Carlyle St. Clair III

 is a person living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. He owns Carlyle St. Clair's House.

Background
Carlyle St. Clair was going to be the main course for Mortimer's banquet at the Ultra-Luxe, but when the White Glove Society attempted to kidnap Carlyle, he escaped, he hasn't left his house since the attempt.

Quests

 * Beyond the Beef: The player needs to find him in order to use him as an acceptable replacement for Ted Gunderson, if you chose to take the path of saving Ted Gunderson.
 * With the Confirmed Bachelor perk, he can be lured into the dumpster by proposing that you have sex with him there.
 * If you have 45 Medicine skill you can tell him to breathe deeply three times then blow on his thumb, which causes him to pass out.
 * If you have 7 strength you can apply a sleeper hold.
 * Or you can simply walk up to him and take him out.

Location
He is located at Carlyle St. Clair's House, which is directly northeast of Freeside's North Gate, and directly north of Crimson Caravan Company.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Once you get to the shack, he usually is not there. One solution has worked on PC, but you still may not have access to Carlyle's dialogue tree. Enter the following into the console:, ,
 * Try knocking out Carlyle, drag his body to the dumpster, and see if the dumpster will let you put his body in. If this doesn't work, enter the following line into the console just after the lines above and then go try knocking him out again after starting the quest over again. This means that you will have to go back to Mortimer and start the events over, and the characters that may have died previously will still be dead.
 * Choosing to pistol whip Carlyle St. Clair can sometimes kill him, causing you to immediately fail Beyond the Beef. Try using console command.
 * If the dumpster is closed, pick up Carlyle and drag him to the dumpster, aim at the edge of the dumpster, from the side, and you should see "Store body" as the use function of the container.