Toadstool

*Toadstools gulp down zombies whole, then produce sun.*

**Toadstool just can't stand being idle. "I keep everything that I want to do on lists, and keep the lists where I can see them so that I'm always motivated!" she said. Whenever there's work to be done, she's always the first to hop to it.**

**Toadstool** is the event seedium of Summer Splashdown in *Alternate UniverZ*. She gulps zombie down within 3 tiles in front of her, chewing it for a while and producing 25 sun afterwards. Toadstool also chews zombies 5 seconds faster during nighttime.

Toadstool can be unlocked through its seed packets, which are obtained through beating Summer Splashdown and completing world quests or purchasing directly from the store.

## Almanac entry

* Normal
* Pro

**Toadstool**

SUN COST: 250

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 50

CHEW TIME: 25

SUN PRODUCTION: 25

RANGE: Close

Toadstools gulp down zombies whole, then produce sun.
Special: deals damage to zombies that cannot be gulped down instead
Pro Status: -25 sun, -5s chew speed, doesn't work at nighttime

Toadstool just can't stand being idle. "I keep everything that I want to do on lists, and keep the lists where I can see them so that I'm always motivated!" she said. Whenever there's work to be done, she's always the first to hop to it.

**Toadstool**

SUN COST: 225

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 50

CHEW TIME: 20

SUN PRODUCTION: 25

RANGE: Close

Toadstools gulp down zombies whole, then produce sun.
Special: deals damage to zombies that cannot be gulped down instead
Pro Status: -25 sun, -5s chew speed, doesn't work at nighttime

Toadstool just can't stand being idle. "I keep everything that I want to do on lists, and keep the lists where I can see them so that I'm always motivated!" she said. Whenever there's work to be done, she's always the first to hop to it.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Toadstool grabs up to four random zombies in a 5x3 area, chews for a short amount of time and then produces 25 sun for each zombie she ate. If there are only inedible zombies in the area, Toadstool will instead attempt to attack them; if there are no targets available, Toadstool will do nothing.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

While Toadstool is pretty expensive, her ability to generate sun from eating zombies means that Toadstool can quickly refund this investment. Her increased attacking range also assists her in combating inedible threats such as Robo-Cone Zombies, Mecha-Football Zombies, and Gargantuars by giving her extra time to damage them. However, Toadstool suffers from the long digestion time during which she is rendered vulnerable to attacks.

Generally speaking, any plants that is capable of delaying zombies can greatly help Toadstool by defending her while she is digesting zombies. This includes:

* Stunning plants such as Iceberg Lettuce and Kernel-pult.
* Slowing plants such as Winter Melon and Sap-fling.
* Defensive plants such as Wall-nut and Endurian.
* Plants that can push enemies back such as Spring Bean and Chard Guard.

Toadstool is particularly useful in Sun Bombs levels, as she is one of the few sun-producing plants allowed in these levels. While the dropped sun is generally enough for building defenses, the sun generated by Toadstool will give the player much more freedom in using instant plants or repairing defenses. Sun Bean can also be substituted in these levels, and when paired with Toadstool, they can give the player more than the expected amount of sun on these levels. Using the Sun Bean on a high-health edible target instantly generates a large amount of sun as well.

Toadstool can also be used to defeat Chicken Wrangler Zombies from Wild West and Weasel Hoarders from Frostbite Caves without them releasing their respective payloads, although it should be remembered that both worlds have inedible threats that can get past Toadstools - namely Zombie Bulls and Troglobites with their frozen blocks, though she will still attempt to use her tongue strikes.

Toadstool can eat octopi without needing to chew, making them an ideal counter for the Hunter Zombie. Additionally, she can also be used to counter Arcade Zombie, since she can destroy the arcade cabinet quickly. However, be careful if the latter's jam is playing when Toadstool does not destroy the arcade machine before 8-Bit Zombies are spawned, a she can easily get overwhelmed if there are no other plants to support her.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.3.1

* Pro Status added for Toadstool.
* No longer changes stats depending on the time of day due to Pro Status code (still affected by Nocturnal Curse).
* Can no longer swallow Egg-o-Matic 2K21 and FFX-VIII's Mecha-Football Zombies.

### Version 1.5

* Can no longer swallow Rodeo Legend Zombies.