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Potato Mine is an explosiveplant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 3. He explodes when zombies get near him, dealing heavy damage to it and all other zombies on his tile.
About
For more information about this character, see Potato Mine.
Potato Mine is a defensive plant obtained by the player after beating Dave's House, Level 4.
He costs 1 sun and he explodes when a zombie approaches him, dealing heavy damage to the zombie and other zombies on its tile. However he needs time to arm himself first, being unable to attack until he surfaces.
When the Tacobility effect is activated, Potato Mine instantly arms himself.
Plant Food effect
When the Plant Food effect of Tacobility is used, Potato Mine will launch up to 2 armed copies of himself onto available tiles.
Strategies
Potato Mines are a good way to rid Bucketheads and Gargantuars so use them for the either of them. You can use Snow Pea to slow zombies and Potato Mine to explode them so you could have a damage combo in the levels, good for the Column Crash Course event if you are grinding for a high ranking. It's best to keep your Potato Mines safe if you want them to surface out of the ground to clear a group of clunked zombies.
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This article pertains to a game that is currently unavailable. It will return soon with major updates and changes made, but for now this page reflects its last available version.
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Potato Mine is a defense plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 3. He explodes when zombies get near him, dealing heavy damage to it and all other zombies on his tile.
About
For more information about this character, see Potato Mine.
Potato Mine is a plant obtained by the player after beating Floor 15 of Devour Tower.
He costs 1 sun and he explodes when a zombie approaches him, dealing heavy damage to the zombie and other zombies on its tile. However he needs time to arm himself first, being unable to attack until he surfaces. Unlike his previous appearances in Plants vs. Zombies and Plants vs. Zombies 2, Potato Mine cannot be eaten or attacked while arming.
Note: The stats shown below only apply to level 1.
Potato Mine
Earthy
Common
Trap
Dirt-Guard
Area Effect
Heavy Hitter
Recharge
Explodes when zombies reach it. Takes time to arm and can't be attacked while arming. Starchy!
1
Health 300
Attack Damage 1,800
Arming Time 10 s
Cooldown 20 s
Effective against:
Potato Mine doesn't SPUDOW! for the glory, the fame, or the multi-movie deal he's negotiating with Starchmore Studios. He does it because he's got a crush on Sweet Potato. He's counting on his bestie, Sun Bean, not to spill the beans.
Strategies
TBA
Upgrades
Plant Food effect
Potato Mine's Plant Food ability is named Potato Salad, in which Potato Mine will spawn two random Potato Mines in two random tiles on the lawn. These Potato Mines still need to arm themselves before attacking though. Potato Salad can be further upgraded to allow more Potato Mines to be spawned.
Tacobility
Potato Mine's Tacobility is named Hothead, which allows Potato Mine to bounce a random lane to arm and explode again. Promoting an unarmed Potato Mine with a taco instantly arms him. Hothead can be upgraded to deal extra damage than the standard Potato Mine.
Balancing changes
March 24th, 2020 Patch
▲ Taco’d Potato Mine now has a base 25% to spawn another taco’d Potato Mine after it explodes
▼ Damage boost it gains per level of Tacobility has reduced by ~50%
▼ Level 1: From ? -> 50%
▲ New Potato Mines spawned by other Potato Mines can appear anywhere on the lawn and no longer restricted to the first 5 columns
PopCap Note: Potato Mine's Tacobility, when combined with stall tactics that let players fill up their entire board with plants, made for a strategy that let promoted Potato Mines perpetually bounce around the right-most column. This trivialized game difficulty in a way that wasn't intended. While we work on ways to discourage excessive stalling, in the meantime Potato Mine has had his Tacobility tweaked to make this strategy less reliable.
Breakout Tips (Quotes)
Small fry potatoes try to SPUD-OOM, but it's really more of a SPUD-OW.
Robber Imps are so Stealthy, plants can't shoot them! But that doesn't save them from a well-placed SPUD-OW!(Robber Imp's tip)
Use high-damage plants like me to make Bucketheads kick the proverbial potato!(Buckethead 's tip)
I hate it when I SPUD-OW some tiny zombie. A Coffin Zombie gives me a nice big target!(Coffin Zombie's tip)
A GIANT UNDERGROUND SHARK ROBOT? I'm at my best against giant enemies and Underground enemies!(Sharktronic Sand Sub's tip)
Dog Walkers are the worst! They attack plants in adjacent lanes...before I can even SPUDOW! What kind of dog eats potatoes??(Dog Walker's tip)
Most zombies can't attack me while I'm arming. You can plant this mine behind enemy lines!
I can SPUD-OW Miner Threats even while they're burrowing! There's an underground war you never even see!(Miner Threat's tip)
Gallery
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