A Kind and Benevolent Despot is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Mission Overview[]
With the help of a local, Gloria, Dutch and Arthur infiltrate Fussar's compound to rescue Javier.
Story[]
Arthur meets Dutch at a narrow ledge in a cliff. Dutch hands Arthur a flaming torch and they slowly make their way across the cliff. Arthur asks where they are going to go after leaving Guarma and Dutch says that they will head back to Saint Denis in the US, as that is the least place anyone will expect them to go. Arthur is baffled and skeptical at this idea despite Dutch's reassurances. The duo arrive at the entrance to a cave, where they are greeted by an old woman named Gloria, who Dutch pays in gold to guide them through the cave.
As they head through the cave, Arthur asks what else happened during the bank robbery that he never saw, and Dutch wonders with suspicion why Hosea and Lenny were both killed but John was spared and imprisoned and how Abigail managed to escape. Upon reaching a ladder, Gloria demands more money, but Dutch had already paid her with the last gold bar he had. She pulls a knife on him, but she is uncharacteristically choked to death by Dutch, much to Arthur's shock and dismay.
As they climb up the ladder, Arthur questions Dutch's murderous actions and Dutch replies that he will do whatever it takes to ensure that the gang survive. Outside Aguasdulces, they see Javier being dragged by a donkey and mocked by Colonel Fussar and his soldiers. After killing two guards, the pair sneak into the refinery and sabotage the compound sugar production, ripping open bags of sugar and setting the place on fire with the furnace to create a distraction. After the building explodes, they free Javier and fight their way out of the compound. With Dutch carrying an unconscious Javier, they run through the sugar fields while Arthur holds off the men chasing them.
They cross a small stream, and Dutch tells Arthur to hold off the men, then meet him at the fortress in Cinco Torres. Arthur kills the last of the men and departs.
Gold Medal Objectives[]
- Get Javier to safety in under 2 minutes.
- Get 10 headshots.
Deaths[]
- Gloria - Strangled to death by Dutch van der Linde for demanding more money and brandishing a knife at him.
- Numerous Guarma guards - Killed by Arthur Morgan and Dutch van der Linde.
Missable Items in the Mission[]
- Sun Hat
Trivia[]
- Depending on Arthur's honor, there will be slightly different dialogue between him and Dutch after Gloria is killed:
- If 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.
- If Arthur's honor is low, he will simply ask if Dutch is alright and that the gang have probably all gone rotten.
- Oddly, neither Dutch nor Arthur stop to retrieve the gold bar stolen from the Saint Denis bank following Gloria's death.
- If the player returns to Gloria, they will find that she cannot be looted.
- If 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[1]. 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.
- If "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.
- If 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.
- After 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.