# Harvesting If at any point you click the “Harvest” button at the top left of your screen, you will open the

**Harvest Menu** for your current room. This menu will provide you with several important pieces of information: In general, **your goal is to allow your Kami to accumulate as much**

**MUSU as possible**. Harvesting gives you

**MUSU** that can be spent on Items and Co-Ops, gives **XP** to the harvesting Kami (see [Kamigotchi Levels, Skills, and Bonuses](/gameplay/kamigotchi/levels-and-skills.md)), and adds to your [Scavenge Meter](/gameplay/harvesting/scavenging.md).

While, in general, time spent harvesting is positive-sum for your Kami, this comes with a big caveat: Your Kami gradually loses

**Health Points** (HP) while harvesting. **HP** lost is roughly proportional to

**MUSU** gained, and both the rate of

**MUSU** gained and rate of HP lost increase over time (provided you do not feed/heal your Kami). As a Kami’s HP decreases it becomes more susceptible to being

[**Liquidated**](/gameplay/harvesting/liquidations.md) by other Kami in the room. You can increase your Kami’s HP — and in so doing decrease its chance of being liquidated — by a) feeding it food and/or healing items or b) stopping the harvest and allowing it to rest and gradually replenish its HP over time. You can also hedge your bets and simply

**Collect** your Kami’s currently accumulated

**MUSU**. This means you claim all MUSU gathered to-date but your Kami stays harvesting and continues to gather new

**MUSU**. Whenever you collect your Kami's accumulated

**MUSU** — or remove it from its current Room — your Kami will be subject to a

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