Explorer Zombie

* Egypt
* Fright

*Carries a torch that can instantly destroy your plants.*

His impressive friendly mutton chops has always kept food in them for weeks, making sure his explorations are filled with snacks.

**Explorer Zombie** is the fourth special zombie encountered in Ancient Egypt in *Alternate UniverZ*. He holds a torch that burns any plant upon contact, and moves slightly faster than regular zombies. Chilling plants like Iceberg Lettuces, Snow Peas and Winter Melons, as well as Submerge-mint's water droplets can extinguish his torch, but fire plants like Snapdragon, Torchwood and Jack O' Lantern can relight it.

## Wolf Explorer

*Carries the performance and a burnt torch. Not very talented.*

## In-game statistics

### Health

350 damage

You have no idea how difficult it was for Wolf Explorer to get his title approved by officials. It took a gruelling 7 months of incessant phone calls with his attorney, Kim Brainsler, to finally get Zomboss to approve his name change. Ironically though, Wolf Explorer wasn't exactly committed to the explorer profession; his torch was never lit in the first place!

**Wolf Explorer** is a special zombie encountered in Fright Theater in *Alternate UniverZ*. He holds an extinguished torch which doesn't burn plants. Fire plants like Snapdragon, Torchwood and Jack O' Lantern can still relight it, though.

## Almanac entry

* Egypt
* Fright

**Explorer Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Solid

SPEED: Hungry

Carries a torch that can instantly destroy your plants.

Health: 250
Speed: 1.35
Damage: burns down plants with torch
Weakness: cold attacks extinguish torch

His impressive friendly mutton chops has always kept food in them for weeks, making sure his explorations are filled with snacks.

**Wolf Explorer**

TOUGHNESS: Solid

SPEED: Hungry

Carries the performance and a burnt torch. Not very talented.

Health: 350
Speed: 1.08

You have no idea how difficult it was for Wolf Explorer to get his title approved by officials. It took a gruelling 7 months of incessant phone calls with his attorney, Kim Brainsler, to finally get Zomboss to approve his name change. Ironically though, Wolf Explorer wasn't exactly committed to the explorer profession; his torch was never lit in the first place!

## Overview

Explorer Zombie absorbs a total of 250 damage. He loses his left arm at 125 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

### Explorer Zombie

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Ancient Egypt: AE-VII, AE-VIII, AE-IX, AE-X, AEX-I, AEX-IV, AEX-V, AEX-VI, AEX-VII, AEX-VIII, and AEX-X

* Wild West: WWX-I

* Far Future: FFX-VIII

* Dark Ages: DAX-VIII

* Holiday Cheer: HC-III

* Hearts of Flesh: HOF-III

* Summer Splashdown: SS-V

* Cheerful Return: HC-IX

* The Breakroom: TB-I

* Plant Showcase: Butter Building

* Timeless Avenue: Good Timing, Ice Temple and Flame of Unity

* Invaded Levels: Invaded AE-IX and Invaded AEX-IV

* When Worlds Flourish: 3 and 11

* Endless Zones: Pyramid of Doom

### Wolf Explorer

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Fright Theater: FT-I, FT-II and FT-III

## Strategies

Alone, this zombie does not pose much of a threat, as he does not have much health. However, this zombie is very dangerous in huge waves, especially if they are protected by Buckethead Mummies, Pharaoh Zombies, Mummified Gargantuars, and especially Poncho Zombie, who is immune to chilling. If you are going to use chilling plants like Iceberg Lettuce, Winter Melon, Snow Pea, Ice Bloom and Hurrikale, or even Submerge-mint, remember that fire plants like Snapdragon, Jack O' Lantern and Fire Peashooter can relight their torches. Most defensive and distraction plants are useless against them, as they simply burn them without having to stop moving, even if they have been upgraded by Plant Food. Iceberg Lettuce's Plant Food upgrade is a good method against Explorer Zombies, as it extinguishes all torches on the game screen. Explorer Zombies cannot burn underground plants, such as Spikeweeds, Spikerocks, Potato Mines, etc. Use this to your advantage.