Tall-nut (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Tall-nut (disambiguation).

Tall-nut
Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that block low flying zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	8000 damage
Plant Food Power	25%
Family	Reinforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Heals itself and gains an extra hard armor shell.
Special	Blocks launched imps
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	30 seconds
Toughness	8000 damage
Class	Tough
Quality	Green
Tags	Tall, defensive
Plant features	Brown plant, tall stature
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(can push him around) (can kick/fling other zombies past him)
Unlocked	Beating Wild West - Wild West - Day 18
Unlocked (China)	Formerly purchase for 200000 coins; collect 10 Tall-nut Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Costumes (China)
Code name	tallnut
Tall-nut is opening a chain of stores for Tall and Taller gentlemen. "I'll shell out the savings to you!"

Tall-nut is a defensive plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, obtained in Wild West. He costs 125 sun and has an identical recharge time of the Wall-nut, but also has twice as much health. Additionally, Tall-nut can also block most flying enemies from passing through, forcing them to eat him instead.

About

For more information about Tall-nut throughout the series, see Tall-nut.

To obtain Tall-nut, the player must complete Wild West - Day 18 in the international version or collect 10 Puzzle Pieces in the Chinese version. He can prevent the following zombies from advancing:

• Imp Pirate Zombies launched by Imp Cannons when not bursting
• Zombie Bull Riders launched by Zombie Bulls and Rodeo Legend Zombies
• Rodeo Legend Zombies (not a low-flying zombie itself, but Tall-nut negates its charge attack)
• Jetpack Zombies
• Blastronaut Zombies
• Dodo Rider Zombies
• Bug Zombies and its variants
• Balloon Zombies
• Super-Fan Imps launched by All-Stars (prevents explosion)
• ZCorp Chair Racers launched after crashing

Tall-nuts can withstand 8000 damage per shot and his appearance changes at 2600 damage and 5300 damage before being eaten at 8000 damage. Tall-nut is also an upgrade for Wall-nut for 1000 sun in Beghouled, along with Endurian.

Almanac entry

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

Tall-nut
	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 20 TOUGHNESS 8000 PLANT FOOD POWER 25% Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Heals itself and gains an extra hard armor shell. Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that block low flying zombies. Tall-nut is opening a chain of stores for Tall and Taller gentlemen. "I'll shell out the savings to you!"

Chinese version  (China only)

高坚果是有名的重型防御植物，他可以有效地阻挡僵尸的前进。 特点：阻挡被扔出的小鬼僵尸 植物特征：褐色植物、高个子 高坚果专为高个人士开了服装连锁店。“良心生意，多余的料子会送还给您。” In English: Tall-nut is a famous heavy-duty defensive plant, he can effectively stop the attack of zombies. Special: blocks Imps being thrown Plant feature: brown plant, tall stature Tall-nut has opened a chain clothing store for people with a tall stature. "We do honest business. We will return any extra materials to you, our dear customer."

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Tall-nut gains an additional layer of metal armor, capable of withstanding 12000 damage or a single smash from a Gargantuar.

Costumed (China only)

Tall-nut gains a crystal armor with 24000 damage.

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Tall-nut can absorb an additional 32000 damage, and his plant food effect will activate.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Very High)	Plant Food Power (Armor)*
1	0	0	125	20 seconds	15 seconds	8000 damage	12000 damage
2	10	1,000	125	19 seconds	14 seconds	9000 damage	12000 damage
3	75	5,000	125	18 seconds	13 seconds	10000 damage	12000 damage
4	200	10,000	125	18 seconds	13 seconds	11000 damage	16000 damage
5	400	20,000	100	17 seconds	12 seconds	12000 damage	16000 damage
6	750	30,000	100	16 seconds	11 seconds	24000 damage	16000 damage
7	1,000	40,000	100	14 seconds	10 seconds	26000 damage	20000 damage
8	1,250	50,000	100	12 seconds	9 seconds	28000 damage	20000 damage
9	1,500	60,000	100	10 seconds	8 seconds	30000 damage	20000 damage
10	2,000	75,000	75	10 seconds	8 seconds	32000 damage	24000 damage

*Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Unstable Wall 危墙	After being eaten, Tall-nut's huge body has a 50% chance to fall down and deal 600 points of damage. 被啃食完毕后高坚果巨大的身躯有 50%的概率倒下并造成 600 点伤害。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Tall-nut gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Power of Inertia 惯性之力	After being eaten, Tall-nut's huge body has a 100% chance to fall down and deal 600 points of damage. 被啃食完毕后高坚果巨大的身躯有 100%的概率倒下并造成 600 点伤害。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Tall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Tall-nut may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Tall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Plants vs. Zombies Online  (China only) (Archived content)

In Adventure Mode

Gives itself armor that will absorb a certain amount of damage from enemies.

Strategies

Tall-nut shares the role with Wall-nut as a buffer layer between other offensive plants and the incoming horde. Compared to Wall-nut, Tall-nut will have more trouble getting deployed in the early game due to increased cost but makes up for it with superior performance in the following level thanks to the significantly increased durability. Tall-nut's usefulness is also due to the plant's unique ability to block flying zombies and prevent them from creating chaos in the player's defense line.

Tall-nut can significantly boost the effectiveness of plants with limited attack range such as Spikeweed and Bonk Choy by holding the zombies in place for them to attack. Being a defensive plant, Tall-nut can also be instantly replaced with Wall-nut First Aid as long as there is visual degradation. Imitater can remedy Tall-nut's long recharge time issue - even then, however, Tall-nut should never be completely relied on in Endless Zones, as the massive amount of zombies can quickly overwhelm the plant. Tall-nut is also a decent choice for Save Our Seeds levels and preventing zombies from trampling flowers.

While the sequel has slightly buffed Tall-nut's health, it has become significantly less usable for a variety of reasons. The high cost and slow recharge time limit its usefulness in general. If fliers are not the primary problem then Primal Wall-nut is usually a better choice to quickly and cheaply defend all lanes. If fliers are the problem then Blover's improved ability makes it a strong option, or a single Infi-nut can block flying zombies across all lanes at the cost of a Plant Food. There are also an increased number of enemies that can instantly destroy plants, reducing the viability of defensive plants in general.

Gumnut outclass him in the purpose of stopping zombies and more health, since it also recharges faster, besides being useful against Gargantuar and Mecha-Football Zombie, which Tall-nut isn't.

Avoid using Tall-nut in Neon Mixtape Tour as there are many zombies that can render him useless. Punk Zombies will push him back instead of eating him, Glitter Zombies, MC Zom-Bs and Arcade Zombies can all instantly destroy him without eating and Breakdancer Zombies can kick other zombies past him.

Related achievement

	High Five Plant 5 Tall Nuts and use Plant Food on all of them

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Tall-nut
Simplified Chinese	高坚果
French	Grande noix
German	Hochwall-Nuss
Italian	Barriera di noce
Brazilian Portuguese	Noz Gigante	from noz and gigante
Spanish	Nuez cáscara-rabias

Trivia

• In the 1.1.3 version of the Chinese version, if one obtained his costume, he will appear to have already gained armor.
• One of his costumes surprisingly resembles Monkey D. Luffy's straw hat and red striped tank top.
• In the Chinese version of the game, Tall-nut can be upgraded to level 4 through the teaching levels in Penny's Classroom. (China only)

See also

• Wall plants
• Wall-nut First Aid
• Flying enemies

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