PvZ3 State of the Lawn - Title Update 1 (TU1)

Hey there Porch Pals! 🌱💚

Title Update 1 is here, and there’s a lot to it! This time, we focused on improving the look and feel of PvZ3, which we couldn’t have done without all the great feedback from the community. We’re planning updates to gameplay for future releases, so stay tuned for that. Whether you’re playing in one of our Early Access regions, or following along with our updates until we’re ready to bring your region into the yard, thank you always for helping us shape the game to be the best it can be! We’ll have more updates to gameplay in future updates. With that, let’s take a look at the changes we’ve made this time:

Introducing the Sticker Book 📘

As you level up plants, progress through the Plant Pass, or unlock achievements, you’ll unlock stickers featuring plants for your in-game profile picture. During negotiations with the plants, they suggested that we create stickers of increasing flashiness for each of them.  Obviously, we complied. Which is why there are 5 different levels of flashiness or rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary.

To keep track of this collection alongside other references, we’ve added a Sticker Book section to your Almanac. Yes, it’s a book within a book.

 In-Game Achievements Have Arrived 🏆

This new feature tracks your milestones across Neighborville and rewards you for completing certain tasks and objectives. An example of this would be “Electrocute a Hiker Buckethead with a Zaptail”. 

Some are straightforward, but others may test your plantitude. Prepare to grow into a true Garden Guru!

All Your Goals in One Place ⭐

With Sticker Book and Achievements added to the mix, there’s a lot to keep track of. We noticed that too. That’s why we added a unified Goals Hub to help you track your goals and progress in:

• Plant Pass
• Daily Top Scores
• Neighborville Watch
• Achievements
• Sticker Book & Events

Neighborville officials recommend starting here. They were very persuasive about it. 

Events Are Taking Root 🌱

As we get closer to our worldwide launch, we wanted to make it easier for newer players to settle into Neighborville. New players will now experience a 7-day event called “Dave’s Daily Do-Its” in the new “Events Hub”. 

Crazy Dave insisted on this being a warm greeting, before he got distracted. We’re pretty sure that’s what he was saying. And OG Neighborville residents shouldn’t fret because you will also get access to this event, with some goals being retroactively completed based on your progress.

We’ve also made several behind-the-scenes improvements to keep things running smoothly and prepare for even more garden chaos ahead.

Yes, We’re Growing 🌿

Wondering where the new plants and levels have been hiding? Before introducing new content, Neighborville officials insisted we reinforce the foundations, organize the Ducky Tubes, and ensure safe passage for new arrivals. With everything properly planted, Content Update 2 (CU2) is coming next week with a new Plant Pass, new levels, and more.

TU1 Change Log 🛠️

• Fix: Weekly Goals badge now updates correctly after weekly reset.
• Fix: Zombie animations now play correctly during cutscenes.
• Fix: Character facial expressions in cutscenes now match intended animations.
• Fix: Chapter 2 cutscene now displays the correct plant characters.
• Fix: Cutscene descriptions now match the intended story content.
• Fix: Progress for “Vanquish Z-Scout Campers in Lawn Patrol" weekly task now updates correctly.
• Fix: Notifications now correctly take you to the intended game screen.
• Fix: Harvesting an unmatured plant can no longer extend pot access unintentionally.
• Fix: Store rewards now claim correctly after watching rewarded ads.
• Fix: Inbox reward messages no longer overflow outside the message window.
• Fix: Early tutorial progression no longer allows players to become softlocked.
• Fix: Sewer biome lighting no longer displays visible seam lines.
• Fix: Puddle visuals now render consistently across levels.
• Fix: Rewarded Offerwall tasks now grant the correct rewards.
• Fix: The loading screen won’t always show Beat Choy anymore.
• Fix: Board mechanic descriptions have updated text instead of saying “this zombie.”
• Fix: Odd Jobs now correctly grant rewards on the first tap of the “Play” button.
• Fix: The Player Yard donation screen no longer becomes unresponsive if you attempt to add energy without enough gems.
• Fix: Your Zen Garden plant won't disappear anymore if you remain on the ad screen to skip time for plant growth for a long period of time.
• Fix: The “Oops, something’s not quite right” error message will no longer show up when attempting to watch an ad for gems or to collect energy.
• Fix: Plants can now be placed correctly on affected Adventure and Volcano Expedition tiles.
• Fix: Zaptail’s tooltip now correctly mentions its lightning chaining to adjacent zombies.
• Fix: Zen Garden will no longer trigger a connection error when tapping multiple plant buttons at the same time.
• Fix: Adjusting required Community stars to a value higher than your current total will no longer cause an error.
• Fix: Wall-nut now correctly returns to its normal (uncracked) appearance after being fully healed by Bop Choy’s backup perk.
• Fix: Lawn Patrol rewards now display the correct reward for each level.
• Fix: Lawn Patrol difficulty will no longer reset after leaving or losing a match.
• Fix: Tapping New Adventure Content or Lawn Patrol pop-ups now correctly takes you to the intended destination.
• Fix: Adventure star counts now display correctly in the Community Finder.
• Fix: Claiming Odd Job rewards during the daily reset window will no longer cause an error.
• Fix: Slaw Slinger’s left eye now displays correctly after being planted in Zen Garden.
• Fix: Plant images now display correctly in the Almanac when merging from Tier 1 to Tier 2.
• Fix: Removed Gnomes
• Fix: Resource displays no longer overlap between the Odd Job pop-up and the Zen Garden screen.
• Fix: Parasol zombies will no longer appear visible in the fog before spawning.
• Fix: Camera movement when visiting another player’s yard is now stable and no longer shifts unexpectedly.
• Fix: Donation limit warning messages now display correctly each time you exceed the daily limit.
• Fix: Level selection no longer jumps to Level 100 when selecting levels above 50 in Main Adventure.
• Fix: Zen Garden harvest pop-ups now display the correct Neighborville Watch points.
• Fix: Plant animations in Zen Garden now render clearly without appearing blurry or pixelated.
• Fix: Harvesting in the Zen Garden no longer becomes unavailable if a mini-game pop-up appears first.
• Fix: The “Harvest Now” callout and plant preview now display correctly after harvesting offline in Zen Garden.
• Fix: Audio sliders in the Pause and Settings menus now correctly disable when the audio toggle is turned off.
• Fix: Applying resources to plants in Zen Garden is now more responsive.
• Fix: Visual quality settings now apply correctly on affected devices.
• Fix: Gremonade now consistently appears with the correct visuals when spawned.
• Fix: Various crashes, null reference errors, and stability issues across Android devices.
• Fix: Plant Portraits are now correctly rewarded at level 3.
• Fix: Improved overall loading, UI responsiveness, and game stability.

We’re excited for you to explore all the things TU1 has to offer, and we’d love to hear your thoughts! If you have specific feedback, please share it in this forum thread. 

For players outside of our current Early Access regions, we’ll continue bringing new regions online in the coming months. Stay tuned for wider availability as development continues. If you’re playing in Early Access and encounter any bugs, you can check our list of known issues to see if it's already listed. And if it isn’t there, please let us know on the forums so we can keep Neighborville running smoothly. And stay tuned to our channels for more on upcoming content updates and gameplay updates.

See you on the lawn! 🌻