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.

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.

Companion comments

 * When at this location, companions make comments, which are activated at the building.

Appearances
Breakheart Banks appears only in Fallout 4.

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.