Harvesting events

Harvesting events occur while harvesting, they are random with the frequency being influenced by Astrology unless you have the Skeptic Perk. They were originally designed to prevent AFK harvesting.

There are basically three categories of harvesting events

Events common to all harvestables
Events common to all plants
Events common to all minerals and ores.

Harvesting events occur as follows:

a message is displayed in local chat when the event occurs, indicating the target and the type of event
the target gets the additional message of You stopped harvesting
in case of a breakage of a tool or a Harvester Medallion the target gets an additional message

Common harvesting events

You stopped harvesting, yes, there's an event that does nothing else but stop your harvesting, obviously this is not accompanied by a message in local.
Mother Nature got pissed off at you, you lose anywhere between 10 and 20 material points.
Teleportation Nexus, this teleports you to a nearby location; if you get stuck in a map bug and can't beam out (#beam me) because you have the Scotty Died Perk, moderators will not help you.
Bag of gold, the amount varies between 5 and 20 gold coins. A Harvester Medallion increases the amount found by the factor 10.
Blessings by the Queen of Nature, giving you extra harvesting experience, the amount of experience gained ranges from 200 to 700. A Harvester Medallion increases the experience gained by the factor 10.
Attribute and Nexus Removal Stones can be found while harvesting any resource.

Exceptions: You can also break Leather Gloves when harvesting Dung, see minerals and ores below.

Mini harvesting events

There are some so called mini harvesting events, the notifications for these events differ from the regular ones by not being broadcast to local chat but by only showing up on the recipient's screen instead. Wearing a Harvester Medallion gives you a 1 in 3 chance to not stop harvesting on a harvesting event. Currently there are

You gained X extra exp. Where X is up to 20 experience points.
You found X coins. Where X is up to 6gc.
You hurt yourself, and lost X HPs. where X is up to 3 HPs.

The extra experience and gold coins from these events are doubled while wearing a Harvester Medallion. The medallion doesn't effect the "you hurt yourself" event.

Also note that mini harvesting events do not destroy the Harvester Medallion.

Harvesting events of plants

In addition to the common events you can get the following events harvesting plants:

Bee stings take anywhere between 5 and 10 material points.

Harvesting events of minerals and ores

In addition to the common events you can get the following events harvesting minerals and ores:

Cavern walls, cave-ins take anywhere between 15 and 35 material points, wearing Armor lessens the effect, a Moon Medallion helps as well.
Radon pouches take 30 material points, armor that provides radiation protection decreases the amount of damage taken.
Tool breakage: Leather Gloves and Pickaxes can break during harvesting use. A Harvester Medallion decreases the chance of this event.
Some rare stones can be found while harvesting minerals and ores

Harvesting events of Dung

While harvesting, player lit up a match to check the dung level, which caused an explosion worth X health points. Where player is replaced by the player's name and X seems to be 59 or 60.
While trying to harvest, the outhouse lid fell on player, hitting for X health. Where player is replaced by the player's name and X ranges from 10 to 30.
While harvesting some dung, Mother Nature was nearby taking a dump. Unfortunately player was in the way and got hit for X health. Where player is replaced by the player's name and X ranges from 16 to 59.
If you are wearing a Harvester Medallion you might get: While player was harvesting dung, a Rat that was resting in the outhouse wanted to come out. However, the harvester Medallion stopped him! If you don't wear the Harvester Medallion the message changes to indicate the successful escape of the Rat, if the GIWS is working then a message will be broadcast globally to indicate the "threat".
Some rare items can be found while harvesting dung:
- Enriched Magic Essence
- Godless Removal Stone
- Potion of Extra Mana
- Potion of Great Healing
- Ring of Power