Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Seedium Showcase - Zoybean Pod - Dec 2024 - Jan 2025

Plant of the Week - Zoybean Pod - was offered between December 28, 2024 through January 4, 2025.

Zoybean Pod is a member of the Enchant-Mint family.
Zoybean Pod costs 200 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 3, 5 and 10.)
Every 18 seconds, Zoybean Pod releases a Zomboid. (-1 second at levels 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10.)
When given Plant Food, Zoybean Pod immediately releases a Tofu Gargantuar Zomboid.

Commentary:
A plant which can spit out zombies?!? Oh, we definitely need to look at this.

Bottom Line:
First off, we LOVE Zoybean Pod as a concept. It's cool. The idea of tofu zombies vs flesh zombies is something you simply do not see.

We WANT to LOVE Zoybean Pod. It's fun to play and leads to some interesting strategies.

The sad reality is that these Zomboids are just weak. A one-vs-one match up against an equivalent zombie just shows that these Zomboids are barely speed bumps.

In order for Zoybean Pod to be effective, the Zomboids need to be a high level and even then, plant food is probably going to be needed. We simply could not rely on these Zomboids unless the zombies were going against were under-powered - and even then - winning was not guaranteed.

Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2.
Survive for 3 / 2.8 / minutes.
Chosen Perk is Score Increase.
Score more than 7,500,000 / 10,000,000 / 12,500,000
Defeat not offered / 300 / 400 zombies in not offered / 180 / 180 seconds.
Starting Sun = 1,450 / 1,250 / 1,000

Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand style.
Chosen Perk is Sun Break - Extra Sun from Sky.
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Imp Pear on R3C5
Defeat not offered / 20 / 25 zombies in not offered / 20 / 10 seconds.
Starting Sun = 2,700 / 2,500 / 2,250

Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for 3.5 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Sun Break - Extra Sun from Sky.
Knockback zombies 150 / 200 / 250 times.
Never have more than not offered / 11 / 6 plants.

Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for three (3) minutes.
Chosen Perk is Score Increase.
Score to beat: 3,000,000 / 5,000,000 / 10,000,000
Defeat not offered / 150 / 200 Imps.
Starting Sun = 3,200 / 3,000 / 2,750

Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive for 2.5 minutes - Last Stand Style
Chosen Perk is Shrink zombies.
Survive and protect the endangered plants - 2 Electric Blueberries on Mine-carts on columns 3 and 4
Ash zombies not offered / 45 / 65 times.
Starting Sun = 2,450 / 2,250 / 2,000