Living Stone

Living Stone is a plant automatically given in most levels in Blizzard Peaks in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, counting as a separate seed packet from those of the main roster and does not occupy a seed slot. Living Stone is used to protect an entire column of plants (and zombies) from an incoming avalanche, where she will explode into a flurry of ice after being used up, chilling all zombies on the screen for 5 seconds (this time increases by 2.5 seconds for every other Living Stone that was also present on the lawn during the avalanche). Living Stone's sun cost automatically increases by 50 every time it is planted once, getting more expensive the more frequently the player uses them.
==Origins==
Living Stone's name is based off the genus of succulent plants with the same common name (scientific name Lithops). The specific species that Living Stone is based on is called Lithops viridis.
The "Stone" part of Living Stone's name refers to how they act just like the rocks above the lawn in Blizzard Peaks that help to block avalanches. Living Stones are also classified under the family Aizoaceae, which are also commonly known as ice plants, which indirectly references how Living Stone is first given in Blizzard Peaks and explodes into a flurry of ice when they are used up.
==Almanac entry==
Living Stone
Sun cost: 50
Recharge: Sluggish
Seals gaps between rocks to protect the lawn from avalanches.
Usage: Single-use, plant within gaps in rocks above the lawn in Blizzard Peaks to protect a column from an avalanche
Special: Explodes into a flurry of ice after being used up, chilling all zombies on the screen for a while
Living Stone prefers to live the hermit life, residing far from most plants in the remote areas of the mountain range in Blizzard Peaks. Living Stone doesn't like it when others tell her that she should go out more often, meet new plants and stop 'living under a rock'. "Please, I literally AM the rock." she remarks.
==Upgrades==
===Stat tiers===
Stat 	Tier 1 	Tier 2 	Tier 3 	Tier 4	Tier 5
Sun cost	100 sun 	75 sun 	50 sun 	
25 sun
(Unlock cost: 1 Sun cost Token)	
0 sun
(Unlock cost: 2 Sun cost Tokens)
Recharge	30 seconds	25 seconds	20 seconds	
15 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Recharge Token)	
10 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Recharge Tokens)
More about the upgrading system here.
==Strategies==
Living Stone is a crucial plant in Blizzard Peaks as this plant is the only way you can directly counter the avalanches in this area. Due to the fact that their sun cost increases with every use, however, means that there are three main different kinds of strategies the player can use with Living Stone:
* Continuously use Living Stone to block off incoming avalanches in all columns while having a defense that has high sun production in order to offset the costs.
* Strategically use Living Stone by only using them in the columns that your defense needs to occupy, while leaving other columns unprotected (allowing zombies in those columns to be engulfed by avalanches).
* Sparingly use Living Stone and save sun by planting your plants only in columns that are already protected by rocks above the lawn.
Depending on your main defense's strategy and which columns of the lawn are exposed to avalanches, it depends whichever of these three strategies would suit your defense more. If your defense can afford you to spend a lot of sun or many of the columns exposed to avalanches are nearer to your tent, the first strategy may be a better option. If your defense works best with little sun expenditure or most of the columns exposed to avalanches are far from your tent, the third strategy could work better. If you have situation that is a mixture or an intermediate of the previous two scenarios, the second strategy works as a compromise.
==Gallery==
Living Stone.png|Living Stone (HD)
Living Stone's concept art.png|Living Stone's concept art by Bean
Costume (Living Stone).png|Costume
Seed packet (Living Stone).png|Seed packet
Living Stone sealing a gap between rocks.png|Living Stone above the lawn protecting a column from an upcoming avalanche
==Art credits==
*Credits to Bean for the concept art before the final design was made by the game creator.
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