Harvester's Scythe

Harvester's Scythe
Description	On crit: Gain 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 8 health.
Stacking	+5% critical chance and +2 health on a critical strike.
Unlock	Use a health shrine that drops you below 5% health.
Rarity	Uncommon
Type	Healing

"Critical hits heal you."— Pickup Text

The Harvester's Scythe is an uncommon healing item in Risk of Rain. On getting a critical hit on an enemy, gain 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 8 health.

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Shipping Details

Estimated Delivery: 6/12/2009	Sent to: Goodland Fields, South lot, Earth
Shipping Details:
- Order :  Harvester's Scythe
Tracking Number:  376▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪
- Order Description :  Gain 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 12 health.
- Shipping Method :  Priority
- Order Details :  It takes a brave man to look death in the eye and claim they don't need help.
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Tactics

Character Synergies

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• The Harvester's Scythe can be more beneficial to melee characters, such as Mercenary and Loader, as taking damage is more common.

Item Synergies

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• Works well with items that affect crit rate, including The Ol' Lopper, Lens-Maker's Glasses, and Predatory Instincts.
• Items that increase attack speed like the Soldier's Syringe also work well with the Harvester's Scythe, as a higher hit rate will increase the number of critical hits.

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Trivia

• The estimated delivery of the Harvester's Scythe is in 2009, which is long before the estimated delivery time of many other items..

• Obtaining the item will cause a green outline to appear above the player around the location of the red crosshair appears when the player has Lens-Maker's Glasses.
• The Harvester's Scythe initially looked slightly different before being changed for the full release of the game.

Bugs

• Shipping details mistakenly say "Critical strikes heal for 12 health"

Gallery

The Harvester's Scythe as it appears in the Risk of Rain alpha trailer