Harvesting

The act of Harvesting is to gather the "yield" of an object; to get "something" as the result of a specific action such as harvesting Hills to get Hill Soil, Life Flowers, Magic Gems and Rukh Orbs.

Most of the merge chains found in the game can be harvested.

Harvesting can be initiated by double-tapping or by dragging and/or dropping an Elf onto the object. The harvesting can be terminated before it is completed by tapping the object being harvested or the Elf which is harvesting it.

In the **Home map** and in **Stages** some objects can be harvested by multiple Elves at the same time by quickly tapping the object 4, 6 or 8 times. Doing this will summon 2, 3 or 4 Elves. NOTE: Multiple Elf Harvesting does not work in Events. These are some of the chains which allow multiple harvesting. There may be others, use the rapid tapping method to see if you can find more of them. If an Elf is already in the process of harvesting something, tapping it will end the active harvest. Therefore to add more Elves to an active harvest of the same object, drag the Elves onto it instead.

* Life Flowers
	+ Levels 1 - 4 can be tapped two times to summon one Elf to harvest.
	+ Levels 5 - 8 can be tapped four times to summon two Elves to harvest.
	+ Levels 9 - 13 can be tapped six times to summon three Elves to harvest.
	+ Levels 14+ can be tapped eight times to summon four Elves to harvest.
* Elf Flowers
	+ Levels 1 - 2 can be tapped two times to summon one Elf to harvest.
	+ Levels 3 - 9 can be tapped four times to summon two Elves to harvest.
	+ Level 10 can be tapped six times to summon three Elves to harvest.
* Hills
	+ Levels 1 - 4 can be tapped two times to summon one Elf to harvest.
	+ Levels 5 - 7 can be tapped four times to summon two Elves to harvest.
	+ Levels 8+ can be tapped six times to summon three Elves to harvest.
* Stones
	+ Levels 1 - 4 can be tapped two times to summon one Elf to harvest.
	+ Levels 5 - 7 can be tapped four times to summon two Elves to harvest.
	+ Levels 8+ can be tapped six times to summon three Elves to harvest.
* Stonehenge
	+ Level 10 can be tapped four times to summon two Elves to harvest.
The six level harvestable chains based on Events can also be harvested by multiple Elves from level 4. These include the following chains: Christmas Eve Fireplace (Home), Coconut Dwelling (Home), Conch Dwelling (Home), Desert Cavern (Home), Easter lily (Home), First Christmas Snow (Home), Forest Sanctuary (Home), Ghost Dresser (Home), Halloween Dessert Table (Home), Halloween Haunted House (Home), Hot Spring (Home), Party Berry Bush (Home) and the Xmas Snowhouse (Home).

* Levels 1 - 3 can be tapped two times to summon one Elf to harvest.
* Level 4 can be tapped four times to summon two Elf to harvest.
* Level 5 can be tapped six times to summon three Elves to harvest.
* Level 6 can be tapped eight times to summon four Elves to harvest.
Harvest Elves such as Fire Elves, Light Elves, Mercury Elves, Stars Elves and Wind Elves are the fastest harvesters while Builder Elves are the slowest. Each Elf Type has different abilities which makes them better at performing certain tasks. Each Elf breed is part of one of the Elf Type classifications except the Forest Elf. Trophy Elves may have multiple abilities.

## Notable Harvesting Results

* An Elf will immediately lose 1 stamina upon beginning to harvest anything.
* If an Elf has no stamina remaining a message will appear above it's head saying "Too Tired."
* If no Elves are available a message will appear over the tapped object saying "No Elves Available."
* Once an object has been successfully harvested a tiny image of the harvested object appears above the Elf's head while it carries the object to an available tile on the map. while carrying the object the Elf moves much slower than usual as it is heavy.
* If there are similar objects on the map the Elf will drop the newly harvested one with them.
* If there are no similar objects on the map the Elf will randomly drop the newly harvested one onto an empty tile near the location it was harvested from.
* If the map is full (two tiles will always be left clear but cannot be used for anything), then the Elf will hold onto the newly harvested item until a tile becomes available.
	+ If the Elf is then summoned by a double tap to harvest again it will release the object it is holding which will then automatically be placed into a loot bubble.
* Elves which have no instructions to harvest may randomly begin harvesting objects that they select themselves.
* Elves which have previous instructions to harvest a specific object will try to harvest it again.
## Harvest Cooldown Times

Many of the harvestable objects can be harvested repeatedly but some require a cooldown time which is marked by ticks or seconds. These objects require waiting out the cooldown time before they can be harvested again. It is possible to force a harvest faster by exiting from the Home map and then enter it again right away. Doing this will allow that object to be harvested without having to wait out the ticks normally applied for it to cooldown.

Refer to the Ticks page for more details.