- For other uses, see Potato Mine (disambiguation).
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Primal Potato Mine is the fifth and final plant obtained in Jurassic Marsh in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is the primal version of Potato Mine.
He does 2400 damage in a 3x3 area and only takes 5 seconds to arm, while costing 50 sun instead of 25.
Origins[]
Like his modern counterpart, Primal Potato Mine is based on the real life potato, the starchy, tuberous root portion of the plant Solanum tuberosum.
His name is a combination of "potato" and "land mine", an explosive device concealed under or on the ground designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks.
In the international version Primal Potato Mine's explosion onomatopea is is "SPUD OOP!!", a portmanteau of "spud" and "oop!" In the Chinese version, he reuses Potato Mine's sprites.
Although not specified to a single stegosaur, the back plates mostly resemble that of a Tuojiangosaurus.
Almanac entry[]
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Primal Potato Mine
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Primal Potato Mine |
Primal Potato Mines cost more than regular Potato Mines, but they arm more quickly and do damage over a larger area. Primal Potato Mine doesn't consider himself to be primal. As far as he's concerned he's state-of-the-art. And who knows? Maybe he is. |
Chinese version (China only)[]
原始土豆地雷比普通土豆地雷要贵一些,但它们激活的[sic]非常快,而且会对大范围的敌人造成伤害。 用法:单次使用,延迟激活。[sic] 原始土豆地雷并不觉得自己很原始。对他来说,他是最前沿的科技。谁知道呢?或许他真的是。 Usage: single use, delayed activation |
Upgrades[]
Plant Food effect[]
When given Plant Food, Primal Potato Mine will instantly arm himself (if unarmed) and will create two new fully armed Primal Potato Mines on two random tiles, similar to his modern counterpart's Plant Food ability.
Costumed (China only)[]
Primal Potato Mine will now create three fully armed Primal Potato Mines on three random tiles instead of two when given Plant Food.
Bombard-mint effect[]
When boosted by Bombard-mint, Primal Potato Mine's arm time will decrease to 2 seconds (1 second starting at level 8), his explosion damage is increased to 3200 damage and his explosion area will be larger as if he was at level 10.
Level upgrades[]
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | ||||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Sluggish) |
Starting Recharge | Toughness (Typical) |
Arming Time (Mediocre) |
Damage (Massive) |
Area (3x3) | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25 seconds | 15 seconds | 300 damage | 5 seconds | 2400 damage | Normal |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 24 seconds | 14 seconds | 350 damage | 4 seconds | 2800 damage | + 1.13x | |
3 | 75 | 5,000 | 23 seconds | 14 seconds | 400 damage | 4 seconds | |||
4 | 200 | 10,000 | 22 seconds | 13 seconds | 450 damage | 4 seconds | |||
5 | 400 | 20,000 | 21 seconds | 13 seconds | 550 damage | 3 seconds | |||
6 | 750 | 30,000 | 20 seconds | 12 seconds | 600 damage | 3 seconds | 3200 damage | + 1.25x | |
7 | 1,000 | 40,000 | 18 seconds | 12 seconds | 650 damage | 3 seconds | |||
8 | 1,250 | 50,000 | 17 seconds | 11 seconds | 700 damage | 2 seconds | |||
9 | 1,500 | 60,000 | 16 seconds | 11 seconds | 800 damage | 2 seconds | |||
10 | 2,000 | 75,000 | 15 seconds | 10 seconds | 900 damage | 2 seconds |
Mastery upgrades[]
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level upgrades (China only)[]
Strategies[]
Primal Potato Mine is a significantly improved version of his modern counterpart, as his positive attributes can easily outweigh the slightly increased sun cost. Compared to Potato Mine's blast radius, Primal Potato Mine is nine times as large and can cover up to three lanes at once, allowing Primal Potato Mine to nuke many zombies, tombstones and frozen blocks, or in extreme cases apply pressure from another lane.
In addition, Primal Potato Mine suffers very little from his counterpart's arming time problem, and can be planted one space ahead of the zombies with the help of slowing plants. These factors combined makes Primal Potato Mine a highly useful plant both for offense and defense. If that wasn't enough, Plants with stunning effects such as E.M.Peach & Stunion can stop the zombies, long enough for the Primal Potato Mine to arm himself. Primal Potato Mine really shines once he reaches higher levels, in which the increased damage radius will allow one Primal Potato Mine in the middle row to damage zombies in every row.
Primal Potato Mine's Plant Food ability is extremely powerful simply for how devastating he is when alone. When multiple copies of him appear, the explosions will likely destroy most zombies on the right side of the lawn. Using Primal Potato Mine in conjunction with Tile Turnip or pre-generated Power Tiles is a viable strategy if there is a large amount of mold, plants, or obstacles like tombstones or ice blocks on the board, especially in Arena mode, as the Primal Potato Mine's explosion can still hit zombies through obstacles, not to mention he can usually defeat zombies with tough headwear items as his damage greatly exceeds their base health and ignores armor.
In Wild West, Primal Potato Mines can be used to deal with Chicken Wrangler Zombies as their explosion can take out all of the Zombie Chickens when timed perfectly, although this is usually considered overkill as there are many other better options for chickens. They can also deal with Pianist Zombies and the crowd of Cowboy Zombies who are switching lanes, as well as large hordes of Zombie Bulls.
In Far Future, Primal Potato Mines can destroy any mechanized zombies instantly within their damage area as they usually absorb just the amount of damage it inflicts. Using this in Terror from Tomorrow levels is recommended for stopping huge waves of mechs, especially when Mecha-Football Zombies appear as they ignore the plant, giving him time to arm. The only zombie to watch out for is Gargantuar Prime and Robo-Cone Zombie (if at level 1), as Primal Potato Mine cannot kill them in one hit.
Primal Potato Mines are very useful in Frostbite Caves for dealing with Troglobites, as he will not be crushed by them at all and can destroy many ice blocks at once.
In Neon Mixtape Tour, the player can pair him with Thyme Warp to defeat a large horde of zombies if used properly. Plant two Primal Potato Mines on the second and fourth row, then pile up the zombies by using a Thyme Warp. Using this strategy can hugely decrease the amount of zombies present on the lawn, including Hair Metal Gargantuars. Using this strategy has no problem in terms of sun cost as both plants cost little sun individually but their recharge can be a serious problem. Also, take note not to place the Primal Potato Mines too near or too far from the zombies, as putting them too near may end in them being eaten or prematurely activated and putting them too far may decrease the amount of defeated zombies as some zombies are significantly faster than others.
Do note that he is unable to hit aerial foes, such as the Bug Zombie. Use Blover to swiftly dispatch them.
Related achievements[]
Gallery[]
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Primal Potato Mine.
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In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language | Name | Description |
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English | Primal Potato Mine | |
Simplified Chinese | 原始土豆地雷 | |
French | Mine patate préhistorique | |
German | Urzeit-Kartoffelmine | |
Italian | Tubero esplosivo cavernicolo | |
Brazilian Portuguese | Batatamina Primitiva | |
Spanish | Papapum primitiva |
Trivia[]
- The duplicates from his Plant Food effect take a moment to arm, during which they can be eaten.
- It is possible for the mine to be eaten before it arms, even during the arming animation.
- Like the original, Primal Potato Mine's explosion is not counted as a fire effect. As such, he will not defrost zombies that are affected by ice-based effects. As his explosion also does not use the charred animation, several things can happen:
- Zombies defeated by it will only drop their heads. Those who do not will simply despawn.
- Surfer Zombie drops his board when destroyed by the mine, unless he is shrunken.
- His ability to cover a 3x3 area around him is a reference to the temporary buff of Potato Mine where he was able to blow up grid objects tombstones and surfboards in a 3x3 area around him when he explodes.
- He (along with Potato Mine) will not be crushed by frozen blocks and arcade machines, but instead act as if they do not exist. This was coded to prevent said objects from crushing said plants.
- This can also happen when he is struck by the Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur's missiles and lasers.
- Regardless of what stage he was in when defeated, Intensive Carrot will always revive him to his on-planting stage. The same applies for Potato Mine, Pea Pod, Sun-shroom, Strawburst, Escape Root, and Kiwibeast.
- When thrown away by Excavator Zombie, he instantly arms upon landing.
- He is the second adventure plant to be showcased in Arena, the first being Lightning Reed.
- Primal Potato Mine and Stunion are the only adventure plants to have their Epic Quest.
- If Plant Food is used on Primal Potato Mine at the end of the level, the clones will fly offscreen, not landing on a tile.
- The same also happens with his regular variant and Chili Bean.
Specific to the Chinese version (China only)[]
- His arming time is slightly slower than in the international version.
- He is the only primal plant that cannot upgrade to level 5 and has a different sun cost compared to the international version.
See also[]
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Roof | Cabbage-pult · Flower Pot · Kernel-pult · Coffee Bean · Garlic · Umbrella Leaf · Marigold · Melon-pult |
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Others | Imitater · Explode-o-nut · Giant Wall-nut · Reverse Repeater · Giant Sunflower · Giant Marigold · Sprout · Tree of Wisdom |
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VIPs | Sweet Pea · Beeshooter · Hard-nut · Acespearagus · Power Flower · Beetboxer · Ice Queen Pea · Shamrockstar · Bamboom |
Others | Trees |
Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) | |
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Ancient Egypt | Peashooter · Sunflower · Wall-nut · Cabbage-pult · Bloomerang · Iceberg Lettuce · Grave Buster · Bonk Choy · Repeater · Twin Sunflower · Snow Pea · Cherry Bomb · Torchwood |
Pirate Seas | Kernel-pult · Snapdragon · Power Lily · Spikeweed · Spring Bean · Coconut Cannon · Spikerock · Lightning Reed · Tall-nut |
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Kongfu World | Resistant Radish · Fire Gourd · Heavenly Peach · Bamboo Shoot |
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass · Tile Turnip · Starfruit |
Dark Ages | Hypno-shroom · Sun-shroom · Puff-shroom · Fume-shroom · Sun Bean · Pea-nut · Magnet-shroom · Oak Archer · Coffee Bean · Plantern |
Big Wave Beach | Acid Lemon · Lotus Pod · Lily Pad · Bowling Bulb · Banana Launcher · Guacodile · Tangle Kelp · Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale · Fire Peashooter · Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rafflesia · Whirlwind Acorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga · Loquat · Asparagus · Saucer · Horsebean · Groundcherry · Anthurium · Pineapple |
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Neon Mixtape Tour | Morning Glory · Phat Beet · Thyme Warp · Celery Stalker · Spore-shroom · Garlic · Intensive Carrot · Cactus |
Jurassic Marsh | Primal Peashooter · Primal Wall-nut · Perfume-shroom · Primal Sunflower · Primal Potato Mine · Primal Rafflesia · Dino-Roar Grass · Timid Thorns · Sugarcane Master |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom · Caulipower · Moonflower · Grimrose · Nightshade · Dusk Lobber · Blooming Heart |
Steam Age | Gold Bloom · Flat-shroom · Maypop Mechanic · Lotus Shooter · Wind-Blowing Vanilla · Lily of Pharmacy · Mulberry Blaster |
Renaissance Age |
Aloe · Bearberry Mortar · Wax Gourd Guard · Oily Olive · Jeweler Pomegranate · Dartichoke |
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Others | Potato Mine · Flower Pot · 8-Bit Peashooter · Tactical Cuke |
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Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum | Bruce Bamboo · Carrot Rocket · Pomegranate · Dandelion · Venus Flytrap · Wax Gourd · Sod |
Ancient Egypt | Bloomerang · Bonk Choy · Grave Buster · Iceberg Lettuce · Cabbage-pult |
Pirate Seas | Snapdragon · Spikeweed · Spring Bean · Kernel-pult · Coconut Cannon · Narcissus · Endurian · Spikerock · Pineapple-pult · Threepeater |
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Tile Turnip · Ganoderma · Banana Tree · Nitro-shroom · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass |
East Sea Dragon Palace | Oxygen Algae · Garlic · Bubble Flower · Electric Sea Pine |
Upgrades | Twin Sunflower · Repeater |
VIPs | Winter Melon |
Power Ups | Cherry Bomb · Jalapeno |
Premium | Squash · Snow Pea · Tall-nut |
Adventure Mode only | Magic Vine · Split Pea · Chili Bean · Lightning Reed · Pea Pod · Melon-pult · Starfruit · Chomper · Fire Peashooter · Cattail · Rose Swordfighter · Clivia · Sap-fling · Acid Lemon · Magic-shroom · Ghost Pepper · Guacodile · Hurrikale · Plantern · Oak Archer · Homing Thistle · Pepper-pult · Resistant Radish · Toadstool · Blooming Heart · Red Stinger · Electric Blueberry · A.K.E.E. · Moonflower · Agave · Asparagus · Pumpkin Witch · Mine Fruit · Sea Anemone · Lychee Drill · Sea Starfruit |
Plants vs. Zombies 3 | |
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Neighborville | Sunflower · Wall-Nut · Bamboo Shoots · Peashooter · Bonk Choy |
Lost Keys Lake | Lily Pad · Tangle Kelp · Squash |
Mt. Quesogrande | Chili Bean · Silversword · Cabbage-Pult |
Power-Ups | Grapes of Wrath · Chilly Pepper · Jalapeño · Cherry Bomb · Blover |
Pre-2021 | Puff-Shroom · Buttercup · Garlic · Potato Mine · Pushywillow · Chard Guard · Spikeweed · Kernel-Pult · Caramel Popcorn · Lightning Reed · Melon-Pult · Shuffle Truffle · Blockbuster · Butternut Squash · Ragweed · Sawgrass · Fire Peashooter · Pine Needler · Snow Pea · Night Cap · Aloe Vera · Sweet Potato · Hydrangea · Dogwood · Chomper · Flak Seed · Gravitree · Gloom-Shroom · Lemon-Aid · Starfruit · Snapdragon · Fairy Ring Mushroom · Kalestorm · Star Tree · Magic Beans |