Harvest golem

Harvest golems are mechanical golemsStoutmantle's Response to Solomon mainly found in Westfall. They resemble giant scarecrows and possess blazing orange eyes and razor-sharp metal claws.Brann's Journal They were named by the dwarven explorer Brann Bronzebeard, who was attacked by one of the constructs while traveling through Westfall.
In Westfall, the terrifying harvest golems are mechanical constructs programmed to hunt down and terminate the human inhabitants. Though their origin is uncertain, some believe that only the wily goblins could have created these mechanical monstrosities. Others speculate that the Defias Brotherhood had the harvest golems built to scare off the local inhabitants of Westfall so that they could run their smuggling operations with greater impunity.Wiley's Note Whatever the case may be, the harvest golems have done their jobs well - eliciting terror in anyone foolish enough to roam the fallow fields of Westfall alone.The World of Warcraft Bestiary
The Alliance later began to use them, notably in the farmlands of Farshire in the Borean Tundra.Reference Material The farmers of Stormsong Valley and Drustvar in Kul Tiras also use harvest golems. Some of them seem to be enchanted rather than work purely through mechanical means.Inert Tide Watcher#Quotes
Tiny harvesters collect weeds and small grains that the larger reapers may have missed.Tiny Harvester
==Foe Reaper==
The Foe Reaper is a special kind of golem designed by the Defias Brotherhood to be more deadly than the standard model. The :Pet Reaper 0.9 was the earliest model developed of which later versions would be inspired by. The Foe Reaper 4000 was the official model that would be sent out in the land of Westfall and it can still be found roaming the area to this very day. When the Defias Brotherhood re-emerged, they used the schematics of the Foe Reaper 4000 to create the Foe Reaper 5000. Even though the Foe Reaper 5000 was dismantled, the few parts that remained were combined together to create the Foe Reaper 50.
 
Old MacDonald also owns a Foe Reaper 800; though it is unknown how it relates to the other models.
==Notable==
==Types==
==As a companion pet==
*Pet Reaper 0.9 is bought from Marcus "Bagman" Brown in Westfall at a cost of 1 Old Bottle Cap.
*Tiny Harvesters can be captured in pet battles in Westfall.
*Ichabod is obtainable for a limited time by gifting two Twitch subscriptions to eligible Twitch channels between 28 November to 12 December 2022.
==In the RPG==
Goblins created the first harvest golems to serve as guardians, setting the constructs to patrol the fields of Westfall. The goblins' first attempts were too effective; the golems killed so quickly and ruthlessly that no victims remained to spread tales of the horrifying guardians. Goblin tinkers thus hamstrung one of their creations just long enough for a survivor to spread the word. Within weeks, the fields of Westfall stood empty save for their silent, shambling caretakers. Harvest golems have since spread to other territories, leaving fear and mutilated corpses in their wake.
A harvest golem poses as a simple scarecrow long enough for its victims to enter partial charge range. It then charges, utilizes its backstab ability to rip the throat out of its nearest opponent. While mindless, a harvest golem possesses a degree of innate cunning a touch above that of most golems, modifying its tactics somewhat in response to its enemies' attacks. A harvest golem never retreats.
A harvest golem seems a simple scarecrow, but a crafter must lace its innards with sachets of expensive powders and ground herbs. In addition, the caster inscribes animating runes inside the golem's fabric body, which requires a rare ink made of powdered arcanite.Monster Guide, pg. 85 - 86
==Notes==
*There were multiple models used for harvest golems prior to patch 8.0.1: the most commonly used scarecrow-like one, one which lacks coverings and the hat, and a re-skin of the second version that rearranges the textures to make it seem less complete (with a hole for a face). As of patch 8.0.1 the models now primarily differ in the design of their hands, while their bodies are now uniform.
==Gallery==
File:Bestiary Thumb Harvest Golem.gif|Harvest golem in The World of Warcraft Bestiary.
File:Harvest Golem.jpg|Artwork of a harvest golem.
File:The Threshwackonator 4100.jpg|Lacking coverings
File:Overwatch Mark I.jpg|Lacking face
File:Journey of Brann - Brann vs Golem.png|Brann Bronzebeard battling a harvest golem.
File:Prototype Reaper TCG.jpg|Prototype Reaper in the TCG.
File:Foe Reaper 5000 TCG.jpg|Foe Reaper 5000 in the TCG.
File:Warcraftmoviepic.jpg|A scarecrow resembling harvest golem in the Warcraft movie.
File:Statue HarvestGolem Pose.png|Harvest golem in Warcraft Arclight Rumble.
==Patch changes==
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==References==
 
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