A Kind and Benevolent Despot
Dutch van der Linde
With the help of a local, Gloria, Dutch and Arthur infiltrate Fussar's compound to rescue Javier.
- Mission giver
- Dutch van der Linde
- Playable
- Not stated
- Location
- Aguasdulces, Guarma
- Target
- Not stated
- Unlocked by
- Not stated
- Unlocks
- Not stated
Player notes
Arthur meets Dutch van der Linde on a narrow ledge at Arroyo de la Vibora. Carrying a torch, they edge along the cliff toward a cave while Dutch says the gang should return to Saint Denis once they escape Guarma. Arthur doubts the plan. Inside, Dutch pays the local woman Gloria with a gold bar to guide them through the passage. He also voices suspicions about how John Marston was captured while Abigail Roberts escaped after the Saint Denis bank robbery.
At a ladder, Gloria demands further payment and draws a knife when Dutch cannot provide it. Dutch disarms her and strangles her to death. Arthur is shaken by what he sees and challenges Dutch as they climb out near Aguasdulces. From cover, they watch Colonel Fussar's men humiliate Javier Escuella, who is being dragged behind a donkey. Dutch and Arthur silently kill two guards, conceal the bodies and enter Fussar's sugar refinery.
They sabotage the refinery by opening its valve, cutting sugar bags and closing the shutters. Dutch ignites the furnace, and the ensuing blast draws the guards away. The pair rush to Javier, free him from his cage and fight out of the compound. Dutch carries the unconscious Javier through the sugar fields while Arthur holds off the pursuit. At a stream, Dutch takes Javier toward Cinco Torres and orders Arthur to delay the remaining soldiers. Arthur kills the pursuers, then withdraws to La Capilla.
Trivia
- โDepending on Arthur's honor, there will be slightly different dialogue between him and Dutch after Gloria is killed:
- โIf Arthur's honor is high, he will remind Dutch that he keeps killing people and asks if he will strangle him next after they climb outside.
- โIf Arthur's honor is low, he will simply ask if Dutch is alright and that the gang have probably all gone rotten.
- โOddly, neither Dutch nor Arthur stop to retrieve the gold bar stolen from the Saint Denis bank following Gloria's death.
- โIf the player returns to Gloria, they will find that she cannot be looted despite the minimap showing her dead.
- โIf the player vaults the wall they face upon exiting the refinery, they can freely explore the entire Guarma area without failing the mission as long they don't produce any noise through firepower.
- โIf the player tries to shoot at Fussar or any of his soldiers after the cutscene plays, the mission will fail and there will be another cutscene where Javier gets killed by the guards. Even if the player manages to kill all the guards using trainers or external scripts, two guards will spawn to shoot Javier, leading to a failure.
- โIf "Savagery Unleashed" is done before this mission, Arthur will tell Dutch that the situation with the workers is done with. If done before "Savagery Unleashed", Dutch will ask Arthur if he saved the workers in which Arthur will say he will afterwards.
- โIf the player tries to return to the entrance of the cave system that Arthur and Dutch use at the beginning of the mission after the mission's completion, they will be shot by an invisible sniper while they try to make their way across the extended narrow ledge that leads to the cave entrance.
- โAfter completing the mission, if the player returns to Aguasdulces and climbs back down the ladder at the end point of the tunnel system, Gloria's body will have vanished, while the metal gate that Dutch and Arthur open during the mission will once again be firmly locked.
- โIf "Savagery Unleashed" is completed before this mission, the mission "Hell Hath No Fury" will start automatically.
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Last verified September 14, 2026