Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare

Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare (often shortened to New World Warfare and abbreviated as PvZ: New World Warfare, Plants vs. Zombies: NWW, PvZ:NWW or simply NWW) is a spin-off game in the incredibly popular Plants vs. Zombies franchise developed by PopCap Seattle and Spindle City Studios, and published by Electronic Arts. It is currently in an alpha stage in version 0.1, and is set to release on all platforms on October 22, 2025. As the name may suggest, instead of taking place in multiple countries or different ambiguous locations, each world is themed around a state in the United States of America.
The core gameplay of the PvZ franchise can be found here, but there are multiple new features to compensate for being a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies 2. The graphical style remains very similar to its predecessor.
New World Warfare can be purchased for mobile, console, handheld (Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck), and PC platforms.
==Naming==
Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare contains the moniker "New World Warfare." Warfare is simple. It's named as such because the game has an ongoing 'violent' conflict between the Plants and the Zombies. However, the "New World" portion is more unique. Why is the USA sometimes called 'The New World?'
Well, it's a nickname for both the United States and the American continents that comes from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. He coined the term in the early 1500s after first documenting his experiences in the Americas. When originally documenting his findings, his letters became incredibly popular throughout Italy. This caused the term to become commonly used until slowly becoming addressed as the Americas.
And no, before you ask, that’s probably not where Vespucci Beach in GTA gets its name from. If you’re wondering, just make sure to do your research in Incognito…
==Plot==
After the events of PvZ2, Dr. Zomboss has realized that traveling throughout the world and literal time is not necessarily a good idea. So, he decided on a new plan: Why not travel throughout a smaller area? Perhaps a country? He decided on the home country of Zomburbia, the land of morbid obesity and stupid Zinternet trends. That would be the United States, of course! He's now moving throughout the country, establishing his zombie empire's supremacy over all the states, and it's up to you and Dave to stop him! Better hit the road for Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare!
==Game icons==
===PC/Mobile===
File:LogoForNWW.png|Icon for the game since 0.0.1
===Console===
TBD
==Gameplay==
===General===
The core gameplay of NWW is identical to its tower defense predecessors. In New World Warfare, the player plants plants on a lawn in order to defend said lawn from your undead assailants, the Zombies. Your main currency in a level is Sun, which can be obtained from both the sky (only applicable to daytime levels) or from sun-producing plants. However, after plants are placed, they will undergo a cooldown before being able to be planted again. Different plants have different cooldowns, Sun costs, and attributes.
Several previous features are retained from previous games, such as:
*Upgrades (albeit, quite different)
* Travel Log
* Online competitive multiplayer 
*The turbo button
*Lawnmowers
However, some features have been removed:
*Penny's Pursuit
*The Vasebreaker mode (although it remains a Brain Buster)
*Power-ups
*Boosting (with Gems)
* Pinata Party (replaced with the Botanic Battle mode)
===Advertisements and microtransactions===
While New World Warfare is a $3 - $5 game, there are additional optional microtransactions and advertisements for rewards. Ads in particular are used for a multitude of rewards, including free Coins and Z-Bucks. Ads can also be watched to replay the Botanic Battle mode, or gain Banners to play more of the Freedom Fighters mode.
Microtransactions can be purchased to gain larger amounts of the currencies mentioned above. Additionally, newly added Plants can be purchased for small amounts of money from the in-game store.
==Game information==
===Game modes===
There are an abundance of fun game modes you can play in New World Warfare. The list of modes can be found below.
====Offline modes====
*Adventure Mode: The main mode of the series. Travel throughout the United States on your way to thwart the efforts of Zomboss in turning America into Megazombopolis!
*Mortifying Minigames: Want some extra fun after all the main stuff is done? No worries! The Mortifying Minigames mode is host to over 30 minigames, including the classics like Portal Combat, Column Like You See 'Em, Zombotany and so much more!
*Thrive and Survive: A Survival game mode that features one Survival for each world, as well as Endless Survivals for those worlds!
*Perplexing Puzzles: The host to many different puzzle levels. Play through ten original, challenging, and downright bewildering installments in the I, Zombie, Vasebreaker, and Last Stand modes free of charge!
*Botanic Battle: Take on a new challenge every day and score some awesome rewards for doing so!
* Zen Garden: Take a breather from the intense combat throughout America and take some time to 'stop and smell the roses,' for lack of a better term. Grow the plants you harvest from your undead attackers for Coins and Plant Boosts!
==== Online modes====
*Arena Attack: The classic Versus mode from PvZ goes online! One player plays Plants, and one Zombies. Whoever outwits each other first wins!
*Floral FIght: Arena mode from PvZ2 returns in style. Compete with your opponent to score the highest amount of points before time runs out! Zombies are generated every week based on the featured zombie.
*Brain Brawl:  I, Zombie, if it was an online mode. Compete with an opponent at eating the most brains before the time runs out! Lawns are randomly generated every week based on the featured plant.
*Freedom Fighters: The flagship mode of New World Warfare. Join a lobby, then the Plant or Zombie Coalition, capture states and territories, and defend your land in Arena Attack-esque battles. The side with the most territories wins!
===Achievements===
Main article: Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Achievements
Achievements make an appearance in New World Warfare, acting similarly to Quests where completing them can reward you with Coins, Z-Bucks, Plants, and other goodies. Like in Plants vs. Zombies, achievements are built into the game by default.
===Currencies===
The two main currencies that can be found in NWW are Coins and Z-Bucks. Coins are the easier of the two to obtain, and can be used to purchase upgrades, costumes, and are used to trade with players in the Freedom Fighters mode. Z-Bucks are the more premium currency to obtain. With them, you can purchase premium Plants and Zombies, Coins, and many other different goods.
===Patch notes and updates===
Main article: Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Updates
===Mechanics===
This section depicts several mechanics that can be located throughout NWW.
====General====
=====The Almanac=====
The Almanac is an almanac that features the data of every plant and zombie in New World Warfare. However, not every entry is unlocked from the start. At first, you must encounter a plant or zombie to fill out its icon in the Almanac, and then complete a level in which you encountered the said plant or zombie. Upon completion, their stats and flavor text will be filled out for you.
For more information, see Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Plant Almanac and Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Zombie Almanac
===== Dave's Dumpster Dives=====
For more information, see Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Dave's Dumpster Dives
Dave's Dumpster Dives is the main storefront in NWW. Here, many purchases can be made. Some purchasable items are Plants and Zombies, costumes, Currencies, special offers, and Zen Garden items (seeds, pots, etc.).
=====Costumes=====
Costumes are a returning feature from PvZ2. They are cosmetic items that can be equipped on Plants and Zombies to change their visual appearance. While Costumes change the exteriors of Plants and Zombies, there are no changes in terms of their stats. With the exception of bosses, all Plants and Zombies have at least one Costume.
=====Turbo Button=====
The Turbo Button is another returning feature from PvZ2. When pressed during a level, the player is able to speed up gameplay. When pressed, the player can choose to speed up the gameplay by 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x. The Turbo Button is disabled in online modes.
=====Tacobility=====
A returning feature from PvZ3, Tacobilities can be utilized by both sides as a means of providing a permanent boost to Plants or Zombies. Obtained by killing random Plants/Zombies (not dissimilar to Plant Food from PvZ2), Tacos can be placed onto a Plant or Zombie to provide it a permanent boost.
=====Trading=====
Exclusive to Online usage, Trading is a new feature in NWW. When connecting to Online, there is an option to open the Trading Post. In a system similar to CUE, players are able to request or offer Plants or Zombies to trade. Players can interact with these requests or offers to trade their collection with other players. Each successful trade comes at a cost of 100 Z-Bucks.
===== Families =====
Similar to Mints in PvZ2, Plants and Zombies belong to Families that they are grouped in based on what kind of Plant or Zombie they are (like Tribes in PvZH). There are certain Plants and Zombie that can be unlocked with Z-Bucks that boost these groups when placed. These minions also have their own individual abilities. The list of them can be found here. 
===== Upgrades =====
The Plant and Zombie upgrade system is very similar to that of PvZ2's Chinese version. In order to upgrade Plants and Zombies, one must obtain both Coins and Puzzle Pieces, the latter of which can be obtained through Botanic Battles, Travel Log quests, achievements, and the Shop through Pinatas and buying individual pieces. Do note that Puzzle Pieces are like Seed Packets from PvZ2 in the sense that there is an exclusive piece for every Plant and Zombie. Many Plants and Zombies can be upgraded to level 5, although some can only be leveled up to level 3.
Additionally, Plants and Zombies can be unlocked during special events by obtaining their Puzzle Pieces until they are unlocked. Again, they function identically to the seed packets required to unlock seedium Plants in PvZ2.
====Plant-exclusive====
=====Sun=====
Sun is the main currency used during a level. All plants in NWW require a certain amount of Sun to be placed, and with only 50 Sun to start with, Sun-producing plants will likely be necessary to build a defense. Sun may also fall from the sky during daytime levels.
In NWW, plants operate on a 50-sun meta. The values of Sun can be found below:
*Small Sun: 25 Sun
*Medium Sun: 50 Sun
*Large Sun: 75 Sun
*Massive Sun: 100 Sun
=====Shovel=====
The Shovel is a returning feature from PvZ and PvZ2. Simply drag the icon of the shovel in the corner to a Plant in an unwanted spot (or point and click) to remove the said Plant. Upon Shoveling a Plant, you will be refunded 25% of your Sun used in planting the Plant (rounded up in the 25 Sun economy).
=====Plant Food=====
Plant Food from PvZ2 makes a return for NWW. It functions exactly the same as previously, except for the fact that it cannot be purchased for Coins during a level. You can obtain Plant Food from killing green-highlighted Zombies (which are scarcely selected every time a Zombie enters the lawn or is placed in multiplayer), destroying Plant Food graves (only in applicable worlds), and getting them from Power Lily.
=====Lawnmowers=====
Lawnmowers are a returning feature from the previous PvZ games. When a zombie reaches the end of your defenses and make contact with one of them, the Lawnmower runs the zombie over and charges through the lane, instantly killing every zombie in the lane. Only one can be found in each lane, and there are five Lawnmowers.
====Zombie-exclusive====
=====Brainz=====
Brainz act as the Zombie equivalent to Sun. It functions identically to Sun, and can be produced by Brain Vendors, Zombie Flays, and other brain-producers.
=====The Boot=====
Giving a Zombie The Boot is the Zombie equivalent to the Shovel on the Plant side.
=====Zomboss-Approved Lawnmowing Mowers=====
Zomboss-Approved Lawnmowing Mowers, or Z-ALMs, are the Zombie equivalent to Lawnmowers. When the Plant Coalition is halfway through destroying a grave in a lane, the Lawnmower activates, sucking up the closest 3 plants before flying away.
=====Top Zombie Medals=====
The Zombie Variant of Plant Food, Top Zombie Medals can be obtained from killing high amounts of Plants and from Shopkeeper Zombies. They function identically to their Plant counterpart.
==Areas==
There are a total of 10 full areas in New World Warfare, not including the tutorial world. Each world is ranked on a scale of 1-5 Jalapenos, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most difficult.
This game follows a linear structure, which means that unlocking worlds requires the completion of the preceding world.
Icon	Name 	Difficulty	Plants Obtained	Zombies Encountered 	# of Levels	Gimmicks
TBA 	Zomburbia 	 	 	 	5 	NA
TBA 	Wyoming 	 	 	(basic trio, plus) 	20 	Wind
TBA 	Minnesota 	 	 	(basic zombies (inc. garg and imp), plus) 	22 	Blizzards
TBA 	Kansas 	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) * 	25 	Twisters
TBA 	California	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) 	28 	Heat, Fires
TBA 	Arizona 	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) (Only spawned by Fossilhead)	30 	Missing tiles, requires flower pots, dinosaurs (JF)
TBA 	Texas 	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) 	32 	Additional Gargs
TBA 	Louisiana 	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) * 	30 	Folklore (skunk ape, axe-man, cajun sasquatch)
TBA 	Florida 	 	 	(basic zombies w/ beach and land variants, plus) * 	32 	Water, Floods
TBA 	Virginia 	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) * 	32 	Night, gravestones
TBA 	New York 	 	 	(basic zombies, plus) 	35 	Increased amount of Zombies, cars
*Zombie has multiple variants
=== Gimmicks ===
For more information, see Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Gimmicks
Several gimmicks and completion requirements can be found in NWW. These include, but are not currently limited to:
* Spend no more than x sun
* Survive without planting on Dave’s mold colonies
* Don’t let the zombies trample the flowers
* Produce at least x sun
* Never have more than x plants
* Survive without any lawn mowers
* Don’t lose more than x plants
* Spend at least x sun
* Complete a level in under x minutes
* Survive a massive onslaught for x minutes
==Plants==
For more information, see Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Plant Almanac. The list below only comprises of Plants found in the Adventure mode.
===Returning===
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* Iceberg Lettuce
* Prickly Pear
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* Lava Guava
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* Morning Glory
* Dogwood
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* Primal Sunflower
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* Thyme Warp
* Stallia
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* Poppin' Poppies
* Flower Pot
* Primal Potato Mine
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* Primal Peashooter
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* Sage Sage
* Pepper-pult
* Cro-Magnolia
* Holly Barrier
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* Infi-nut
* Chard Guard
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* Guacodile
* Bombegranate
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* Celery Stalker
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* Spineapple
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* Strawberrian
* Elderberry
* Electrici-tea
* Strawburst
* Apple Mortar
* Electric Peashooter
===New===
* Bar-launcher (NWW)
* Sweetroot
* Quaking Aspen
* Rice Grass
* Greens-house
* Spindling Spiderwort
* Water Lily
* Hollywood & Vine
* Palmfling
* Cutleaf
* Sugar-Cane
* Mi-Grain (NWW)
* Sundrop (NWW)
* Baneberry (NWW)
* Poison Mac
* Scarlet Bush
* Hydrilla
* Ghostberry
* Milk-weed
* Busy Lizzie
* Snakeroot
==Zombies==
For more information, see Plants vs. Zombies: New World Warfare/Zombie Almanac. The list below only comprises of Zombies found in the Adventure mode.
===Returning===
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* Super-Fan Imp
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* Pianist Zombie
* Troglobite
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* Firefighter
* Paparazzi Zombie
* Coffee Zombie
* Prospector Zombie
* Jurassic Fossilhead
* Raptor
* Stegosaurus
* T. Rex
* Excavator Zombie
* All-Star Zombie
* Unlife of the Party
* Surfer Zombie
* Fisherman Zombie
* Biodome Botanist
* Zombie Middle Manager
===New===
* Military Zombie (NWW)
* Patriot Zombie
* Lumberjack Zombie (NWW)
* Cowboy Zombie
* Zombie Horse
* Zombie Bison
* Zombot Western Wastelander
* Shopping Zombie
* Hockey Zombie
* Zombie, MD
* Great Lake Zombie
* Minnesota Icezombie
* Zombot Field Duster 5.1
* Twister Zombie
* Prairie Dog Zombie
* Pioneer Zombie
* Farmer Zombie (NWW)
* NAZCAR Zombie
* Zombot Dust Bowl Demolisher
* Gender Reveal Zombie
* Actor Zombie
* Radio Zombie
* Zombot Borrego Sandzombie
* Hiker Zombie (NWW)
* Copper Miner Zombie
* Day of the Dead Zombie
* Zombot Thunderbird of Terror
* BBQ Zombie
* Bounty Hunter Zombie (NWW)
* Oil Zombie
* Astronaut Zombie (NWW)
* Country Zombie
* Zombot Space Cowboy 7000
* Mardi Gras Zombie
* Jazz Zombie
* Hunting Zombie
* Festival Zombie
* Zombot Coffin Cutter
* Florida Man Zombie
* Zombie Gator
* Theme Park Zombie
* Zombot Spawn of Sobek
* Civil War Zombie
* Presidential Zombie
* Colonial Zombie
* Bluegrass Zombie
* Caving Zombie
* Zombot Arlington Annihilator 1000
* Banker Zombie
* Sugar Zombie
* Zombie Rat
* Pizza Chef Zombie (NWW)
* Taxi Zombie
* Liberty Zombie
* Tourist Zombie (NWW)
* Zombot Ultimate Embezzler
==Gallery==
File:Nwwlogo.png|The logo of the game since 0.1
==Trivia==
* If you've been keeping count, this is Ortho's 3rd game, and one of two still on the servers. (R.I.P. Operation L.E.A.F.)
* This page took inspiration from the source code and layout of several others. They include:
** Plants vs. Zombies: The Wacky House (mainly used for the Plants section.)
** Plants vs. Zombies: Battle of Both Sides (mainly used for the general layout and Zombies section.)
** Plants vs. Zombies: World Tour (inspired the concept of the game, thanks Krayleb)
** Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World (inspired the Level Gimmicks sub-section}
* This page is looking for artists! If you'd like to make some, just hit me up on my message wall, the comments of this page, or the blog post I will make soon!
* This game took a surprising amount more research than I was expecting! You can find my sources here (yes I know they aren't very quality but this isn't a research paper d@mmit).
* Originally, the Tacobility was only able to be used by Zombies as an alternative to Plant Food. Since this was deemed much worse than Plant Food, the idea was scrapped and replaced with Top Zombie Medals and Tacobilities.
* The Freedom Fighters gamemode takes some inspiration from the Contested Territory mode in Bloons TD 6.
* With the exception of Divisions 1, 3, and 6, all Census-Bureau regions and divisions from the US are represented in New World Warfare.
** Division 1 (New England) was planned to be represented with Massachusetts, but has not been included due to being so similar to New York and Virginia. However, it may be added as a supplemental world for after completion.
** Division 3 (East North Central) was planned to be represented with either Illinois or Michigan. Indecisiveness is the main reason why neither have made it in. However, like Division 1, it may be added as a bonus world.
** Division 6 (East South Central) was planned to be represented with Kentucky. It was mostly omitted because of laziness. It may also be added as a bonus.
*** Also, Hawaii and Washington State may be added as bonus worlds (because I like them both, what do you want from me?).
* Surprisingly, this is the first traditional tower defense game created by me. The first two were a third-person shooter and turn-based RPG, respectively.
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