Coal Miner Zombie

*Coal Miner Zombies push wheelbarrows of coal. When their carts are busted, burning coal is left behind, which blocks damage and slowly burns your plants.*

## In-game statistics

### Point cost

9001000
1200

### Codename aliases

steam\_minersteam\_miner\_armor1
steam\_miner\_armor2

### First seen

Steam Ages - Day 11

Coal Miner Zombie is actually a super secret acronym for another super secret codename. C.M.Z.: Cyber Moochie Zoborbus. Don’t tell anyone, shhhhhhh!

**Coal Miner Zombie** is the third unique zombie encountered in Steam Ages. Similarly to Barrel Roller Zombie, he pushes a wheelbarrow full of coal that crushes plants that get in its way. If either the wheelbarrow is destroyed or if the zombie is defeated, two Coal Imps will spill over to adjacent lanes. These Imps block incoming attacks, are immune to all status effects and will slowly damage plants on the tile they landed on.

Coal Miner Zombie can come in three variants: a Basic Zombie, a Conehead, or a Buckethead.

## Almanac entry

**Coal Miner Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Hardened

SPEED: Basic

Coal Miner Zombies push wheelbarrows of coal. When their carts are busted, burning coal is left behind, which blocks damage and slowly burns your plants.

Health: 400 (wheelbarrow) + cart pusher; dropped coal has 500
Speed: 0.2
Special: can also come equipped with trusty armor

Coal Miner Zombie is actually a super secret acronym for another super secret codename. C.M.Z.: Cyber Moochie Zoborbus. Don’t tell anyone, shhhhhhh!

## Overview

Coal Miner Zombie (without armor) has 190 health and loses his arm after taking 95 damage. The cone has 370 health while the bucket has 1100 health. The wheelbarrow he pushes has 400 health and has no degrades. He is immune to knockback until the wheelbarrow is destroyed.

When either he dies or his wheelbarrow is destroyed, Coal Imps will spill over to adjacent lanes.

## Balance changes

### Version 1.1.1

* ▲ Wheelbarrow attack rect is now smaller
* ▲ Wheelbarrow hitbox is now smaller
* ▲ Wheelbarrow is now immune to all forms of stun
* Adjusted zombie hitbox and art center to be in line with other Steam Ages basic types
* ▼ Zombie is no longer immune to knockback
* ▼ Zombie can now be Power Tossed
	+ Developer note: We wanted to try to resolve issues with Coal Miner's cart breaking when he was stunned. In the process of trying to do this, we were able to make the zombie no longer have an arbitrary immunity to knockback. While he has his cart, though, the cart still cannot be knocked back. We will continue to evaluate if these changes have an effect on the issues with his cart.

### Version 1.1.4

* ▲ To fix an unintended interaction with Fanilla, he’s now immune to stun effects.

## Encounters

* Steam Ages: Days 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32 and Brain Drain Factory
* Vasebreaker
	+ Spike in Deliveries
* Epic Quests
	+ Mission Imp-possible!: Step 4
* Thymed Events
	+ Spongebob Age: Days 4, 6 and 19
	+ Big Brainz: Level 6
	+ Harvest Festival: Level 9
	+ Hero-Con 2023: Level 7
	+ Feastivus 2023: Levels 11, 12, 15, 20 and 22

## Gallery

Almanac iconConehead almanac iconBuckethead almanac iconCoal Miner Zombie renderCrushing a KiwibeastReleasing Coal ImpsSpikeweed destroying the wheelbarrowReleasing Coal Imps on death
## Trivia

* At one point during development, Coal Miner Zombie's wheelbarrow had Coal Imps on it. It was changed back to having regular coal on it since it didn't look good.
* There is an error in Coal Miner Zombie's almanac icon; the wheelbarrow is shown with only one of its two handles.
	+ The Conehead and Buckethead variant's icons also show their respective armor above the regular basic's cap.