# Harvestable.getInitialHash

Gets the initial hash of a kinematic. The initial hash identifies the kinematic by its initial world position, uuid and world id.

**Kind:** Function

**Environments:** Game

## Game

``` { .lua .api-signature }
harvestable:getInitialHash(  )
```

[Open the full Game reference](../Game-Script-Environment/Userdata/Harvestable.md#getinitialhash)

This can be used to match kinematics spawned from the same entity in a tile even though each loaded kinematic is technically a different object.

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `harvestable` | [Harvestable](../Game-Script-Environment/Userdata/Harvestable.md) | The kinematic to get the initial hash from. |

**Returns:**

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| number | The initial hash. Returns 0 if the harvestable is not kinematic. |