Relic Hunter Zombie

Relic Hunter Zombie
Swings in past defenses.
Almanac statistics
Toughness	Dense
Speed	Stiff
In-game statistics
Health	760
Special	Swings past defenses randomly in the 4th, 5th or 6th column
Weakness	(blows him away before landing)
First seen	Lost City - Day 23
Code name	lostcity_relichunter
Relic Hunter has hunted some pretty impressive relic in his days. Idols, antiques, curios... he's hunted 'em all.

Relic Hunter Zombie is a zombie encountered in Lost City. He is similar to Swashbuckler Zombie. They both have the same animations and the same abilities, swinging past most of the player's defenses. The differences are that Relic Hunter Zombie can land at any tile from the fourth to the sixth column in his lane and the Relic Hunter Zombie is stronger but slower than his Pirate Seas counterpart.

Almanac entry

Relic Hunter Zombie
	TOUGHNESS Dense SPEED Stiff Swings in past defenses. Relic Hunter has hunted some pretty impressive relic in his days. Idols, antiques, curios... he's hunted 'em all.

Overview

Relic Hunter Zombie absorbs 760 damage and degrades upon absorbing 380 damage before dying at 760 damage.

Encounters

Plants vs. Zombies 2

• Player's House: Piñata Party
• Frostbite Caves: "Electrical Boogaloo" Epic Quest - Steps 2 and 6
• Lost City: Days 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, Temple of Bloom, "Rescue the Gold Bloom" Epic Quest - Step 8, "Beghouled Blitz" Epic Quest - Step 5, and "Aloe, Salut!" Epic Quest - Steps 2, 6, and 7
• Modern Day: Days 14 and 15

Strategies

Relic Hunter Zombie is much more dangerous than his predecessor, Swashbuckler Zombie, due to his increased health and ability to land farther on your lawn, despite lower speed. One group of zombies in the fourth column, some Porter Gargantuars and Excavator Zombies are enough to cause serious problems to your defense. The best weapon against Relic Hunter is Blover, which can also eliminate some Bug Zombies in the process. Also, it has a low sun cost and a very fast recharge, so it can be planted easily whenever needed.

Tall-nut and Endurian can be useful for protecting the third column of these zombies. Strong plants such as Coconut Cannon and Winter Melon are needed to kill a group of them, especially in the Temple of Bloom where these zombies are common, appearing with a group of Porter Gargantuars. Hurrikale may also be useful in regular levels in Lost City against this zombie and Lost Pilot Zombies.

Toadstool and Chomper can be useful to protect the fourth column of these zombies in regular levels. It is advisable to have Cherry Bomb if many of these zombies land on the fourth column or when the situation becomes tense.

He is especially annoying in Beghouled Blitz - Step 5. He can land straight into the heart of your defenses, eating valuable offensive plants and absorbing a considerable amount of damage before dying, protecting the other zombies behind him. Try to kill them before they can do much harm.

Split Peas when in front of them can deal considerable damage to Relic Hunters. Keep in mind, however, that if you have lower level plants they may eat one. Be sure to complement Split Peas with another offensive plant such as a moderate-level Peashooter.

Balance changes

Update 5.8.1

• ▲ Eating DPS increased from 100 DPS per tick to 200 DPS per tick

Update 6.0.1

• ▼ Eat DPS decreased from 200 to 100

Update 6.3.1

• ▼ Health decreased from 1080 DPS to 760 DPS

Gallery

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  Almanac entry

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  Almanac entry (10.5.2)

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  Almanac icon

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  HD Relic Hunter Zombie

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  Relic Hunter Zombie as seen in the trailer

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  Relic Hunter Zombie jumping off the rope

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  Hypnotized Relic Hunter Zombie

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  Bunch of Relic Hunter Zombies swinging in on the various columns

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  Dead Relic Hunter Zombie

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  Relic Hunter Zombie's sprites and assets

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  A Relic Hunter Zombie swinging with his Pirate Seas counterpart

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  Defeated Relic Hunter Zombie on rope

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  A Relic Hunter Zombie eating an Endurian

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  A stalled armless Relic Hunter Zombie

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  A fainted Relic Hunter Zombie

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  A Buttered Relic Hunter Zombie

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  A poisoned Relic Hunter Zombie

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  A shrunken Relic Hunter Zombie

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  Relic Hunter Zombie on the seed selection screen

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  Relic Hunter Zombies and Swashbuckler Zombie in Frostbite Caves

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  Relic Hunter Zombie in 3.7.1 app icon

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  Relic Hunter Zombie swinging and landing (Animated)

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  HD Relic Hunter Zombie swinging

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  As the icon used to represent Lost City in the Travel Log

Chinese version (China only)

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  Almanac entry

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  A Relic Hunter Zombie in the Wild West

Videos

• Plants vs. Zombies 2 Massive Attack and Survival - Lost City Day 23 (Ep.224)

  By Alex5432000

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Relic Hunter Zombie
Simplified Chinese	遗迹猎人僵尸
French	Zombie archéologue
German	Reliktjäger-Zombie
Italian	Zombi cacciatore di reliquie
Brazilian Portuguese	Zumbi Caçador de Relíquias
Spanish	Zombi cazador de reliquias

Trivia

• He bears a strong resemblance to Indiana Jones from the Indiana Jones movies and also walks similar to him.

• He, Basic Zombie, Shield Zombie, Dr. Zomboss, Knight Zombie, Wizard Zombie, Snorkel Zombie, Octo Zombie, Cave Zombie, Troglobite, Lost Pilot Zombie, Boombox Zombie and Jurassic Zombie are the only zombies that have represented the game icon.
• He is represented in the Lost City trophy holding a relic.
• He can be pushed back a tile by Primal Peashooter while swinging.
• Before v1.7.5 of the Chinese version, he could not be blown away by Blover.
• In the Chinese version, there is a glitch where he will sometimes continue to walk towards the player's house after he loses his head. If this happens, he cannot be killed by anything at all, even by the Cuke and lawn mowers, and he can still eat the player's brains (despite not having a head).

See also

• Swashbuckler Zombie

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