Cranberry Jam is a premium plant obtained in Plants vs. Zombies 2 first introduced in the 8.5.2 version of the game. He can be bought at the store for $2.99 during the Food Fight event.
Cranberry Jam will poison 4 zombies when tapped on, and he will destroy himself upon this action. However, he can grow and poison more zombies if while he is on the lawn, a quantity of zombies are destroyed.
In his first stage, he will poison 4 zombies when tapped on, no zombies need to be destroyed for this. In his second stage, he will poison 7 zombies when tapped on, but 4 zombies need to be destroyed. In his third and final stage, he will poison 10 zombies when tapped on, but 8 zombies need to be destroyed.
Origins[]
He is based on the cranberry sauce, a sauce or relish made out of cranberries, commonly served as a condiment or a side dish with Thanksgiving dinner in North America and Christmas dinner in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Almanac Entry[]
Cranberry Jam
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Upgrades[]
Plant Food effect[]
When given Plant Food, Cranberry Jam will poison all zombies in his lane, but be instantly destroyed.
Costumed (China only)[]
While in his costume, Cranberry Jam's poison damage is doubled.
Ail-mint effect[]
When boosted by Ail-mint, Cranberry Jam will instantly transform into his final stage, and poison effect will last for 5 more seconds (+150 dps).
Level upgrades[]
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | ||||||
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Sun Cost |
Recharge (Sluggish) |
Toughness (Typical) |
Special (Poison) | ||||||
Damage* | Zombies poisoned | ||||||||
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | |||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 20 seconds | 300 dps | 30 dps | 4 | 7 | 10 |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 150 | 19 seconds | 300 dps | 30 dps | 5 | 8 | 11 |
3 | 25 | 2,500 | 150 | 18 seconds | 300 dps | 35 dps | 5 | 8 | 11 |
4 | 50 | 5,000 | 125 | 17 seconds | 300 dps | 35 dps | 6 | 9 | 12 |
5 | 100 | 10,000 | 125 | 16 seconds | 300 dps | 40 dps | 6 | 9 | 12 |
6 | 200 | 20,000 | 125 | 14 seconds | 300 dps | 40 dps | 7 | 10 | 13 |
7 | 400 | 30,000 | 125 | 13 seconds | 300 dps | 50 dps | 7 | 10 | 13 |
8 | 800 | 50,000 | 100 | 12 seconds | 300 dps | 50 dps | 8 | 11 | 14 |
9 | 1,200 | 75,000 | 100 | 11 seconds | 300 dps | 60 dps | 8 | 11 | 14 |
10 | 1,600 | 100,000 | 100 | 10 seconds | 300 dps | 60 dps | 9 | 12 | 15 |
*Per second.
Level upgrade (China only)[]
Strategies Free-Edit Section[]
Cranberry Jam can be quite useful in many scenarios, but preferably when zombies are starting to overwhelm your plants. He can get rid of small zombies like Imps, while depleting a lot of health out of bigger ones. Not only that, but if the player strategizes correctly and destroys some zombies while he is in play, he can poison even more zombies once he is tapped on, which can provide huge aid to your defenses.
However, Cranberry Jam cannot destroy most zombies instantly, so he will need support from attacking plants to control the big zombie waves. Plants that target multiple zombies like Bloomerang or Lightning Reed will be greatly aided by Cranberry Jam, as he will destroy the weak zombies while the rest of the crowd is taken care of by them.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He is the only plant with a costume that changes cosmetically.