Abernathy Farm

Abernathy farm is a location and settlement in the Commonwealth

Background
Abernathy farm is a homestead constructed around a large pre-War high voltage pylon; founded and inhabited by the Abernathy family consisting of Blake and Connie Abernathy, and their daughters Lucy and Mary Abernathy. By the time the Sole Survivor reaches Abernathy farm, the settlement has recently been attacked by raiders, resulting in the death of Mary.

Layout
Abernathy farm covers a large, partially uncultivated area that grows tatos and melons, which the Sole Survivor can harvest for caps from Lucy. The farmhouse is a two-story makeshift structure built into the frame of the high voltage tower. The interior already has working lights, but no usable electricity.

Settlement location
Abernathy Farm is accessible after completing Returning the Favor. The settlement is moderately large and already has two designated plots for crops, but there remains lots of arable land for other crops and welling water. There is a large tract of land to the southeast, perfect for agriculture or settler housing. However, there is little in the way of scrap surrounding the farm, so construction may rely on a supply line.

The region in which this farm lies is not particularly dangerous, so it is rare for this settlement to be raided. However, when it is attacked, attacks come from the north, beyond the melon patch, from the south, beyond the tato field, and directly east of the house.

Inhabitants

 * Blake Abernathy - The patriarch of the family.
 * Connie Abernathy - Blake's wife, who is a vendor.
 * Lucy Abernathy - Blake's surviving daughter. She gives an unmarked quest to trade melons for caps.
 * Maisie - A tabby cat.
 * Clarabell - The Abernathys' brahmin.

Related quests

 * Returning the Favor: Blake Abernathy asks the Sole Survivor to help retrieve his late daughter's locket from the raiders that murdered her, who have holed up at the nearby USAF Satellite Station Olivia.
 * Ghoul Problem: Settlers have asked the player character for help in taking care of some feral ghouls that have been terrorizing a nearby location.
 * Kidnapping
 * Raider Troubles
 * Lucy Abernathy (quest): Lucy Abernathy will pay for each melon the Sole Survivor will bring her. This unmarked quest can be repeated until completion of Returning the Favor.

Appearances
Abernathy farm appears

Bugs

 * Assigning the Abernathy family to the existing owned beds in the settlement may cause a glitch that prevents other settlers from being assigned to various tasks.
 * The three beds present by default are bugged and considered to be outdoors when calculating the happiness of the settlement. To fix this, it may be necessary to create three new beds and assign the Abernathy family (and any recruited settlers) to player character-created beds in order for the happiness mechanic to work properly. Alternatively, this can be fixed by entering the console, selecting the beds in question and typing first "disable", then "markfordelete". Afterwards, build new beds and manually assign them.
 * The reaction time of settlers, from when they are assigned to a task, is significantly longer than at any normal settlement. Therefore, it may seem like they are unable to be assigned to anything. It may take anywhere between 30 seconds to over 5 minutes for them to be assigned to a specific resource.
 * The existing food crops may need to be uprooted and replanted immediately upon gaining access to the workbench to ensure that they do not become unavailable for assignment on subsequent visits.
 * Pre-existing crops that become damaged and in need of repair may cause a glitch where attempting to repair the plant will use available seeds but not fix the plant. (Uprooting/replanting as described above should prevent this glitch).
 * If one of the tato patches becomes non-interactive, quick-saving and then loading may allow them to be selected again, whereupon they should be stored and re-planted to prevent recurrence of the bug.
 * One can make the unrepairable crops work properly again by using console commands: first enter the console and select the damaged crop, repair it with, exit the console and replant it in a proper location (the original location usually works), then enter the console again and destroy the crop with , finally repair it normally outside of the console.
 * A star core may spawn on the ground in the middle of the tato crops, very close to the place after fast travel to the farm. It can be picked up and will be marked as a quest item.