Harvest

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Contents 1 General Description 2 Introduction Video 3 Goal 4 Locations 5 Halloween Event 6 Trivia 7 Common Strategies 8 External Links

General Description

Harvest (prefixed as KOTH_Harvest is a King of the Hill map. It was released with the Haunted Halloween Special Update as an official community developed map due to its outstanding quality. A separate Halloween themed version of the map, Harvest Event (prefixed as KOTH_Harvest_Event), was also released with the update for players to celebrate the annual holiday. It included many gameplay elements that were unique to the map.

Introduction Video

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Goal

Yor goal is to capture the Control Point and seize it for a duration 3 minutes.

Locations

• The Center Shed - At the center of the map, a bombed out shed houses the Control Point. This building is open at both ends, and most of the roof is missing, too.
• The Farmhouses - Located directly in front of the each teams' spawn area, these large houses have two stories with windows and a roof overlooking the center shed.
• Side Sheds - Open at one end, these contain a Medpack.

Halloween Event

Introduced in the Hallowe'en Special (29 October–9 November 2009), a special, spooky themed version, koth_harvest_event, was made available for play. In this version, health packs are instead replaced with chocolate bars and candy tins. Pumpkin bombs are scattered strategically throughout the map and explode when shot, damaging anyone around them. Killed players will randomly drop a crit-boosting Halloween pumpkin full of candy (exclusive only during the Hallowe'en Special). Along with this, is the ghost of Zepheniah Mann that wanders around the map, haunting any players who venture too close.

Trivia

• Harvest is one of the three maps developed by Sean "Heyo" Cutino that were brought to official status by Valve, the others being Egypt and Junction - both released with The Scout Update.
• Harvest was initially an Arena map. This version is still available for download.
• The King of the Hill version was bundled with the Big King KotH map pack prior to its promotion to official map.
• In the Event version of the map, there are tombstones around the map with text on them. Two include "R.I.P Zepheniah Mann" and "R.I.P" The Tenth Class".
• Also in the Event version, there is a fully textured room underneath the capture point which appears to be where the Ghost is stored until it is triggered. A video of it can be seen here.

Common Strategies

• The center shed provides more cover for attackers than defenders. Capturing the point is easiest with support from team members outside the shed.
• Soldiers and Demomen can jump onto the roof of the shed with rockets or stickies and attack from above. It's also possible to lob grenades or syringes in through the roof.
• The peaked roof of the farmhouse can provide cover for snipers if they stand on the back of the roof and fire over it at the enemy, but this prevents them from firing at the area between the farmhouse and the center shed.

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External Links

• Hallowe'en Special