Questions tagged [plants-vs-zombies]
A tower defense-style game created by PopCap Games wherein the objective is to defend your house (and brains) from waves of zombies by planting a garden of offensive and defensive plants.
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Is there a difference between Adventure play after pass 2 In Plants vs. Zombies? [duplicate]
In Plants vs. Zombies, after you pass all levels of Adventure Mode the first time, and start playing them a second time, there are 2 big differences:
The game (crazy dave?) pre-selects 3 plants for ...
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Where can you find the Yeti Zombie? [duplicate]
I know that the Yeti Zombie is a zombie that you have to "discover", but I never saw him once in a whole first adventure! I was wondering if there are any tips or techniques for catching ( well, ...
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Where's my Zen Garden?
I finished a whole first adventure of Plants vs Zombies, but NO ZEN GARDEN. I have Quickplay, some awards, a key to Crazy Dave's shop, but no Zen Garden. Is it because you have to have a certain ...
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How can I play Plants vs. Zombies in full screen mode?
How can I play Plants vs. Zombies in full screen mode? I usually play this game on http://www.zombiegames.co/play/plants-vs-zombies but this is not full version of the game.
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How can I protect my Cob Cannons?
I can put a Pumpkin on most plants to protect them from damage. But Cob Cannons are too big for Pumpkins, and so the expensive Cob Cannons keep getting eaten by the Imps thrown by Gargauntuars. How ...
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Which plants produce the most income in the Daytime Zen Garden?
I have nearly filled up my Daytime Zen Garden. I have mostly Marigolds, but I also have a Walnut and a Pea Shooter which I found during Adventure mode. To maximize the coins produced by the daytime ...
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How can I get more chocolate?
I want to maximize Stinky's ability to collect coins while I'm not using Plants Vs. Zombies, and that means giving him regular feedings of chocolate. How can I maximize my chocolate harvest while ...
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What's bacon good for?
In Plants vs. Zombies, Crazy Dave has bacon for sale. Its description is "Mmmmmmm... Delicious!". I've bought one or two slices of bacon, but I've never noticed a benefit. What's the ...
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How do Cattails choose their targets?
Cattails can attack any lane of zombies, not just that which they're planted in. So how do they choose which zombie to attack?
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Can the direction of wall nut bounce be controlled?
In level 1-5 you are tasked to bowl with Wall Nuts, to take out zombies. I see that the wall nuts bounce, but they seem to bounce randomly. It seems like it is important to get multiple hits with ...
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Given a choice, should I plant sunflowers or sun-shrooms?
In the early levels, a solid economic foundation of sunflowers is the key to an effective garden. In Act 2, it gets dark, and you start acquiring mushrooms. One of them is the sun-shroom, which gives ...
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How do I play the full version of Plants vs Zombies under Chrome OS on a Chromebox?
I have a Samsung Chromebox running Google Chrome OS. I've been playing the trial version of Plants vs Zombies online at http://chrome.plantsvszombies.com/, and loving it.
I've tried to purchase a ...
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Is there a way to continue a "Survival: Endless" game?
Is there a way to continue a "Survival: Endless" game? I am up to flag 27, but carelessly lose the level... Do I have to start all over from flag 1 to flag 27 again? That's very tiring!
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How to get the "Better Off Dead" achievement in Plants vs. Zombies
The "Better Off Dead" achievement can be completed if you get a streak of 10 in "I, Zombie Endless". I understand that much.
This mode is really hard and I cannot get my streak near 10 games in a row,...
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Why can't I sell my plants?
I'm playing plants vs. zombies on the iPhone and don't have the facility to sell my plants. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
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Requirements to turn the "Achievements" statue golden
On the PC Version there is a way to turn the "broken" statue into a golden one:
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On the iPhone Version I am not able to do so.
The question is: Is there a requirement that I am ...
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How can I restart the adventure level from level 1?
I want to ask how can I restart the adventure level from level 1? Do I have to complete the adventure level before I can start it again? I want to leave the game in between and start it afresh. Is ...
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Do I need to buy seed packets from Crazy Dave every time I want to use them?
Crazy Dave just opened shop and he sports two very interesting "plants": twin sunflowers and gatling peas. However, I'm afraid that the price tag of $5k is per use, rather than "buy once, use forever,"...
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Is the Zen Garden a good investment?
In Plants vs Zombies I am interested in earning enough gold to unlock all the minigames. I've currently got about 45,000 gold so I'm getting close to affording one. However the plants in my zen garden ...
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What makes zombies drop coins?
Sometimes when a zombie is killed in Plants vs Zombies, it will drop a coin. I haven't noticed any particular pattern to the coin drops although if I have a good setup and I'm killing the zombies ...
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Does the iOS version have Survival mode?
I'd already been all the way through PvZ on my iPhone before the zen garden upgrade. I've continued playing, farming coins to unlock minigames, etc. However, the game seems to have entirely stopped ...
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How can I beat the Bobsled Bonanza Mini Game?
I just purchased a new mini-game pack in Plants vs. Zombies on my iPhone. One level is Bobsled Bonanza, which puts you against a ton of Zombonis and Zombie Bobsled Teams. To kill these zombies you ...
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Does collecting coins in Plants vs. Zombies play a song or just random notes?
Playing in my Zen garden I sometimes collect 20-30 coins, and they tend to make very melodic tunes. Do the coins play the notes of a particular song or is a random note played each time? I've tried ...
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Using chocolate in Plants vs. Zombies
I started finding chocolate for my snail. It says that chocolate makes your snail gather coins faster in your Zen garden, but how long do the effects of chocolate last? Also, can I feed my snail ...
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Glitched Morticulturist Achievement help?
I have all of Crazy Dave's plants. I have beaten Adventure mode countless times, unlocked everything (except Lucky Spin and the Zen Garden achievement. but I'm close!) and I have more money than I ...
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What is the maximum number of seed slots you can get in Plants vs. Zombies?
I bought the 9th seed slot from Crazy Dave's shop, and now it says sold out. Is that it, or can I unlock a 10th seed slot from somewhere?
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Is there a way to un-localize Plants vs Zombies on iPod/iPhone?
My iPod Touch is set to French, and Plants vs Zombies picked that up and presents the game in French. The translation is just awful. Is there a way to un-localize it so it's in English, is it locked ...
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What Boss’ Weakness is their Pancreas?
In Plants vs. Zombies, Crazy Dave says that he knows the Zomboss’ weakness and says to hit him in the pancreas, but then he says no, that was a different guy.
What guy/boss is Dave alluding to?
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Can I start with Plants vs. Zombies Game of the Year edition?
I've never played any Plants vs. Zombies games. The PopCap site says this on their: Plants vs. Zombies page:
Get ready to soil your plants! Again! PopCap's fun-dead game of the year is updated and ...
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How to obtain a specific plant for the Zen Garden?
In Plants vs Zombies, are there strategies that make it more probable to have certain plants (for your Zen Garden)?
How does the game decide which plant is given?
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Location of user data for Plants vs Zombies?
Where is user data stored for Plants vs Zombies on Mac OS X?
I want to play a fresh game, but I also want to be able to go back as needed.
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What's a good strategy to get the Flower Power achievement?
I'm playing Plants vs. Zombies on the iPhone and one of the achievements is "Flower Power: Keep 10 Twin Sunflowers Alive in a Single Level". I've tried on many different levels — standard, ...
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How can I make Plants vs. Zombies not pause whenever I switch windows?
There are many times that I did all the thing that I had needed to do and for the rest of game I just need to wait and watch the game will it ends. Isn't there any way to I could switch to another ...
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Plants Vs Zombies :- Switch House
In Plants Vs Zombies there is an option to "Switch House" at Crazy Dave's shop. What exactly does this do. I've switched house and not noticed any difference in game play.
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In Survival Mode (Endless), do the zombies on each wave vary?
Is the type and number of attacking zombies in each wave predetermined? Or does it vary depending on factors such as how many plants I've got in the ground, what strength these plants are, or how ...
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How can I run Plant vs Zombies in a resizable window mode?
I would like to play Plant vs Zombies in window mode but the result is a window too small for my actual resolution (1920x1200).
Is it possible, using some external program and without changing my ...
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Crashing on Plants vs Zombies for PS3
I'm experiencing lots of issues with PvZ on PS3:
The game crashes whenever I enter the Zen Garden (but this worked before)
The game greatly slows down on Survival Endless
It regularly freezes in-game ...
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When should I stop playing endless mode in Plants vs Zombies?
I don't think there's already a clone question, if there is I apologize but I didn't find it.
It's kinda of a spoiler but not really a spoiler.
So I'm using this strategy and I have 142 flags:
The ...
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How to win as plants in Vs. mode (Quick Play)?
The Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and DS versions of Plants vs. Zombies have a Vs. mode where each player plays either Plants or Zombies. I'm having a lot of problems when taking the role of ...
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How many more "gimmicks" does adventure mode have?
I just started my second play through of adventure mode in Plants vs. Zombies, and now Crazy Dave is picking 3 (usually irrelevant) plants for me to use on each level.
After I finish this playthrough,...
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How do I get more plants for my Zen Garden?
I have recently unlocked the Zen Garden, but there are only 3 plants for sale in the shop and there is tons of empty room in the garden. How do I fill up the garden?
Also, I have 2 grave-eating ...
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Is there a way to re-read previous Tree of Wisdom tips in-game?
Within the game, is there a way to re-read old tips given by the Tree of Wisdom?
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Plants vs zombies crashes on Mac OS X
I've bought Plants vs Zombies from Steam and when I reach an certain point in the game where I obtain a key the game crashes? Any ideas?
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What is the effective range of Magnet Shrooms?
How close must a Zombie be to lose its items to the Magnet Shroom? Is there any difference if the Digger Zombie is underground vs. above ground?
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Are there any special rewards for completing Adventure Mode multiple times?
I recently completed Adventure Mode in Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone. Are there any special rewards for completing it multiple times?
I noticed that when I started Adventure Mode again I had to ...
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Does the zombie preview screen give any clues as to which lanes the zombies will appear on?
In Plants vs Zombies, at the beginning of every level you're given a preview of which zombies occur in that level while you select your plants. Is the arrangement of zombies on that screen random, or ...
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What is the effective range of Umbrella Leafs?
What is the effective range of Umbrella Leaf plants? Do they protect plants diagonally adjacent to them? If next to a Cob Cannon (2 lawn squares wide), will the Umbrella Leaf protect both "halves" ...
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Can a headless zombie eat your plants?
In Plants vs Zombies, often, when a zombie loses its head, it continues making munching motions. I usually freak out and bomb them with something when they get that close, but I'm curious if it ...
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How to predict when Jack-in-the-Box zombies are about to explode in endless survival?
These zombies are pretty easy to kill, only it seems that sometimes they explode prematurely and take down a whole bunch of plants.
So what are the signs that they are about to explode and what ...
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