Fortress Kingdom

Fortress Kingdom is the tenth kingdom in Plants vs. Zombies: Kingdom of Taco. It take place on a castle. There are two main gimmick in this world, being the hard floor and chess pieces.
Hard floor is similar to Roof from PvZ1, where only Flower Pot can be planted on top, each level starts with 3 columns of Flower Pots on the left except level 1 with 5 columns as you haven't unlock it yet. Flying plants such as Rotobage and ground spikes plants such as Spikeweed and Spikerock can be planted on hard floor just fine.
Chess pieces are another major mechanic of this world, they spawn at the start of a level, from the "Chess Capture!" where multiple chess pieces drop from the air or from Chess Grandmaster. They act as obstacles that would block straight-shot projectiles. Chess Grandmaster can move these chess pieces depending on their types, which can destroy the plants that is on top of them. Some zombies disguised as chess pieces, which will reveal themselves when they are damaged or moved by Chess Grandmaster. They have different degree of health as well:
*Pawn has 200 health and can move to the left for 1 tile at a time.
*Rook has 700 health and can move to the left, right, up and down for 1 tile at a time. Zombie Rook may disguised as one.
*Bishop has 700 health and can move diagonally for 1 tile at a time. Zombie Bishop may disguised as one.
*Knight has 900 health and can only move in an L shape and jump over plants until it landed. Knight of the Living Dead may pop out from one of them.
*Queen has 1200 health and has both Rook and Bishop's movement, 1 tile at a time.
*King has 1200 health, if it is destroyed, a Chess Grandmaster will be checkmated and leave the lawn. Check-Mayflowers have a chance to destroy them whenever they attack.
*Chancellor is rare, they have 800 health and can move either like a Rook or a Bishop. In addition, Zombie Chancellor will almost always disguised as one.
Beside "Chess Capture!" ambush, there's also "Assassination!" where multiple Assassin Zombies will appear in the middle of the lawn.
==Plants==
* : Can be planted on hard floor, allowing other plants to be planted on top.
* : Summon a giant chess piece from the air to stomp on zombies and deal damage.
* : Lob carrot rockets at the zombie in the back rather than the front, dealing splash damage in the entire tile.
* : Can be planted on other plants to protect them while dealing damage to zombies eating them.
* : Fire projectiles at a slow speed into the air before they land on zombies in this lane or adjacent lanes, dealing splash damage in that tile.
* : Lob corrosive acid that deal heavy damage to armor and obstacles, but deal no damage to zombies or vehicles.
* : Sun producer that can be placed on the frontline thanks to their higher health.
* : Lob poisonous bottle that deal no damage, but will poison zombies, the poison can stack with each other for 5 times and reset the timer when hit.
* : Summon cold wind that slightly freeze and chill all zombies within their lane.
* : Slap zombies back for when they're close, one at a time. Rest after 10 hit.
* : Explode when planted, which deal damage and scatter grapes out in 6 different directions. Each grape stays on the lawn for 60 seconds and explodes when it touch a zombie.
* : Flying plants that shoot 3 projectiles each at 4 diagonal directions.
* : Summon small Chest-Nuts to protect the plant one tile in front, when one is eaten, it can summon another to replace it.
* : Pop gum onto zombies when they're nearby, forcing them to eat through the gum before moving forward. Gum health is increased by zombies' health.
* : Slow down all zombies within 3x3, when 6 or more zombies are within their range, they will knock all of them in back.
==Zombies==
* : Stay at the end of the lawn to summon chess pieces, moving them and promote Browncoat Zombie or En Peasant without the Pawn pieces into either Zombie Rook or Zombie Bishop when they reached the 5th columns.
* : Can move to different lanes from time to time.
* : Walk diagonally instead of straight forward, making them harder to predict.
* : Stay at the first column to fire arrows at the plants closest to the right. Can run out of arrows which then walk forward like a normal zombie.
* : Fire musket at plants, deal heavier damage to defender plants with high health.
* : Hold a metal shield and wear metal helmet to protect themselves. Can use their wooden lance to slice 2 plants at once for one time before it snaps in half, then attack plants normall.
* : Anvil drop from the sky as they walk towards it before reaching to it. They will create knight helmet and throw them onto the ground as obstacles, when any zombie without a headwear walk past it, they will wear it. Anvil can be broken.
* : Roll a cannon forward that crushes plant and can be destroyed by spikes. Occasionally uses his torch to light the fuse, which fire a bomb that will destroy plants in 3x3 instantly.
* : Appear from thin air within your defense, then uses metal knife to deal heavy damage to your plants.
* : When they encountered a plant, they will drop the Pawn onto a plant, blocking that lane, then change to a different adjacent lane.
* : Not only can they move to different lanes from time to time, they can also jump to a different lane when encountering a plant for the first time.
* : Use a heavy metal shield that can protect him from damage by 20% until it is destroyed. Smash plants with their pillar.
* : Summon chess pieces and zombies to protect themselves and smash plants, promote zombies into Knight of the Living Dead and move to a different lane with an Imp under the chair when cornered.
* : Summon chess pieces and zombies from the air, create armor from the top of the queen and drop them. fire laser down the lane with the eye unless there's a Check-Mayflower or a plant with Tacobility. Fire cannons from the top of the queen unless it is chilled.
==Levels==
Day	Plant 	Zombie	Flag 	Chess Pieces 	Note 	Prize
1 	Choose 	 	1 	Pawn 	5 columns of Flower Pots at the start. 	
2 	Choose with 	 	1 	Pawn, King 	 	
3 	Choose 	 	2 	Rook, Bishop, King 	 	
4 	Choose, 1 pre-planted on 	 	2 	Pawn, Rook, King 	 	
5 	Choose 	 	2 	Pawn, Bishop, King 	 	
6 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, King 	 	
7 	Choose, 1 pre-planted and on 	 	1 	Pawn, Knight, King 	 	
8 	Choose, 5 endangered on 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Knight, King 	 	
9 	 	 	1 	N/A 	Quickdraw Quiver Brain Buster. 	
A1 	 	 	2 	N/A 	Quickdraw Quiver Brain Buster, extra level after Day 9. 	
A2 	 	 	2 	N/A 	Quickdraw Quiver Brain Buster. 	
A3 	 	 	3 	N/A 	Quickdraw Quiver Brain Buster. 	
10 	Choose 	 	2 	Pawn, Bishop, King 	 	
11 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, King 	 	
12 	Choose without any 0 cost plant 	 	2 	Pawn, Knight, King 	Objective:Don't spend any sun for 75 seconds. 	
13 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Queen, King 	 	
14 	Choose with 	 	2 	Pawn, Knight, King 	 	
15 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King 	 	
16 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, King 	General Zombie battle. 	
B1 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, King 	General Zombie battle, extra level after Day 16. 	
B2 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Knight, Queen, King 	General Zombie battle. 	
B3 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King 	General Zombie battle. 	
17 	Choose, 3 pre-planted on 	 	2 	Pawn, Knight, King 	 	
18 	Choose with 	 	2 	Pawn, Queen, King 	 	
19 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, King 	 	
20 	Choose without any 0 cost plants 	 	4 	Queen 	Objective:Don't spend any sun for 90 seconds. 	
21 	Choose with , 1 pre-planted and 1 on	 	2 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, King 	 	
22 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Knight, Queen, King 	 	
23 	Choose, 3 endangered on 	 	4 	Pawn, Knight, Queen, King 	 	
24 	Choose 	 	3 	N/A 	V.I.Z. Mission
Defeat at least 3 . 	
C1 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, King 	V.I.Z. Mission, extra level after Day 24.
Defeat at least 5 . 	
C2 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn 	V.I.Z. Mission
Defeat at least 8 . 	
C3 	Choose 	 	3 	Queen 	V.I.Z. Mission
Defeat all 10 . 	
25 	Choose with 	 	2 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Queen, King 	 	
26 	Choose 	 	4 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King 	 	
27 	Choose, 2 endangered 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, King 	Most zombies don't spawn on the lane with the endangered plants. 	
28 	Choose 	 	5 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King 	 	
29 	Choose 	 	2 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, King 	 	
30 	Choose, 1 pre-planted on 	 	3 	Pawn, Knight, Queen, King 	 	
31 	Choose with , 1 endangered on 	 	4 	Pawn, Bishop, Knight, King 	 	
32 	Choose, 2 pre-planted on 	 	2 	Pawn, Rook, Chancellor, King 	 	
33 	Choose, 1 pre-planted on 	 	4 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Chancellor, King 	 	
34 	Conveyor belt; 	 	4 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Chancellor, King 	Column Like You See 'Em Brain Buster. 	
D1 	Conveyor belt; 	 	4 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King 	Column Like You See 'Em Brain Buster, extra level after Day 34. 	
D2 	Conveyor belt; 	 	5 	Pawn, Knight, Queen, Chancellor, King 	Column Like You See 'Em Brain Buster. 	
D3 	Conveyor belt; 	 	5 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, Chancellor, King	Column Like You See 'Em Brain Buster, 4 columns of Flower Pots at the start.	
35 	Choose 	 	3 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, King 	 	
36 	Choose without any 0 cost plants 	 	5 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, Chancellor, King	Objective:Don't spend any sun for 100 seconds. 	Endless Brick
37 	Choose 	 	4 	Queen 	All chess pieces in this level will instantly be promoted to Queen. 	
38 	Choose, 3 endangered 	 	5 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, Chancellor, King	 	
39 	Choose 	 	5 	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, Chancellor, King	 	
40 	Conveyor belt; 	 	Replaced with Boss Health	Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen, Chancellor, King	Boss Battle. 	
== Brain Buster ==
There are 2 exclusive Brain Busters and 1 V.I.Z. Mission in this world. First is "Quickdraw Quiver", where you will have Carrocket, Neanderslaw and Umbrella Leaf (At harder levels). There's a button for you to rotate them, which will be needed to fight against the Archer Zombies. They will fire arrows at the plant, either straight shot or lobbed shot, sometimes even fake out their shooting pattern. You will need to change plant accordingly to defend. Afterward you need to switch to Carrocket and click on the Archer Zombie to fire carrots at them, killing them in 1 shot.
Secondly is the V.I.Z. Mission, where you have to defeat Imp-portant Zombie that act like Zombie Yeti but with less health and faster speed. They escape after entering the lawn for a bit which you have to defeat in time before they escape. While earlier levels only require some Imp-portant Zombies to be defeated, others require all of them.
Last but not least is "Column Like You See 'Em", which is similar to the mini-game with the same name in PvZ1. When you place a plant, all 5 columns will be filled with the same plant, while this is powerful, there will be a lot of zombies coming at the same time. Something unique to this Brain Buster compared to the original is Tacobility, which will apply to the entire column when used, giving you a lot stronger plants, though they are rare.
== Endless Brick ==
Endless Brick is unlocked after beating Day 36, it unlocks both Survival Mode and Endless Mode of this world. For both Survival Mode and Endless Mode, chess pieces and disguised zombies will randomly spawn throughout the level.
For Endless Mode, you unlock these plants at the start:
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== Dialogue ==
Before starting Day 1:
* Crazy Dave: Woah Penny, look at the view!
* Penny: We are in the Fortress Kingdom, User Dave.
* Crazy Dave: Does this mean the entire kingdom is this castle?
* Penny: It appears so.
* Crazy Dave: I want to visit the throne room!
* Penny: I would advise not to, there are zombies here.
* Crazy Dave: Then we must defeat them! Here neighbour, use these Flower Pots.
* Crazy Dave: You can't plant plants on the hard tiles now, can't you!
Before starting Day 2:
* Crazy Dave: What's with all these decorations?
* Penny: They would be chess pieces, User Dave.
* Crazy Dave: I love chess, they used to call me the "Chess Man".
* Crazy Dave: Except I don't know anything about chess.
* Penny: Beware of the Chess Grandmaster, he can move chess pieces at your plants, destroying them.
Before starting Day 9:
* Crazy Dave: Be careful!
* Crazy Dave: There's tons of Archer out there, you might get shot!
* Penny: Looks like Carrocket has some unfinished business with them.
* Penny: Protect them with Neanderslaw's reflecting attack.
* Crazy Dave: Don't forget to click on the Archer Zombies to shoot at them with Carrocket!
* Crazy Dave: Let them have a taste of their own medicine!
Before starting Day 12:
* Penny: Our sun bank is tanking.
* Crazy Dave: Looks like you will have to wait before using sun, neighbour.
* Penny: Wait for 75 seconds, then our sun bank will be recharged.
Before starting Day 16:
* Crazy Dave: Who is that?
* Crazy Dave: Their chair looks really comfortable!
* Penny: That's King of Chess, he is the king around here.
* Crazy Dave: KING? I must get an autograph!
* Penny: He can promote zombies into knights, and move chess pieces around to protect himself.
* Crazy Dave: Penny! Where's my notebook for celebrity autograph at?
After finishing Day 16:
* Crazy Dave: Looks like that king didn't sign my autograph.
* Crazy Dave: But I did smell some Pico de gallo!
* Crazy Dave: Mmmmm... I love some Pico de gallo on my Taco!
* Crazy Dave: Oh yeah, my shop has been expanded!
Before starting Day 24:
* Penny: There will be V.I.Z. coming soon.
* Penny: You must defeat them before they flee.
* Crazy Dave: MORE famous people? My notebook will finally be filled!
* Crazy Dave: I haven't got another one since myself!
Before starting Day 34:
* Crazy Dave: Penny what happened?
* Crazy Dave: There are sooooo many plants around here!
* Penny: Plants are growing rapidly.
* Penny: When you plant one of them, an entire column will grow alongside them.
* Penny: Use them to defeat the huge upcoming waves of zombies.
Before starting Day 37:
* Crazy Dave: There's only queen pieces here.
* Crazy Dave: I guess some people got promoted.
* Penny: The chess pieces will be promoted no matter what.
* Penny: Try using Catapult plants to attack over them.
Before starting Day 40:
* Dr. Zomboss: Human, ever wonder why David never fight on his own?
* Dr. Zomboss: That's because he's using you as a pawn for his scheme!
* Dr. Zomboss: That's right, he's using you as a gambit for his tacos!
* Dr. Zomboss: Unless you want to keep being someone's minion, in which case my newest Zombot will be saying hello!
* (Zomboss leaves)
* Crazy Dave: That is not true!
* Crazy Dave: Well, I do love my tacos.
* Crazy Dave: But I would never use someone as a "pawn"!
* Crazy Dave: I don't even know how to play chess!
After finishing Day 40:
* Dr. Zomboss: Keep being his underling I guess!
* Dr. Zomboss: I will be leaving, NOW!
* (Zomboss leaves)
* Crazy Dave: Where did he go!
* Penny: My metal detector is getting a lot of signals.
* Crazy Dave: Are you sure you aren't detecting yourself?
* Penny: There's a higher amount than usual, he must be going to that shiny and gray kingdom next!
* Crazy Dave: Let's get our Magnet-Shrooms ready!
== Trivia ==
* Just like the previous 2 kingdoms, this world does not have a counterpart in Strikes Back.
** Closest would be Wasted Junkyard, as both have areas that only Flower Pot can be planted on.
* Originally, this world was not going to have the chess theme it has now, but was added during development as it add more variety to this kingdom.
* Iceweed was considered before the page creator remembers ground spike plants doesn't work with hard floor.
* Despite first appearing in this kingdom, Imp-portant Zombie is counted as a Other zombie instead.
** This is most likely because they are mini-game exclusive.
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