Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

Plants vs. Zombies:
Battle for Neighborville

Developers
	PopCap Games
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Frostbite 3
Release dates
Windows	October 18, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	77
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Currency
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	TPS
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy, Zombies
Series	Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies	2009
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare	2014
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2	2016
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville	2019

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person TPS game in the Plants vs. Zombies series.

The PC version of “Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville” offers a superior visual when set to “Ultra” graphics. It showcases more detail compared to all other versions of the game. while not requiring significantly more storage compared to Xbox/PS4 version.

This PC version is based on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions, which do not support offline mode and always require an internet connection to play. This is unlike the Nintendo Switch version, which does offer offline play. Additionally, it does not include the improvements found in the Nintendo Switch version, such as the removal of the game’s monetization.

On certain systems, it’s possible that Direct3D 12 may offer worse performance compared to Direct3D 11. Despite a notice that optimization for Direct3D 12 will be improved in the future, the game no longer receives updates.

General information

Official forums

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

PC version cannot play offline, while Nintendo Switch version can play offline.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition.
Microsoft Store		Deluxe Edition. Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Origin		Included with EA Play. Manual link for EA App purchase.
Steam		Deluxe Edition. Included with EA Play (Steam).
Humble Store (unavailable)		Region locked in Latin America.

All versions require EA anticheat, Origin DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription	Available via EA Play, And EA Play Pro

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Deluxe Upgrade	Included with EA Play.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ Season’s Eatingz Upgrade	The "Season’s Eatingz" update includes the following content: 1: Super Rare Wrapping Corn Costume for "Kernel Corn". 2: Super Rare Downhill-Jingle Slide Costume for "Electric Slide". 3: Festive Victory Slab. 4: Festive Punchers.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ – Star-Studded Pack	Includes 1000 Rainbow Stars and 10 Prize Bulbs. Use for customizations from prize maps, legendary upgrades and for purchasing cosmetics from Rux’s shop, the in-game store.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game, exclusive legendary costumes for "Peashooter" and "80s Action Hero", an exclusive digital comic, and 5 exclusive emojis. Through the next link, one can access the comic if the deluxe version was purchased.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Rainbow Stars can be purchased with real money, which in turn allows the purchase of prize bulbs. These prize bulbs enable the completion of the prize map.
Cosmetic	Rux’s shop sells exclusive skins for the store, the majority of which can only be obtained with rainbow stars. These include Cosmetics, Emotes, Gestures, and Item Sets.
Currency	Rainbow Stars can be used to purchase prize bulbs, cosmetics, or legendary upgrades for specific characters from the Rux's shop. However, prize bulbs can only be purchased directly from the prize map. The price ranging from 500 stars for $4.49 to 10,000 stars for $67.49. Prize Bulbs.
Free-to-grind	Prize Bulbs can also be earned without spending money by playing the game and earning 4,000 XP to get a prize bulb. Additionally, they can be obtained by completing the "DAILY CHALLENGE", two challenges in which 4 prize bundles are earned every day. These challenges require the completion of specific activities such as playing a certain mode. The last way to earn them without spending money is by completing specific challenges/Character Challenges with a specific character each month, Each week a key is obtained which allows you to choose from 4 characters, Upon selecting a character, a list of 5 challenges is provided which can only be completed with the selected character. Completing all the challenges earns 10 Prize Bulbs per character. The characters rotate over 12 months, and after the 12 months are up, the rotation starts again from the first month. Rainbow Stars Can be earned by completing weekly challenges, which are obtained by completing the game mode challenges of that week, with up to 60 Rainbow Stars available each week. Additional Rainbow Stars can be found on the prize maps. Also, through character challenges, if all challenges are completed with all characters, a themed hat that all characters can use can be obtained each month (12 hats in total, 2 exclusive hat for "Kernel Corn" and "Scientist". Note: The hats cannot be purchased with real money, they can only be obtained through character. Some skins from the Rux’s shop can be purchased with in-game currency, whose can't be purchased with real money. The legendary upgrades can be unlocked in certain specific months, the upgrades can be obtained through the prize map by first getting the skin that costs 20 prize bundles and then obtaining the legendary upgrade at the end of the map that costs 0 prize orbs. there 4 in total: 1: "Kernel Corn" gets "Shogun Corn" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of February. 2: "Rose" gets "Thron Apart" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of April. 3: "Scientist" gets "Steam Blaster" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of May. 4: "SuperBrainz" gets "Brainium Basher 9001" which can be obtained through the prize map in the month of July.
Time-limited	Through the prize maps, there are 42 or 43 items each month that can be obtained. With a total of 12 that rotate each month. Customizations and Rainbow Stars can be obtained from these maps, however, the majority of cosmetics, gestures, emotes, item sets, etc. can only be obtained through the prize map. The progress is saved whether you were able to complete it or not at 100 percent The Founders Edition, which was only sold for a few time and was a pre-launch of the game, included 5 rewards that could only be obtained in Rux's shop during that moment, which are as follows: 1: Fire Defender, 1st week reward. 2: Ultimate Champ Star, Founders Edition 2nd week reward. 3: Dave Bubbles Victory Slab, Founders Edition 3rd week reward. 4: Pea of Valiance, Founders Edition 4th week reward. 5: Unicorn Stuffy, Available as a launch day gift from October 18, 2019 to November 1, 2019.
Unlock	There are unique upgrades for certain characters that change their main weapon, which are called Legendary Upgrades.can be purchased from the Rux's shop using rainbow stars.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\PVZ Battle for Neighborville\settings
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262240/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\PVZ Battle for Neighborville\settings
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262240/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		70 by default. See Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Labeled Texture Filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Has the following color blind througout "Settings" - "ACCESSIBILITY" 1: Protanopia - Red Weak 2: Deuteranopia - Green Weak 3: Tritanopia - Blue Weak

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open PROFSAVE_profile file with a text editor. Find and edit the GstRender.FieldOfView 70.000000 to a desired value (maximum 120). Example: GstRender.FieldOfView 110.000000 Save the file and exit. Set the file as read-only.

Improve graphics

Increasing ingame renderscale[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open PROFSAVE_profile file with a text editor. Add this line to it: GstRender.ResolutionScale 2.00 Save the file and exit. Set the file as read-only. If the FPS drops, set the value to 1.5 or lower.

Input

In-game Input Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		If the vertical gaze is modified by the y-axis, it will apply to both the control and the mouse at the same time
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		If the vertical gaze is modified by the y-axis, it will apply to both the control and the mouse at the same time

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Generic A B X Y prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Button prompts are generic and use the A, B, X, Y layout, similar to the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Originally, it was only available in the hub world. There was no vibration in Ops or Multiplayer game modes. In the latest version of the game, Xinput controllers now have vibration in Multiplayer modes and Hub.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music and Voice Chat
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 surround
Subtitles		In-game dialogues are mumbling and always subtitled, the game’s intro music does not have subtitles.
Closed captions		Some dialogues have transcriptions of certain actions like "sniff", "gasp.”
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				The intro "Come On Down To Neighborville" is sung in English.
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Local play for two players is exclusive to Xbox One/PlayStation 4.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		24	Versus, Co-op

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Is possible that Direct3D 12 may have some graphical errors compared to Direct3D 11.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	In-house Anti-cheat	In House Anti Cheat added on April 2024 Update

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3220 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-3570 AMD FX-6100
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 640 AMD Radeon HD 7730 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 285
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.