Gumnut

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

### Usage

Best used against Gargantuars & Football Mechs

## In-game statistics

### Health

Gum - 2000 + health of gummed zombie
Plant - 300

### Codename alias

gumnut

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

**Gumnut** is a plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished* and the eighth plant obtained in Neon Mixtape Tour. She is unlocked at Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 38.

Gumnut is a single-use defensive plant that creates zombie-blocking barriers from zombies themselves, with stronger barriers being formed from tougher and sturdier zombies.

The gum also has the ability to withstand instant kills from zombies such as Gargantuar smashes, Zombot missiles, and their lasers. The mentioned instant kills will only deal 1500 damage to the gum.

Using Gumnut on zombies such as Explorer Zombie will extinguish their flames, similarly to Iceberg Lettuce. Gumnut will not gum zombies if they are stunned or if they're in the water on Big Wave Beach.

When a gummed zombie is defeated, the attached gum is also removed.

## Almanac entry

**Gumnut**

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
Usage: best used against Gargantuars & Football Mechs

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

## Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Gumnut will blow a large bubble gum that immobilizes up to 5 random zombies on the lawn, prioritizing tough targets. Zombies that haven't entered the lawn can also be targeted.

## Strategies

Gumnut's ability to gum and lock zombies in place makes her perform much like Stunion, at least at surface level. Any zombies with special abilities, from Wizard Zombie to Octo Zombie, will be forced to attack the gum that traps them, disabling most of their abilities and buying time for them to be dealt with through other means. Plus, the gum has the same flame-extinguishing properties as Iceberg Lettuce, leaving a lasting impact on zombies like Explorer Zombie and Prospector Zombie even after the gum goes away.

Importantly, Gumnut's gum will have its health boosted by that of the affected zombies. This results in the gum lasting much longer for zombies with higher health; for example, a Basic Zombie's gum will have 2190 health, while a Buckethead Zombie gets 3290 health. This also serves as a buffer when gumming large hordes; low health targets that escape early will be kept trapped by the gum of tougher zombies.
Gargantuars and mechanical threats are thus Gumnut's best targets, generating incredibly tough gum that keeps these zombies (and others behind them) stuck for a long time.

Akin to Wall-nut and other wall plants, the duration of Gumnut's gum can be directly augmented with the support of additional stall plants. Zombies can take longer to eat through the gum by weakening them with Shrinking Violet, or by slowing them with stallers like Sap-fling and Snow Pea. Traditional stun also works, with plants like Solar Tomato and Dazey Chain able to preserve the gum during stun effects. By combining Gumnut with other forms of stall, zombies can be kept pinned down for even longer periods than individually possible.

Keep in mind that some zombies can still use their abilities while trapped in gum. Hair Metal Gargantuars can still create shockwaves as they smash the gum. Gargantuar Primes will be able fire lasers while gummed, and can free themselves faster due to smashing twice with each attack.

## Balance changes

### Initial launch

* ▲ -50 sun
* ▼ -6000 base gum health
* ▼ Gum health boost multiplier removed
	+ Changes to gum health are not listed in the official changelog.
* ▼ +8 second recharge

## Gallery

Seed packetBoosted seed packetHD Gumnut

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