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A Kind and Benevolent Despot, Red Dead Redemption 2 Mission

Walkthrough for the mission A Kind and Benevolent Despot in the game Red Dead Redemption 2. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the mission smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.

Quest Group: Chapter 5 - Guarma

Category: Story Mission

Prerequisites: To play this mission, you must first complete the mission Welcome to the New World.

In order to start this mission you need to complete the Welcome to the New World mission and then talk to the Dutch who is waiting for you near the waterfall.

With the help of a local, Gloria, Dutch and Arthur infiltrate Fussar's compound to rescue Javier.

A Kind and Benevolent Despot

A Kind and Benevolent Despot

Gold Medal Checklist

Objectives of A Kind and Benevolent Despot

1. Follow Dutch

Follow Dutch to the cave entrance.

Follow Dutch

When you reach the entrance to the cave, you'll meet Gloria. Dutch will pay her by giving her the last gold bar he owns and together you will go into the cave.

Follow Dutch

2. Follow Gloria through the caves / Lift the broken gate with Dutch / Approach Dutch

Follow Gloria through the caves until you reach the metal grate gate.

Follow Gloria through the caves / Lift the broken gate with Dutch / Approach Dutch

Help Dutch to open the gate.

Follow Gloria through the caves / Lift the broken gate with Dutch / Approach Dutch

On the other side, Gloria will start threatening Dutch with a knife, asking for more money. Dutch will disarm her, then strangle her.

Follow Gloria through the caves / Lift the broken gate with Dutch / Approach Dutch

3. Follow Dutch / Sneak up on the guards / Kill the guard on the right / Pick up the body / Drop the body in the bushes

Keep following Dutch. You'll see Javier being dragged into the prison cage, and getting beat on a bit.

Follow Dutch / Sneak up on the guards / Kill the guard on the right / Pick up the body / Drop the body in the bushes

Sneak up on the guard on the right and take him out him with a knife. Dutch will take care of the other guard.

Follow Dutch / Sneak up on the guards / Kill the guard on the right / Pick up the body / Drop the body in the bushes

Then pick up the guard's body and take it to the nearby bushes.

Follow Dutch / Sneak up on the guards / Kill the guard on the right / Pick up the body / Drop the body in the bushes

4. Follow Dutch / Take cover / Wait for the guards to leave / Take out the guard on the left

Follow Dutch into the building and get against the opposite side of the door Dutch hides against.

Follow Dutch / Take cover / Wait for the guards to leave / Take out the guard on the left

Wait for one of the guards to go to the other side, approach the guard on the left side quietly and kill him quietly.

Follow Dutch / Take cover / Wait for the guards to leave / Take out the guard on the left

Follow Dutch / Take cover / Wait for the guards to leave / Take out the guard on the left

5. Approach Dutch / Sabotage the sugar refinery with Dutch

Now you have to help Dutch to sabotage the refinery to cause a distraction.

Close the shutters.

Approach Dutch / Sabotage the sugar refinery with Dutch

Slash the sugar sack.

Approach Dutch / Sabotage the sugar refinery with Dutch

Turn / release the valve.

Approach Dutch / Sabotage the sugar refinery with Dutch

6. Regroup with Dutch / Wait outside for Dutch / Follow Dutch

Exit the building and wait for Dutch, then follow him, take cover behind the well and then wait for the explosion at the refinery.

Regroup with Dutch / Wait outside for Dutch / Follow Dutch

Regroup with Dutch / Wait outside for Dutch / Follow Dutch

7. Go to Javier / Defend Javier / Cover Dutch

When the refinery explodes, run straight to Javier.

Go to Javier / Defend Javier / Cover Dutch

Dutch will open the lock and grab Javier from the inside of the cage. As soon as you get close to the cage, the guards will start shooting at you. You should start shooting at them and collect the first headshots needed to earn the gold medal. You need to hurry becouse the counter that measures the time to one of the requirements to get the gold medal will start counting down the time.

Go to Javier / Defend Javier / Cover Dutch

For a while, you and Dutch will be eliminating the soldiers together.

Go to Javier / Defend Javier / Cover Dutch

After a while, Dutch will take Javier on his back and start moving towards the rear gate.

8. Escape the compound with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

Dutch will move under the arcades of a stone building and head towards the rear gate.

Escape the compound  with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

Go ahead and eliminate the opponents who stand in your way.

Escape the compound  with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

At some point the Dutch will stop and start shooting at the soldiers on the road. Help him.

Escape the compound  with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

Run through the gate towards the sugar cane field.

Escape the compound  with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

When you run out of the compound, Dutch will turn into a sugar cane field. You should keep running near him. If you're close enough, he'll keep moving forward.

Escape the compound  with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

Watch the minimap. When some opponents chasing you approach you, turn around and shoot them.

Escape the compound  with Dutch / Escape through the sugar cane fields with Dutch

9. Hold off the remaining guards

Eventually you will reach the river and Dutch will tell you to stop and take care of the remaining soldiers who are chasing you.

Hold off the remaining guards

Find a cover behind a large rock and shoot at incoming soldiers.

Hold off the remaining guards

Watch out especially for those who will shoot at you from above.

Hold off the remaining guards

When you kill them all, the mission will end.

After completing this mission, you will be able to play the mission Hell Hath No Fury.