| Harvester | |
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 Kharaa
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Team Resources  8
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| Health 2000 (2300) |
Armor 200 (320) |
| Abilities and Upgrades | |
| Abilities: Extract Resources |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| Tech Requirements: Build On Resource Nozzle |
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| Builds From: | Alien Commander |
| Buy From: | Build Tab |
| Hotkey: | S
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Introduction
The Harvester is an Alien structure that automatically gathers resources for the Alien team while active on a Resource Nozzle.
For more information see Resource Model.
Tactical Summary - Harvester
- Harvesters like most Alien Structures need Infestation to live and die within 90 seconds when off Infestation, unless healed.
- One way to prevent Harvesters from dying to de-cysting is to drop a Tunnel entrance next to them and upgrading the Tunnel to Infested.
- Harvesters don't cost Supply, so consuming them never makes sense unless out of spite to deny the Marines the satisfaction of killing them.
Abilities
Passive Abilities
Resource Production
| Generate Team Resources | |
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| Gemerates Team Resources | |
| TRes |  1 every 6 seconds
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| Generate Personal Resources | |
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| Gemerates Personal Resources | |
| PRes | 0.1 every 6 seconds
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Triggered Abilities
Consume
| Consume | |
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| Destroys Alien structures to free up Supply. | |
| Kharaa
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| Hotkey | V
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| Duration | 10 seconds |
Variants
There are currently 8 variations of the Harvester skin available for Alien Commanders.
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Info: • Not all variants are available for purchase.
• Skins are purely cosmetic and offer no augmented or additional stats in-game. |
| Camouflage variants & availability | |||
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| Variant | Description | Acquisition | Notes |
| Normal | Default camouflage. | Provided with game. | N/A |
| Abyss | Blue highlights and glow. | Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game. | Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336). |
| Kodiak | Green glow, jungle effect skin. | Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game. | Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336). |
| Nocturne | Beige skin with purple highlights and a purple glow. | Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game. | Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336). |
| Reaper | White skin, black features and yellow glow. | Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game. | Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336). |
| Shadow | Dark blue/purple skin, red glow. | Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game. | Released with the Merry Gorgemas! update (Build 336). |
| Toxin | Black with green highlights, spots and glow. | Requires Catalyst Pack DLC. | Released with the Catalyst update (Build 324). |
| Unearthed | Purple tint and glow, crystalline look for Hive and Harvester. | Was rewarded for playing Unearthed upon its initial release. Can be bought in the Customization Screen in-game. | Released with the update (Build 327). |
Base Abilities
Skulk - (Sneak • Wall Walking • Bite • Parasite) • Gorge - (Belly Slide • Spit • Heal Spray • Build Menu) • Lerk - (Flight • Roost • Poison Bite • Spikes) •
Fade - (Swipe • Blink) • Onos - (Gore)
Skulk - (Leap • Xenocide) • Gorge - (Bile Bomb) • Lerk - (Spores • Umbra) • Fade - (Metabolize • Advanced Metabolize • Stab) • Onos - (Charge • Bone Shield • Stomp)
Shift Hive - (Adrenaline • Celerity • Crush)
Shade Hive - (Aura • Camouflage • Focus)
Crag Hive - (Carapace • Regeneration • Vampirism)
Mechanics - Alien Commander • Biomass • Infestation • Maturation • Consume • Resource Model
Gorge - Babbler • Hydra • Clog • Webs
Build - Cyst • Harvester • Drifter • Tunnel • Hive (Egg) • Pheromones
Game Information - Options • Maps • Console Commands • Patches
In Game - Damage Types • Status Icons • Ranking System • Badges