PvZ: Battle for Neighborville Patch Notes 1.11 on July 28

The responsible developers of PopCap Games have finished and released a new update for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville today. Below you can find the complete patch notes for this update on July 28th.

The Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Update 1.11 is now available for download. The update includes new features, balancing, bug fixes and improvements.

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Update 1.11 Patch Notes

New Features

Added station markers within Giddy Park to improve navigation to points of interest.
New Weekly Events featuring playable horde characters
Adding Private Play; available through the Multiplayer Terminal

Balance Tuning

Common

Revive

No longer ends Pea Suped or Space Force
No longer ends healing if Super Savior upgrade is equipped
Plant visual indicator now green to not get confused with Sunflower healing

Upgrade Rough Patch

Increase time before Overhealth starts to decay, 10->30

Chomper

Spikeweed

Increase rate of damage so it is easier to identify if victim is ensnared
Decrease damage to offset rate of damage from above
Decrease arming delay 2->1 sec

Grody Goop

Decrease initial damage when acquiring toxic, 45->40
Decrease duration of toxic 15->13 sec
Toxic element is removed on victim vanquish

Kernel Corn

Shogun Guard

Increase projectile final velocity post drag, 420->500 m/s
Increase shield regen rate 10->12.5 health/sec
Decrease regen delay when lowering shield 2->1 sec
Decrease regen delay when shield is destroyed 5->1 sec
Increase min health requirement after shield has been destroyed 12.5->25 health

Shuck Shot

Increase movement speed when firing, speed multiplier 0.5->1.0

Husk Hop

Remove camera restriction for improved aiming

Upgrade Happy Feet

Fix issue with upgrade not getting removed when vanquished

Night Cap

Spore Strike

Increase accuracy, 3.2->2.8
Increase air accuracy, additional jump angle 3->1

Fung Fu

Fix issue with Fung Fu being activated while in Shadow Sneak

Fix issue with Night Cap using abilities and primary weapon while in Shadow Sneak

Cactus

Upgrade Calibrated

Decrease decay time that upgrade is active, 0.075->0.5 per second
Increase charge rate per damage event, 0.15->0.35

Snapdragon

Blue Blazes

Adjust projectile spawn location to better match mouth location when firing
Decrease how much movement affects projectile speed, 0.35->0%
Decrease time until homing starts, 0.85-> 0.35 sec

Citron

Juiced Upgrade

Fix issue with weapon taking longer to start, deploy time 1.5->1.05

Acorn & Oak

Acorn Dash

Now gains two charges

Treetop Turret

Increase damage 4.6->5
Decrease overheat rate 0.0175->0.0115 heat/shot
Fix issue with not dealing critical damage

Lumber Support

Can now grant overhealth

Upgrade Nutty Feedback

Update text to read “Gain ammo for Shell Shot or Wood Grief by dealing damage.” Old text did not reflect the effect on Oak’s weapon.

Imp

Imp Blasters

Increase rate of fire 700->725 rpm
Increase accuracy in air, additional jump dispersion 3->1.2
Decrease projectile velocity post drag 200->150 m/s
Decrease accuracy when aiming, dispersion multiplier 0.5->0.65
Decrease recoil when aiming, recoil multiplier 1.0->0.85
Fix aim bug that was increasing rate of fire

Gravity Grenade

Fix gameplay effects on victims lasting after vanquish

Mech Deploy

Fix issue with Imp not taking damage while calling in Mech

Super Brainz

Brainium Basher 9001

Charge attack doesn’t happen if caught in spikeweed

Heroic Fists

Fix issue with Alpha Better Shield canceling attack follow-through for each punch

Alpha Better Shield

Can activate sprint while shield is up, removing need to lower shield first

Upgrade Speed Bag

Update text to read “Heroic Fists punch faster and Brainium Basher 9001 charges faster by earning a vanquish. Upgrade can stack up to three times.” Old text did not reflect the effect on Legendary Upgrade.

Upgrade Extra Special

Fix issue with shield being lost post Super Ultra Ball if it was used throughout ability

80s Action Hero

Bow Blaster

Now has camera recoil

Electric Slide

Funky Bouncer

Restrict victims from using sprint

Space Station

Orbital Strike

Fix issue with enemy homing weapons not homing to the correct location

All-Star

Upgrade Applying Pressure

Fix the issue with screen effects not getting removed when enemy is vanquished

Scientist

Steam Blaster

Decrease overall damage per blast 71->60, shift damage from initial blast to latter part of blast
Decrease ammo 5->4

Wizard

Co-Star

Fix issue with Goatify making Wizard not attach and get stuck in Co-Star mode making him invincible

Upgrade Two-Headed Dragon

Fix issue with Wizard becoming stuck in Co-Star mode making him invincible

Major Bugs Fixed

Wizard’s Upgrade Two-Headed Dragon is fixed
Fixing Water in Turf takeover Resort
Performance improvements to Resort TT + map being put back into playlist rotation
Mount Steep gnome button fixed
Wizard invincibility fix
Wizard default gestures second fix attempt

Detailed Challenge tuning

Action Hero: “Land Hits with the Bow Blaster” Completion Value 500 –> 250
Scientist: “Deal Primary Weapon Damage” Completion Value 5,000 –> 3,000
Scientist: “Revive Allies” Completion Value 20 –> 15
Citron: “Land Hits with Spin Dash” Completion Value 100 –> 50
Citron: “Defend with Peel Shield” Completion Value 5,000 –> 3,500
Peashooter: “Score Direct Hits with Pea Cannon” Completion Value 200 –> 100
Peashooter: “Pea Suped Damage” Completion Value 2,500 –> 2,000
Pirate: “Full Charge Spyglass Shot Vanquishes” –> “Land Fully Charged Spyglass Shots” (50)
Pirate: “Deal Damage with Barrel Blast” Completion Value 300 –> 1500
Pirate: Deal Damage with Parrot Pal” Completion Value 800 –> 500
Pirate: Post-Anchor Shot Vanquish Completion Value 15 –> 5
Mushroom: Vanquish Support Heroes Completion Value 30 –> 15
- Added Wizard to viable target
Sunflower: Sunbeam Vanquishes Completion Value 100 –> 25
- To bring the challenge more in line with Peashooter’s Pea Gatling Challenge.