Dear Uncle Tacitus

Red Dead Redemption 2 missionDear Uncle Tacitus
Game	Red Dead Redemption 2
Chapter	Chapter 5 - Guarma
Start	Van Horn Trading Post
End	Lakay
Given by	Dutch van der Linde
Location	Shady Belle, Bayou Nwa
Progression
Unlocked by	"Paradise Mercifully Departed"
Unlocks	"Fleeting Joy"

Dear Uncle Tacitus is a mission in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Mission Overview

Arthur heads for Shady Belle to try to track down the rest of the gang.

Story

Arthur boards the boat heading from Guarma back to the United States. He is instructed by Dutch to ride to Shady Belle and look for any sign of the gang when they reach the country. As the boat arrives across the river from Van Horn Trading Post, Arthur is given the option to take a hitched Hungarian Half-bred on the street and head to Shady Belle to find out where the Van der Linde gang has gone. Upon arriving at Shady Belle, Arthur finds a letter in one of the rooms on the first floor written by "Caroline" (Sadie Adler), that instructs Arthur to travel to Lakay, a small swamp town north of Saint Denis. However, after Arthur reads the letter, Pinkertons arrive, with the same objective as Arthur. The player can either sneak past the agents or murder them. Either way, Arthur will head to Lakay following the encounter and reunite with the rest of the gang.

Gold Medal Objectives

• Leave Shady Belle without being detected by the Pinkertons.
• Complete within 8 minutes.

Deaths

• Agent Bunter (optional) - Can be killed by Arthur during his exit from Shady Belle.
• Agent Johns (optional) - Can be killed by Arthur during his exit from Shady Belle.
• Agent Orly (optional) - Can be killed by Arthur during his exit from Shady Belle.
• Unnamed Pinkerton Agent (optional) - Can be killed by Arthur during his exit from Shady Belle.

Video Walkthroughs

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Trivia

• The player can skip most of this mission by heading straight for Lakay instead of going to Shady Belle.
• It is possible to save the Guarma outfit after the mission. The player must head to the general store during the mission, buy any hat and save it as a "custom outfit" along with the attire.
• The song that plays in the background while Arthur is riding back to Shady Belle is an extended version of "Unshaken" by D'Angelo. The original version can be heard in The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack.
• If the player heads to the Old Light Saloon, the missing person poster of Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister posted outside of it will be replaced with the bounty poster for Benedict Allbright. This is one of the only times in the game when Allbright's poster can be observed on a wall, outside of his bounty hunting mission.
• If Arthur waits long enough and doesn't read Sadie's letter, one of the Pinkerton agents can be seen and heard reading it.
• Once Arthur returns from Guarma he will look underweight whether he has average or perfect weight. His eyes will also look red and have bags on them, indicating his future illness.
• Arthur will have around $450 in his possession after returning from Guarma.
• If the player wishes, they can steal one of the Pinkertons' horses to leave Shady Belle instead of their Hungarian Half-bred.