Harvesting

Harvesting

You earn +x Materials and Experience at the end of a wave. After you gained the Materials and XP, your harvesting stat increases by 5% rounded up. (So if you have 5 harvest it becomes 6, and it takes 21 for getting +2 harvesting at the end of each wave).

If Harvesting is negative, you lose -x Materials and XP at the end of a wave. You cannot lose a level from this XP loss. While your harvesting stat is negative, there is no 5% interest.

There are several ways to increase this 5% Increment. The item Crown increases the interest to a total of 13%. Farmer has +3% interest on harvesting (so 8%), and can reach 16% with crown. Entrepreneur has a 50% modifier on all harvesting stat modifications. This includes the harvesting stats gained from the 5% interest.

When evaluating whether or not a Harvesting item will pay for itself, don't forget to account for the extra XP you gain.

Endless Mode

In Endless Mode the 5% increment and any increases like the one from Crown or Farmer stops functioning. Instead, you lose 20% of your harvesting at the end of each wave. So even a Farmer with Crown will still lose 20% once they get to Wave 21 or higher.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Harvesting.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Entrepreneur, Farmer have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Blood Donation	Tier 3	+40 Harvesting You take 1 damage per second (does not give invulnerability time)	50			Harvesting
Bowler Hat	Tier 3	+15 Luck +18 Harvesting -5 % Attack Speed -3 % Crit Chance	75		Win a run with Entrepreneur	Luck, Harvesting
Crown	Tier 3	Harvesting increases by an additional 8% at the end of a wave	70	1		Harvesting
Fertilizer	Tier 1	+8 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage	15			Harvesting
Little Frog	Tier 2	+20% pickup range +10 Harvesting -3 % Dodge	45			Harvesting, Pickup
Peaceful Bee	Tier 1	+4 % Dodge +4 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	18			Dodge, Harvesting
Starfish(DLC)	Tier 3	+20% materials dropped from enemies +10 Harvesting +15 % Enemy damage	75	3	Win a run with Diver	Harvesting
Tractor	Tier 3	+40 Harvesting -8 % Damage	70			Harvesting
Wheat	Tier 3	+4 Melee Damage +2 Ranged Damage +10 Harvesting -2 Elemental Damage	85		Win a run with Farmer	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Harvesting
Wheelbarrow	Tier 2	+16 Harvesting -1 Armor	40			Harvesting
White Flag	Tier 2	+5 Harvesting -5% Enemies	40	1		Harvesting, Less Enemies

Negative

These items decrease your Harvesting.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Bat	Tier 1	+2 % Life Steal -2 Harvesting	20			Life Steal
Blood Leech	Tier 2	+2 % Life Steal +2 HP Regeneration -3 Harvesting	45			Life Steal, HP Regeneration
Charcoal	Tier 1	+1 Elemental Damage +2 Melee Damage -2 Harvesting	20			Elemental Damage, Melee Damage
Mouse	Tier 3	+5 % Life Steal +10% Enemies -5 Harvesting	55	5		Life Steal, More Enemies
Spider	Tier 4	+12 % Damage +6 % Attack Speed for every different weapon you have -3 % Dodge -5 Harvesting	110		Win a run with Gladiator	Damage, Attack Speed

Interaction - Crown

Crown is special among harvesting items in that it increases the interest/return on harvesting you get at the end of the wave by an additive 8%. This means that you get a total of 13% instead of 5%, making your harvesting grow much more quickly. However it takes quite a few waves before crown begins to compound. And it requires you to already have a significant amount of harvesting beforehand for. But when Crown is good, it is great, and can give several hundreds harvesting stat.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Crown	Tier 3	Harvesting increases by an additional 8% at the end of a wave	70	1		Harvesting

Characters

These Characters start with different Harvesting, or have mechanics related to their Harvesting:

Positive Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Arms Dealer	-95% Weapons Price +30 Harvesting Damage modifications are increased by +33% You start with 1 Dangerous Bunny Shops always sell at least 1 weapon All of your weapons are destroyed when entering a shop	Recycle 12 weapons during a run	Anvil	None
Baby	+12 Harvesting -20 % Items Price You gain a weapon slot when you level up instead of a stat upgrade (max: 24) You start with one weapon slot Shops always sell at least one weapon +130% XP required to level up	Reach level 10 before wave 6	Celery Tea	XP Gain
Builder(DLC)	You start with 1 Builder's Turret Every 5 uncollected materials are converted into 1 % Structure attack speed and 1 Structure Range at the end of a wave Engineering modifications are increased by 50% +20 Harvesting You can't have structures -30% pickup range Damage modifications are reduced by 75%	Unlocked by default	Lighthouse	Engineering
Doctor	+200% Attack Speed with Medical weapons +5 HP Regeneration HP Regeneration modifications are increased by 100% +5 Harvesting -100% Attack Speed Armor modifications are reduced by 50%	Heal 200 HP in one wave	Medikit	HP Regeneration
Entrepreneur	-25% Items Price Harvesting modifications are increased by 50% Gain 25% more materials from recycling items -100% of your materials at the start of waves Damage modifications are reduced by 50%	Hold 3000 Materials	Bowler Hat	Harvesting, Economy
Farmer	+20 Harvesting Harvesting increases by an additional 3% at the end of a wave +1 Harvesting when eating a consumable while at full health -50% materials dropped	Reach +200 Harvesting	Wheat	Harvesting
Fisherman	+5 Max HP +20 Harvesting Shops always sell a Bait -100% Bait price +2 Harvesting for every 1 Bait you have Baits make some special enemies spawn throughout all future waves -50% materials dropped from enemies	Get 2 Bait during a run	Lure	None
Old	-25% Enemy speed +10 Harvesting -33%Map Size -10% Enemies -10% Speed	Kill 300 enemies	Snail	Less Enemies, Less Enemy Speed
Saver	+15 Harvesting +1% Damage for every 25 Materials you have You start with 1 Piggy Bank +50% Item & Weapon Price	Collect 20000 materials	Padding	None
Well Rounded	+5 Max Hp +5% Speed +8 Harvesting	Unlocked by default	Potato	None

Negative Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Hunter	+100 Range +1% Damage for every 10 Range you have Crit Chance modifications are increased by 25% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 100% Max HP modifications are reduced by 33%	Reach +300 Range	Sniper Gun	Range, Crit Chance
Knight	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor you have +3 Armor You can't equip ranged weapons You can only equip tier 2 weapons or above % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 80%	Win a run in Danger 4	Plasma Sledge	Armor
Loud	+30% Damage +50% Enemies -3 Harvesting at the end of a wave	Kill 5000 enemies	Rip and Tear	More Enemies
Sailor(DLC)	+200% damage with Naval weapons against cursed enemies +25 Curse -25 % Damage You can only equip tier II weapons or above Dodge is capped at 20% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 100%	Unlocked by default	Treasure Map	Curse
Vagabond	Equipped weapons always contribute to the class bonuses of other equipped weapons You can't equip two of the same weapon at the same time -5 Armor -5 % Dodge Luck modifications are reduced by 50% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 50%	Have 6 different weapons at once	Jelly	None

Weapons

These Weapons affect Harvesting. The Hand grants additional harvesting on top of the harvesting you get from the Support weapon class. And the Sickle uses harvesting to scale its damage.

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
Hand	Unarmed, Support	1(50%) 1(50%) 1(50%) 1(50%)	1.01s 0.93s 0.86s 0.71s	1.0(49%)/s 1.1(53%)/s 1.2(58%)/s 1.4(70%)/s	x1.5 (1%) x1.5 (1%) x1.5 (1%) x1.5 (1%)	150 150 150 150	30 30 30 30	0 0 0 0	+3/+6/+9/+18 Harvesting	10 22 45 91	Default
Sickle(DLC)	Support	5(+80%+10%) 8(+80%+15%) 12(+80%+20%) 15(+80%+25%)	0.87s 0.82s 0.77s 0.7s	5.8(92.2%11.5%)/s 9.8(97.9%18.4%)/s 15.6(104.3%26.1%)/s 21.4(114.2%35.7%)/s	x2 (3% chance) x2 (3% chance) x2 (3% chance) x2 (3% chance)	125 125 125 125	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0	+20%/+30%/+40%/+50% damage against targets below 30% health	15 31 61 122	Default

Weapon Classes

These Weapon Classes affect Harvesting:

Class	Bonuses	Weapons
Support	(2)+5 Harvesting (3)+10 Harvesting (4)+15 Harvesting (5)+20 Harvesting (6)+25 Harvesting	Hand   Hiking Pole   Lute   Pruner   Sickle   Taser   Potato Thrower

Formulas & Values

These tables show how harvesting grows with each wave for default, farmer, and entrepreneur. All of them are shown with and without crown. Default and Entrepreneur are shown starting with a tier 1 +5 harvesting upgrade. Farmer is shown with its starting +20 harvesting.

You can download the source Google Sheet and play around with the numbers.

The Wave column refers to when you get the harvesting. So wave 1 means you pick up the harvest upgrade at the end of wave 1. Current Harvesting shows the harvesting stat as it increases with each wave. Gained Total shows how many Materials and XP have been accumulated over the waves.

Harvesting for Default

Harvesting for Farmer

Harvesting for Entrepreneur

Source: this spreadsheet by ArosRising.

Stats
Max HP	Melee Damage	Crit Chance	Dodge
HP Regeneration	Ranged Damage	Engineering	Speed
Life Steal	Elemental Damage	Range	Luck
Damage	Attack Speed	Armor	Harvesting