Level 1-1
Zombies: Zombie
Plants: Peashooter
- Simply plant 2-3 Peashooters
- Collect Suns
- Receive Sunflower
Level 1-2
Zombies: Zombie
Plants: Peashooter, Sunflower
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant Peashooters as Zombies appear in the row
- Plant 2nd column of Peashooters
- Receive Cherry Bomb
Level 1-3:
Zombies: Zombie, Cone Head Zombie
Plants: Peashooter, Sunflower
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant Peashooters as Zombies appear in the row
- Plant 2nd column of Peashooters as Cone Heads appear in that row
- Receive Wall-Nut. I like to plant these in the 5th column; it gives walking time for some zombies to die and room to plant behind
Level 1-4
Zombies: Zombie, Cone Head Zombie
Plants: Peashooter, Sunflower, Cherry Bomb, Wall-Nut
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant Peashooter as Zombie appear in that row in next column
- Plant Sunflower and then Peashooter for next Zombie
- Plant Sunflower and then Peashooter for next Zombie
- Plant Peashooters as you see Zombies in a row
- Plant 2nd Peashooter or Wall Nut as a Cone Head in the row
- Eventually plant 2 columns of Peashooters and 1 column of Wall-Nuts
- Receive a Shovel
Level 1-5
Wall-Nut Bowling
- Hit zombies with Wall-nuts to kill them.
- Rebound shots give an additional zombie hit (and later an additional coin for each rebound)
- Conehead, Newspaper, and Pole Vaulting zombies take 2 hits.
- Buckethead Zombie takes 3 hits.
- Try waiting until more zombies are behind you as the Wall-Nuts will bounce around and get more hits and later more coins
- Save Explode-a-Nut (red) until absolutely needed; they take out the squares touching the block just like a Cherry Bomb
- Receive Potato Mine. I like to plant these while trying to buy Sunflowers to get the first Zombie and not waste Sun; also useful to get pole vaulter to jump
Level 1-6
Zombies: Zombie, Cone Head Zombie, Pole Vaulting Zombie
Plants: Peashooter, Sunflower, Cherry Bomb, Wall-Nut, Potato Mine
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant a Potato Mine in 2nd column as Zombie appear in that row in next column
- Plant 2 Sunflower
- Plant Peashooters as you see Zombies in a row
- Plant 2nd Peashooter or Wall Nut as you see a Cone Head in the row
- Plant Potato Mine at the far right when you see the Pole Vaulter
- Eventually plant 2 columns of Peashooters and 1 column of Wall-Nuts
- Receive Snow Pea
Level 1-7
Zombies: Zombie, Cone Head Zombie, Pole Vaulter
Plants: Peashooter, Sunflower, Cherry Bomb, Wall-Nut, Potato Mine, Snow Pea
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant a Potato Mine in 2nd column as Zombie appear in that row in next column
- Plant 2 Sunflowers
- Plant Peashooters as you see Zombies in a row and fill in
- Plant 2nd Peashooter or Wall Nut as you see a Cone Head in the row
- Plant Potato Mine at the far right when you see the Pole Vaulter; if recharging then plant a sunflower. Once you have Snow Peas planted you do not need to worry about the pole vaulter
- After planting 2 columns of Peashooters, plant Snow Peas while waiting for Wall-Nuts to recharge
- Eventually plant 2 columns of Peashooters, 1 column of Snow Peas and 1 column of Wall-Nuts
- Receive Chomper. Very handy to have behind a Wall-Nut
Level 1-8
Zombies: Zombie, Cone Head Zombie, Bucket Head
Need to now choose your own plants
Plants: Sunflower, Peashooter, Cherry Bomb, Wall-Nut, Potato Mine, Snow Pea
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant a Potato Mine in 2nd column as Zombie appear in that row in next column
- Plant 2 Sunflowers
- Plant Peashooters as you see Zombies in a row and fill in
- Plant 2nd Peashooter or Wall Nut as you see a Cone Head in the row
- After planting 2 columns of Peashooters, plant Snow Peas while waiting for Wall-Nuts to recharge
- Plant Snow Peas in rows with Bucket Heads, although 2 Peashooters and Wall-Nut will do the trick
- Receive Repeater
Level 1-9
Zombies: Zombie, Cone Head Zombie, Bucket Head, Pole Vaulter
Plants: Sunflower, Peashooter, Cherry Bomb (or Chomper), Wall-Nut, Potato Mine, Snow Pea
- Plant 3 Sunflowers in left column
- Plant a Potato Mine in 2nd column as Zombie appear in that row in next column
- Plant 2 Sunflowers
- Plant Peashooters as you see Zombies in a row and fill in
- Plant 2nd Peashooter or Wall Nut as you see a Cone Head in the row
- Use cheapest available item for pole vaulters to jump over
- After planting 2 columns of Peashooters, plant Snow Peas while waiting for Wall-Nuts to recharge
- Plant Snow Peas in rows with Bucket Heads, although 2 Peashooters and Wall-Nut will do the trick
- Receive Note
Level 1-10
- Plant items as they come down the ramp
- Save Cherry Bombs
- Do 3 columns of Peashooters, 1 column of Snow Peas, and 1 column of Wall-Nuts
- Anything more than this can go to the right of the Wall-Nut column just to get them planted
- Use the Cherry Bomb if needed at the end just to finish the Final Wave quicker
- Receive Puff Shroom