Breakheart Banks

Breakheart Banks is a location in the Commonwealth in 2287.
==Background==
Breakheart Banks was a small family farm on the banks of the Saugus River, recently overrun by super mutants.Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Collector's Edition p. 282: "[2.16] BREAKHEART BANKSA small family farm on the banks of the Saugus River, with a corn field and melon patch, has fallen to the oversized hands of a Super Mutant gang. Remember to loot the trunk on the top floor of the central shack. Need a drink? Try a Quantum on the small lookout platform to the east."(Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Map)
==Layout==
Breakheart Banks can be approached from the west and south, with the other sides consisting of a steep cliff into the river. There is a fortification garrisoned by a single super mutant and some mutant hounds. Nearby, there is a car near the north end, with tin can alarms suspended overhead and skeleton lovers in an eternal embrace. 
Inside the shack there is a mattress, a weapons workbench, a steamer trunk, as well as a fridge stocked with corn cobs and mole rat meat. A cooking station can be used next to the cornfield. To the northwest a fishing boat is stranded. It has an interior that can be entered and is the source of the nautical radio signal.
==Notable loot==
* Super mutant waistcloth - In the scouting tower.
* Nuka-Cola Quantum - On a television stand in the scouting tower.
* Super mutant chest harness - In the main building next to the weapons workbench.
* Over 22 ears of corn - To be picked up in the field and in the fridge.
==Related quests==
* Cleansing the Commonwealth: Knight Rhys gives the Sole Survivor an assignment to clear the location of what he calls "abominations" to further the aims of the Brotherhood of Steel.
* Greenskins: A group of super mutants has been terrorizing a group of settlers who are unable to defend themselves. The Sole Survivor is called on to make sure they'll never be a threat to anyone else again.
* Hypothesis: To aid in one of his experiments, Doctor Holdren of the Institute's BioScience division asks the Sole Survivor to obtain a tissue sample from a particularly tough super mutant and return it to him.
* Kidnapping: Concerned settlers will ask the Sole Survivor to help them rescue a fellow settler that was kidnapped for ransom by nearby hostiles, hoping to have them freed without harm.
* Leading by Example: Lancer Captain Kells requests the Sole Survivor's help in training a Brotherhood squire by allowing him to accompany them on a mission.
==Notes==
* The remains of a crashed military convoy can be found to the east on the road running past the banks. The location has three crashed semi tractor-trailers, with one carrying two armored vehicles. The trailer still on the road has a locked rear door. The area is protected by leveled military robots. After the main quest is finished, it will become a checkpoint for whichever faction was helped during the main quest.
* If the area is cleared and the Nuka-Cola Quantum is collected before speaking to the settlers for The Slog: Greenskins, the Nuka-Cola Quantum will reappear and enemies will respawn.
* Despite having the farm/settlement icon, this location does not have a workshop and therefore cannot become a settlement.
* There is an unused interior cell (Editor ID zUnusedCave) named Breakheart Banks, suggesting it may originally have been used for this location. It consists only of a cave with some tunnels leading to a small room.
===Companion comments===
* When at this location, companions make comments, which are activated at the building.
Location comments	Location comments
Character 	Comment
Cait 	""
Codsworth 	""
Curie 	"Oh. The poor farmers."
Danse 	""
Deacon 	"Damned Super Mutants."
John Hancock 	""
Nick Valentine 	""
Piper Wright 	""
Preston Garvey 	""
Robert MacCready 	""
X6-88 	""
==Appearances==
Breakheart Banks appears only .
==Behind the scenes==
Breakheart Banks is named after the real-life location Breakheart Reservation, which is in the same approximate location in the towns of Saugus and Wakefield.
==Bugs==
* When trying to clear out the location for the Brotherhood of Steel side quest, Cleansing the Commonwealth: Breakheart Banks, the quest may become stuck and fail to complete. 
* A workaround for this is using the console and inputting .
==Gallery==
Breakheart Banks Fishing boat cabin map.jpg|Stranded fishing boat
NC Quantum Breakheart Banks.jpg|Nuka-Cola Quantum and super mutant waistcloth
Super mutant chest harness Breakheart Banks.jpg|Super mutant chest harness
Cooking spit Breakheart Banks.jpg|Cooking station
Weapons workbench Breakheart Banks.jpg|Weapons workbench
Breakheart banks2.jpg|Overgrown corn farm
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Breakheart banks5.jpg|Melons
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Armed frag mine1 Breakheart Banks.jpg|Armed frag mine
Armed frag mine2 Breakheart Banks.jpg|Armed frag mine
Armed frag mine3 Breakheart Banks.jpg|Armed frag mine
FO4 Ooh la la.png|Nothing to see here
Breakhearts Banks cave local map.png|Unused cave map 
==References==
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