| Health | 8 |
| Speed | 4.5 |
| Fire Rate | 1 |
| Accuracy | 1 |
| Starting Weapon | Revolver |
| Passive | Is Faster |
| Active | Snare Enemies |
| Unlock Method | Get to Scrapyard |
| Voice Actor | Joonas Turner |
Plant is a speedy, generalist mutant with abilities that allow it to quickly switch between aggressive and defensive plays.
Abilities
Is Faster
Plant has 0.5 more speed than default, effectively starting with Extra Feet without the secondary effect.
While seeming like a minor change, this can greatly impact its playstyle. Plant has an easier time getting in and out of cover and can very quickly change its distance from enemies.
Snare Enemies
Plant's active ability fires a seed that turns into a stationary Snare. Each Plant can only have one Snare at a time. The snare will significantly slow down enemies caught in it, which can aid in grouping them up or keeping enemies with erratic movement patterns still.
By holding down the active button, you can also move your camera towards Snare, which is helpful to scout out the area. Snare also provides light in transitional areas and will stop fire and toxic gas from moving.
Throne Butt
Throne Butt causes the Snare to execute enemies with 33% health or less. This is especially useful on bosses and can be used to reach a variety of breakpoints easily and is typically considered the best Throne Butt in game.
Ultra Mutations
Trapper
Trapper causes the seed to spawn five additional Snares in a randomized formation around the initial one. This is helpful for locking off large groups of enemies, and with Throne Butt to efficiently execute many enemies at once.
Killer
Killer causes a Sapling to spawn when enemies are killed on the Snare. The Sapling will fly towards enemies and suicide to deal high damage blood explosions. If the time is taken to do this on the right groups of enemies, then you can increase your overall damage with the Saplings while also removing some projectiles.
Building
Meta or Ranged
Plant performs better with Meta builds, as Plant's passive speed boost makes it harder to precisely dodge projectiles which is key to Ranged gameplay.
If Ranged is desired, then Trapper, Plant's inherit effectiveness with Bolt weapons and very strong Throne Butt will be desirable traits to consider.
Preferred Weapons
Plant's abilities lend it to be able to perform effectively as both a close-range and long-range character. Due to this, Melee and Bolt weapons are generally seeked out, as well as Explosive and some Energy weapons due to how Snare groups up enemies.
Golden Weapons
- The Golden Crossbow is an excellent starting choice that works well with Plant.
- The Golden Grenade Launcher works well with Snare, and the faster projectile speed allows for using it from farther away.
- The Golden Splinter Gun is a similarly strong choice to the Crossbow that deals with crowds better.
- The Golden Wrench is an all-around great weapon for offense and defense.
Mutations
Recommended Mutations
- Boiling Veins is decent insurance since Plant may accidentally run into its own explosions.
- Bolt Marrow is recommended due to Snare making Plant good for Bolt weapons.
- Long Arms allows Plant to more safely Melee enemies, which is already a good choice due to its speed and Snare.
- Plutonium Hunger works well with Plant's speed, allowing you to very safely retrieve pickups.
- Scarier Face synergizes with Plant's Throne Butt, making it easier to execute enemies.
Lower Priority Mutations
- Gamma Guts isn't necessarily a bad pick on Plant, but if you use it for protection against contact damage then it is generally unneeded due to Snare and the extra speed already providing that.
Not Recommended Mutations
- Extra Feet is generally unneeded due to Plant's passive and may lead to taking damage on accident.
Co-op
Plants speed is both its largest strength and its biggest weakness when paired with other players. It makes a great partner to watch your back since it can quickly go to revive you but may also wander off farther before needing to be revived.
Snare also has various utility factors which may help out the group, and the strength it gains with Throne Butt means Plant will prefer other Mutants who have good ones.
Partners
- Frog's gas spreading (especially with Throne Butt) can be made less dangerous to teammates due to Snare trapping it in place, and while niche, the two can cooperatively pair their actives to create static damage areas.
- As Melting will inherently die very often, Plant can quickly revive them if (when) they die. Additionally, both characters have very strong Throne Butts.
- If the build has room for it, a Meta Plant protecting a Ranged Steroids can prove quite an effective combo, especially with Throne Butt.
- Snare can assist with killing the I.D.P.D. Rogue creates, by keeping Grunts, Elite Grunts and Elite Inspectors in place, as well as killing Shielders, Elites and Vans quickly with Throne Butt.
Burdens
- Skeleton's abysmal speed stat pairs horribly with Plant, as they will struggle to keep up with each-other and the run is at great risk if Plant dies far away from it.
Skins
B Skin
Unlocked by reaching the Nuclear Throne in under 10 minutes as Plant.
Added by Vanilla.
Orchid
Unlocked by rerolling Heavy Heart as Plant.
Has unique Snare sprites.
Equipped Golden Weapon is replaced by a uniquely textured "Orchid" Weapon.
Added by NT:TE.
D Skin
Spider
Unlocked by Snaring the Hyper Crystal.
Makes Crystal Spider sounds.
Has unique Snare and Sapling sprites.
Added by 4 player skin pack.
HLD Skin
Drifter
Unlocked by Snaring the Hyper Crystal.
Has unique Snare and Sapling sprites.
Uses Spider as a base.
Added by "Drifter" from HLD.
Alien
Available upon installation.
Has unique Snare and Sapling sprites.
Added by Sadie's Skin Project.
Cursed Sapling
Available upon installation.
Has unique Snare and Sapling sprites.
Added by Vanitate Skin Pack.
Rad Plant (Awesome edition)
Available upon installation.
Has unique Snare and Sapling sprites.
An abomination made by yours truly. This is what happens when an inside joke goes too far.
Modified from Rad Plant.
Thankfully not publicly available.
Quotes
Plant's "dialogue" consists of entirely unintelligible clicking and screeching sounds, some of which vaguely resemble words.
Selected
- (Short clicking).
Confirmed
- (Clicking mixed with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Ow").
World
- (Clicking mixed with a screech).
Low Ammo
- (Clicking mixed with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Wa").
Low Health
- (Clicking mixed with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Ow").
Large Weapon Chest
- (Short clicking).
Crown Vault
- (Inquisitive clicking mixed with a low screech).
Crown
- (Clicking mixed with a gross noise resembling licking).
Throne Room
- (Clicking mixed with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Wow").
Throne Speech
- (Clicking), (Clicking mixed with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Ah"), (Clicking mixed with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Wa").
I.D.P.D. HQ
- (Clicking mixed with a long screech).
Captain Speech
- (Gross sucking sounds), (Clicking with a noise that vaguely sounds like "Wow").
Loading Tips
Normal
- Blood blood blood
- Death death death
- Gotta go fast
- Kill kill kill
- No mercy
- Plant can hold RMB to see further
- Photosynthesizing...
- Snare is a source of light
Level Ultra
- End end end
Sapling
- Time to saple
Spider
- Sharp edges
Orchid
- All that twinkles is gold
- Million dollar smile
- Pump your veins with gushing gold
- Shiny like a limousine
- You look so good
Hose
- Balls
- Pool party
- Remember to stay hydrated
- Slippery when wet
- Watch your step
Cursed Sapling
- The Pumpkin Moon is rising...
Alien
- Fresh out of Area 51!
Hoe
- The young ones are the best!
Hair
- Who needs a face?
Drifter
- Sharp edges
Rad(der) Plant
- Plant is so cool
- Rad rad rad
- Radicalizing...
- Snare deez nu
Trivia
- Plant was part of the original 5 Mutants created for Wasteland Kings.
- Plant appears to have formerly been a carnivorous plant of some kind, possibly a pitcher plant or Venus flytrap.
- Plant's sprite is the tallest out of the Vanilla Mutants (excluding Big Dog).
- Plant being the fastest Vanilla Mutant is ironic, as a plant would normally be stationary.
- While not shown in-game, Plant uses its leaves/additional roots to hold weapons.
- Though portrayed as a feral mindless killer with repetitive thoughts, Plant appears to have at least a minuscule degree of mercy or compassion, as it does not attempt to kill the other Mutants.