Olive Pit

*Olive Pits drill into the ground and wait to consume zombies that walk over them. They also spit out slowing oil onto nearby tiles.*

## Almanac statistics

### Recharge

15

**Olive Pit lies buried deep underground, thinking furiously. What about? Hard to say. Maybe airplanes? Do helicopters count as airplanes?**

**Olive Pit** is the featured plant of Volcanic Lost City in *Alternate UniverZ*. When planted, Olive Pit buries itself in the ground, and acts as a pitfall trap, swallowing and instantly killing any zombie that steps on it. After burying itself, every 18 seconds, Olive Pit spits out olive oil on the tile in front of itself, lasting 15 seconds.

Zombies that step on oil will have their speed and bite attack reduced by 33%. Once it becomes full, the Olive Pit will pause spitting out olive oil. Olive Pit spits out 3 puddles of olive oil in the three tiles in front of itself when finishing chewing. Zombie Chickens, Ice Weasels and Carnie Monkeys are swallowed without being counted in pit capacity.

Olive Pit can be unlocked through beating VLC-VIII.

## Almanac entry

**Olive Pit**

SUN COST: 300

RECHARGE: 15

PIT CAPACITY: 2

CONSUMING TIME: 40

OIL DURATION: 15

OIL SPIT COOLDOWN: 18

Olive Pits drill into the ground and wait to consume zombies that walk over them. They also spit out slowing oil onto nearby tiles.
Olive Pit lies buried deep underground, thinking furiously. What about? Hard to say. Maybe airplanes? Do helicopters count as airplanes?

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Olive Pit will swallow zombies nearby and spit out 8 puddles of olive oil in a 3x3 area, lasting 6 seconds.

## Strategies

Olive Pit can be seen as a much more flexible Chomper, as it can devour more zombies before chewing, cannot be destroyed by most zombies like Spikeweed, and spits out olive oil which slows approaching zombies in a similar fashion to Sap-fling. The trade-off is that Olive Pit is slightly more expensive, recharges a little slower, and cannot affect zombies that don’t walk over him. Olive Pit also does no continuous damage to targets it can’t swallow, unlike Chomper.

Due to Olive Pit's insta-kill nature, it makes an excellent plant for thinning out dangerous zombies from hordes. Its immunity to most zombies makes it a great option to plant in the right-hand columns, nearest to where the zombies spawn. This can be enough to significantly thin large hordes of zombies with little drawback, as Olive Pit is safe from most harm whilst it is chewing. Furthermore, Olive Pit cannot be dug up by Excavator Zombie or destroyed by Turquoise Skull Zombie, as well as negating the speed boost provided by Druid Zombies, making it a good candidate for Lost City. Olive Pit cannot be damaged by the constant damage of Volcanic Lost City as well, making it a viable plant in such conditions.

However, Olive Pit does have some weaknesses. Flying enemies are completely immune to the pit, and it is completely useless against Gargantuars, as they are too large to be swallowed and can destroy it as well. Machines are also too big to be swallowed. Olive Pit is also incapable of dealing with consistent zombie hordes, as it must eventually stop chewing. As such, bringing another offensive plant is essential to not overwhelm the Olive Pits.

Olive Pit is more suitable for dealing with critters such as Zombie Chickens, Ice Weasels and Carnie Monkeys than other swallowing plants, due to its fast reaction rate. But it will still miss a few things because there is actually a gap in its swallowing. Olive Pit makes a great guard against plants vulnerable to direct attack, such as Electric Currant or Phat Beet. Should your defenses not be adequate against all threats that approach them, Olive Pits are a great last ditch (literally) to stop any zombies that might crawl through.