Pot-ato of Gold

Pot-ato of Gold is a plant in , unlocked by collecting 10,000 coins in the Zen Garden. The plant requires sun to operate, in a similar manner to , with a similar "touch-to-give-sun" mechanic.
It requires the player to give it 500 sun in order to attack with powerful laser strikes that deal heavy damage to the 5 highest health zombies. The player can tap on it to give it 50 sun, at 2 second intervals. After attacking, it remains inactive for 10 seconds before being able to take in sun.
==Origins==
It is based on the potato, a root plant commonly associated with Ireland.
Its name is a combination of potato, and pot of gold, which is an iconic symbol of St. Patrick's Day.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
=== Effect===
When fed Plant Food, Pot-ato of Gold will automatically attack once, without interfering with the current sun count progress. This effect is repeated for every other Pot-atoes of Gold.
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When boosted by Enlighten-mint, Pot-ato of Gold's required sun to attack will drop to 100, and reduces the sun spending interval to 0.1 seconds. The damage will also increase by +500DPS and increases the number of targets by +2.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge 	Toughness	Number of Targets	Damage 	Sun Required	Spending Interval	Splash Damage
1 	0 	1,000 	200 	120 seconds	300 	5 	1000 	500 	2 seconds 	N/A
2 	0 	2,500 	200 	120 seconds	400 	5 	1200 	500 	1.8 seconds 	N/A
3 	0 	5,000 	175 	120 seconds	500 	6 	1400 	500 	1.6 second 	N/A
4 	0 	10,000	175 	120 seconds	600 	6 	1600 	500 	1.4 seconds 	N/A
5 	0 	25,000	150 	120 seconds	700 	7 	1800 	400 	1.2 seconds 	N/A
6 	0 	50,000	150 	80 seconds 	800 	7 	2000 	400 	1.2 seconds 	300
7 	0 	50,000	125 	80 seconds 	900 	8 	2200 	400 	1 second 	450
8 	0 	50,000	125 	80 seconds 	1000 	8 	2200 	400 	1 second 	600
9 	0 	50,000	125 	80 seconds 	1100 	9 	2400 	300 	0.75 seconds 	750
10 	0 	50,000	100 	80 seconds 	1200 	10 	2400 	300 	0.75 seconds 	900
==Strategy==
Similar to , this plant allows you to use your sun as firepower, so bring lots of sun-producers, especially potent ones, like or . It is also reccomended to bring , as you can boost your existing sun producer's efficiency and generate off of non-sun producers. As for the plant itself, plant it as soon as possible, as the incredibly slow recharge may cripple you, but once you get a second one going, you're going to need a lot more sun to sustain yourself. Use slowing plants like or to allow yourself to generate more sun before spending away and blasting all the zombies. Another problem that comes with the slow recharge is if the plant dies, as you lose a lot of offensive firepower. Using wall-like plants to protect it, like and , to allow it to keep firing without worry.
==Gallery==
File:potato of gold.png|HD Pot-ato of Gold
File:potato of gold seed all.png|Pot-ato of Gold's Seed Packet
File:potato of gold seed mint.png|Ditto, but with no sun tag
File:potato of gold seed sun.png|Ditto, but with no mint symbol
File:potato of gold seed.png|With nothing
File:potato of gold seed all imi.png|Imitated variant
File:potato of gold seed mint imi.png|Imitated variant (2)
File:potato of gold seed sun imi.png|Imitated variant (3)
File:potato of gold seed imi.png|Imitated variant (4)
File:Funny rainbow beam.png|Its attack
==Trivia==
*This was made as an entry for the Luck of the Zombies 2022 contest.
*Its almanac entry refers to how it is the only potato in that does not explode, however also exists.
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