Zoybean Pod

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently available.

Zoybean Pod
Zoybean Pods grow from sprouts to full pods, then split open to release helpful plant "zomboids" which attack zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Grow Time	18 seconds
Zomboid Type	Lettucehead
Zomboid Level	1
Family	Enchant-mint
Plant Food effect	Immediately spawn [sic] a Gargantuar Zomboid.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Attack Rate	4 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Class	Special
Quality	Orange
Range	1 row ahead
Special	Tofu zombies walk forward and bite other zombies
Tags	Summon
Plant features	Green plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(petrifies zomboids)
Unlocked	100 seed packets
Costumes
"Developing plant zomboids in eerie mimicry of zombie life is well within the boundaries of human experience," Zoybean Pod insists with a calm, unvarying steadiness.

Zoybean Pod is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that was released in the 7.3.1 update. It grows bean pods from its head, which then open up to release a zombie-plant hybrid known as "Zomboids" that function similarly to Hypno-shroom's and Caulipower's hypnotized zombies, walking to the right of the lawn and attacking zombies.

Zoybean Pod was available in the "Zoybean Pod's Birthdayz Season". To unlock it, the player must accumulate 200 crowns. Every 50 crowns after that will reward the player with 100 more Zoybean Pod seed packets.

Zoybean Pod requires 100 seed packets to be unlocked for free.

Upgrading Zoybean Pod will also upgrade the Zomboids' level. This works similarly to the Chinese version's zombies upgrades, multiplying the Zomboids' health and damage (by 33.3%).

Origins

Zoybean Pod is based on the soybean (Glycine max), a type of bean, with a "Z" in its name to reference the zombie fighters it makes.

Its ability is based on the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, where an invading alien species called Pod People (which the Zomboids are based on) creates human replicates from plant-like pods.

The fact that the imitation Zomboids explode into tofu when defeated is a reference to how soybeans are used to make imitation meat in the form of tofu.

Almanac entry

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

Zoybean Pod
	SUN COST 200 RECHARGE 20 TOUGHNESS 300 Grow Time 18 Special Zomboid Type Zomboid Level 1 Enchant-mint Plant Food: Immediately spawn [sic] a Gargantuar Zomboid. Zoybean Pods grow from sprouts to full pods, then split open to release helpful plant "zomboids" which attack zombies. "Developing plant zomboids in eerie mimicry of zombie life is well within the boundaries of human experience," Zoybean Pod insists with a calm, unvarying steadiness.

生成豆腐僵尸，豆腐僵尸向前行走啃咬其他僵尸 范围：前方1行 特点：豆腐僵尸向前行走啃咬其他僵尸。 植物特征：绿色植物 虽然豆腐僵尸们不太能打，但是至少他们外形到位了，完美混入僵尸群。并且因为他们闻起来有阵阵清香，拥有如此明显的特征，其他植物也不会误伤他们了。 In English: Creates tofu zombies, tofu zombies walk forward and bite other zombies Range: 1 row ahead Special: tofu zombies walk forward and bite other zombies Plant features: green plant Although the zomboids aren't really that tough, they look close enough to zombies to be able to blend in. Also, since they have a fresh smell, other plants won't accidentally target them.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability

When fed Plant Food, Zoybean Pod will instantly grow a Gargantuar Zomboid, which will continue to the right, attacking any zombie it encounters.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Zoybean Pod will produce Melonhead Zomboids instead of regular ones, the Zomboid level will be increased to level 3 (with the Plant Food Gargantuar Zomboid being increased to level 4), and the amount of time it takes to produce a Zomboid will be shortened to eight seconds.

Level upgrades

Zomboid names officially confirmed by the official Reddit reveal post.

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Grow Time	Zomboid Type		Zomboid Level
								Normal	Plant Food	Normal	Plant Food
1	0	0	200	20 seconds	5 seconds	300 damage	18 seconds	Lettucehead Zomboid	Gargantuar Zomboid	1	1
2	50		200	19 seconds	5 seconds	350 damage	18 seconds			2	1
3	100		175	19 seconds	4.5 seconds	400 damage	17 seconds			2	2
4	200		175	18 seconds	4.5 seconds	450 damage	16 seconds	Carrothead Zomboid		1	2
5	300		150	18 seconds	4 seconds	550 damage	16 seconds			2	2
6	400		150	18 seconds	4 seconds	600 damage	16 seconds			3	3
7	500		150	17 seconds	3.5 seconds	650 damage	15 seconds			3	3
8	600		150	16 seconds	3.5 seconds	700 damage	14 seconds	Melonhead Zomboid		1	3
9	800		150	15 seconds	3 seconds	800 damage	14 seconds			2	3
10	1,000		125	14 seconds	3 seconds	900 damage	13 seconds			3	4

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Carrothead 胡萝卜帽	50% chance to instead spawn a Carrothead Zomboid. 僵尸豆荚有50%的概率生产出胡萝卜帽僵尸。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Zoybean Pod gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Melonhead 西瓜帽	Both Melonhead Zomboid and Carrothead Zomboid each are produced at a 35% chance. 僵尸豆荚有35%的概率生产出胡萝卜帽僵尸，有35%的概率生产出西瓜帽僵尸。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Zoybean Pod gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Zoybean Pod may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Zoybean Pod gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Gatlinghead Zombie 机枪僵尸	15% chance to spawn a Gatlinghead Zomboid. 僵尸豆荚生产僵尸时有15%的概率生产出机枪僵尸，机枪僵尸可以发射豌豆进行远程攻击。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Zoybean Pod gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Zoybean Pod is an incredibly unique plant, and thus it can be hard to use effectively. Although Zoybean functions somewhat similarly to Caulipower, Zoybean Pod is different in that the Zomboids it produces only affect the lane that Zoybean Pod is planted, and unless leveled, the Zomboids that Zoybean Pod produces are similar in stats to a normal Zombie, meaning it can be hard to find a use for this plant. it should be noted that the unlike the Gargantuar Zomboids summoned from it's Plant Food, which has a super short attack range, normal Zomboids have a much further attack range than most zombies, allowing them to still attack zombies while they are occupied with eating something else in range with relative safety.

This plant excels at holding off zombies early in a level - both stalling them as well damaging them - thanks to the consistent creation of Zomboids from Zoybean Pod. Zoybean Pod becomes even more effective when used with stalling plants such as Sap-fling, Stallia, or Stunion, since they not only give Zoybean Pod more time to produce Zomboids, but they also give Zoybean Pod's Zomboids more time to damage opposing zombies.

Zoybean Pod is best placed at the back of the lawn in order to both protect it and give it more time to create Zomboids. Zoybean Pod also has an odd synergy with Blastberry Vine, since Blastberry Vine not only provides extra protection for Zoybean Pod, but he also helps to weaken zombies, allowing the Zomboids to more easily clean up zombies and advance into the incoming horde. Additionally, due to Blastberry Vine's Plant Food sharing effect, it can also be used on Zoybean Pod to get more value out of the Plant Food.

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Zoybean Pod becomes a menace, producing two high-leveled Melonhead Zomboids over Enchant-mint's duration (and that's if both Zoybean Pod and Enchant-mint aren't leveled), with said zomboids having the ability to mow through lanes quite easily. Additionally, Zoybean Pod is also highly effective in Tile Turnip based strategies, since Zoybean Pod's Plant Food effect can easily clean out entire lanes, and having the Plant Food effect trigger over multiple lanes can be rather destructive if the process gets repeated.

As the Zomboids it creates cannot be bound, transformed, or destroyed in anyway other than by being eaten, burned or crushed by certain offensive abilities, Zoybean Pod can make for a unique counter against Octo Zombies and Wizard Zombies. Since they are unable to target Zomboids, they will be forced to eat them instead and eventually be defeated.

Zoybean Pod also interacts with tombstones in Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, as well as frozen blocks in Frostbite Caves, and arcade machines in Neon Mixtape Tour, so depending on whether or not you're using Zoybean Pod to deal with these obstacles, Zoybean Pod should be planted accordingly. It is also worth noting that Zomboids created by Zoybean Pod will fall into the water on plankless lanes in Pirate Seas, so avoid planting Zoybean Pod in those lanes and instead concentrate on all others.

Zoybean Pod's usage is notably observed in Frostbite Caves, as Zomboids interact with slider tiles just like ordinary zombies do. One one hand, this often allows Zomboids to group up against major threats, even Sloth Gargantuars; on the other hand, this tends to create areas on the lawn that Zoybean Pod will not be able to cover, at least easily. In addition, Zomboids are immune to the freezing wind in this world, so you'll often have Zomboids assisting your fire plants in unfreezing your defenses, possibly including the pod that spawned it. It is recommended to place Zoybean Pod near the back because of this.

Zomboids are also affected by evil potions and it give them extra health and speed just like other zombies. So this is also a great way to clean up the evil potions in Dark Ages Night 9 and 17.

Due to Zoybean Pod's generally long zombie production, as well as severe lack of area-of-effect damage, pairing Zoybean Pod with area-of-effect plants such as Melon-pult or Snapdragon are near mandatory. Winter Melon makes for an exceptional partner due to providing both a slow as well as area-of-effect damage, both of these qualities being things that Zoybean Pod greatly appreciates having.

Zoybean Pod is useless against Jurassic Rockpuncher and Cardio Zombie since Zomboids and Gargantuar Zomboids get defeated instantly when they reach them. The same applies to Glitter Zombie while pop jam is playing. However, do note that Gargantuar Zomboids will be tossed by her instead. It is highly recommended to either boost Zoybean Pod or use him in Tile Turnip based strategies when facing Healer Zombies, as without the Gargantuar Zomboid, the Healer Zombies' healing ability will overwhelm Zoybean Pod and his Zomboids. (On the plus side, the Healer Zombie can't turn the Zomboids against you.) Also, avoid using the Zoybean Pod in levels where Zombie Medusa are encountered, as Medusa can petrify them and create rock slabs that take up space and block projectiles.

The following is the reference data of Zomboids:

Level	Lettucehead Zomboid		Carrothead Zomboid		Melonhead Zomboid		Gargantuar Zomboid
	Health	Damage	Health	Damage	Health	Damage	Health	Damage
1	190 damage	100 damage	190+370 damage	100 damage	190+1100 damage	100 damage	3600 damage	1500 damage
2	256.5 damage	135 damage	256.5+499.5 damage	135 damage	256.5+1485 damage	135 damage	4860 damage	2025 damage
3	N/A	N/A	340.1+662.3 damage	179 damage	340.1+1969 damage	179 damage	6444 damage	2685 damage
4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8449.2 damage	3520.5 damage

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Zoybean Pod
Simplified Chinese	僵尸豆荚	lit. "Zombie soybean Pod"
French	Gousse de Zoja
German	Megamame
Italian	Baccello di soia
Brazilian Portuguese	Zumbi-soja
Spanish	Vaina de zoja

Trivia

• The Gargantuar Zomboid resembles the Green Giant mascot: the Jolly Green Giant.
• When an Octo Zombie throws the octopi and hits the Zoybean Pod as it summons a Zomboid, it will freeze and not do anything. This is a glitch.
• This plant acts as a plant counterpart to Arcade Zombie's arcade machine, as it spawns Zomboids similar to how an arcade machine spawns 8-Bit Zombies.
• When a Zomboid is destroyed, a word spells out “TO-FWUMP.”
  • This is a portmanteau of the words "tofu", a food made from soybeans, and "FWUMP", a sound effect relating to the sound the to-fwump makes.
  • In Chinese version, it pops out the word "咕呜呜".
  • It is also used on Turkey-pult's Tofu Turkey.
• The Zomboids can also be tossed by Power Toss, but it won't send them off the screen.
  • This was fixed in later updates.
• If the Zomboid crosses the flowers, the player won’t lose the level because they are counted as plants.
• Despite being counted as plants, the Zomboids can still be chilled when frozen projectiles (frozen melons and frozen pea) that were deflected by Jester Zombies (because the plants are usually immune to such effects).
  • If Jester Zombie deflects butter on Zomboids, they will be stalled as well.
  • If Jester Zombie deflects Primal Peashooter's knock-back projectiles on Zomboids, they will be knocked forwards.
  • If Jester Zombie deflects Spore-shroom's Shot and if the Zomboid get defeated by it. It will spawn a Spore-shroom.
• It is the first non-Power Mint plant which costs no coins to level up.
• Zoybean Pod is the first new plant since Holly Barrier to be neither a Peashooter nor a Power Mint.
• The Zomboids coming out of the pod nearly resembles the Adventurer Zombie coming out of tent summoned by Imp Porter.
  • If a Zomboid passes through Dark Ages' potions, it will receive the effect of the potion it crosses, just like a regular Zombie.
• Depending on the world, when a Zoybean Pod spawns a Zomboid, the future tiles or planks may break.
• Zomboids can also be damaged by the reflected projectiles from Jester Zombie and the laser shot from Turquoise Skull Zombie.
• There is a glitch when the player plants a boosted Zoybean Pod in any Last Stand level. It will summon a Gargantuar Zomboid instantly. If the player clicks on the zombie head icon to view the zombie side, they will see that the Gargantuar Zomboid is trying to smash the zombies.
• If Zoybean Pod is fed Plant Food while Boombox Zombie is activating his special ability, it will summon 2 Zomboid Gargantuars instead of one.
• Zomboids' offensive range is different from their Zombie versions.
  • Gargantuar Zomboid has a lower offensive range than common Gargantuars, but deals more damage.
  • Other Zomboids have a higher attack range than common Zombies.

See also

• Hypno-shroom
• Caulipower
• Magic-shroom

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