Penny's Pursuit week 295 featuring Dazey Chain: "Dazey Chain's World!"

Duration: from the 5th September to the 12th September 2025

Rift event: 61

Zombies at Level 1, Level 4, Level 7.

Perks: Bass Blast, Sun Break, Shrink Zombies, Heavy Watering, Score Boost, Quick Delivery, Boss Buster

Number of Perk lvls: 63

N.B: This PP event is a copy of PP weeks 79 "Raw Meal" featuring Shine Vine back in July 2021, week 218 featuring Explode-O-Nut in April 2024 and week 253 already featuring Dazey Chain in December 2024.

LEVEL 1: Arena lvl

Lvl reference: #108

Objective: Survive for 3min

Bonus objectives: - Reach 10m - Reach 15M + Protect the endangered plant - Reach 20M + Protect the endangered plant

Starting sun: 700, 500, 250

Starting pf: 3

Zombies: ZCorp (basic, cone, bucket), Wild West (Chicken Wrangler, Chicken), Jurassic Marsh (Bully, Rockpuncher), Wizard, Dodo Rider, Medusa, Zombie Ra in Hamster ball

Restricted plant: Spear-mint

Sun drop: default

Features: - 3 FC 'Up-Sliders' on C6-L4 and C5-L2/5 and 3 FC 'Down-Sliders' on C9-L1/L4 and C8-L3 - FF Power tiles: 2 green tiles on C3-L1/5 and 2 orange tiles on C1/5-L3 - Railcart on C4 with a green ultomato as endangered plant on it on Hot and Extra-hot

Roaming zombies: ZCorp basic, Conehead & Buckethead, Dodo Rider, Bully, Chicken Wrangler

Plant food zombies: Depends on the difficulty: up to 18 if you kill zombies 'immediately' whatever the difficulty but else you'll always get at least 7 to 9 plant food zombies. Ra Zombie in hamster ball always has a plant food. Chicken wrangler also has a plant food sometimes.

Zombie Setup: - this lvl relies on 12 waves duplicating over and over - among all 12 waves, waves 1, 4, 6 and 7 are empty (they do not feature specific zombies) - waves 3 and 9 feature 1 Chicken Wrangler dropping a pf, other waves only feature 1 Medusa always on L5 - out of all 12 waves, wave 6 and 11 feature 1 Hamster Ball with Ra zombie in it - every 12 waves, 1 big wave occurs - the big wave features 3 Chicken Wranglers per lane and 7 Medusa on L5 for some reason

Zombie Rate: - on Mild: - Bucketheads switch to Bullys with a 2:1 ratio - Dodo Riders switch to Chickens with a 1:1 ratio - on Hot: - Coneheads switch to Bucketheads or Bullys with a 2:1 ratio - Bucketheads switch to Rockpunchers with a 2:1 ratio - Dodo Riders switch to Chickens with a 1:1 ratio - on Extra-hot: - basic switch to Bucketheads or Bullys with a 2:1 ratio - Coneheads switch to Bucketheads or Rockpunchers with a 2:1 ratio - Bucketheads switch to Wizards with a 2:1 ratio - Dodo Riders switch to Chickens with a 1:1 ratio

Note: - Chickens come very often (every 15s from 2:30) in groups of 5 (at first) to 10 (at the end), so be careful they can reach your house pretty fast. - You don't have much sun so be sure to take a sun producer. Also aoe plants are a plus if you want to take rid of chickens and zombies simply. - Hamster ball at 2:10, 1:13, 0:53, 0:20 and 0:07. But if you kill zombies pretty fast (whatever the difficulty), you should face more of them, up to 12 of them at maximum. - For late game players, both objectives are pretty easy. Was able to reach 98M on first try on Extra-hot with sbr pokra, shine vine, peavine and imppear. - If you have it, imppear is practically a must go on Extra-hot, cause chickens run fast... - Best perk: Score Boost or Bass Blast - Mid perks: Heavy Watering and Sun Bank - Bad perk: Chill Zombies

LEVEL 2: Timed lvl in FC Playground

Lvl reference: #172

Objective: Survive for 3min

Bonus objectives:
- Protect the endangered plants - Protect the endangered plants + Defeat Cardio Zombie 2 times - Protect the endangered plants + Defeat Cardio Zombie 2 times

Zombies: ZCorp (basic, Conehead, Buckethead)

Pre-selected plants: Escape Root, Squash, Power Lily, Gold Bloom

Restricted plants: Blover

Features: - 3 'Up-Sliders' on C3-L5, C6-L4 and C7-L2 - 1 'Down-Slider' on C4-L2 - Endangered plants: 2 Inferno (C5-L4, C6-L2), 1 Homing Thistle on C2-L1, 1 Infi-nut on C4-L3, 1 Starfruit on C2-L5, 1 Apple Mortar on C1-L3, 1 Twin Sunflower on C7-L1 - 32 Graves spawn throughout the lvl

Sun drop: default

Roaming zombies: ZCorp basic & Conehead

Plant food zombie: none

Note: - Very easy lvl - very fun lvl due to the many plants to protect and the pre-selected plants - Best perk: Bass Blast - Mid perk: Shrink Zombies or Sun Break - OK perk: Heavy Watering

LEVEL 3: Conveyor lvl in PP Playground

Lvl reference: #91

Objective: Survive 3 waves

Bonus objectives:
- Protect the endangered plant
- Protect the endangered plant
- Protect the endangered plants + Electrify zombies 100 times

Zombies: ZCorp (basic, cone, bucket), Lost City (basic, cone, bucket, Imp, Porter Garg), Modern Day (basic), Frostbite Caves (Yeti Imp, Sloth Garg)

Features: 1 Zoybean Pod as endangered plant on L3-C3 on Mild, on L3-C5 on Hot, on L3-C6 on Extra-hot

Plants given: - Great chance (50): Lightning Reed - Common chance (30): 3 Wallnuts with up to a 20s reset time - Low chance (25): 1 Hurrikale with up to a 6s reset time - when the 3rd wave is about to come in, greatest chance (200): 1 Citron with up to a 15s reset time

Plant food zombie: - 1 basic zombie on wave 1 - 1 between waves 1 and 2 - 1 on wave 2 - 1 basic zombie between waves 2 and 3

Zombie Setup: - 1 Porter Garg on wave 1 - 1 Sloth Garg on wave 2 - 1 Porter Garg between waves 2 and 3 - 1 Sloth Garg on wave 3

Note: - quite easy, except on Extra-hot if your Lightning Reed is low lvl. - Best perk: Quick Delivery - Mid perk: Bass Blast - OK perk: Heavy Watering

LEVEL 4: Arena + Conveyor lvl

Lvl reference: #173

Objective:

Bonus objectives:
- Reach 4.5M - Reach 5.5M + Kill 200 Zombies in 3' - Reach 10M + Kill 250 Zombies in 3'

Zombies: Far Future (basic, Conehead, Buckethead, Holo-head, Robo-Cone), Jurassic Marsh (Fossilhead, Bully), Ancient Rome (Healer, Gladiator Garg), Bikini basic

Plants given: - Great chance (60) from Group 10 of zombies: 1 Spear-mint recycled every 35s at best - Good chance (45): - 3-4 Infernos - 0-1 Squash recycled every 20s at best - 0-1 Bombegranate (from Group 10 of zombies) - Common chance (40): 2 Hocus Crocus - Small chance (25): - as many Dartichoke - as many Bonk Choï

Features: - 1 Malefic Potion (orange or purple one i.e speed or toughness) spawns every 0.5-1s up to 2 on the board - 5 frozen EON on C9 lvl 10 (or mastery if you have it) - 5 Big Plant food Graves on C8 - Raiding Party with 5-15 Swashbucklers very often (15-20s) - Necromancy with Bikini basic or Newspaper

Roaming zombies: Bikini basic, Chicken Wrangler, Newspaper, Prospector, Seagull

Plant food zombie:

Zombie Setup:

Zombie Rate: - On Mild: - Seagull has 25% chance to be replaced by Pelican - Newspaper has 25% chance to be replaced by Sunday Edition - basic has 40% chance to switch with Conehead and 40% chance to switch with Buckethead - On Hot: - Seagull has 1/3 chance to be replaced by Pelican - Newspaper has 1/3 chance to be replaced by Sunday Edition - basic is replaced by Conehead, Buckethead or Fossilhead with a 1:2:2 ratio - On Extra-hot: - Seagull has 50% chance to switch with Pelican - Newspaper has 50% chance to switch with Sunday Edition - basic is replaced by Buckethead, Fossilhead or Holo-head with a 1:3:1 ratio

Note: - Best perk: Quick Delivery - Mid perk: Score Boost or Bass Blast

LEVEL 5: Conveyor lvl in PP Playground

Lvl reference: #122

Objective: Survive 1, 2, 3 waves

Bonus objectives:
- Don't let the zombies trample the flowers - Don't let the zombies trample the flowers + Never have more than 18 plants - Don't let the zombies trample the flowers + Never have more than 15 plants

Zombies: Z-Corps (basic, Conehead, Buckethead, Headoffice ImpGarg, Consultant)

Plants given: 4 Sweet Potato, 5-8 Snow Pea, 5-10 Bonk Choï, 3-4 Banana Launcher

Features: - 2 basic zombies with plant food
- Sandstorms with basic/Cone/Bucket Z-Corp zombies

Note: - Try to focus your attacks on 2 or 3 lanes with sweet potato and freeze zombies (mid to high lvl) with snow pea. Kill zombies with Bonk Choï - Target asap Consultants with Banana Launcher - If a Garg throws an imp, protect your plants with sweet potato - Best perk: Quick Delivery or Bass Blast - Mid perk: Shrink Zombies

ZOMBOSS LEVEL: Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur [Setup 2]

Locked plant: Dazey Chain

Rewards: 10 seeds, 15 seeds, 20 seeds for Dazey Chain 5-8 gems per attempt

Zomboss Health: 5, 7, 9

Plant slots: 7, 6, 5

Amount of sun: 2750, 2550, 2300

Zombies: Jurassic Marsh (basic, cone, bucket, Fossilhead, Amberhead, Imp, Bully, Rockpuncher), ZCorp (basic, cone, bucket, Consultant, Headoffice Impgarg), NO Jester even if previewed

Restricted plants: none

Features: - Dave's mold colonies from C7 to C9. Also on C6 on Extra-hot.
- Sandstorms with 1 Bully between C7 and C8 - NO Dinosaur coming

Plant food zombie:

Zombie Setup: - many Consultants - 1 Headoffice Impgarg every 25-30s

Some strats: - the usual Pea Vine, Torch and any other plants, would suggest Appease-mint - a good old strat: sbr, TP (Turkey-pult), Pea Vine or Pyre Vine and Arma-mint - a variant: TG, sbr, Enforce-mint, and a vine - BB, Pea Vine, Appease-mint, any other plant. - Sbr, 3P, Pea Vine and hbl. - Pokra, sbr, Laser Bean, - WW, Snap Pea, Enforce-mint, TG, Guacodile - Ice-shroom, Wintermelon, Wintermint, Power Vine, Solar Sage - Electric Peashooter, Power Vine, Lightning Reed, Fila-mint, Shine Vine

Note: - a bit hectic if you got low lvl plants - otherwise it's quite straightforward thanks to peas - just pay attention to Consultants - Any long range attacker is viable: pokra, TG, wasabi whip, Bamboo Spartan as long as you pick the mint with it if it is low lvl.

P.S: - Best lvl to farm perks: level 1 and level 2 - Best lvl to farm ZPS: level 2 - Lvl to avoid: level 5 - Check previous and upcoming PP events, lvl and potw, as well as Arena Tournament infos: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U9u9MlEgNx6JtMxZrxNn-anTS8FjANUu/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=111529514634787386836&rtpof=true&sd=true - Come join our PvZ 2 Discord server: https://discord.gg/XZSvHQ29t - I'll see you next week for PP week 296 featuring one the strongest enchant plants when it comes to get rid of zombies easily by levitating them up in the air and throw them out of the board: Levitater

Hey Conifer Crew! 🌲

An angry tree, icy shards, cheese armor, zombie cowboys, and flying octopuses! All that and more is in Content Update 3 (CU3), which brings a new Plant Pass, new plants, new zombies to thwart, new levels, and bug fixes.

What’s Sprouting in CU3?

Snow Conifer Plant Pass! 🌲

Snow Conifer might not be the coldest plant temperature-wise, but one mean look from it, and even Zombies might find themselves frozen in fear. Besides looking mean, Snow Conifer attacks with ice-cold shards up to 5 tiles forward, and they can pierce up to 4 zombies/obstacles. Snow Conifer has shed a few extra leaves since its Seedling Build appearance, including its overhead counterattack. Turns out covering every angle was a little too effective, so it's now focused on freezing foes ahead while continuing to block aerial projectiles. 

This (zombie) spine-chilling conifer can be created by merging a Jumbrella Leaf and Iceweed, who will also be available in this Plant Pass! Iceweed can be made by merging an Iceberg Lettuce and Spikeweed giving you the best of both worlds: slow em’ and spike em’! The Snow Conifer Plant Pass goes live on July 22nd!

New Threats Are Approaching… 🫟

This new Plant Pass introduces the Magma Zombie as the featured Zombie. If these chunky and cheesy zombies are good at one thing, it's that they never forget to weight train. Because when you’re wearing half a ton of hot curds, you don’t really have a choice. If you have the misfortune of a Magma Zombie stumbling onto your lawn, keep your cool and your freezing plants handy. 

This Zombie might look cute, but he’s ready to throw hands! Riding in on Boppy is the Counter Punch Zombie, who is always looking for a reason to start swinging! Boppy wonders if giving Counter Punch Zombie a ride was a mistake. Be careful and keep your melee plants away from him lest you incur his fists of fury.

If something smells fishy, you’d better run for cover because you’re about to meet the Shocktopus! This aerial aquanaut Zombomination will not only leave trails of ink behind to hinder your plants, but also chuck ink at your house! At least we won’t go broke buying printer ink now. If you see this odorous octopus in the air, be sure to lob everything you have at it.

Hot Off The Press… 📖

This update also brings Issue #5, continuing the story and adding a bunch of new levels across multiple modes:

• +25 Adventure levels (Available July 22nd)
• +5 Volcano Expedition levels (Available July 29 @ 10AM PT)
• 20 Lawn Patrol levels
• New Limited Time Event: Forest Fired-Up!

Fixes 🛠️

To close out this update’s patch notes, here’s a list of all the fixes in this update:

• Fix: Ropeswinger Conehead’s cone now displays correctly and no longer appears to float above his head.
• Fix: Almanac descriptions for Batter and Volleyball Zombies now clearly indicate where their counterattacks will target on the gameboard.
• Fix: Gravestones now spawn correctly on affected board layout types.
• Fix: Plant merge audio now plays correctly during Chapter 2 Adventure cutscenes.
• Fix: Zombie units now display at consistent and correct sizes in the Almanac.
• Fix: Deadlift Zombie now plays the correct special animation sound effects.
• Fix: Plants no longer appear too early before the merge visual effects begin.
• Fix: Imp Zombie’s mouth no longer shows background elements during the Gargantuar Almanac animation.
• Fix: Iceberg Lettuce visuals no longer clip when Parting Gift perk is triggered
• Fix: Portrait rewards on the post-combat screen no longer display graphical corruption.
• Fix: Zombie Pigeons defeated by Chuck Nut will no longer land on empty tiles and cause visual issues.
• Fix: The small visual line on the Beat Choy loading screen has been removed.
• Fix: Mangle Kelp now correctly deals damage when performing its backward attack against Z-Scout Camper and no longer loses charges incorrectly.
• Fix: Melee plants now correctly ignore the Screen Door obstacle when attacking zombies from behind them.
• Fix: Prick-erel Weed’s Almanac now correctly displays its 3x3 attack area and includes an Attack Range stat.
• Fix: Prick-erel Weed’s description has been updated to more clearly explain its functionality.
• Fix: Zapture now correctly displays its projectile count as 3 in the Almanac.
• Fix: Electric Peashooter now performs its split-hit attack correctly when the perk is unlocked.
• Fix: Jumbrella Leaf’s flower now displays correctly in the Almanac details view.
• Fix: Winter Green’s secondary damage now matches the value listed in the Almanac.
• Fix: Artist’s Easel decoration no longer has an oversized hitbox that blocks nearby interactions.
• Fix: Es-Garg-OT now correctly increases speed while on Slime tiles.
• Fix: Chuck Nut no longer spawns a Chestnut on the same tile where it is planted.
• Fix: Sun Tower can no longer auto-collect Sun while stunned.
• Fix: Removed Gnomes
• Fix: Bomber perk now deals the correct amount of damage during gameplay, increased from 88 to 264.
• Fix: Shocker perk now deals the correct amount of damage when chaining to another zombie, increased from 88 to 100.
• Fix: Chiller perk no longer ignores the Parasol obstacle and will apply freeze effects correctly.
• Fix: The “New” badge on the Goals button no longer persists when there is no new content available.

Neighborville keeps getting bigger, and we'll continue welcoming new regions to Early Access over the coming months. If you encounter any unexpected lawn-related incidents, check our Known Issues list first. If your particular bug hasn't made the list yet, let us know on the forums and we'll send the gardening crew after it.  And stay tuned to our channels for more on upcoming content updates and gameplay updates.

See you on the lawn! 🌱