Primal Wall-nut

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For the present day variant, see Wall-nut.

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Primal Wall-nut
Primal Wall-nuts cost a bit more than typical Wall-nuts, but they can be planted much more quickly.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	75
Recharge	Fast
Toughness	High
In-game statistics
Health	4000 dps
Other weakness	(destroys it instantly) (pushed obstacles destroy it instantly) (can push/pull it around) (ignores it)
Unlocked	Beating Jurassic Marsh - Day 4
Costumes
"Grunt," explains Primal Wall-nut. "Grunt oog grunt-grunt," he goes on to say. "Ook-urg grunty grunt grunt," he concludes. A nut of many opinions, is Primal Wall-nut.

[[Category:Reinforce-mint Family plants]] Primal Wall-nut is the second plant obtained in Jurassic Marsh in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is the primal version of Wall-nut. He costs 25 sun more than the modern Wall-nut, but has the same toughness and recharges much faster. Additionally, he can withstand up to three smashes from Gargantuar, All-Star Zombies and most other instant kill attacks from zombies (such as Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur's laser attacks or Jurassic Rockpuncher's punches) instead of just one, similar to Spikerock. Each instant kill will deal 1500 damage per shot to him instead.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Primal Wall-nut
	SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 4000 PLANT FOOD POWER 25% Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Fully heals itself and gains a thick rock armor. Primal Wall-nuts cost a bit more than typical Wall-nuts, but they can be planted much more quickly. "Grunt," explains Primal Wall-nut. "Grunt oog grunt-grunt," he goes on to say. "Ook-urg grunty grunt grunt," he concludes. A nut of many opinions, is Primal Wall-nut.

Primal Wall-nut

SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 4000 PLANT FOOD POWER 25% Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Fully heals itself and gains a thick rock armor. Primal Wall-nuts cost a bit more than typical Wall-nuts, but they can be planted much more quickly. "Grunt," explains Primal Wall-nut. "Grunt oog grunt-grunt," he goes on to say. "Ook-urg grunty grunt grunt," he concludes. A nut of many opinions, is Primal Wall-nut.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Primal Wall-nut gains a rock armor with a drawing of a Wall-nut on itself, capable of absorbing 8000 additional damage or one additional Gargantuar smash, totaling the amount of maximum damage to 12000 and the amount of Gargantuar smashes to 4.

Costumed  (China only)

Primal Wall-nut now gains a golden armor that absorbs more damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (High)	Plant Food Power (Armor)*
1	0	0	75	5 seconds	4000 damage	8000 damage
2	10	1,000		4.5 seconds	4500 damage	8000 damage
3	50	2,000		4.5 seconds	5000 damage	8000 damage
4	100	4,000		4 seconds	5500 damage	8000 damage
5	125	6,000		4 seconds	6000 damage	12000 damage
6	175	8,000		4 seconds	6500 damage	12000 damage
7	250	10,000		4 seconds	7000 damage	12000 damage
8	350	15,000		3.5 seconds	7500 damage	12000 damage
9	450	20,000		3.5 seconds	8000 damage	12000 damage
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	8500 damage	16000 damage
11	1,000	75,000		3 seconds	9000 damage	16000 damage
12	1,250	100,000		3 seconds	9500 damage	16000 damage
13	1,500	150,000		3 seconds	10000 damage	16000 damage
14	1,750	200,000		2.5 seconds	10500 damage	16000 damage
15	2,000	250,000		2.5 seconds	11000 damage	20000 damage

*Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Young Nut	When Primal Wall-nut is eaten, leave a small version of it on the tile which have some health.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Primal Wall-nut gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Powerful Small Nut	The small Primal Wall-nut has more health.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Primal Wall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Primal Wall-nut may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Primal Wall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Crazy Growing	When not at full health, grow a fruit once in a while and consume the fruit to heal health. Then, spit out the seed to deal damage to a zombie.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Primal Wall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

In most situations, Primal Wall-nut can be considered a straight upgrade to Wall-nut. While it costs 25 sun more than the latter plant, the increased sun cost is usually worth the greatly shortened recharge rate, which will allow the player to secure lanes much more easily early on, as well as repair defenses as the level progresses. Primal Wall-nut is particularly useful in halting the advance of Gargantuar in normal levels, due to its resistance to their smash attacks, even though it might be worth placing two or three Primal Wall-nuts in a row due to the Gargantuar's high health. Primal Wall-nut can also indefinitely stall a single Gargantuar, due to its recharge speed being faster than how fast a Gargantuar could destroy it.

Primal Wall-nut functions well in choke points naturally occurring in Frostbite Caves, or generated by Sweet Potato and/or Garlic, as its relatively fast recharge rate allows it to be replaced more easily to handle pressure from multiple lanes. In Neon Mixtape Tour, Primal Wall-nut is a good choice for stalling MC Zom-B as they require 3 swings to get rid of it. The recharge rate also makes Primal Wall-nut a decent choice for blocking Hair Metal Gargantuars' shockwaves, although it should be kept in mind that Primal Wall-nut is not completely invulnerable to the sound blast, and will eventually be overwhelmed at higher levels in Greatest Hits. Primal Wall-nut is especially useful in its homeworld for stalling zombies and preventing them from being flung by a stegosaurus. Consider using this against the Jurassic Rockpuncher as not only does it take more than one smash, it will also not leave any crater behind when it gets killed from smashes. In Modern Day, Primal Wall-nut is useful against All-Star Zombies as they cannot fully destroy this plant in one hit.

However, be aware that in Last Stand levels without Gargantuars, it is generally more worthwhile to bring a regular Wall-nut in order to save sun.

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Trivia

• He is the only defensive plant that can survive more than one hit from a Gargantuar or a tackle from All-Star Zombie without Plant Food, although it has the same health as a Wall-nut, which does not have that ability.
  • He can also survive missiles and lasers shot by Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur.
  • However, in the Chinese version, Primal Wall-nut cannot survive with a hit from a Gargantuar.
• Unlike other defensive plants whose Plant Food effect allows them to gain armor with eye holes, his armor covers itself entirely, including his eyes.
  • This may be because the armor is designed to look like a fossil, due to the prehistoric setting this plant is obtained in.
• In the Chinese version, Primal Wall-nut is smaller in seed packet just like Red Stinger, Stallia, Phat Beet, Garlic, Grapeshot, and Shrinking Violet, Kiwibeast, etc.
• His description references the way that cavemen supposedly spoke when they were alive.
• After an update, Primal Wall-nut's upgrade is stuck on Level 9.
• His overalls costumes is reference to Minions, a character from the popular animated movie Despicable Me.

See also

• Wall-nut
• Defensive plants

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