Arcade Mode

Arcade Mode is a game mode in Plants vs. Zombies: Dawn of the Elementals. It is unlocked after defeating any of the Undead Elementals in Story Mode.
== Premise ==
The rules in Arcade Mode vary from level to level, but the basic goal is that a never-ending horde of zombies is attacking the player, and they must score points through various methods, which depend entirely on the rules of the Arcade Mode level, and use power-ups to assist them.
All Arcade Mode levels have a time limit of 60 seconds, which can be extended by the clock power-up (see next section). Depending on the player's score at the end of an Arcade Mode level, they will earn a bronze, a silver, or a gold medal.
In order to unlock more levels for Arcade Mode, the player must defeat the boss corresponding to the world they want to unlock in Story Mode (for example, defeating Magmus will unlock the Arcade Mode levels for Volcano Island). Note that Land of the Zombotanies does not have any Arcade Mode levels.
It is impossible to lose an Arcade Mode level. If a zombie makes it across the lawn, the player simply gets a time or score penalty, depending on the level.
== Power-Ups ==
Power-Ups in Arcade Mode are not at all like the Power-Ups found in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. They can be obtained in one of three ways:
#Breaking a crate dropped by a Bungee Zombie.
#Killing a zombie wearing a sandwich board.
#Planting any plant that does not cost 0 sun onto a tile with a power-up symbol on it, just like the Power Tiles in Kung-Fu World.
Whatever symbol is on the crate, sandwich board, or tile will determine what power-up is obtained. Power-ups are use immediently after obtaining them. Not all power-ups appear in all Arcade Mode levels.
The power-ups are:
Name 	Image (Crate)	Image (Zombie)	
Image (Tile)	Effect 	Note
Clock 	 	 		Increases the time limit in seconds by whatever number from 1 to 10 is on the clock.	The only power-up to appear in every Arcade Mode level.
Snowflake	 	 		Freezes all zombies on screen and the time limit for a limited time. 	
Rainbow 	 	 		A rainbow appears and drops down multi-colored beams to damage zombies. 	
Taco 	 	 		Crazy Dave screams as all zombies suddenly drop coins. 	
Leaf 	 	 		All plants on the screen activate their Plant Food effect at once. 	
x2 	 	 		Doubles all points you earn for a limited time. 	Does not stack with x3 and x4.
x3 	 	 		Triples all points you earn for a limited time. 	Does not stack with x2 and x4.
x4 	 	 		Quadruples all points you earn for a limited. 	Does not stack with x2 and x3.
== Levels ==
Each set in Arcade Mode has 4 Arcade Mode levels, for a total of 28 levels in Arcade Mode. In order to unlock the last level of each Arcade Mode set, the player must get a silver or gold medal in the 3 levels before it. Once a silver or gold medal has been achieved in the first 20 Arcade Mode levels, the Expert Zombie Zapper set becomes unlocked. After completing the Expert Zombie Zapper set with silver or gold medals in all 4 levels, the Mini-Games: Origns set becomes unlocked.
=== Doomsday Desert ===
Cactus Canyon
Crate Going, Kid!
Earthquake Zone
1001 Arabian Fights
=== Brainfreeze Lakes ===
Ice Station Zombies
H2 Oh No!
Arctic Thunder
Sub Zero Showdown
=== Mount Stormyside ===
Tornado Alley
Rock 'Em Like a Hurricane
Eye of the Storm
Fog of War
=== Volcano Island ===
Disco Inferno
Fight Fire with Fire
The Smell of Napalm
Ring of Fire
=== Zomboss Towers ===
High Rise Hi-Jinks
Mechanical Madness
Shocking Surprise
Zomboss's Challenge
=== Expert Zombie Zapper ===
Memory Lane
Crazy Dave's Choice
Zompocalypse Now
A Little Bit of Everything
=== Mini-Games: Origins ===
Portal Combat: Origins
Slot Machine: Origins
It's Raining Seeds: Origins
Bobsled Bonanza: Origins
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