Despite having customisation icons, none of costume pieces were made.

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Medic Medusa

This costume is internally called "Medusa". Its description: "Don’t look her in the eyes! Unless, you know, you want to have a normal social interaction." Despite having customisation icons, none of costume pieces were made.

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  Belly Dance

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Breaking Hearts

There were supposed to be an item-collecting activity called "Breaking Hearts" during Valenbrainz, similarly to pie-collecting event during Fall Food Fight. It would've had a new NPC called "Valli Gnome". Player were supposed to collect hearts for an unknown reward.

Unused Sir Biff Music

Music for Sir Biff exists in the files, being labelled as "temporary" but not having been removed. Unlike the final result, this version is complete (with the intro and outro being part of the track) and not in pieces.

Ops Phase 3

Ops Phase 3 would have been a massive update. It was going to be an expansion for both Garden Ops and Graveyard Ops, featuring possible upgrades to both the base and its defences.

Upgrades were bought using Blue Stars, which were obtained by vanquishing enemies and opening chests.

Base Defences

Name	Description	Cost
Unlock Barricades	Unlocks the ability to place Barricades.	20 Blue Stars
Upgrade Gardenator/Grave-o-Matic	Increase Base Health	1 Blue Star
Slow Chilling Aura	Slows down nearby enemies.	10 Blue Stars
Upgrade Barricades	Barricades last longer and deal damage to enemies.	40 Blue Stars
Gardenator/Grave-o-Matic Defenses	Base now defends itself.	1 Blue Star
Slow Chilling Aura Upgrade	Increases the slowing effect and range.	10 Blue Stars
Big Red Button	PUSH THE BUTTON!	1 Blue Star
Upgrade Gardenator/Grave-o-Matic II	Increase Base Health	1 Blue Star
Upgrade Button	PUSH IT AGAIN	1 Blue Star
Gardenator/Grave-o-Matic Healing Aura	Base provides Healing.	1 Blue Star
Upgrade Gardenator/Grave-o-Matic III	Even more Base Health	1 Blue Star
Garden/Graveyard Defense II	Increases Defensive Abilities.	10 Blue Stars

Videos

• PvZ Battle for Neighborville Upcoming Unused Content Datamining 2!

  Unused content as of the pre-TTK December 2019 patch by The One and Only NM

• PvZ Battle for Neighborville Upcoming Unused Content Datamining 3!

  Unused content as of the January 2020 patch

• PvZ Battle for Neighborville Upcoming Unused Content Datamining 4!

  Unused content as of the March 2020 patch