Mastering Abigail: A Guide to Controlling Your Companion Across Games
Controlling an Abigail varies dramatically depending on the game in question. This name appears across multiple titles, from the ghostly protector in Don’t Starve and Don’t Starve Together to a marriageable character in Stardew Valley and a central, albeit villainous, figure in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Therefore, understanding the context is crucial. This article dives into controlling Abigail across various games, focusing on key mechanics and providing comprehensive answers to frequently asked questions.
Abigail in Don’t Starve and Don’t Starve Together
In these survival games, Abigail is a spectral twin sister summoned by Wendy. Controlling her involves a blend of indirect commands and understanding her behavioral patterns.
- Indirect Control via Abigail’s Flower: The primary method is using Abigail’s Flower. Holding it allows you to subtly influence her behavior. You can soothe her to make her passive or rile her up to attack anything nearby.
- Riled Up vs. Passive: In the “Riled up” state, Abigail aggressively attacks anything within her vicinity, regardless of whether it’s hostile. This can be useful for quickly clearing out weak mobs. However, it poses a risk if you don’t want her attacking neutral creatures. When soothed, she becomes passive, only attacking mobs that directly threaten Wendy or herself.
- Strategic Positioning: Abigail will generally follow Wendy. Use this to your advantage by strategically positioning Wendy near enemies you want Abigail to attack.
- Dismissal: If necessary, you can intentionally kill Abigail to dismiss her. Wendy can attack Abigail using the CTRL+Click option, causing Abigail to die instantly and drop her flower.
- Upgrading Abigail: Each time you resummon Abigail, her damage, movement speed, and number of enemies she can damage simultaneously increase. Thus, the more you use her, the stronger she becomes.
Abigail in Stardew Valley
Controlling Abigail in Stardew Valley means navigating a romantic relationship through gifts, conversations, and shared activities. Here, control is more about influencing her affections and life choices within the game’s simulation.
- Building Friendship: Give Abigail gifts she loves (listed in the FAQ section). Talk to her daily to increase your friendship level.
- Heart Events: As your friendship increases, trigger heart events by being in specific locations at certain times. These events reveal more about Abigail’s personality and deepen your relationship.
- Dating and Marriage: Once you reach eight hearts, give her a bouquet to initiate a dating relationship. At ten hearts, you can propose with the Mermaid’s Pendant, purchased from the Old Mariner.
- Post-Marriage Life: As a spouse, Abigail helps on the farm, giving gifts and contributing to your shared life. Her dialogue and behavior reflect your level of friendship and the choices you make in the game.
- Influence through Choices: Some dialogue options and actions influence Abigail’s storyline and her relationship with other characters.
Abigail in The Crucible
Controlling Abigail in The Crucible is impossible for the other characters, which is the heart of the tragedy. The play explores her manipulative power and the devastating consequences of her actions. She controls others through:
- Fabrication and Deceit: Abigail uses lies and accusations of witchcraft to manipulate the court and the townspeople.
- Exploiting Fear and Superstition: She leverages the widespread fear of witchcraft to gain power and influence.
- Intimidation and Bullying: Abigail uses intimidation tactics to control the other girls involved in the accusations.
- Playing on Emotions: She manipulates the emotions of others, particularly John Proctor, to achieve her goals.
- Lack of Accountability: Because of her lies, she makes people accountable to her but remains unaccountable to anyone else.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. How do you make Abigail go away in Don’t Starve?
If Wendy intentionally attacks Abigail using the CTRL+Click option, Abigail will “die” in one hit and leave her flower on the ground. This can be used as a method to dismiss her at will.
2. How do you power up Abigail in Don’t Starve?
For example, using Abigail’s Flower five times will cause Abigail to deal 19 damage in pre-Hardmode and 37 damage in Hardmode. Abigail also increases in movement speed, acceleration, and max number of enemies she can damage at once with each summon. Each time she is resummoned, her damage and movement speed increase, and an additional empty minion slot is occupied.
3. How do you get Abigail to come out in Don’t Starve?
In Don’t Starve, Abigail is summoned by placing Abigail’s Flower on the ground. A mob death near the flower is necessary for Abigail to spawn.
4. Does Abigail lower sanity in Don’t Starve?
Summoning Abigail gives Wendy little bit of sanity and she loses sanity when Abigail dies. With the flower she can choose to make Abigail passive and only attack mobs that are about to hit either one of the sisters but she does not chase the attacker.
5. Can you give Abigail a Telltale Heart in Don’t Starve Together?
Like all other ghosts, the option to give Abigail a Telltale Heart is available, but it will not be able to revive her, as Abigail is spiritually bound to her flower, according to Wickerbottom.
6. What are Abigail’s weaknesses in The Crucible?
In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail’s flaws- lust, jealousy, and mendacity– that led her to be responsible the most for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem.
7. How do you get Abigail to marry you in Stardew Valley?
On reaching ten hearts with Abigail, it’s possible for the player to marry her. Mayor Lewis informs players through a letter that villagers in Stardew Valley can propose to their partners using a special necklace called “The Mermaid’s Pendant”. Players can purchase this from the Old Mariner on the beach for 5,000 gold.
8. How many times can you summon Abigail in Don’t Starve?
Abigail can only be summoned once per death, but each time she is re-summoned, her damage and movement speed increase, and an additional empty minion slot is occupied. There is no limit to how many times she can be summoned across the entire game.
9. Can you revive Abigail in Don’t Starve Together?
Like all other ghosts in Don’t Starve Together, an option to give Abigail a Telltale Heart is available, but it will not be able to revive her, as Abigail is spiritually bound to her flower, according to Wickerbottom. She respawns after a set amount of time upon death.
10. What does Abigail’s flower do in Don’t Starve?
Abigail’s Flower is a key item. It is used to summon Abigail by placing it on the ground near a mob death. Holding the flower allows you to influence whether she is passive or aggressive.
11. What happens if Abigail dies in Don’t Starve?
When Abigail dies, she no longer needs to be resummoned by killing something near her Flower, she respawns after a period of time. Additionally, Abigail draws aggro from mobs, making her valuable for buying time to heal.
12. What gifts does Abigail like in Stardew Valley?
Abigail’s loved gifts include:
- Blackberry Cobbler
- Banana Pudding
- Chocolate Cake
- Spicy Eel
- Pufferfish
- Amethyst
- Pumpkin
- All Universal Loves
13. What happens when you rile up Abigail in Don’t Starve?
In the “Rile up” state Abigail attacks anything near Wendy, whether neutral or aggressive. Wendy can use various Ghostly Elixirs on Abigail to regenerate her health or improve her abilities. Wendy can also use non-food healing items to heal Abigail (Spider Gland, Healing Salve, Honey Poultice and Mosquito Sack).
14. Is it good to marry Abigail in Stardew Valley?
She’s a little immature, argumentative, and afraid to let her feelings be known. Ultimately though, she’d do anything for you, even kill monsters. Abigail also has some of the best marriage gifts in the game. She’ll give you bombs, crab cakes, solar essence, and a variety of other useful items. She also joins you in the mines and plays video games with you.
15. Is Abigail the wizard’s daughter in Stardew Valley?
It’s heavily implied. He never goes into further detail, but that comment, paired with his implied secret affair with Caroline, all but confirms the Wizard is indeed Abigail’s biological father.
Understanding how to “control” Abigail ultimately depends on the specific game you’re playing. From manipulating her behavior as a spectral ally in Don’t Starve to nurturing a romantic relationship in Stardew Valley, each context demands a different approach. In The Crucible, the very idea of controlling Abigail highlights the play’s central themes of power and manipulation. If you are interested in the impact of games and learning, visit the Games Learning Society at GamesLearningSociety.org.