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A melon is a consumable in Fallout 4.

Characteristics[]

Melons appear like a cross between a watermelon and a pumpkin as far as the stem. Melons can be planted in dirt and harvested for food to feed settlers. Each melon plant will provide 0.5 food units. A settler must be assigned to the plant with the workshop menu in order to grow and harvest the fruit.

In Survival mode, they are a highly useful consumable, providing both water and food. Two melons, when eaten, will bring the Sole Survivor from "parched" and "peckish" back to a normal thirst and hunger level. If a renewable (or portable) source of purified water is not available, melons are a superior source of hydration to drinking dirty water, with significantly reduced radiation damage and disease risk, compared to the amount of hydration provided - and with the additional benefit of reducing hunger.

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Locations[]

  • Melons can be purchased from multiple food vendors and general vendors across the Commonwealth. They can occasionally be found as loot dropped by individual NPCs.
  • Nine melon plants can be found at Abernathy farm, just south of Red Rocket truck stop. These melons will respawn periodically even if Abernathy Farm is not a player controlled settlement, provided the Abernathy family are alive to tend these crops.
  • Two melon plants can be found behind the house across the street from the Sole Survivor's house in Sanctuary Hills.
  • One melon planter can be found in the greenhouse at Graygarden.
  • Several melons (not melon plants) can be found inside the Super Duper Mart in Lexington.
  • Seven in Leonard Moore's garden between Hugo's Hole and the coastal cottage.
  • Four in a box in the Super Duper Mart.
  • One melon on a table outside a trader shack north of Vault 81, and one planter in it.

Notes[]

Lucy Abernathy will ask the Sole Survivor to give her any melons they come across and will pay them 3 caps (5 with a persuasion check) per melon sold to her.

Bugs[]

  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Sometimes when planting a melon, it can be placed in the harvest state already. This can lead to an infinite loop of planting and harvesting it. [verified]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Sometimes when removing a melon, it disappears, but can still be seen in the workshop menu. Every attempt to move it causes the game to crash or lag. [verified]
    • It seems to disappear after some time.

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