Pumpkin (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

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Pumpkin
Pumpkins can be planted on top of other plants to provide a tough additional layer of armor.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	12 seconds
Toughness	4000 damage
Plant Food Power	33.33%
Family	Reinforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Creates a hard armor shell, [sic] that can absorb additional damage.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	100
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	4000 damage
Class	Tough
Quality	Blue
Tags	Vine, defensive, support
Plant features	Brown plant, vine
In-game statistics
Strengths	(protects the plant inside from surfboards and caducei)
Other weakness	(can instantly destroy it, along with the plant inside) (can crush it)
Unlocked	100 seed packets
Costumes (China)
Code name	pumpkin
Pumpkin may be a hollowed-out shell, but he still has a rich inner life filled with feelings, fantasies and surprisingly disappointing opinions.

“	Plant Pumpkins on other plants for a tough protective shell!	”
—Penny

Pumpkin is a defensive plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that was added in the 7.7.2 update. He has high health and protects plants within him.

About

For more information about this character, see Pumpkin.

Pumpkin is a seed packet unlockable premium plant, associated with Pumpkin's Safety Season of Arena. Pumpkin is acquired after collecting 100 Pumpkin seed packets.

He costs 150 sun and functions almost identically to the first game, however due to the mechanics change between games, Pumpkin has some slightly different functions. Like vine plants, Pumpkin's Plant Food effect will trigger regardless of if it's planted on another plant or not, meaning Pumpkin has the potential to duplicate Plant Food.

Another similarity to vine plants is that it is now impossible to dig up a plant planted inside Pumpkin without first removing the Pumpkin himself. Aside from those and some minor stat changes however, Pumpkin is pretty much the same. Pumpkin absorbs 4000 damage and his appearance changes at 1320 damage and 2640 damage before being destroyed at 4000 damage.

He is unable to be planted on Tangle Kelp, Grave Buster, Hot Potato, other Pumpkins, and vine plants. In both games, Pumpkin can be repaired with Wall-nut First Aid if it's unlocked.

In the Chinese version, Pumpkin is able to tank two strong attacks, such as All-Star Zombie's tackle and Gargantuar's smash attack, in a similar manner to Primal Wall-nut. Due to how vine plants were reworked in the Chinese version, Pumpkin cannot be planted on his own without another plant inside of him due to being categorized as a vine plant. If a plant such as Puff-shroom or Ghost Pepper expires while inside Pumpkin, Pumpkin will slowly wither away until he either expires himself or another plant is placed inside of him.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Plant Food effect

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Pumpkin
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 12 TOUGHNESS 4000 PLANT FOOD POWER 33.33% Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Creates a hard armor shell, [sic] that can absorb additional damage. Pumpkins can be planted on top of other plants to provide a tough additional layer of armor. Pumpkin may be a hollowed-out shell, but he still has a rich inner life filled with feelings, fantasies and surprisingly disappointing opinions.

南瓜头可以种植在其它植物上，提供一个坚固的额外装甲层 特点：可以种在其它植物上，提供防御 植物特征：褐色植物、藤蔓植物 南瓜头可能是一个中空的外壳，但其实它有一个丰富的内心，其中充满了时刻保持微笑的善意、对感情的美好憧憬以及想要守护的那个它。 In English: Pumpkin can be planted over other plants, providing a sturdy additional layer of armor Features: Can be planted over other plants to provide additional defense Plant features: brown plant, vine Pumpkin might be a hollowed shell, it has a rich inner life, including a constant kind smile, magnificent emotional recollections and something it strives to defend.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Pumpkin will gain a protective shell of metal capable of absorbing 8000 damage or one Gargantuar smash. It will also transfer the plant food effect to any suitable plant that it shelters. The shell of metal changes its appearance at 2000, 4000, and 6000 damage before being destroyed at 8000 damage.

Costume

Gains crystal armor that absorbs additional damage.

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Pumpkin will be able to take an additional 8000 damage, and his Plant Food effect will activate.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Toughness (High)	Plant Food Power (Armor)*
1	0	0	150	12 seconds	4000 damage	8000 damage
2	50			12 seconds	4800 damage
3	100		125	11 seconds	5200 damage
4	200			11 seconds	5600 damage	12000 damage
5	300		100	10 seconds	6000 damage
6	400			9 seconds	6400 damage
7	500		75	9 seconds	6800 damage
8	600			8 seconds	7200 damage	16000 damage
9	800		50	8 seconds	7600 damage
10	1,000			7 seconds	8000 damage

*Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Life Candy 生命糖果	Increases health of defensive plants within Pumpkin by 500. 南瓜头内部装有糖果，糖果能被防御类植物吸收并提高500点生命值上限。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Pumpkin gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Potent Candy 强效糖果	Increases health of defensive plants within Pumpkin by 1000. 南瓜头内部塞满糖果，糖果能被防御类植物吸收并提高1000点生命值上限。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Pumpkin gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Pumpkin may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Pumpkin gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Explosive Shell 爆炸外壳	When destroyed, Pumpkin sets off an explosion that does 1000 damage in a 1x2 area, while knocking small and medium zombies back by 1 tile. 南瓜头死亡时发生爆炸，对1×2范围内的僵尸造成1000伤害并击退中小体型僵尸1格。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Pumpkin gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

While Pumpkins hasn't differed much in usage from the first game, there are still many plants that can benefit from him.

Because Pumpkin doesn't take up any space ahead, plants having a limited range makes a viable choice to pair with him. Three columns of Cold Snapdragon/Snapdragon could be used because Pumpkin is protecting the front column of them and this effectively increases the amount of damage done against the zombies if they are right up against the Pumpkins.

Another good plant to pair with Pumpkin is Chomper, as it covers their usually short range.

Pumpkins also make a viable choice in Endless Zone levels. Partnering him with plants at the third column from the left protects them from Imps thrown by Gargantuars, thus minimizing their threat as he will take a while to destroy. Pumpkin also protects plants from zombies spawned during Surprise attacks.

Like in the first game, Pumpkin can be spammed over all of your plants to offer maximum defense. However, there are two main flaws with this strategy: one is Pumpkin's long recharge time, which means that this strategy can only be achieved on exceptionally long levels (however this can be partly mitigated with Imitater or by instant recharging the Pumpkin with Plant Food), and the second is the presence of vine plants, as unlike them, Pumpkin doesn't attack, so at times he can be replaced with the Pyre Vine or Blastberry Vine if durability isn't a concern.

Likewise, he can be replaced with Explode-o-Vine, which, while lacking direct offense and has less than half the health, can produce a powerful explosion. A bonus of this strategy that isn't in the first game is the existence of Reinforce-mint, which gives all the Pumpkins on the field a significant health buff and Plant Food in one go.

Note: Pumpkins do not stop Explorer Zombies, Troglobites, Turquoise Skull Zombie and Arcade Zombies from burning or crushing them instantly, along with the plant inside. However, using Pumpkin is still a valid strategy to protect plants that can help dealing with them.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Pumpkin
Simplified Chinese	南瓜头	lit. "Pumpkin Head"
French	Citrouille	French word for "pumpkin"
German	Kürbis	German word for "pumpkin"
Italian	Zucca	Italian word for "pumpkin"
Brazilian Portuguese	Abóbora	Portuguese word for "pumpkin"
Spanish	Calabaza	Spanish word for "pumpkin"

Trivia

• Prior to the 8.0.1. update, he was the only plant that didn't have any animations.
• Due to Store sales involving vines not including Pumpkin, and his official Reddit reveal post only referring to Pumpkin as being "similar to vines", it can be reasonably assumed that Pumpkin is not considered a vine plant despite functioning identically to one. Even so, Pumpkin can still be considered the equivalent of one for his plant family that specializes in defense.
  • In the Chinese version of the game however, Pumpkin is explicitly referred to and categorized as a vine plant.
• When he is given Plant Food, someone can be heard saying "Pumpkin!."
• Pumpkin is so far the only premium plant officially associated with four different holiday events; these events being Lawn of Doom, Fall Food Fight, and Luck O' the Zombie in the International version, and The Springening in the Chinese version.
• Glitter Zombie can kill Power Mints inside of a Pumpkin. This is a glitch.

Specific to the Chinese version (China only)

Pumpkin's redesigned Plant Food armor in the Chinese version

• Pumpkin's Plant Food armor received a redesign in the Chinese version, as the redesigned armor now contains several sharp points on the top.

See also

• Wall-nut First Aid
• Wall plants
• Vine plants

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