“Smiling Larry always has something you need.”
Smiling Larry is a traveling merchant that can be randomly encountered in the Commonwealth in 2287.
Background[]
Larry can be recruited as a weapons vendor and sent to an allied settlement when the total linked settlement population reaches 30. When asked about his story, he says "People want something, Smiling Larry finds it and brings it to them. The whole Commonwealth knows me."
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
| Interactions | ||
|---|---|---|
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This character is involved in random encounters. | |
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This character is a merchant. | Sells: misc, weapons |
Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items |
|---|---|---|
| Farmhand clothes Battered fedora |
Possible encounter locations[]
- He may be found walking along the railroad under the rope bridge near Tenpines Bluff.
- Can be encountered near Reeb Marina.
- Can be encountered along the road south of Cambridge Polymer Labs.
- He can also be found walking along the road just southwest of Parsons Creamery.
- Can be found walking the road South of Med-Tek Research.
- Northeast of Boston Police rationing site at a Red Rocket.
Notes[]
- Larry may not offer the dialogue to recruit him if there is no weapons shop in the settlement.
- When assigned to a weapons shop, Larry sells Reckoning, a unique Ripper with the Sentinel's Legendary effect.
- Larry can be assigned to a weapons emporium in a settlement that will upgrade it to a level 4 weapons emporium.
- Smiling Larry does not have a "trade" option so weapons he may take during settlement attacks cannot be retrieved. On PC, his inventory can only be managed via the console commands openactorcontainer 1.
Appearances[]
Smiling Larry appears only in Fallout 4.
Behind the scenes[]
Smiling Larry may be a reference to Happy Harry, a weapon merchant from Fallout 2.
Bugs[]
If Larry disappears after being sent to a settlement, he may end up in the "Quick test cell" limbo which is a very small test room, with other random NPC's such as Scribe, Ness, Mister Gutsy's, etc. Ness will be hostile and may possibly kill any non-essential NPC. If he disappears, use player.moveto 2f2a7 to find him and other NPC.[verified]- Some Level 4 Merchants won't travel to or stay at your settlement after being assigned there. Solution: after the merchant has been assigned, disable them and any other traveling companions they spawned with, such as accompanying mercenaries (prid [Ref ID] disable); fast travel away from the area they spawned in; then walk, don't fast travel, back to that exact same area and a different random encounter should occur, such as wild mongrels or synths; if so, re-enable the merchant (prid [Ref ID] enable); fast travel to your settlement; and finally, move the merchant to you (prid [Ref ID] moveto player). Now the merchant should stay put.[verified]
- As of patch 1.9.4.0 Smiling Larry now shows up at his assigned settlement and works properly.
- It is likely that Larry will never appear at a settlement once hired.[verified]
- It is possible to assign him to tasks by using the console: target him with prid 0002f2a7, enter setpv bCommandable 1, setpv bAllowMove 1 and setpv bAllowCaravan 1, then fast travel to a remote location and return, after that you will be able to command him using the workshop menu.
- Another solution is to head to the settlement where he is wanted, type prid 0002f2a7 in the console to select Larry, then disable, enable, and finally moveto player.
- It is possible for Smiling Larry to spawn dead. [verified]
- Sometimes the option to recruit Smiling Larry to your settlement isn't there. Instead, it is replaced with the 'curious' option when speaking to him. The same problem could also apply to The Scribe. [verified]
- On PC, this problem can be worked around by traveling to the settlement at which you want to recruit Smiling Larry; using prid 0002f2a7, moveto player, Addkeyword workshopallowcommand, Addkeyword workshopallowmove, setpv bcommandable 1, setpv ballowmove 1, setpv ballowcaravan 1; "moving" Smiling Larry to the settlement using the workshop menu; and when the option becomes available after a short while, assigning Smiling Larry to a task using the workshop menu.
- The cause of this problem is when the settlement's workshop count for the type of workshop required is below 0. This can be checked by using the console and typing help workshopvendorweapons 3 . If the console shows that this value is less than 0, store and then place the Weapon Emporium over and over until the value is greater than 0. I recommend this solution since the first work-around is finicky and frequently results in the inability to assign Smiling Larry.
Gallery[]
Smiling Larry near Tenpines Bluff
Larry's mercenary bodyguards
Larry's caravan (pack brahmin and mercenaries)
Smiling Larry at Reeb Marina
