Hello,

One day I noticed that Trashcan Carla no longer appeared in Sanctuary Hills. I noticed her Brahmin lying dead in the road, just a short distance up from the bridge where one enters Sanctuary. However, Carla was nowhere to be found. I looked at the Diner and elsewhere, but no Carla.

Since I'm using a PC, I then decided to use a console command to resurrect the Brahmin. After doing that, the beast came to life, stood up and there was Carla who had been squashed under her pack animal. I used the same console command to resurrect her. To make sure she was alive and well, I purchased some ammo from her. All is well now, at least at this point. We'll see how this situation progresses.

I have no clue as to what killed the beast and squashed Carla underneath. I've had no attacks yet in Sanctuary. I've set up defenses, but I don't believe Carla and her pack beast were seen as an enemy. So what happened?

Fritz

I've encountered traveling merchants and some of my settlement provisioners being attacked on the road, but so far I haven't seen any of them die (although I did come across a body of a person named Alice, don't know what her story was since the raiders got her before I could help). I've wondered if merchants and/or provisioners could actually die in game. My provisoners I try to equip with the best guns/armor that I can spare since they will be on the road all the time. As far as Carla goes, I've seen her in Sanctuary without her Brahmin on occasion. She still sells her goods as usual, just no Brahmin. Do you know if it is possible to get Carla, or other traveling merchants, to run a merchant stall in a settlement? I thought I read somewhere that if you have the right perks, you can have an actual merchant run a stall instead of one of the settlers.

there are some legendary merchants who can raise your lvl 3 store to a lvl 4 but they aren't merchants until you assign them I dont think. There is also a traders tent for traveling traders, who will setup in a particular spot at your settlements when they come to visit.

I haven't tried this myself, but I have heard that you can wall Carla inside a structure that you build around her and she cannot leave.

My game seems bugged (in a useful way, for once) in that Carla just LIVES at Sanctuary. She's basically a free settler at this point that sells me useful Shipments every day.

My Carla is stuck at Sanctuary as well. Never leaves.

Oh the irony. IRL, it is possible for that to happen, and for this story to be shared is awesome!