Cpl. William Farber

Corporal  is the cook at Camp McCarran in 2281.

Background
William Farber is the cantankerous and much maligned cook for Camp McCarran.

Bugs

 * It is possible to tell Farber that Fitz has been recruited to supply McCarran multiple times. Doing this enough will result in an infinite discount, allowing you to take items from Farber's stock without paying.  (It should be noted that recruiting Fitz is in itself heavily bugged)


 * Fixing the food processor before you speak with him to get the quest will permanently break that portion of the unmarked quest. It doesn't interfere with the other two tasks.


 * For some reason, he sometimes lacks any items or caps in his shop inventory, even after a supplier has been found. [Confirmed on 360]


 * You actually need 2 pots, not 1, to repair the food processor. This bug was fixed with patch 1.02, you only need one pot in inventory.


 * The dialog option for giving Keely's seeds is available even before asking if he's having problems, and without having met Keely.


 * A bug can occur when you try to speak to him that will cause the camera to zoom in as if you were going to speak to him but no dialogue options are available and then the camera will zoom out as if dialogue has ended even though you have not spoken to him. There is currently no known way to fix this. This bug has only been noted on the Xbox 360 and PC versions so far. On the PC version pressing tab will fix the bug until the player tries to speak to him again.


 * Having the food additive stuck in your inventory, with Farber's dialogue options remaining as if the quest is still going, even after fixing the food processor and making a deal for meat.


 * Fixing the stove with skill and choosing the discount instead of trade with the caravan company can prevent you from being able to finish the quest.(Is there a way to reset the quest?)

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.