The invention provides a heavy metal activator and application thereof in soil joint restoration. The activator preparation comprises the following steps that (1) straws are crushed and sieved, the crushed straws are added into an alkaline solution, a heating reacting is conducted, filtering is conducted after finishing the heating reaction, the filtration residue is taken and washed with water, washing is repeated until the eluent is neutral, and drying is conducted to obtain the lignin-removed straws; (2) urea is added into the lignin-removed straws, composting fermentation is conducted, rapeseed meal is added after the fermentation is thoroughly decomposed, a functional microbial agent is added, secondary fermentation is conducted after uniform stirring, and then after the second fermentation, the straw bio-organic fertilizer is obtained; and (3) organic acid is added into the straw bio-organic fertilizer, and uniform mixing is conducted to obtain the heavy metal activator. According to the application, through crop-rotation combined planting of soybeans and oilseed rape, the heavy metal is activated by the heavy metal activator, so that heavy metal in the soil can be convertedinto an effective state as much as possible to realize the continuous absorption of heavy metal, the joint restoration efficiency is improved, and the easy-to-implement and efficient combined restoration method is also provided for restoring heavy metal contaminated farmland soil.