Special Delivery is a Brain Buster in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that appears in all worlds except for Pirate Seas and Wild West. In these levels, plants are delivered via conveyor-belt, and as such no sun is given and the plants are pre-selected. These kinds of levels can sometimes be challenging if the player does not play carefully. Some levels can also include Goals for Success. In addition to the regular levels, most Piñata Party levels are Special Delivery levels.
Levels
Day | Plants | Zombies | Flags | |||
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Ancient Egypt | ||||||
Day 4 | One | |||||
Frostbite Caves | ||||||
Day 3 | Two | |||||
Day 5 | Two | |||||
Day 8 | Template:S/Yeti Imp | Two | ||||
Day 10 | Two | |||||
Day 18 | Two | |||||
Day 21 | Two | |||||
Day 25 | Two | |||||
Lost City | ||||||
Day 3 | Two | |||||
Day 5 | Three | |||||
Day 9 | Three | |||||
Day 13 | Three | |||||
Day 18 | Two | |||||
Far Future | ||||||
Day 16 | * | Two | ||||
Dark Ages | ||||||
Night 4 | Two | |||||
Night 13 | Two | |||||
Neon Mixtape Tour | ||||||
Day 3 | Three | |||||
Day 6 | Two | |||||
Day 10 | Two | |||||
Day 19 | Three | |||||
Day 22 | Two | |||||
Day 27 | Two | |||||
Jurassic Marsh | ||||||
Day 3 | Two | |||||
Day 7* | Two | |||||
Day 19* | Two | |||||
Big Wave Beach | ||||||
Day 3 | Two | |||||
Day 5 | Two | |||||
Day 10 | Two | |||||
Day 18 | Two | |||||
Day 21 | Three | |||||
Day 26 | One | |||||
Modern Day | ||||||
Day 3 | File:Buckethead ZombiePVZ2.png | Two | ||||
Day 19 | Two | |||||
Day 25 | Two |
*Jurassic Marsh Days 7 and 19 require the player to prevent the zombies from trampling the flowers in order to complete the level.
Strategies
Special Delivery levels generally are better than regular levels, as one can set up their defenses more quickly. Without having to spend sun, the conveyor belt just gives you plants to place down on the lawn. This is an effective way to set an early defense against the zombies in the level.
However, the player should keep in note that most Special Delivery levels would also have somewhat high zombie density and usually the zombies come in huge waves. Rare plants spawned in the conveyor belt, like Thyme Warp in Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 16 should be cherished and only be used in case of a "total emergency". One should not use a Thyme Warp when there's just a few Basic Zombies and Imps onscreen, unless they are very close to the house. In the same way, the player should not waste a Grapeshot just with a single low-health zombie in Jurassic Marsh - Day 3.
Trivia
- Special Delivery levels often have premium plants, including plants bought with gems, which can be used even if the player has not purchased them. Examples include Hypno-shroom in Dark Ages - Night 4, Fire Peashooter in Frostbite Caves - Day 21, Cactus in Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 3 and Escape Root in Modern Day - Day 19.
- The only other instances where the player can use premium plants without purchasing them are in some Locked and Loaded levels, one Save Our Seeds level, and Piñata Party.
- Pirate Seas and Wild West are the only worlds to have no Special Delivery levels.
- Frostbite Caves has the most Special Delivery levels out of all the worlds, having seven.
- Although Power Tiles are not plants, they are still given by the conveyor-belt.
- Before the 1.7 update, there was only one true Special Delivery level, which was behind the first gate in Ancient Egypt.
- The final level in each world is a conveyor-belt level with all of the zombies from the world, which were very similar to Special Delivery levels, however they are not technically included in the Brain Buster.
- An exception to this is Modern Day - Days 32, 33 and 34.
- In Plants vs. Zombies Online, the conveyor-belt is at the top of the screen.
- Modern Day - Day 25 is the only Special Delivery level to have only one plant being delivered to the player.
- The said plant is the Intensive Carrot.
V · T · E |
Recurring | Special Delivery · Locked and Loaded · Save Our Seeds · Last Stand † |
World exclusive | Cannons Away · Not OK Corral · Sun Bombs · Dark Alchemy · Bulb Bowling* · Beghouled |
China exclusive | Mummy Memory · Powder Keg · Bronze Matrix · All by Oneself · Zomboss Test Lab · Fright Theater · Tit for Tat · Oak Archery · Gluttonous Hungry Guacodile · Vasebreaker · Plant Maze · Dodo Adventure · It's Raining Seeds · One Gun Guard · Air Raid · Across the Lawn · Dark Stormy Night · Unsodded · Whack-a-Zombie · Statue-shuffling* · Ninjimp Adventures |
†: Strategy page *: Unconfirmed name |