Ghost Pepper

*Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time.*

**You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.**

**Ghost Pepper** is the world seedium of Dark Ages in *Alternate UniverZ*. She attacks by haunting all zombies in a 1x4 area (1 tile from behind and 2 tiles tiles in front) , dealing steady and continuous damage. After some time of attacking, she will explode and do 560 damage to all zombies in a 3x3 area around her.

Ghost Pepper can be unlocked through its seed packets, which are obtained through completing world quests or purchasing directly from the store.

## Almanac entry

* Normal
* Pro

**Ghost Pepper**

SUN COST: 100

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

HAUNT DPS: 30

HAUNT DURATION: 12.5

EXPLOSION DAMAGE: 560

RANGE: Front & Back

Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time.
Special: won't follow minecarts, therefore flying on railways
Special: can be planted on tides
Pro Status: -7.5s recharge, doesn't work at nighttime

You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

**Ghost Pepper**

SUN COST: 100

RECHARGE: 22.5

TOUGHNESS: 300

HAUNT DPS: 30

HAUNT DURATION: 12.5

EXPLOSION DAMAGE: 560

RANGE: Front & Back

Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time.
Special: won't follow minecarts, therefore flying on railways
Special: can be planted on tides
Pro Status: -7.5s recharge, doesn't work at nighttime

You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Ghost Pepper haunts all zombies in a 3x5 area, dealing 700 damage total, and resetting her timer.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Compared to other instant-kill plants, Ghost Pepper trades overall firepower and area of effect for increased damage-dealing duration, shorter recharge time and general ease of use. Therefore, she will find more use in aiding other offensive plants against high priority, but low health targets such as Wizard Zombies and Turquoise Skull Zombies, rather than high health zombies like Gargantuars and Mecha-Football Zombies. Compared to Lava Guava, Ghost Pepper has greater range and, therefore, will be better suited against faster enemies, while Lava Guava deals more damage in a much smaller area, and will be more useful against slower enemies.

Ghost Pepper should ideally be planted in areas where large groups of zombies will walk through. Frostbite Caves may provide such choke points in certain slider tile placements, but the player can also utilize Sweet Potato or Void Orchid to create choke points of their own. Stunning or delaying zombies with plants such as Stunion and Stallia can also increase Ghost Pepper's efficiency by forcing zombies to stay in her area of effect for a longer time period.

Ghost Pepper is also highly useful in Dark Ages, especially against Wizard Zombies, as she is one of the few plants that cannot be transmuted by them. Jester Zombies cannot deflect her attacks either, and her damage and explosion can help heavily damage, if not destroy nearby tombstones.

Ghost Pepper should not be planted near the player's house in Far Future, as Gargantuar Primes will often shoot their laser beams in that area and shorten Ghost Pepper's duration. Additionally, frozen blocks and arcade cabinets can crush Ghost Pepper like any other plants, so the player should be careful when using Ghost Pepper against Troglobite and Arcade Zombie. If you must to, plant her behind so she can kill the zombies without harm.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.5

* Sun cost: 75 > 100
* Explosion damage: 585 > 560

### Version 1.6

* Sun cost (Pro Status): 100 > 75
* Recharge (Pro Status): 30 > 22.5
* Haunt Damage (Pro Status): 20 > 15