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For the Chinese version, see Modern Day (Chinese version). For the identical first area of the game, see Player's House (PvZ2).

Modern Day is the 11th world in Plants vs. Zombies 2. Part 1 was released on January 7, 2016 for some users and finally released on January 12, 2016. Part 2 was fully released on February 16, 2016. Part 3 was released on February 6, 2017.

It is set in the present, more precisely a few moments before Crazy Dave eats his taco (and further begins his time travel journey), and features Dr. Zomboss trying to negate and alter history. The lawn is the same as the Player's House and the music is a combination of themes from the first game with instruments from every world.

This world is a mash-up of every time period encountered before; the main environment modifier, portals, reflect that. Portals summon special zombies from any time period to the lawn. The tiles where portals appear and the zombies summoned are scripted and never change. The gimmicks from some other worlds are also present, elevating the challenge to the point of being the second world with a five Jalapeno difficulty rating.

Since the player can encounter zombies from every previous world in this world, it can be a good option to complete multiple tasks at the same time from Travel Log that involves killing certain zombies.

Audio[]

Sound Description
Intro
Choose your Seeds
First wave
Middle wave A
Middle wave B start
Middle wave B
Last flag start
Last flag
Ultimate Battle
Demonstration Mini-game
Winning
Reward
Losing

Game description[]

The end is the beginning! Return to moments before you left in a contemporary contest stocked with zombies of every egregious era!

Order of events[]

After obtaining the world's key from Big Wave Beach - Day 32, the player gains access to Modern Day. On Day 1, Dr. Zomboss declares the beginning of his Project Paradox. The player also encounters portals that spawns zombies from other eras depending on the portal itself.

On Day 15, the player obtains a taco that was later revealed to be a trap made by Dr. Zomboss. After defeating waves of Gargantuars from previous eras on Day 16, the player obtains a Modern Day Piñata.

On Day 32, Dr. Zomboss informs the player that their attempt to re-eat a taco has shattered time and it is up to him to fix it, which Crazy Dave responds by saying that he is too taco-addled to care. On Day 33, Dr. Zomboss stated that he is not lying and re-eating a taco is impossible. On Day 34, Dr. Zomboss says that if Crazy Dave will not listen to reason, they will all be destroyed. After defeating Dr. Zomboss, he says that Crazy Dave must let go of his dream of re-eating a taco and presents to him the Taco with a Waffle in it. Crazy Dave is shocked and says that this is the best day of his or anyone else's life. Penny responds by saying that maybe they have misjudged Dr. Zomboss this whole time, but then, Dr. Zomboss states that perhaps they may have not misjudged him and he may not be planning anything else for the future. He then flees.

On Day 35, Crazy Dave says that the Taco with a Waffle in it was delicious, but he smells more zombies coming. Penny says that the zombies still want brains. She further says that they would see stronger versions of zombies.

On Day 44, Dr. Zomboss appears and asks Crazy Dave about his taco, which actually contained a secret ingredient, guessing that he will surely appreciate the zombies. After they have defeated the Zombot Tomorrow-tron, Crazy Dave and Penny ensure that they have a high chance of survival, as of powered-up plants, while Dr. Zomboss says that looks like it is required to have more upgraded zombies.

Levels[]

Difficulty[]

Being considered by some the last world, Modern Day pits the player against nearly every zombie in the game, even if they did not encounter all of them. As a result, hence its five Jalapeno difficulty, Modern Day is an extremely hard world. It contains twenty somewhat hard-hard days (2, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 28, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43), eight very hard days (7, 10, 21, 26, 29, 36, 38, and 44), and three extremely hard days (9, 12, and 30). It also contains three variable levels (32, 33, and 34). Its difficulty is similar to that of the previous world, Big Wave Beach, and is much harder than the world prior to Big Wave Beach, Jurassic Marsh.

Main levels[]

Day Plants Zombies Portals Flags Reward Notes
1 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 PortalAE:
Ra Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Pharaoh Zombie2
PortalPS:
Seagull Zombie2 Barrel Roller Zombie2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Pirate Captain Zombie2 Zombie Parrot2
PortalFF:
Shield Zombie2 Robo-Cone Zombie2 Mecha-Football Zombie2
Two Moonflower2
2 Player's choice with Moonflower2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Camel Zombies2 Mummy Zombie2 Explorer Zombie2 Mummified Gargantuar2 Imp Mummy2 PortalBWB:
Surfer Zombie2 Octo Zombie2
Two Money bag
3 Snapdragon2 Lightning Reed2 Endurian2 Intensive Carrot2 Shrinking Violet2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Pianist Zombie2 Gargantuar Prime2 Bug Bot Imp2 Troglobite2 Yeti Imp2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A Two Money bag Special Delivery
4 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Imp2 Bug Bot Imp2 Imp Monk Zombie2 Imp Dragon Zombie2 Imp Mermaid Zombie2 Yeti Imp2 Lost City Imp Zombie2 Glitter Zombie2 Impunk2 Jurassic Imp2 N/A Three Nightshade2
5 Player's choice with Nightshade2 Conehead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Pharaoh Zombie2 Parasol Zombie2 Lost City Imp Zombie2 Porter Gargantuar2 Breakdancer Zombie2 Jurassic Imp2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A Two Money bag
6 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Wizard Zombie2 Imp Porter2 Adventurer Zombie2 Conehead Adventurer Zombie2 Buckethead Adventurer Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 PortalDA:
Jester Zombie2
Two Modern Day Piñata Gold Tiles present
Objective: Produce at least 4000 sun
7 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Imp Mermaid Zombie2 Octo Zombie2 Deep Sea Gargantuar2 Impunk2 Breakdancer Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 PortalDA:
Jester Zombie2
Four Modern Day Piñata
8 Peashooter2Repeater2Threepeater2 or
Peashooter2Fire Peashooter2
Wall-nut2Tall-nut2
or
Wall-nut2Endurian2
Cabbage-pult2Pepper-pult2
or
Cabbage-pult2Melon-pult2Winter Melon2
Snapdragon2Cold Snapdragon2
Lightning Reed2Laser Bean2
Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A 100 matches Money bag Beghouled
9 Moonflower2 Nightshade2 Grave Buster2 Thyme Warp2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Ra Zombie2 Explorer Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Punk Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 PortalFC:
Hunter Zombie2 Weasel Hoarder2 Ice Weasel2
Three Money bag Tombstones present
Locked and Loaded
10 Player's choice Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Jetpack Zombie2 Shield Zombie2 Robo-Cone Zombie2 Disco-tron 30002 Disco Jetpack Zombie2 Mecha-Football Zombie2 Bug Bot Imp2 Gargantuar Prime2 Yeti Imp2 Hunter Zombie2 Dodo Rider Zombie2 Troglobite2 Weasel Hoarder2 Ice Weasel2 Sloth Gargantuar2 Jurassic Imp2 Jurassic Gargantuar2 PortalFF:
Shield Zombie2 Robo-Cone Zombie2

Mecha-Football Zombie2
PortalJM:
Jurassic Imp2 Jurassic Bully2

Three Shadow-shroom2 Power Tiles present
11 Player's choice with Shadow-shroom2 Garlic2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Prospector Zombie2 Pianist Zombie2 Mecha-Football Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A Two Money bag
12 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Chicken Wrangler Zombie2 Zombie Chicken2 Imp Dragon Zombie2 Dark Ages Gargantuar2 Imp Monk Zombie2 Excavator Zombie2 Parasol Zombie2 N/A Two Modern Day Piñata Dinosaurs:
Raptor2 Stegosaurus2 T. Rex2
Objective:
Don't lose more than 10 plants
13 Peashooter2Repeater2Threepeater2 or
Peashooter2Fire Peashooter2Primal Peashooter2
Wall-nut2Tall-nut2
or
Wall-nut2Endurian2
Cabbage-pult2Pepper-pult2
or
Cabbage-pult2Melon-pult2Winter Melon2
Lightning Reed2Laser Bean2Electric Blueberry2
Puff-shroom2Fume-shroom2
Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A 150 matches Money bag Beghouled
14 Garlic2 Shrinking Violet2 Moonflower2 Nightshade2 Shadow-shroom2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Imp2 Robo-Cone Zombie2 Disco-tron 30002 Disco Jetpack Zombie2 Relic Hunter Zombie2 Jurassic Imp2 N/A Two Modern Day Piñata Locked and Loaded
15 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Imp2 Swashbuckler Zombie2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Imp Cannon2 Prospector Zombie2 Relic Hunter Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 N/A Two A "taco" Save Our Seeds
16 Peashooter2 Iceberg Lettuce2 Repeater2 Coconut Cannon2 Threepeater2 Spikerock2 Cherry Bomb2 Winter Melon2 Citron2 A.K.E.E.2 Phat Beet2 Intensive Carrot2 Primal Wall-nut2 Primal Potato Mine2 Grapeshot2 Cold Snapdragon2 Flag Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Mummified Gargantuar2 Gargantuar Pirate2 Wild West Gargantuar2 Gargantuar Prime2 Deep Sea Gargantuar2 Sloth Gargantuar2 Porter Gargantuar2 Hair Metal Gargantuar2 Jurassic Gargantuar2 Imp2 Imp Mummy2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Zombie Bull Rider2 Bug Bot Imp2 Imp Mermaid Zombie2 Yeti Imp2 Lost City Imp Zombie2 Impunk2 Jurassic Imp2 N/A Three Modern Day Piñata Gargantuar battle
17 Player's choice with Dusk Lobber2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Turquoise Skull Zombie2 Arcade Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 PortalAE:
Ra Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Pharaoh Zombie2
Two Dusk Lobber2
18 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Zombie Bull2 Zombie Bull Rider2 Surfer Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 N/A Two Money bag
19 Coconut Cannon2 Laser Bean2 Primal Peashooter2 Escape Root2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Gargantuar Prime2 Bug Bot Imp2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 PortalBWB:
Surfer Zombie2 Octo Zombie2
Two Money bag Special Delivery
20 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Prospector Zombie2 Punk Zombie2 Jurassic Gargantuar2 Jurassic Imp2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 N/A Two Highway to the Danger Room Gold Tiles present
21 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 PortalAE:
Ra Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Pharaoh Zombie2
PortalBWB:
Surfer Zombie2 Octo Zombie2
PortalNMT:
MC Zom-B2 Breakdancer Zombie2
Three Money bag
22 Peashooter2Repeater2Threepeater2or

Peashooter2Fire Peashooter2

Lightning Reed2Laser Bean2

Cabbage-pult2Melon-pult2Winter Melon2

Puff-shroom2Fume-shroom2

Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A 75 matches Money bag Beghouled
23 Player's choice with Grimrose2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Snorkel Zombie2 Surfer Zombie2 Octo Zombie2 Deep Sea Gargantuar2 Imp Mermaid Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 N/A Two Grimrose2
24 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Poncho Zombie2 Pianist Zombie2 Jurassic Fossilhead2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Two Money bag Power Tiles present
25 Intensive Carrot2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Swashbuckler Zombie2 Dodo Rider Zombie2 Excavator Zombie2 Punk Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Two Money bag Special Delivery
Slider tiles present
26 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Pianist Zombie2 Disco-tron 30002 Disco Jetpack Zombie2 Hair Metal Gargantuar2 Impunk2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Three Money bag Dinosaur:
Raptor2
27 Peashooter2Repeater2Threepeater2or

Peashooter2Fire Peashooter2

Lightning Reed2Laser Bean2Electric Blueberry2

Snapdragon2Cold Snapdragon2

Wall-nut2Tall-nut2

or

Wall-nut2Endurian2

Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A 100 matches Money bag Beghouled
28 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Pirate Captain Zombie2 Zombie Parrot2 Wizard Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Two Money bag Gold Tiles present
Objective:
Produce at least 3000 sun
29 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Mummified Gargantuar2 Imp Mummy2 Imp Dragon Zombie2 MC Zom-B2 Breakdancer Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Three Modern Day Piñata Dinosaur:
Raptor2
30 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Gargantuar Pirate2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Prospector Zombie2 Wild West Gargantuar2 Zombie Bull Rider2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Three Money bag Minecart and rails present
Objective:
Don't let the zombies trample the flowers
31 Player's choice with Escape Root2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2 Explorer Zombie2 Imp Cannon2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Jester Zombie2 Troglobite2 Yeti Imp2 Porter Gargantuar2 Lost City Imp Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Two Money bag Slider tiles present
32 Kernel-pult2 Snapdragon2 Spikeweed2 Spring Bean2 Coconut Cannon2 Threepeater2 Cherry Bomb2 Conehead Mummy2 Buckethead Mummy2 Explorer Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Pharaoh Zombie2 Imp Mummy2 Mummified Gargantuar2 Zombot Sphinx-inator2 N/A The specific Zombot's health Modern Day Piñata Boss battle
Split Pea2 Chili Bean2 Pea Pod2 Lightning Reed2 Melon-pult2 Tall-nut2 Winter Melon2 Conehead Pirate2 Buckethead Pirate2 Barrel Roller Zombie2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Pirate Captain Zombie2 Zombie Parrot2 Gargantuar Pirate2 Zombot Plank Walker2
Laser Bean2 Citron2 Infi-nut2 Buckethead Cowboy2 Carthead Zombie2 Prospector Zombie2 Pianist Zombie2 Poncho Zombie2 Chicken Wrangler Zombie2 Zombie Chicken2 Rodeo Legend Zombie2 Zombie Bull Rider2 Wild West Gargantuar2 Zombot War Wagon2
33 Puff-shroom2 Fume-shroom2 Magnet-shroom2 Future Zombie2 Future Conehead Zombie2 Future Buckethead Zombie2 Jetpack Zombie2 Shield Zombie2 Bug Bot Imp2 Mecha-Football Zombie2 Gargantuar Prime2 Zombot Tomorrow-tron2 N/A The specific Zombot's health Modern Day Piñata Boss battle
Bowling Bulb2 Guacodile2 Banana Launcher2 Peasant Zombie2 Conehead Peasant2 Buckethead Peasant2 Knight Zombie2 Jester Zombie2 Imp Monk Zombie2 Dark Ages Gargantuar2 Wizard Zombie2 Imp Dragon Zombie2 Zombot Dark Dragon2
Lily Pad2 Pepper-pult2 Chard Guard2 Stunion2 Rotobaga2 Shrinking Violet2 Pompadour Zombie2 Pompadour Conehead2 Pompadour Buckethead2 Bikini Zombie2 Bikini Conehead2 Bikini Buckethead2 Snorkel Zombie2 Imp Mermaid Zombie2 Surfer Zombie2 Deep Sea Gargantuar2 Octo Zombie2 Zombot Sharktronic Sub2
34 Fire Peashooter2 Hot Potato2 Red Stinger2 A.K.E.E.2 Endurian2 Stallia2 Cave Zombie2 Cave Conehead Zombie2 Cave Buckethead Zombie2 Dodo Rider Zombie2 Hunter Zombie2 Blockhead Zombie2 Yeti Imp2 Ice Weasel2 Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC2 N/A The specific Zombot's health Taco with a waffle in it Boss battle
Phat Beet2 Celery Stalker2 Garlic2 Spore-shroom2 Adventurer Zombie2 Conehead Adventurer Zombie2 Buckethead Adventurer Zombie2 Lost Pilot Zombie2 Parasol Zombie2 Excavator Zombie2 Bug Zombie2 Imp Porter2 Turquoise Skull Zombie2 Zombot Aerostatic Gondola2
Cactus2 Primal Peashooter2 Primal Wall-nut2 Primal Potato Mine2 Neon Zombie2 Neon Conehead2 Neon Buckethead2 Punk Zombie2 Glitter Zombie2 MC Zom-B2 Breakdancer Zombie2 Arcade Zombie2 8-Bit Zombie2 Hair Metal Gargantuar2 Impunk2 Zombot Multi-stage Masher2
Moonflower2 Nightshade2 Shadow-shroom2 Dusk Lobber2 Grimrose2 Jurassic Zombie2 Jurassic Conehead2 Jurassic Buckethead2 Jurassic Imp2 Jurassic Fossilhead2Jurassic Bully2 Jurassic Gargantuar2 Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur2

Dinosaurs:
Raptor2 Stegosaurus2 Pterodactyl2 T. Rex2 Ankylosaurus2

Epic Quest: Modern Day Dustup![]

Play extra hard Modern Day levels 35-44 to win a pleasing set of gems!

Since the 7.4.1 update, this limited-time Epic Quest of 10 steps was added. It uses Modern Day days 35 to 44 as equivalent of its 10 steps. A money bag is awarded after completing each step, and completing all 10 levels will give the player 100 gems.

Since the 9.1.1 update, this quest has 8 levels (37-44) and gives 80 gems.

Step Plants Zombies Portals Flags Notes
1 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Flag Zombie2

Rally Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Imp2 Newspaper Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2

PortalPS:
Seagull Zombie2 Barrel Roller Zombie2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Pirate Captain Zombie2 Zombie Parrot2
PortalFF:
Future Conehead Zombie2 Jetpack Zombie2 Robo-Cone Zombie2
Three
2 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Imp Cannon2 Wizard Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 N/A Three Objective:

Survive without planting on Dave's mold colonies

3 Choice without sun-producing plants and free plants Brickhead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 N/A Five Last Stand
4 Player's choice Brickhead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Prospector Zombie2 Jurassic Zombie2 Jurassic Conehead2 Jurassic Buckethead2 Jurassic Fossilhead2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A Four Dinosaur:
Pterodactyl2
Objective:

Don't let the zombies trample the flowers

5 Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Brickhead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Imp2 Imp Monk Zombie2 Dark Ages Gargantuar2 Newspaper Zombie2 Sunday Edition Zombie2 N/A Four Save Our Seeds
6* Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Explorer Zombie2 Torchlight Zombie2 Mummified Gargantuar2 Imp Mummy2 Excavator Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Sunday Edition Zombie2 PortalAE:
Explorer Zombie2 Ra Zombie2 Tomb Raiser Zombie2 Pharaoh Zombie2
Three
7* Player's choice Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Brickhead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Bug Bot Imp2 Gargantuar Prime2 Jester Zombie2 Boombox Zombie2 PortalDA:
Jester Zombie2
Two Objective: Don't lose more than 5 plants
8* Twin Sunflower2 Snapdragon2 Chili Bean2 Winter Melon2 Chard Guard2 Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Brickhead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Gargantuar Pirate2 Imp Dragon Zombie2 Yeti Imp2 Sloth Gargantuar2 Parasol Zombie2 N/A Two Locked and Loaded
9* Player's choice without sun-producing plants Basic Zombie2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Brickhead Zombie2 Rally Zombie2 Punk Zombie2 Newspaper Zombie2 Sunday Edition Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 N/A Three Objective: Produce at least 3500 sun
10* Spikeweed2 Fume-shroom2 Chomper2 Stallia2 Moonflower2 Nightshade2 Shadow-shroom2 Dusk Lobber2 Conehead Zombie2 Buckethead Zombie2 Brickhead Zombie2 Gargantuar2 Imp2 Pirate Captain Zombie2 Zombie Parrot2 Imp Pirate Zombie2 Gargantuar Pirate2 Zombie Bull Rider2 Wild West Gargantuar2 Shield Zombie2 Zombot Tomorrow-tron2 Jester Zombie2 Wizard Zombie2 Surfer Zombie2 Blockhead Zombie2 Parasol Zombie2 Turquoise Skull Zombie2 Glitter Zombie2 Jurassic Bully2 Newspaper Zombie2 Sunday Edition Zombie2 Balloon Zombie2 All-Star Zombie2 Super-Fan Imp2 N/A None, replaced with Zombot Tomorrow-tron2 's health bar Boss battle

*No lawn mowers present.

Brain Busters[]

Special Delivery[]

Main article: Special Delivery

Special Delivery is a Brain Buster that is a conveyor-belt level with the plants given via said conveyor-belt. Being a conveyor-belt level, no sun and sun-producing plants will be given. Starting from Big Wave Beach, most of its levels are featuring new plants.

It is playable on Days 3, 19 and 25.

Save Our Seeds[]

Main article: Save Our Seeds

In the Save Our Seeds levels, the player has to protect the endangered plants marked by a striped tile and his or her house too. If the player lets one of them be eaten by the zombies or disappear in some way, he or she will lose. Otherwise, it is a regular level, which the player can choose the plants to protect the endangered ones.

It is playable on Days 15, with two endangered Primal Wall-nuts. and 39, with three endangered Moonflowers.

Locked and Loaded[]

Main article: Locked and Loaded

Locked and Loaded is a regular Brain Buster with the plants chosen, and the player has to use them to defeat the zombies. Starting from Dark Ages, its levels will always feature a premium plant.

It is playable on Days 9, 14 and 42.

Last Stand[]

Main article: Last Stand

Last Stand is a Brain Buster that gives the player a huge a amount of sun and some Plant Food before starting the level. However, the player cannot choose plants that do not cost sun (except Hot Potato and Stallia), sun-producing plants and some other certain plants (However, this rarely happens). After choosing, the player will be able to plant plants with instant recharge to set up his or her defense before starting the battle.

It is playable on Day 37.

Beghouled[]

Main article: Beghouled (PvZ2)

Similar to the first game, the player has to make matches of three or more of the same plant so more can appear. Each match gives one sun plus another one for each chain reaction caused. The sun is used to upgrade the plants on the board. If the player manages to make a match of more than four plants, the Plant Food effect of the plant moved is activated. When a set number of matches is reached, the player wins the level.

It is playable on Days 8, 13, 22 and 27.

Related achievements[]

Great Gargling Gargs
Present Perfect, Future Tense2
Time Traveller achievement
Time Traveler
Complete a level where each of your plants comes from a different world
Hot off the presses burned
YoureAnAllStar
You're an All-Star?
Complete a level where All-Star Zombies are unable to tackle even a single plant

Gallery[]

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Walkthrough[]

See Modern Day/Walkthrough.

In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Modern Day
China Simplified Chinese 摩登世界 lit. "Modern World"
France French Temps modernes
Germany German Moderne
Italy Italian Tempi moderni
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Vida Moderna
Spain Spanish Tiempos modernos


Trivia[]

  • Until the 10.5 update, World-exclusive plants such as Thyme Warp, Gold Leaf, and Perfume-shroom were not allowed in here despite the fact that Modern Day uses aspects from different worlds.
  • The music themes in this worlds are remixes of themes from the first Plants vs. Zombies:
    • The Choose Your Seeds theme is a remix of the first game's main theme, using instruments from Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, and Wild West.
      • Like Jurassic Marsh, the intro has a very close resemblance to the main menu theme of the first game.
    • The first wave music in this world is a remix of the Player's House theme (Grasswalk), using instruments from virtually every world. Despite this, prominence is given to the piano, harpsichord and bass clarinet. The balafon and organ also appear later in the track.
    • The second wave music is also a remix of the Player's House theme (Grasswalk Horde), yet again using instruments from every world. This time however, the bassoon and balafon play a much more important role, and the accordion is swapped with the one of Jurassic Marsh.
    • The third wave music is a remix of Graze the Roof, using instruments from less worlds which are more defined. The organ and the electric guitar are the main ones being used, with the balafon and bass clarinet also briefly appearing.
    • The final wave music is an instrumental remix of Zombies on Your Lawn, using instruments from every world. The organ and electric guitar are the most important here, however we also hear parts using instruments from Far Future and Pirate Seas. The later sections of the song show prominent usage of instruments from Jurassic Marsh.
    • Despite this world mostly reusing sounds from all of the other worlds, it has two unique instruments: the live-recorded Fender Stratocaster and the grand piano.
    • The Ultimate Battle theme uses only Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, Big Wave Beach and Jurassic Marsh instruments. Brushed cymbals belonging to Frostbite Caves also appear later.
    • The Demonstration Mini-game theme yet again uses mainly Ancient Egypt and Big Wave Beach instruments, however this time the palette is diversified a little with the flute and marimba from Lost City, with the latter lacking reverb. The percussion is also identical to that of Dark Ages' Mini Game theme.
      • The prominence of Ancient Egypt, Big Wave Beach and Jurassic Marsh in these two themes may be related to the fact that they are the first, sixth, and last worlds to be released before Modern Day.
  • All the plants obtained in this world are all shadow plants/Conceal-mint family plants.
  • This is the first and only world that does not contain levels with only one flag.
  • This world has the most levels with the world's exclusive Brain Buster, as four levels are used for Beghouled.
  • Before its expansion, Modern Day was the second world to not feature any Last Stand levels. Lost City is currently the only world not to feature Last Stand levels.
  • So far, this is the largest world in Plants vs. Zombies 2, having 34 levels (44 counting the expansions).
  • This is the only world that has four boss fights.
    • It is also the only world with more than two boss fights.
    • It is also the only world which does not have its own time-based Zombot, not counting Player's House.
  • This is the third world in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that has more than one Imp variant (Imp and Super-Fan Imp). The others are Dark Ages and Lost City.
  • All conveyor-belt levels in this world (excluding Day 19 and boss fights) contain Intensive Carrot.
  • It is the first world since Dark Ages not to have a world-exclusive plant.
  • Wild West and Lost City are the only worlds that do not have respective portals appearing during normal levels. They only appear in Highway to the Danger Room.
  • In the preview picture for Modern Day since the 4.5.1 update, a Relic Hunter Zombie is shown coming out of the portal despite that in the game, they only appear swinging in.
  • Almost every zombie from the other worlds appear. Zombies such as Flag Zombie variants, Vase Gargantuar, Fisherman Zombie, and Zombie King do not appear.
    • Furthermore, if the player defeats any of the Zombots in Modern Day before fighting them in their original worlds, they will not be seen in the Almanac.
    • If the player defeats any of the Zombots in Modern Day before fighting them in their original worlds, the trophy will still appear.
    • Aside from boss fights, Blockhead Zombie and Bug Zombie also do not appear in any of the normal levels, but can be spawned from portals in Highway to the Danger Room.
  • Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, Wild West, and Modern Day are the only worlds that did not have their positions changed on the world map after 5.3.1 update.
  • Modern Day, Jurassic Marsh, Lost City, and Frostbite Caves are the only worlds not to introduce plants from the first Plants vs. Zombies game.
  • Modern Day and Ancient Egypt are the first worlds to have new levels added to them after the 5.3.1 update.
  • Zombot Tomorrow-tron can be fought twice in this world, in Day 33 (if the player is lucky enough to confront it) and Day 44.
  • Modern Day is one of two worlds to not show a zombie, or an interpretation of a zombie, on its world map icon, instead showing the Player's House with a spiral concrete ramp under it. The other is Lost City, which has a temple with an engraving of a plant head.
  • This is the only world in the game that does not give a golden trophy for passing all levels. However, it is present in the Chinese version, where it is based on concept art.
  • Balloon Zombie, Imp, Gargantuar, All-Star Zombie, and Super-Fan Imp are the only Modern Day zombies that returned in Plants vs. Zombies 3.
V · T · E
Areas
Plants vs. Zombies
Player's House Day · Night · Pool · Fog · Roof (Night Roof)
Other Zen Garden (Mushroom Garden · Aquarium Garden · Tree of Wisdom) · Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies
Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition
Adventure Mode The Zombies Are Coming · Nightfall · Backyard Emergency · Fog · Roof Battle (Night Roof)
Journey to the West
The Land Demon War of the Spider Woman (Dave's Backyard Garden) · Three Fights With Skeleton Demon · Subdue the Yellow-Browed Monster · Outsmart the Fire Child · Battle of the Ox-Demon
The Sea Demon Fight the Sea Demons · Brave the Dragon King's Palace
Plants vs. Zombies: Great Wall Edition
Adventure Mode Day · Night · Pool · Fog · Roof (Night Roof)
Survival The Great Wall (Night) · Rural Backyard
Journey to the West War of the Spider Woman · Three Fights With Skeleton Demon · Subdue the Yellow-Browed Monster · Outsmart the Fire Child · Battle of the Ox-Demon
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures
Road Trip The Boonies · Dire Spires · Cadaver Cavern · Park-n-Perish · Killjoy Park · Sweaty Palms · U of Z · Frostbite Falls · Mildew Meadow · Grey Matter Gardens · The Sever Glades · The Sand Dooms · Zombitorium Manor
Player's Town Starting Area · The Plantagon Lot · The Workshop Lot · The Car Lot · The Post Office Lot · The Cafe Lot · The Fire Station Lot · The Flaming Lot · The Police Station Lot · The Bamboo Lot · The Fitness Lot · The Chilly Lot · The Sunny Lot · The Unlucky Lot
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Adventure Mode Ancient Egypt · Pirate Seas · Wild West · Frostbite Caves · Lost City · Far Future · Dark Ages · Neon Mixtape Tour · Jurassic Marsh · Big Wave Beach · Modern Day
Thymed Events Player's House · Backyard Big Top · The Zombosseum · ZCorp Takeover
Other Penny's Pursuit · Arena · Zen Garden
Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version)
Adventure Mode Ancient Egypt · Pirate Seas · Wild West · Kongfu World · Far Future · Dark Ages (Fright Theater) · Big Wave Beach · Frostbite Caves · Sky City · Lost City · Neon Mixtape Tour · Jurassic Marsh · Modern Day · Steam Age · Renaissance Age · Heian Age
Secret Realms Fairytale Forest · Haunting Halloween · Celebrating Chinese New Year · Children's Playpark · Parkour Party · Anniversary Carnival Party · Frostbite Caves Resurgence · Auspicious Snow Welcomes Spring
Other Battle · Penny's Pursuit · Arena
Plants vs. Zombies Online
Worlds Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum · Ancient Egypt · Pirate Seas · Far Future · East Sea Dragon Palace
Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars
Worlds American Suburbs · Primitive Tribe · The Great Wall · Ancient Egypt · Pirate Seas · Wild West · Kongfu World · Journey to the West · Viking World · Far Future · Dark Ages · Neon Mixtape Tour
Other Ranked Mode · Dave Cup
Plants vs. Zombies 3
Main Neighborville · Lost Keys Lake · Mt. Quesogrande
Pre-2021
Blocks Your House · Taco Park · Green Screens Theater · Dave's Workshop · Jubilee Nightclub · Sunnyfield Farm · Silicorn Lab · Shallot Graveyard · BBQ Beach · Mulchburger Fast Food · Savings & Lawn Bank
Other Devour Tower
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