Basic Zombie

*Regular Garden-variety zombie.*

Basic Zombie hates the term "Basic". He doesn't consider himself some generic foe or common corpse. He's an individual, darn it, and he's going to make a difference even if it kills you.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Ancient Egypt - Day 1

Is he a mummy? Is he a zombie? It turns out he's a zombie who's rolled himself in toilet paper to protect his fair skin. True fact!

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Pirate Seas - Day 1

Keeping up with the latest pirate trends is always tricky, but remember, he was planking before it was cool.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Wild West - Day 1

Cowboy Zombie thinks he's the roughest, toughest, meanest zombie varmint in the west, south, and east. He's anxious to test his skills in the central coast region.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Far Future - Day 1

Future zombies look good in red shirts. Future fact #23: Nothing bad happens to red shirts.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Dark Ages - Night 1

Someone shouted, "Bring out your undead!" And then Peasant Zombie found himself here. He simply doesn't remember anything that happened before that.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Big Wave Beach - Day 1

Pompadour Zombie recently noticed that he was wearing only one flip-flop. He THINKS he lost the other one while doing the limbo at a bonfire party the other night. But to be honest, that entire night is a little hazy ... and that flip-flop could be anywhere.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Big Wave Beach - Day 2

Is it weird that we haven't seen any female zombies before? Some say yes. Some say no. Either way, Bikini Zombie is used to breaking new ground. She's not afraid to go where no woman zombie has gone before. You could call her a pioneer. You could call her a hero.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Frostbite Caves - Day 1

Cave Zombie was busy painting handprints on cave walls when he was told to start fighting plants. He's not sure why he's fighting plants, but he hopes he can get back to painting soon. He was feeling inspired. He had plans for some big pieces. Art school was finally paying off.

## Adventurer Zombie

*Regular expertly-coiffed moustache zombie.*

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Lost City - Day 1

Adventurer Zombie just went looking for jolly good show and somehow ended up in the Lost City. "Hmm. Yes. Quite." is all that he would say on the matter.

## Neon Zombie

*Regular music-loving neon mixtape zombie.*

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 1

He's cutting down on his head-banging so as not to bang his head clean off.

## Jurassic Zombie

*Regular beard-having zombie from the unimaginable past.*

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Jurassic Marsh - Day 1

Jurassic Zombie is NOT primitive. See, he's wearing a tie and everything!

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 3

Valenbrainz Zombie just doesn't feel like he's getting anywhere with this whole "love" thing. They say you gotta open up your heart to succeed. He just wants to open the mind. Don't get the wrong impression: he's not much of an intellectual. He's just hungry.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 2

St. Paddy's Zombie thought he was the luckiest zombie alive, then he got drafted to Holiday Mashup.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 9

Springening Zombie never shuts up about Springening and it's driving all other zombies up the wall. If he could just stop asking for wrapped chocolate eggs he could probably do something with his unlife, like find a cone. Or a bucket.

## Birthdayz Zombie

*His birthday hat doesn't protect him, but it helps him celebrate on the lawn.*

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 4

Despite the name, this zombie's birthday is actually a mystery. He doesn't want anyone to know when it is, so he can celebrate all the time. It could be tommorrow, it could even be right now.

Happy Birthday, Birthdayz Zombie!

## Almanac statistics

### Special

Drops a lollipop upon defeat
Cannot be shrunken or transformed by Witch Hazel

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 39

He may look like a kid, but try calling him that in a raw online match and you'll get the most ear-piercing sound imaginable.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 8

Summer Zombie loves sparklers. He carries them everywhere. He also burned down his house when he brought them inside. Now he wonders if he should keep the sparklers or not. Tough decision.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 11

Some legends say this zombie came to be because of a glitch in the matrix, a cheat code never meant to be dawned, a crack in reality itself. He won't say he actually just misfired Zomboss' shrink ray because all those things sound cooler.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 5

Was always bothered by the fact his costume isn't 100% authentic. If it was, he wouldn't be classified as a "Zombie" anymore, however.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 6

At first he was like any other zombie, minding his own business and just trying to get by without a purpose in his afterlife. Until one fateful day, when he was rescued by a zombie hero from a burning building. That event changed him, he idolized these heroes, for not only had they saved his life, they also gave him a purpose in death. Of course being already dead, he was never really in any danger from that fire, but don't tell him that. You'll crush his soul.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 10

He once accidentally ate his own tooth. His professional food review? Wasn't salted enough.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 1

Feastivus Zombie has tried over and over again to apply for an elf at the toy factory. There's nothing that can get him in, he even tried bribing the judges with cookies and warm milk! It's gonna take a miracle for him to get picked. ...A FEASTIVUS MIRACLE!

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 19

Was tasked along with others to overlook the ongoing Holiday Mashup initiative. Considering using office employees as foot soldiers on a battlefield is usually considered a worker's rights violation, he would assume that this isn't going so well.

## ZCorp Contractor

*A typical ZCorp Incorporated contractor.*

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Holiday Mashup - Day 19

Having been stuck at a dead end 9-to-5 job for almost 5 years now, you'd think applying for another similar job at ZCorp would be the last thing someone like her would want to do. But hey, they gave free coffee mugs at orientation!

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Thymed Events

The rise of the new moon is upon us, which means it's that time of the year again. He was ready to lose himself to all the frivolities that come with the new year celebrations, so you could imagine his frustration when he had to go to work and fight plants on new years. But he supposed he couldn't get away with sick leave 3 years in a row. Dr. Zomboss will catch on eventually.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

Harvest Festival - Level 1

Zombies already hate the Holiday Mashup Initiative Program, but this guy is on a WHOLE other level of hatred. You're telling him that there's an entire holiday to celebrate collecting plants, and that he has to pretend to be happy about it?! Doesn't anyone else see how messed up this is? He'd voice his thoughts on the matter, but the whole initiative is bugged with cameras, and he really doesn't want to end up in an even worse spot.

## In-game statistics

### Codename aliases

sportzball
sportzball\_foam

### First seen

Backyard Brain Bowl - Level 1

He's a fan of football alright, but he's still having trouble comprehending the rules of this particular match. So if a Peashooter beheaded a Buckethead before the third Gargantuar managed to squish the 5th Kernel-pult on the field, does that mean it gave the Soccer Imps the sign to run towards the house, scoring a point? You have to admit, Zombie football is one heck of a game.

## In-game statistics

### Codename aliases

steam
steam\_back

### First seen

Steam Ages - Day 1

Likes to take long walks, and always dies a few times a day from the smog from work. But always finds himself back where he started.

## In-game statistics

### First seen

UniverZ Collides - Step 2

**Basic Zombie** and his variants are the most basic of "zombie" units found in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished*. Most variants lack any special abilities that pose a threat and are quite slow at approaching the player's house. They are often found in many levels and are usually the first zombie the player encounters, with a few exceptions. Armored zombies such as Buckethead Zombie or Knight Zombie become a Basic Zombie once they’ve lost their armor.

## Almanac entry

* Basic
* Mummy
* Pirate
* Cowboy
* Future
* Peasant
* Pompadour
* Bikini
* Cave
* Adventurer
* Neon
* Jurassic
* Valenbrainz
* St. Paddy's
* Springening
* Birthdayz
* Kid
* Summer
* Big Head
* Spooky Scary
* Wannabe
* Food Fight
* Feastivus
* New Hire
* Contractor
* Lunar
* Harvest
* Lawnbowl
* Labor

**Basic Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular Garden-variety zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Basic Zombie hates the term "Basic". He doesn't consider himself some generic foe or common corpse. He's an individual, darn it, and he's going to make a difference even if it kills you.

**Mummy Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular mummified zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Is he a mummy? Is he a zombie? It turns out he's a zombie who's rolled himself in toilet paper to protect his fair skin. True fact!

**Pirate Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular plank walking zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Keeping up with the latest pirate trends is always tricky, but remember, he was planking before it was cool.

**Cowboy Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular rootin' tootin' cowboy zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Cowboy Zombie thinks he's the roughest, toughest, meanest zombie varmint in the west, south, and east. He's anxious to test his skills in the central coast region.

**Future Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular futuristic jumpsuit zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Future zombies look good in red shirts. Future fact #23: Nothing bad happens to red shirts.

**Peasant Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular lower class commoner zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Someone shouted, "Bring out your undead!" And then Peasant Zombie found himself here. He simply doesn't remember anything that happened before that.

**Pompadour Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular beach bum zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Pompadour Zombie recently noticed that he was wearing only one flip-flop. He THINKS he lost the other one while doing the limbo at a bonfire party the other night. But to be honest, that entire night is a little hazy ... and that flip-flop could be anywhere.

**Bikini Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular beach blanket zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Is it weird that we haven't seen any female zombies before? Some say yes. Some say no. Either way, Bikini Zombie is used to breaking new ground. She's not afraid to go where no woman zombie has gone before. You could call her a pioneer. You could call her a hero.

**Cave Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular cave-dwelling zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Cave Zombie was busy painting handprints on cave walls when he was told to start fighting plants. He's not sure why he's fighting plants, but he hopes he can get back to painting soon. He was feeling inspired. He had plans for some big pieces. Art school was finally paying off.

**Adventurer Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular expertly-coiffed moustache zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

Adventurer Zombie just went looking for jolly good show and somehow ended up in the Lost City. "Hmm. Yes. Quite." is all that he would say on the matter.

**Neon Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular music-loving neon mixtape zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185

He's cutting down on his head-banging so as not to bang his head clean off.

**Jurassic Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Hungry

Regular beard-having zombie from the unimaginable past.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.22

Jurassic Zombie is NOT primitive. See, he's wearing a tie and everything!

**Valenbrainz Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular handsomely-dressed zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to Stallia effects

Valenbrainz Zombie just doesn't feel like he's getting anywhere with this whole "love" thing. They say you gotta open up your heart to succeed. He just wants to open the mind. Don't get the wrong impression: he's not much of an intellectual. He's just hungry.

**St. Paddy's Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular green-wearing zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to stun effects

St. Paddy's Zombie thought he was the luckiest zombie alive, then he got drafted to Holiday Mashup.

**Springening Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular egg-hunting zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: Fully resistant to sap effects

Springening Zombie never shuts up about Springening and it's driving all other zombies up the wall. If he could just stop asking for wrapped chocolate eggs he could probably do something with his unlife, like find a cone. Or a bucket.

**Birthdayz Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

His birthday hat doesn't protect him, but it helps him celebrate on the lawn.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to Sun Bean effects

Despite the name, this zombie's birthday is actually a mystery. He doesn't want anyone to know when it is, so he can celebrate all the time. It could be tommorrow, it could even be right now.

Happy Birthday, Birthdayz Zombie!

**Kid Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular lollipop-eating zombie child.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: Fully resistant to poison effects
Special: drops a lollipop upon defeat
Special: cannot be shrunken or transformed by Witch Hazel

He may look like a kid, but try calling him that in a raw online match and you'll get the most ear-piercing sound imaginable.

**Summer Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular sparkler-carrying zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to freeze effects

Summer Zombie loves sparklers. He carries them everywhere. He also burned down his house when he brought them inside. Now he wonders if he should keep the sparklers or not. Tough decision.

**Big Head Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular oversized cranium zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: immune to Primal Peashooter's knockback

Some legends say this zombie came to be because of a glitch in the matrix, a cheat code never meant to be dawned, a crack in reality itself. He won't say he actually just misfired Zomboss' shrink ray because all those things sound cooler.

**Spooky Scary Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular spooky skeleton zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to stun effects

Was always bothered by the fact his costume isn't 100% authentic. If it was, he wouldn't be classified as a "Zombie" anymore, however.

**Wannabe Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular convention-going zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to chill effects

At first he was like any other zombie, minding his own business and just trying to get by without a purpose in his afterlife. Until one fateful day, when he was rescued by a zombie hero from a burning building. That event changed him, he idolized these heroes, for not only had they saved his life, they also gave him a purpose in death. Of course being already dead, he was never really in any danger from that fire, but don't tell him that. You'll crush his soul.

**Food Fight Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular food-covered zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to butter effects

He once accidentally ate his own tooth. His professional food review? Wasn't salted enough.

**Feastivus Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular bundled-up zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 75% resistant to chill effects

Feastivus Zombie has tried over and over again to apply for an elf at the toy factory. There's nothing that can get him in, he even tried bribing the judges with cookies and warm milk! It's gonna take a miracle for him to get picked. ...A FEASTIVUS MIRACLE!

**ZCorp New Hire**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

A typical ZCorp Incorporated employee.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.2

Was tasked along with others to overlook the ongoing Holiday Mashup initiative. Considering using office employees as foot soldiers on a battlefield is usually considered a worker's rights violation, he would assume that this isn't going so well.

**ZCorp Contractor**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

A typical ZCorp Incorporated contractor.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.2

Having been stuck at a dead end 9-to-5 job for almost 5 years now, you'd think applying for another similar job at ZCorp would be the last thing someone like her would want to do. But hey, they gave free coffee mugs at orientation!

**Lunar Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular red and gold donning zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: 50% resistant to fire damage

The rise of the new moon is upon us, which means it's that time of the year again. He was ready to lose himself to all the frivolities that come with the new year celebrations, so you could imagine his frustration when he had to go to work and fight plants on new years. But he supposed he couldn't get away with sick leave 3 years in a row. Dr. Zomboss will catch on eventually.

**Harvest Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular countryside zombie folk.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: immune to plant-based redirection

Zombies already hate the Holiday Mashup Initiative Program, but this guy is on a WHOLE other level of hatred. You're telling him that there's an entire holiday to celebrate collecting plants, and that he has to pretend to be happy about it?! Doesn't anyone else see how messed up this is? He'd voice his thoughts on the matter, but the whole initiative is bugged with cameras, and he really doesn't want to end up in an even worse spot.

**Lawnbowl Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular football-enjoying zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Holiday Spirit: immune to hypnosis

He's a fan of football alright, but he's still having trouble comprehending the rules of this particular match. So if a Peashooter beheaded a Buckethead before the third Gargantuar managed to squish the 5th Kernel-pult on the field, does that mean it gave the Soccer Imps the sign to run towards the house, scoring a point? You have to admit, Zombie football is one heck of a game.

**Labor Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Regular fed-up worker zombie.

Health: 190
Speed: 0.185
Likes to take long walks, and always dies a few times a day from the smog from work. But always finds himself back where he started.

## Overview

Basic Zombie and his variants have 190 health. Their arm falls off at 95 damage, before dying at 190 damage.

Cowboy Zombie and Lawnbowl Zombie lose their hat after taking 40 damage. The hat does not contribute any additional armor.

Kid Zombie drops a lollipop upon defeat, which has 350 health.

ZCorp New Hires and Contractors have 0.2 speed instead of 0.185, making them walk slightly faster than average basics.

Jurassic Zombies have 0.22 speed instead of 0.185, making them walk slightly faster than average basics.

## Strategies

It is not recommended to use Dartichoke against Kid Zombie, as she will target Kid Zombie over more dangerous zombies.

## Balance changes

### Initial launch

* ▼ Jurassic Zombie now has 100 EatDPS (from 150)

### Version 1.2

* ▼ Removed unintentional condition immunities from ZCorp Zombies.

## Encounters

* Player's House: All levels
* Ancient Egypt: All levels
* Pirate Seas: All levels except Days 3, 11, 20, 22 and 33
* Wild West: All levels
* Far Future: All levels
* Dark Ages: All levels except Nights 15 and 30
* Big Wave Beach: All levels except Days 21, 34 and 42
* Frostbite Caves: All levels except Day 28
* Lost City: All levels
* Neon Mixtape Tour: All levels except Days 35 and 40
* Jurassic Marsh: All levels except Days 35 and 42
* Modern Day: All levels except Days 5, 10, 16 and 47
* Holiday Mashup: All levels except Days 32, 36 and 43
* Steam Ages: All levels except Day 24
* Epic Quests
	+ Penny's Classroom: All levels
	+ Flame On!: All levels except Step 8
	+ Aloe, Salut!: All levels
	+ Electrical Boogaloo: All levels except Step 1
	+ Beghouled Blitz: All levels
	+ Gem Jam: All levels except Step 2
	+ Future Crash!: All levels
	+ Rescue the Gold Bloom: All levels except Step 9
	+ Mission Imp-possible!: All levels except Step 8
	+ UniverZ Collides: All levels
	+ They're Trying Their Best!: All levels
* Vasebreaker
	+ All levels except the following:
		- The Mine Cart
		- Powerful Connections
		- Pull Back!
		- Precision Strike
		- 99 BOOM Balloons
		- Bust a Move
		- Bucket List
		- Present Perfect Future Tense
		- That's The Spirit!
		- Railroaded
		- Spike in Deliveries
* Thymed Events
	+ 2022-2023
		- Feastivus - Level 25 (2022)
		- Lunar Zoo Year - Level 5
		- Valenbrainz - Level 5
		- Luck o' the Zombie - Level 5
		- Spongebob Age: All levels except Days 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 24, 25, Vasebreaker - II and Missing SPONGEBOB LEVEL NAME
		- PvZ's 14th Birthdayz Bash - Level 5
		- Children's Day - Level 5
		- Big Brainz: All levels except Levels 5 and 8
		- Harvest Festival: All levels except Level 3
		- Lawn of Doom: All levels
		- Hero-Con 2023: All levels
		- Food Fight: All levels
		- Backyard Brain Bowl: All levels except Level 5
		- Feastivus 2023: All levels except Level 24
	+ 2024
		- ZCorp Invades!: All levels except Level 3

## Gallery

Almanac iconMummy Zombie almanac iconPirate Zombie almanac iconCowboy Zombie almanac iconFuture Zombie almanac iconPeasant Zombie almanac iconPompadour Zombie almanac iconBikini Zombie almanac iconCave Zombie almanac iconAdventurer Zombie almanac iconNeon Zombie almanac iconJurassic Zombie almanac iconValenbrainz Zombie almanac iconSt. Paddy's Zombie almanac iconSpringening Zombie almanac iconBirthdayz Zombie almanac iconKid Zombie almanac iconSummer Zombie almanac iconBig Head Zombie almanac iconSpooky Scary Zombie almanac iconWannabe Zombie almanac iconFood Fight Zombie almanac iconFeastivus Zombie almanac iconZCorp New Hire almanac iconZCorp Contractor almanac iconLunar Zombie almanac iconHarvest Zombie almanac iconLawnbowl Zombie almanac iconLawnbowl Zombie (foam finger) almanac iconLabor Zombie almanac iconBackwards Labor Zombie almanac icon
## Trivia

* Lawnbowl Zombie can come in 2 variants, one with a foam finger and one without.