Plants vs Brainrots Index — Plants List & Guide
Complete plants index with seed costs, damage stats, mutation mechanics, and strategic buying guides for all game stages.
Last verified: October 12, 2025 (1.5.0 DECKED OUT update)
1. Complete Plants List
Source: community-compiled stats table (Pro Game Guides) — use in-game panel to verify exact live values before big purchases.
Cactus
Strawberry
Don Fragola
Pumpkin
Sunflower
Sunzio
Dragon Fruit
Eggplant
Aubie
Watermelon
Grape
Cocotank
Carnivorous Plant
Copuccino
Tomade Torelli
Mr Carrot
Tomatiro (Tomatrio)
Shroombino
Mango
King Limone
Starfruit
Biohazelino
Commando Apple
Pine-a-Painter
Tropic Sparino
Cannonocci
2. Best Early / Mid / Late Game Plants
Practical, source-backed recommendations derived from community guides and stats (damage vs cost). Use this as an operational checklist for first runs and for planning pre- and post-rebirth cycles.
Early game (first ~30 minutes — under ~$10k)
Core idea: maximize damage-per-coin to survive waves while building income. Cheap, high damage-per-cost units rule early.
Top buys: Cactus → Strawberry → save for Pumpkin. These choices combine low seed cost with good base damage and strong damage-per-coin.
Why: Cactus offers excellent damage-per-1k coins; Strawberry is the next efficient step; Pumpkin is your first Epic-tier power spike that holds mid-game until you can afford Sunflower/Dragonfruit.
Mid game ($10k–$500k)
Core idea: transition into Epic-tier plants and prioritize mutation opportunities over buying the next higher normal tier.
Top buys: Pumpkin, Sunflower, then Dragon Fruit when affordable. Prioritize obtaining mutated (Gold/Diamond/Neon) variants of Epic/Legendary plants as a mutated mid-tier can outperform unmutated higher-tier plants.
Tactical note: maintain a 70% income / 30% plant allocation as a rule of thumb to avoid cash stalls (community recommendation).
Late game & endgame ($500k — $50M+)
Core idea: buy Legendary/Mythic/Godly/Secret plants and chase Diamond/Neon mutations on them. Raw cost matters less than final mutated DPS.
Top targets: Eggplant, King Limone (1.5.0), Watermelon, Tomade Torelli (1.5.0), Cocotank, Carnivorous Plant, Mr Carrot, Tomatiro (endgame centerpiece). When mutated (Diamond/Neon), these plants enable you to face bosses and prepare for rebirth targets.
Endgame focus: stack mutations on top-tier plants rather than buying many low-tier normals; aim to acquire and mutate Tomatiro / Mr Carrot / Shroombino when available.
3. Mutation Guide
Multipliers & mutation-event mechanics summarized from community guides and mutation pages; verify live in-game weather & event UI.
Mutation multipliers
Event-driven / weather mutations
Frozen weather event: large increase in Frozen mutation chance; frozen spawn windows occur periodically (community reports: every ~2 hours for Frozen event occurrences).
Other events (Prismatic / Galaxy / Volcano / Underworld): these events increase chances of rare mutations (Rainbow, Galaxy, etc.) and may be tied to admin events or rare server-wide weather. During those windows, hunting for rare mutated plants/brainrots is high-ROI.
How to use mutation mechanics
Priority: when an advantageous event is active, prioritize buying/upgrading plants that you would keep long-term — a single Neon on a top plant often outweighs multiple normal purchases.
Luck / stacking: increasing Luck (via rebirth bonuses or other in-game mechanics) raises mutation chances — plan rebirths and Luck stacking to improve mutation prospects.
4. Mutation Probability
Community-sourced probability estimates (Fandom + community guides) — treat percentages as community-observed averages; the game does not publish official exact rates. Verify in-game if devs publish new numbers.
Common reported odds (community-sourced examples):
- • Gold: ~4.45% (observed)
- • Diamond: ~0.45% (observed)
- • Neon / Prismatic: ~0.1% (very rare)
- • Frozen: higher chance during Frozen event (community reports)
Interpretation: Diamond and Neon are rare; Gold is uncommon; Frozen is event-linked and has higher local chance during its window. These observed percentages come from community data aggregation (Fandom entries and player-collected samples).
Practical tips to influence mutation chances
- 1. Increase Luck: rebirth bonuses and any in-game Luck stat increase the chance of higher-tier mutations. Plan rebirths accordingly.
- 2. Exploit weather windows: Frozen / Prismatic / Galaxy windows drastically increase the chance of their associated mutations — buy/hunt during these times.
- 3. Hold budget for opportunities: keep emergency funds to purchase promising seeds when mutation-friendly events appear. A Neon/Diamond on a mid/high-tier plant can change your progression trajectory.
5. Seed Shop Rotation
Shop refresh cadence and community tracking methods summarized from Sportskeeda, community stock trackers and live trackers. Use trackers for rare seed windows.
How the seed shop works
Refresh cadence: the seed shop (George's Seed Shop) is reported to restock periodically; community trackers report a restock every ~4 minutes 40 seconds → ~5 minutes depending on server timing. Players commonly monitor this to catch Godly/Secret seeds when they appear.
Stock behavior: each refresh shows a limited, randomized pool of seeds (including occasional Godly/Secret seeds). Some community trackers claim certain rare seeds are more likely to appear in later refreshes, but this is community-observed and not officially documented.
Tracking & automation tips
Use live stock trackers: several community sites and bots track shop refreshes in real time and can notify when high-tier seeds appear (use with caution; respect game TOS). Example trackers and community streams show near real-time stock.
Manual timing: set a timer ~4m40s or 5m and check the shop right after a refresh window. Many players run a simple loop to check every refresh until the desired seed appears.
Prioritize purchases: if you see a Godly/Secret on rotation and you can afford it, buy it quickly — these seeds are rare and high-impact. Otherwise, use the rotation to fill gaps in your mid-tier lineup.
Quick tactical summary
Early (0–10k): buy Cactus → Strawberry → save for Pumpkin. Focus on damage-per-coin.
Mid (10k–500k): prioritize Epic buys, hunt mutation windows, keep 70/30 income/spend balance.
Late (500k+): buy Legendary/Mythic/Godly and chase Diamond/Neon mutations on top-tier plants (Tomatiro, Mr Carrot, Shroombino, etc.).
Mutations: treat Gold as reasonably attainable, Diamond/Neon as rare — boost Luck and play during weather events.
Seed shop: check every ~4m40s–5m using trackers or a manual timer; buy Godly/Secret seeds when available.