Harvester Zombie

Harvester Zombie is the fifth new zombie encountered in The Sanctuary in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 11A. Harvester Zombies use sickles to harvest plants, where upon contact with one, they will swing their sickle at them, damaging them for 200 DPS for each swing. When the plant is defeated with their sickle, that plant will become harvested, in which then either of the following will happen:
*If the plant harvested originates from a real-life plant that is edible (e.g. Repeater from peas, Guacodile from avocadoes, Garlic from, well, garlic), a plate is dropped one tile behind Harvester Zombie with that plant as food on the plate. Any zombies that walk over this plate will consume it and regenerate 50% of their base health (not including armour) and gain a permanent 50% speed boost (this speed boost does not stack). Vehicle zombies and Gargantuars cannot consume plates, and so they ignore them. Plates do not prevent plants from being planted on the same tile that they are on, and plates will only disappear after a zombie walks over it or when the level ends. Only one plate can occupy one tile at a time.
*If the plant harvested originates from a real-life plant that is not edible (e.g. Sunflower, Bloomerang, Chomper), Harvester Zombie keeps the plant for himself. Upon defeat, the plants that Harvester Zombie had kept with him will drop as their respective seed packets.
==Origins==
Harvester Zombie takes the form of a farmer who uses a sickle to harvest crops. Harvester Zombie's harvesting ability references to fall harvest, where many crops are usually harvested during Autumn.
==Almanac entry==
Harvester Zombie
Toughness: Basic
Speed: Speedy
Harvests plants with a sickle, transforming edible plants into food and keeping inedible ones.
Special: Transforms edible plants into plates for zombies to snack on.
Special: Drops seed packets of inedible plants when defeated.
Harvester Zombie is admittedly not the patient type. If his crops didn't take 5 months to grow, Harvester Zombie wouldn't be invading your lawn slashing at your plants with his sickle like a madman right now.
==Encounters==
The Sanctuary: Levels 11A, 12A, 14A, 19A, 20A, 1B, 4B, 1C, 4C, 1D, 5D, 1E, 3E, 25A, 30A, 31A, 39A, 5B, 8B, 10E and X.
==Strategies==
Harvester Zombie's ability to attack plants with high amounts of damage and his relatively quick speed alone make this zombie dangerous. Plus, with his ability to boost zombies, this can put additional pressure on your defenses. Fortunately, this zombie has the same level of health as a regular zombie, so if your offense is good enough and this zombie is not using any other zombies as meat shields as he progresses across the lawn, this zombie shouldn't pose much of a threat. Stalling plants like Ice-shroom can hold this zombie in place to buy you more time to defeat this zombie if you are in a difficult situation. If your defense is mainly composed of plants that lie in the 'inedible' category, you shouldn't need to worry too much about Harvester Zombie giving boosts to other zombies, and you can rebuild your defense back easily when the zombie is defeated, since he drops the seed packets of the inedible plants that he harvests.
==Gallery==
Harvester Zombie.png|Harvester Zombie (HD)
Harvester Zombie (degrade).png|Degrade
Harvesting a Peashooter.png|Harvester Zombie dropping a plate after harvesting a Peashooter
Dropping a Chomper seed packet.png|Harvester Zombie dropping a Chomper seed packet that they kept upon defeat
Idling (Harvester Zombie).gif|Idling
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