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| “ | We are on the island of Guarma. Javier asked a local. It's an old sugar plantation island. Second island east of Cuba. | „ |
| —Dutch van der Linde to Arthur Morgan |
Guarma is a tropical island in Red Dead Redemption 2. It is the location in which Chapter Five of the game takes place.
The player cannot visit the island indefinitely after the mission, "Paradise Mercifully Departed".
Geography
Guarma is an island east of Cuba. The explorable regions of the territory are situated within a bay called Bahía de la Paz. Most of the area are beaches and shoreline where it slowly elevates up to the cliffs of Cinco Torres and Aguasdulces itself. A single river, Arroyo de la Vibora, flows into the bay where it is home to exotic bird species and other wild animals exclusive to the island.
Around Aguasdulces, sugar fields primarily encompass the landscape. Within its vicinity is La Capilla, a church. Opposite from the plantation is Cinco Torres, an old Spanish fort.
Description
Guarma is a primarily sugar plantation run by Colonel Fussar. It is a jungle island, as such, this is the only place where booby, parrot and certain crab species exist and live. It is administered by Cuba and uses mostly indentured servants and political prisoners to work on the plantations, both of which are slaves in all but name. Sometime before the year 1899, Fussar became the dictator of the island, and a Haitian named Hercule Fontaine started a revolution against him.
Events of Red Dead Redemption 2
After the failed bank heist in Saint Denis, Dutch, Arthur, Javier, Bill, and Micah sneak on-board a ship on the docks of Saint Denis in an attempt to escape the law. During their journey, a large storm hits, causing the ship to sink and Arthur to go overboard.
Arthur washes up on the shore of Guarma and searches for civilization. He comes upon the gang at a campfire but immediately after, the local military arrest them and transport them in shackles to jail. Along the way to the jail, the rebels bombard the soldiers with bullets. In the confusion, Arthur collects keys from a dead soldier's corpse and uses it to unlock the shackles. After killing off the guards leading them, Hercule Fontaine, the revolutionary leader tells the gang to follow him. As they rush away, Javier is shot by reinforcements, and they are forced to leave without him. Despite this, Hercule leads the remaining gang to a small rebel outpost, stocked with Bolt Action Rifles. Reinforcements soon arrive, but the gang and Hercule are ultimately victorious. They then proceed to a church turned rebel outpost called La Capilla.
After arriving at La Capilla, the gang rests for a short time, before setting out to find a way off the island. One of the two things they do to get off the island is Arthur and Dutch set out to rescue Javier. The two of them go to a cave where an old lady named Gloria is. Dutch pays her a gold ingot to lead them through the cave, up to a ladder that would bring them up to Aguasdulces. It is then that she demands more money, and when Dutch can't pay the rest of the promised money, she pulls a knife on him. Dutch then grabs her, and kills her, prompting a outburst from Arthur. The two of them then enter Aguasdulces, where they see Colonel Fussar and a group of soldiers, who are leading a donkey that is dragging Javier along. The pair quickly begins looking for ways to find a distraction, which they find in the sugar refinery. Dutch cuts up the bags of sugar, spilling it all over the floor, before they blow up the furnace. In the distraction, they fight their way to Javier. After Dutch picks him up, they flee the settlement, until they reach the river of Arroyo de la Vibora. At the river, Arthur tells Dutch to take Javier while he holds the bank. Waves of enemies assault his position, but Arthur prevails and departs.
The other thing they do to leave the island is to investigate a group of workers who have disappeared. Arthur is unfortunately captured, and imprisoned with two other militants. Arthur quickly kills the guards, and with one of the others slays the other soldiers in the camp, and rescued three rebels from execution.
After doing these two things, the gang goes to Cinco Torres. It is here, that they see a Cuban warship approaching, and swarms of enemies attacking. The gang and Hercule shoot at them from above, before sallying out and vanquishing them. They then rush back to the top and man the cannon as the warship approaches. After many shops, the warship falls, and they begin planning on making an escape off the island.
The gang is preparing to leave when they see a gun battery preventing their escape. Realizing it has to be silenced, the gang assaults the battery, and blows up the cannons. They then set out cutting their way to the ship. While fighting Aguasdulces, Arthur breaks into the worker's cabin to find the captain and is put on gunpoint by Levi Simon. Dutch breaks in, and puts Simon on gunpoint before Fussar aims his own gun at Dutch. The standoff ends when Arthur kicks the ship captain his rifle, and he shoots Simon dead. Fussar flees the cabin and runs. They then set out fighting their way to the ship in earnest, when they find Fussar has occupied the final tower with a large cannon. Arthur blows down the tower, killing him. The gang then departs the island at last.
Locations
Native Wildlife
- * - denotes as exclusive to the island. However, they are not required for 100% completion and also for trophies/achievements Skin Deep and Zoologist. However, they can be filled in the compendium.
Trivia
- Arthur/John can access the island outside of the mission via the Nuevo Paraiso glitch.
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