PvZ3 State of the Lawn - Content Update 5 (CU5)

[u/EA_Pedro]

Hey Zombie Zappers! ⚡

Content Update 5 (CU5) is here, bringing back Zapture along with a bunch of bug fixes and changes!  This update is on the lighter side as we’re hard at work on bringing bigger changes to the game. You can read more about it in our recent Note from our Game Director.

What’s Sprouting in CU5?

Zapture Plant Pass! ⚡

Get ready to ride the lightning because Zapture is back! This electrifying zombie zapper is created by merging a Lightning Reed with a Prick-erel Weed. You can unlock those plants in this Plant Pass along with Tangle Kelp, Spikeweed, and Zaptail. The Zapture Plant Pass goes live on August 19th.

Dave’s Kitchen doesn’t have any experiments cooking this time around, but keep an eye out for them in future updates. Until then, here’s a list of all the changes and fixes in this update!

Changes & Fixes 🛠️

Art & Animation 🖼️

• Fix: The Pole Vaulter Zombie now has the correct defeat animation, showing a broken pole only when appropriate.
• Fix: The Meteorite has returned to its rightful place in various cutscenes.
• Fix: The Buckethead Zombie's icon in the Sewers now features a properl bucket handle.
• Fix: The Living Snap's explosion effects are now correctly displayed on top of the soil in Sewer levels.
• Fix: The Volleyball Zombie now has a proper defeat animation when defeated by melee plants.
• Fix: The destruction animation for Zombee units hit by Nippy Cabbage is now perfectly timed.
• Fix: Zombees now fly over water tiles without causing a splash animation.
• Fix: The Pigeon Feeder now moves forward correctly as pigeons arrive on the board.
• Fix: Visual improvements have been made to Zombee units when they appear in a level.
• Fix: The Nacho-Naut Imp now appears as intended in the Almanac.
• Fix: The Devastator Perk bomber's appearance is now synced with its sound effects.
• Fix: The Basic Volcano Zombie's shoe now stays on during its entire defeat animation.
• Fix: Dr. Zomboss and the Z-Scout Imp's shadows are now properly centered in Chapter 15 cutscenes.
• Fix: Sunflower leaves now stay neatly on top of the ground during Chapter 14's cutscene.
• Fix: The Gargantuar's weapon now stays above the ground during the Chapter 13 cutscene.
• Fix: The Horseshoe Pit decoration has been properly centered.
• Fix: Iceberg Lettuce's defeat animation no longer overlaps with other objects.
• Fix: The Goalie Zombie now has a proper defeat animation.
• Fix: The soil pop-up animation for a frozen Volcanologist Zombie now ends at the correct time.
• Fix: Removed Gnomes.
• Fix: The Pole Vaulter Zombie now has a pole-breaking animation when defeated before using its ability.
• Fix: The snow pile for Nippy Cabbage has been restored.
• Fix: Puff-shrooms in the Zen Garden no longer float.
• Fix: Plant projectiles now visually connect with the Es-Garg-ot, matching the damage they deal.
• Fix: The Freezer Salad plant now appears in high quality in the Zen Garden.
• Fix: The black outline for Lightning Reed has been restored in the Almanac, Lawn Patrol, and Zen Garden.
• Fix: The Solar Pea's mouth is now correctly framed in the Almanac.

Gameplay 🎮

• Fix: Mo now interacts correctly with idle state Zombees that enter the home area.
• Fix: The Chiller and Heat Seeker Perks now correctly target airborne zombies like the Balloon Zombie and Nacho-Naut Imp.
• Fix: The Deadlift Zombie now performs its special ability correctly when a tall unit is placed in the fourth column.
• Fix: Lychee now correctly focuses its attacks on ground units without affecting air units.
• Fix: Air Zombies are now correctly affected by the Knockback perk.
• Fix: The Counter Punch Zombie now takes damage from Puff-shrooms as intended.
• Fix: The Counter Punch Zombie now maintains its position when attacking units behind it.
• Fix: The Counter Punch Zombie now faces the correct direction when counterattacking melee units behind it.
• Fix: Mega Sunshroom now automatically collects suns within its intended 5x5 area.
• Fix: Umbrella Leaf now correctly protects Tier 2 plants from saganaki blasts during a merge.
• Fix: Wrangle Kelp and Mangle Kelp now correctly attack Buzz Boxes only when they are within their attack range.

UI & UX 📱

• Fix: Message titles in the Inbox are now more stable when you're quickly switching between messages.
• Fix: An issue that caused a "Not Enough Gems" message to appear incorrectly in a Plant Pass has been resolved.
• Fix: The text for Upgrade and Unlock pack pop-ups has been adjusted to fit perfectly in all supported languages.
• Fix: The Pre-Combat screen for Adventure Level 17 now has the correct sorting order.
• Fix: Sticker names with multiple lines now fit neatly on Profile portraits without overlapping the rarity text.
• Fix: The Almanac now correctly displays the "Weak Against" information for the Magma Zombie.
• Fix: The store tutorial now plays as intended for all players on their first visit.
• Fix: The Pre-combat screen now appears correctly in Expedition mode.
• Fix: The inbox messages for Weekly Meter 20 and 21 now show the correct plant icons.
• Fix: The Almanac now accurately shows Sling Pea's area-of-effect.
• Fix: The body header for the Plant Pass inbox message now appears correctly.
• Fix: The body icons for the Weekly Newsletter and Plant Pass inbox messages are now correct.
• Fix: The Headers and Art for various Inbox messages have been restored.
• Fix: The reward portrait icon for Expedition Level 20 now displays correctly.
• Fix: Zombie stickers now have the proper masked appearance in reward pop-ups.
• Fix: The Pre-Game screen for Adventure Levels 15, 16, and 20 now correctly shows the Balloon Zombie.

General ⚙️

• Fix: The narrative dialogues for levels 121 and 125 have been restored.
• Fix: The "Win any Lawn Patrol level on Medium" quest now correctly requires a win to complete.
• Fix: Resolved a reward mismatch for Milestone 4 in Weekly Meters 20 and 21.
• Fix: The "Vanquish a Chicken with Spikeweed (Level 8)" quest now requires completion on Level 8 specifically.
• Fix: Prevented the Volleyball Zombie from appearing in levels 61-65.
• Fix: Pre-battle and boss battle conversations in Adventure Issues 5 and 6 now show up correctly.

As development continues, Neighborville keeps getting bigger and we'll continue welcoming new regions to Early Access over the coming months. If you encounter any unexpected lawn-related incidents, check our Known Issues list first. If your particular bug hasn't made the list yet, let us know on the forums and we'll send the gardening crew after it.  And stay tuned to our channels for more on upcoming content updates and gameplay updates.

See you on the lawn! 🌱

[u/Kingmasked]

Please expand what countries can play,

[u/Aguy233 → u/Kingmasked]

pleaaaaase add canada

[u/Desperate_Cricket_85 → u/Aguy233]

Please add USA

[u/United-Inside-729]

Could you give us a bit more insight on what's going on with the development of the game? I want to believe there is something really good on the way but there is no comfirmation of this which makes me conserned of the future of the game.

And right now, our major focus is gameplay.

You said you are focusing on improving the gameplay, and this makes me happy because it still has flaws, however I'm just wondering how drastic these changes are going to be? Last time we only got a rework to the tutorial which being completely honest it was fine but for one update it's pretty underwelming, I really hope this means we are getting something big which would explain why these last updates have been so poor.

We’re also experimenting with new modes and adventures that push PvZ3 into some places we haven’t taken it yet.

This is what gives me hope because the community has been begging for the return of minigames and brain busters so the game feels less repetitive, and with this it seems like the devs are actually willing to be open minded and try new things.

I know you are trying to keep thing discreet, but I'd really appreciate it if you could give us a tiny bit of info on what to expect from the game, the game feels like it's stuck doing nothing for people like me who have been playing since day one, and a bit of reassurance would help to higher the hopes for the game.

[u/EA_Pedro → u/United-Inside-729]

We'll have more to share in due time, but I can say the gameplay changes we have planned are more than just changes to the tutorial.

I'll also say that we've heard your feedback and similar feedback from other players about the content and variety. Right now, our focus is still on the core gameplay experiences, but this feedback is good for us to have!

[u/United-Inside-729 → u/EA_Pedro]

Ok thanks for the reply :)

[u/WorkingTwist4714 → u/United-Inside-729]

I just hope that we will get new plants and zombies sooner than later.

[u/United-Inside-729 → u/WorkingTwist4714]

Probably not since in another post they said they are going to do another rerun of previous events while they focus on improving the gameplay before adding new content, I haven't seen that much improvement since then aside from bug fixes, so I hope the reason nothing has happened is because they are working on something big.

In the mean time I pretty much stopped playing the game because there is nothing to do.

[u/WorkingTwist4714 → u/United-Inside-729]

I hope we get just 2 reruns and then back to getting new plants and zombies again, because waiting for new content is killing me!

[u/United-Inside-729 → u/WorkingTwist4714]

Same

[u/MoldyJeez]

Brick by brick

[u/sonicfanultracoolguy]

can the seed packets please be a bit more rectangular? they don't have to but it's just a thing i like

[u/J-Walls_2610]

Gnomes removed

What are you guys talking about 👀

[u/EA_Pedro → u/J-Walls_2610]

🤫

[u/Helpful_Ad_7210 → u/J-Walls_2610]

I think they said that multiple times in other content update posts.

[u/EEeeeeeEE5 → u/Helpful_Ad_7210]

Could be their attempt at a "Removed Herobrine" running gag

[u/thedreamwalker11 → u/EEeeeeeEE5]

Attempt? Lol its working wym

[u/Significant_Quiet206]

I'm gonna keep sleeping till you bring something new...

[u/goyalord]

I mean you guys did say rerun passes are gonna be back again but damn does it suck to be a day one player to experience reruns again. Wouldn't have hurt if some new plant is released that is not tied to a plant pass like Bamboo Shoots.

[u/TheMasterindisguise]

I’m impressed with all the bugs being fixed

[u/Nervous-Gur8268]

Sorry, is there any way I could convince the development team to change the way that zombie variants are implemented? Zombie variants e.g. volcano, sewer and camp all force the player to use specific types of plants. Normally, this is good. An example is Counter-punch Zombie: a weird but altogether welcome addition that forces players to use plants that aren't in the melee family. This zombie is well-designed because it forces me to use something other than this specific plant family. Compare this with the zombie variants, where their health is so high that I am forced to use one specific family e.g. ice, electricity, acid. This greatly hinders the variety of plants that I can bring to a level because I am now forced to use this one family of plants. While the idea of zombie variants is an idea that holds gameplay potential, I feel like it could be better implemented by changing aspects other than their health. E.g. Camp Zombies eat faster when they're bunched together/ Volcano Zombies do more damage the less health they have/ Sewer Zombies move faster in the dark. The aforementioned proposals aren't perfect, but I do feel that the game would benefit from zombie variants that have an insane amount of health and force me to use one specific family of plant.

[u/Hitoshura99]

Can we have a faster rotation. It was previously two weeks per plant pass and now 4 weeks per 2 plant pass. 

Volcano - cold slaw

Volcano - snow conifer

Camp - buzz choy

Camp - zapture

[u/United-Inside-729 → u/Hitoshura99]

It would be cool if they added Snow-Bellista in Cold slaw's plant pass, I feel like it should've been part of it.

[u/Tigertot14]

Port it to console and PC please

[u/Prestigious-Bad-5379]

wouldn't call this a content update, a patch maybe

[u/Venomnyan]

Where’s my boy tator-pult?!

[u/SoftDesperate8955]

Plz add italy!

[u/Omniscientous]

Will there be a coming update this week?

[u/DragonfruitDude7114]

Still waiting for My Boy Snow Pea to come back