Plants vs. Zombies 2 have been released in Australia and New Zealand as a freemium game, with in-app purchases posed as either buying your way through a level or fortifying your army of plants.

Given the freemium model that the game has adapted following several other gaming apps now available, there has been a limit to how much you can cheat your way through the game.

As per Video Games Blogger, the biggest cheat you can actually go for here is to buy more plants in order to win the levels, meaning in-app purchases, which are offered as an option for those who want it, are basically your very cheats, albeit paid.

Here is a list of the cheats the plants and upgrades that you can buy in order to help you get past those pesky levels in the game. Note that all the plants are worth $2.99 each, while the upgrades are priced at $1.99.

Plants:

- Imitater - Copies a seed packet

- Jalapeno - Takes out a row of zombies by lighting them up

- Power Lily - lets you create one Plant Food

- Snow pea - Shoots now peas that slow down zombies

- Squash - Smashes a zombie in the next block over

- Torchwood - Ignites the peas to double the damage on zombies

Upgrades:

- Bonus Seed Slot gives you +1 seed slot

- Plant Food Bonus gets you +1 Plant Food Slot

- Shovel bonus gets you 25% sun refund when shoveling

- Sun Bonus gives you 25 suns as a starting point

Cheats tools online

Another way to cheat in Plants vs. Zombies 2 is to make use of the different hacks and tools that have appeared online. There are a number of websites that have come up with downloadable tools to get you through the adventure in an easier manner than most.

One of the popular tools is from gamesCRACK, creating downloadable called Plants vs. Zombies 2 Cheats, with only a few easy steps to get you through and around levels where you would normally be forced to buy plants that cost a good deal.

As per PVZ2CheatsTutz, the YouTube account user who has provided a video for the tutorial, the cheat can be downloaded from gamesCRACK-and it has to be downloaded from this website to ensure legitimacy.

There are five simple steps that have to be followed. First you need to download the Cheat tool from the official website. Second, you need to extract the archive through a WinRAR or WinZIP function.

Then, run the ʺPvZ 2 Hack toolʺ as the administrator before choosing the device and hack options that you require. Click on ʺHackʺ and start playing and making use o the cheat.

Check out this video to see the step-by-step tutorial on how to download and run the cheat.

PAK Circles also offers its own cheat tool, but specifically tailored for the 1.0.226789 version of the game, but according to the creators of the cheat, the tool can easily match all the other versions of Plants vs. Zombies 2.

As per PAK Circles, the cheat gives you three main advantages throughout the game: unlimited suns, unlimited leaves, and unlimited power-ups.

As the name implies, Unlimited Suns in the game will be totally free. Leaves are a new feature for the sequel, as it lets you boost the skills of specific plants-for instance, you can turn your Pea Shooter to a Gatling Shooter or throw cabbage to all the zombies on the map with the leaves-and you do not have to worry about decreasing your coin loot at all.

Finally, you can also get Unlimited power-ups, which is available from the store for fee as well.

The PAK Circles website lists down the simple steps to follow to get you started on the game. An important not from the creators: aside from the fact that the version is compatible with all of the versions of the game, a Jailbroken phone is also required for this.

First you have to download and extract the PlantsVSZombies 2Cheats ZIP folder. Connect the device to the PC through iFunbox, before moving the PV72 file. The latter should have been extracted using the first step as well and taken to /var/mobile/Applications/PvZ2/PvZ2.app/.

Then, you can set the permission to 777before you go. The update can be downloaded in this website.

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