Gumnut

*Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, pinning them in place and causing them to block other zombies behind them.*

## Almanac statistics

### Price from shop

20,000  (10 copies of seed packets)

**"I only chew ham-flavored gum," exudes Gumnut. "Ham and salt."**

**Gumnut** is the world seedium of Neon Mixtape Tour in *Alternate UniverZ*. She is a single-use defensive plant that creates zombie-blocking barriers from zombies themselves, with stronger barriers being formed from sturdier zombies.

Gumnut can be unlocked through its seed packets, which are obtained through completing world quests or purchasing directly from the store.

## Almanac entry

* Normal
* Pro

**Gumnut**

SUN COST: 125

RECHARGE: 15

GUM HEALTH: 2000

GUM HEALTH BOOST: 150

Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, pinning them in place and causing them to block other zombies behind them.
Special: stronger zombies form stronger barriers
Gum Health Formula: Base Gum Health + (Zombie Health \* Gum Health Boost)/100
Pro Status: +25 gum health boost, doesn't work at nighttime

"I only chew ham-flavored gum," exudes Gumnut. "Ham and salt."

**Gumnut**

SUN COST: 125

RECHARGE: 15

GUM HEALTH: 2000

GUM HEALTH BOOST: 175

Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, pinning them in place and causing them to block other zombies behind them.
Special: stronger zombies form stronger barriers
Gum Health Formula: Base Gum Health + (Zombie Health \* Gum Health Boost)/100
Pro Status: +25 gum health boost, doesn't work at nighttime

"I only chew ham-flavored gum," exudes Gumnut. "Ham and salt."

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Gumnut will blow a large bubble gum that immobilizes 5 zombies on random tiles.

## Strategies

Gumnut can be a very useful plant in certain levels. She is best used in levels where lots of zombies spawn because Gumnut can throw gum on multiple zombies. This plant is very useful when used on Gargantuars and the machines in Far Future since gum created from them will be more durable and her damage limit ability will prevent them from quickly destroying her. Due to the gum's high health, this plant can be paired up with weaker plants preventing them from being eaten. She can also be used with close ranged plants like Bonk Choy and Snapdragon, allowing them to do as much damage as possible. This can also be used on dangerous zombies like Glitter Zombies, Wizard Zombies and Turquoise Skull Zombies to prevent them from activating their abilities - while they normally don't eat most plants, they will be forced to eat the gum anyway.

Another plant that can be paired with is Sweet Potato or Void Orchid. They can be used to attract many zombies - including those that don't eat plants - and allowing Gumnut to paralyze them all. A Potato Mine would work even better, since he can safely arm while the zombies are occupied before heavily damaging all zombies there.

You can also use her early in a level to stall zombies while your sun-producing plants produce more sun, but this may turn out to be detrimental since she has a somewhat high cost for this purpose.

It is also worth noting that Gumnut has a relatively fast recharge compared to other defensive plants. However, due to her being an instant-use plant, Gumnut can sometimes be unreliable in a level. She is best paired with other defensive plants who will block minor threats while she disables the stronger enemies.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.6

* Sun cost (Pro Status): 125 > 100
* Gum health boost (Pro Status): 200 > 175