Trashcan Carla

Fallout 4 character
Trashcan Carla
Lore
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Role	Traveling merchant
Gameplay
Location	loops through Sanctuary Hills, Concord, Drumlin Diner Is sometimes at Bunker Hill
Other
Voice actor	Veronica Cartwright
Appearances	Fallout 4
Level	6
Misc stats	Hit Points: 190
Form ID	000DC936
Ref ID	000DC939

 

“Need to pick something up? Road's pretty long from here.”

Trashcan Carla is a traveling merchant in the Commonwealth in 2287. She sells shipments of asbestos, circuitry, crystal, oil, and screws along with a wide range of junk items.

Background

Trashcan Carla is a roaming vendor, based at Bunker Hill. She is a wasteland junk hoarder, hence the prefix "Trashcan." Data on a terminal in the Institute reveals that she is an informant for them, trading sightings of possible escaped synths for caps.

Daily schedule

Carla and her pack brahmin sit stationary at the base of a large billboard on the road between Concord and Drumlin Diner until approached for the first time or until the Sanctuary quest is started. Afterwards, she will begin roaming the settlements between Sanctuary Hills and Drumlin Diner. She normally arrives in Sanctuary at about 11am. To find her and start her travels prior to the Sanctuary quest, take the road south out of Concord, following the southeast branch when the road splits.

   Sunday: Sanctuary Hills
   Monday: Road near Concord Ruins 
   Tuesday: Drumlin Diner 
   Wednesday: Road near Concord Ruins 
   Thursday: Gets this day off, found at Bunker Hill 
   Friday: Road near Concord Ruins 
   Saturday: Sanctuary Hills 

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

Interactions
	This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed.
	This character is a permanent companion. They grant the - perk.
	This character is a temporary companion.
	This character starts quests.	-
	This character is involved in quests.	-
	This character is a doctor.	Restores health. Removes radiation. Removes addictions.
	This character is a merchant.	252 Sells: weapons, apparel, aid, misc, junk, ammo
	This character can modify weapons.	-
	This character rents beds.	-.

Effects of player's actions

• If the Sole Survivor chooses the sarcastic response the first time they meet, she will give a discount.
• If the Survivor chooses to rob her at any point, she will not deal with them again.

Inventory

Apparel	Weapon	Other items
Padded blue jacket	Pipe pistol	YumYum Deviled Eggs

Notes

• Trashcan Carla sells shipments of oil, an important building material that is in high demand but short supply in early settlement building.
• Carla also frequently sells fusion cores, making her a good source to keep your power armor running.
• If Carla is present when the Sole Survivor encounters Wolfgang at Drumlin Diner and they end up defending Trudy, Carla will enter the gun battle on her side.
• If the Sole Survivor places a mine around their settlement, and Carla or her Brahmin steps on it, she will be killed and any benefits you have gotten from her will disappear.
• During a settlement attack, if she enters one of the Sole Survivor's power armors, they won't be able to get it back as there is no option to tell Carla to exit the power armor. However she can be found in Bunker Hill with the power armor right by her side. The Sole Survivor is then free to take the power armor without it being considered as a crime.
• Trashcan Carla generally runs off during a settlement attack instead of participating in the settlement's defense, often exclaiming "This ain't my fight!". However, she will defend herself if personally attacked.
• If the brahmin is killed, Carla will attack you. On death, the brahmin drops brahmin leather, along with some assorted junk items, and Carla will drop her jacket, along with some assorted items. If you have a powered siren built in your settlement, the siren will automatically trigger upon the death of the brahmin.

Appearances

Trashcan Carla appears only in Fallout 4.

Bugs

• PC If in Sanctuary Hills, Carla will stand in one place and be unable to move, but her pack brahmin still continues to travel the Commonwealth.^[verified]
  • Traveling to Drumlin Diner may cause her to appear there. However, returning to Sanctuary Hills at any point will cause Carla to reappear there.
• Playstation 4 When trading with her, a glitch occasionally occurs which results in the caps transaction not being accounted properly (making the Sole Survivor lose some caps). A workaround is to Quicksave prior to the transaction and accept each transaction individually, before proceeding to the next one. If this doesn't work, re-load your Quicksave and start again.^[verified]
• PC Occasionally, Carla's brahmin will be stuck in the geometry of a house and she will not move. Carla will still wander around and you can still interact with her.^[verified]
  • Solution: Fast travel to some distant location and don't go back to Sanctuary Hills for at least 24 ingame hours.
• Playstation 4 When fast traveling to Sanctuary Hills after interacting with Carla, or even possibly being nearby her, she may teleport with you to Sanctuary Hills and stay there.^[verified]
• Playstation 4 When using the Reaper helm modification for any Automatron, there is a chance that when shooting at Trashcan Carla, it will decapitate her but not kill her. She will be unable to trade or talk to the player after she has lost her head. ^{[verification overdue]}

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