GTA 6 Leonida Keys Map

What Rockstar says about the GTA 6 Leonida Keys

Rockstar's GTA 6 Leonida Keys entry describes island life that is easy rather than flashy, and its tagline says the rest: "The dress code is casual, the bars are loaded."¹

The real draw is the water. Rockstar says the islands sit next to some of the prettiest and most dangerous water in the country. Rockstar's full write-up of the islands sits on its Only in Leonida page.

GTA 6 Leonida Keys screenshots

GTA 6 Leonida Keys screenshots on Rockstar's region page carry Rockstar's own captions, which describe these scenes:¹

• An iguana walking in front of a mobility scooter.
• A seaplane over the water, and behind it a bridge with cars joining two islands.
• A crowded beach bar.
• Two scuba divers among coral, fish, an eel and a sea turtle.
• A boat party with a flamingo pool float and jet skis.

GTA 6 Leonida Keys vs the real Florida Keys

PC Gamer's map guide points out that the real Florida Keys sit just south of Miami and the Everglades⁴, which Game Informer ties to Vice City and Grassrivers.² Rockstar's own pages never say Florida, though they do call the whole state the sunshine state, which is Florida's real nickname.¹

That is why the map on this page draws the Leonida Keys as an island chain off the south tip of the state, though Rockstar hasn't shown where they sit in Leonida. More reported matches across the state are on the GTA 6 real-life locations page.

Who works in the GTA 6 Leonida Keys

Jason Duval, one of GTA 6's two playable leads, works in the Leonida Keys for local drug runners.¹ Rockstar's profile says he joined the Army to get away from a troubled youth and now wonders whether it's time for a change.

His boss, Brian Heder, is a drug runner from the "golden age" of smuggling in the Keys, in Rockstar's words.¹ He still moves product through his boat yard with his third wife, Lori, and gets other people to do his dirty work. Jason lives in one of Brian's properties without paying rent, in return for help with local shakedowns.

Cal Hampton, Jason's friend, works for Brian too, though Rockstar doesn't say where he lives. Its profile describes him as a homebody and conspiracy theorist who listens in on Coast Guard radio over a few beers.¹ The whole cast is on the GTA 6 characters page, and Jason has a page of his own.

Diving and boats in the GTA 6 Leonida Keys

Diving is the activity Rockstar ties most clearly to the GTA 6 Leonida Keys, since the region's scuba shot is the only underwater scene on any of its six region pages.¹ The Launch Gallery adds a lionfish swimming near a diver.⁵

Game Informer's activity list, as reported by VGC, includes scuba diving, jet skiing and kayaking, and its count of more than 170 animal species takes in sharks, whales and jellyfish.²

On the surface, Edge reports that wind and weather change the water, and that the shelter of an island or a building can calm a stretch of it and change how a boat handles in a bay or near the shore.⁶

The only boats Rockstar has named so far are two Ultimate Edition extras: the Shitzu Squalo speedboat and the Crest Kayak.⁷ The Squalo docks at Washington Beach and is pitched for fishing in Gambit Bay, but Rockstar hasn't said which region either spot is in. The GTA 6 cars list covers the rest of the named vehicles.