Harvest Event

Harvest Event
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Basic Information
Variants:	Harvest
Developer(s):	Unknown
Map Photos
Map Overview

“

LOOK OUT DRACULA IS BEHIND YOU! [sound of a creaking door] Ha ha ha! If you scare that easily, this map will kill you. — Haunted Hallowe'en Special

”

Harvest Event 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. This is Halloween-themed version of the Harvest. It includes many gameplay elements that are unique to the map.

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 (possible only during the Hallowe'en Special). Also, the ghost of Zepheniah Mann wanders around the map, haunting any players who venture too close.

Goal

Your goal is to capture the Control point and seize it for a duration of 3 minutes while stopping the other team from doing the same.

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.
• The Farmhouses - Located directly in front of each team's spawn area, these large houses have two stories with windows and a roof overlooking the center shed.
• Side Sheds - Open at one end, these sheds contain a Medium Health Pickup inside.

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.
• Snipers like to stay in the upper levels of their team's farmhouses. If you happen to be in the area, take a moment to sweep the upper floor for enemy Snipers.
• Scouts can double-jump to the middle shed and then across to the other team's building. This can be useful if the ground-level area is highly contested.

Control Point Timing

Control Point	Multiplier	Seconds
Control Point	×1	16 .000
	×2	10 .667
	×3	8 .727
	×4	7 .680

Related Achievements

Attack o' Lantern Cause the deaths of 5 players by exploding nearby pumpkin bombs. Candy Coroner Collect 20 Halloween pumpkins from dead players to unlock a hat. Reward: Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask

Scared Stiff Kill a player scared by a ghost.

Gallery

• Koth harvest event mid.jpg

  Mid area.

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  BLU's spawn area.

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  RED's spawn area.

• Koth harvest eventhalls1.jpg

  The halls of the house between mid and RED's spawn.

• Koth harvest eventhalls2.jpg

  The halls of the house between mid and BLU's spawn.

Trivia

• There are tombstones around the map with text on them. Two include "RIP Zepheniah Mann" and "RIP The Tenth Class".
• There is a fully textured room underneath the capture point which appears to be where the Ghost is stored until it is triggered. It appears to contain a bench, television and set of lockers. A video of it can be seen here.
• Harvest Event and Harvest are the only official KOTH maps without Bot support.

External links

• Hallowe'en Special