The state of Leonida
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Grand Theft Auto VI is set in the state of Leonida, home of Vice City. Rockstar has introduced six of its regions so far. This guide goes through them one by one: what Rockstar has said about each, what it has shown, and where it lies, as far as that is known.
Before launch
What is official
Before launch, Rockstar's site had no world map. It introduces the regions in words and screenshots, and gives no figures for the size of the map; the one official map was printed on a poster in a collector's box. On November 3, 2026, Rockstar announced a free printable poster with a map of Leonida for its site on November 19, launch day, and a printed copy from the Rockstar Store shortly after.[3]
So this page says where a region lies only when Rockstar has said or shown it. The maps that fans have pieced together from trailers and screenshots are left out: however good, they are guesses.
Rockstar does not say what Leonida is modelled on. Our own reading: Vice City has long stood in for Miami in the series, and a state of beaches, keys and wetlands with a national park in the north looks a lot like Florida.
- Regions
- Six profiled so far: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga[1]
- World map
- None on Rockstar's site before launch. A map of Leonida is printed on the back of the souvenir poster in the Vice City Collection, the collector's box[2]
- Printable map
- Rockstar announced on November 3, 2026 that a free printable cover-art poster and map of Leonida would be added to its official site on November 19, launch day, with a double-sided printed version from the Rockstar Store shortly after[3]
- Size
- Not stated: Rockstar has given no figures for the map[2]
- Nickname
- The Goodtime State[4]
“Everything in Excess”
Vice City
Rockstar's page for Vice City says the 1980s are long gone, but that the city is still America's capital of sun and fun. It sums the place up as the whole country's glamour, hustle and greed in one city.[5]
Each neighbourhood has something of its own to offer, and Rockstar has named several of them.
Where it is
On the coast: it has an ocean beach and a cruise port. Rockstar has not said where in the state the city lies.
Places named there
- Ocean Beach
- Art deco hotels in pastel colours along a beach of white sand.[5]
- Little Cuba
- Known for its busy panaderías, the Cuban bakeries.[5]
- Tisha-Wocka flea market
- The place for bootleg brands.[5]
- VC Port
- The port. Rockstar calls it the world's cruise ship capital.[5]
- Shore Court garage
- A personal garage close to the sand of Ocean Beach, with a weapon locker. It comes with the pre-order bonus '55 Vapid Stanier.[4]
- See: '55 Vapid Stanier
- Southside Vice City
- Home of a gang that Rockstar counts among Southside's loudest and most socially active. Raiding its compound is one of the extras in the Ultimate Edition.[4]
People
Vehicles
- '55 Vapid Stanier
- The pre-order bonus sedan. Its garage, Shore Court, is a short walk from the sand of Ocean Beach.[4]
“Gateway to Paradise”
Leonida Keys
The Keys are a tropical archipelago where nobody dresses up and the bars are well stocked. Life here is easy rather than flashy.[6]
The catch is the sea. Rockstar calls the waters on the islands' doorstep some of the most beautiful, and most dangerous, in America.
This is smuggling country: Brian Heder has been running drugs here since the trade was at its height, and Jason Duval works for the local drug runners.
Where it is
A chain of islands. Rockstar's screenshots show a road bridge carrying cars from one island to the next, and a seaplane overhead.
People
“Welcome to the Wetlands”
Grassrivers
Grassrivers is a vast, ancient wetland. Rockstar calls it the jewel in Leonida's crown, and one that cannot be tamed.[7]
The alligators are the famous attraction. The profile promises deadlier predators than those, and stranger finds, among the mangroves.
Rockstar's screenshots of the region show airboats, hunters posing with their kill and a police chase through the swamp.
Where it is
Within sight of Vice City: one of Rockstar's screenshots of the region has the city's skyline on the horizon.
“Live Hard”
Port Gellhorn
Port Gellhorn lies on what Rockstar calls Leonida's forgotten coast. It was once a popular place for a holiday. The tourists have gone, and what they left behind is motels at bargain rates, attractions that have shut and strip malls with nobody in them.[8]
What keeps the place going now, by Rockstar's account, is painkillers, malt liquor and energy drinks from the truck stop. The profile's advice is to get on a dirt bike and keep a hand on your wallet.
Where it is
On the coast. Rockstar calls it the forgotten coast, and has not said which side of the state that is.
“Keeping Leonida Sweet”
Ambrosia
Ambrosia is, in Rockstar's phrase, the heart of Leonida: a place of industry and old-school values that holds on to both whatever they cost.[9]
The jobs come from the Allied Crystal sugar refinery. Nearly everything else, Rockstar says, comes from the local biker gang. Its page describes Ambrosia as where the fight over the state's health and wealth starts.
Where it is
In the heart of Leonida, as Rockstar puts it. It does not say whether that means the middle of the map.
Places named there
- Allied Crystal sugar refinery
- Where the jobs are.[9]
“Wild, Wild Country”
Mount Kalaga
Mount Kalaga is a national landmark on Leonida's northern border, and the place to go for room to breathe: off-road trails, hunting and fishing.[10]
The backwoods around it are thick. By Rockstar's account they hide mystics and radicals who want to live well out of the government's sight.
Rockstar's screenshots of the park show deer, a cougar, a kayak and dirt bikes in the mud. The Ultimate Edition's '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy is sold as an off-roader for these backwoods.
Where it is
On the state's northern border, according to Rockstar's page.
Vehicles
- '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy
- The Ultimate Edition's Mud Club off-roader, which Rockstar sells as made for the backwoods of Mount Kalaga.[4]
Not placed yet
Other places Rockstar has named
These names turn up on Rockstar's pages without a word on which region they belong to.
- Leonida Penitentiary
- The prison Lucia Caminos was held in.[11]
- Stockyard
- Home of the Stock 305 clothing store and the Electric Fang Tattoo parlour, both open only with the Ultimate Edition.[4]
- Watson Bay
- Site of the Paradise Garage, which comes with the Ultimate Edition's '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy.[4]
- See: '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy
- Lake Leonida
- Home of One-Eyed Willie's, an off-road mod shop that is open only with the Ultimate Edition.[4]
- Gambit Bay
- A place to fish, going by the description of the Ultimate Edition's Shitzu Squalo boat.[4]
- See: Shitzu Squalo
- Shore Drive
- A road for cruising, named with the pre-order bonus '55 Vapid Stanier and the Ultimate Edition's '95 Grotti Cheetah.[4]
- See: '55 Vapid Stanier, '95 Grotti Cheetah
Coming next
After launch
Once the game is out, this page grows into a guide to each region: the missions that take place there, and the vehicles and weapons to be found in it. Until then it holds only what Rockstar has confirmed.
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Sources
The facts on this page come from Rockstar Games' own pages, retold in our words. Last checked .
- Only in Leonida: people and places (Rockstar Games)
- Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
- Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Load Begins on November 10 (Rockstar Newswire)
- Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition and pre-order bonuses (Rockstar Games)
- Vice City (Rockstar Games)
- Leonida Keys (Rockstar Games)
- Grassrivers (Rockstar Games)
- Port Gellhorn (Rockstar Games)
- Ambrosia (Rockstar Games)
- Mount Kalaga (Rockstar Games)
- Lucia Caminos (Rockstar Games)