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Lakay
Lakay is situated in the Bayou Nwa swamplands of Lemoyne, located north of Saint Denis and southeast of Lagras. It serves as the Van der Linde gang's temporary camp hideout during Chapter 5 after the survivors regroup from Guarma. It functions as a gang camp for only a brief period before the Pinkerton assault forces the gang to abandon it for Beaver Hollow. The location hosts the Chapter 5 main story mission "Fleeting Joy," where Arthur defends the camp from a Pinkerton Gatling gun raid.
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- Type
- location
- Region
- Lemoyne
- Where
- Bayou Nwa swamplands north of Saint Denis and southeast of Lagras
- Getting there
- Ride north out of Saint Denis or southeast from Lagras into the Bayou Nwa swamps
- What's there
- Tiny Church: A miniature chapel point of interest located north of the settlement huts that Arthur sketches into his journal
- Collectibles
- Cat Skull Mask: Inside the collapsed, flooded wooden shack on the settlement's northern edge
- Landmarks of Riches Treasure Map 2: Inside the bell tower on the roof of the Tiny Church north of Lakay
- Missions
- Fleeting Joy · story · Chapter 5: Guarma
- That's Murfree Country · story · Chapter 5: Guarma
- In the guide
- •Part 4 of the stranger mission strand Arcadia for Amateurs takes place directly north of Lakay.
Story and background
Story and background
History
Lakay is an isolated, small settlement consisting of dilapidated wooden dwellings and flooded shacks amidst the swamp waters of Bayou Nwa. The surrounding swamplands are home to alligators, rare flora such as the Queen's Orchid and Rat Tail Orchid, and dangerous Night Folk. A miniature chapel known as the Tiny Church stands just north of the hamlet's huts.
Story events here
During Chapter 5, Arthur Morgan tracks the surviving members of the gang to Lakay at the conclusion of the mission "Dear Uncle Tacitus." In the following mission, "Fleeting Joy," Arthur reunites with the gang members just before Andrew Milton and a squad of Pinkerton detectives launch a raid with a Gatling gun. Arthur, Sadie Adler, and Bill Williamson repel the assault, eliminate the attacking agents, and commandeer the weapon. Recognizing the site is compromised, the gang immediately initiates the mission "That's Murfree Country," where Dutch sends Arthur and Charles Smith from Lakay to secure a new campsite at Beaver Hollow. It provides a temporary regrouping point for the survivors after the disastrous Saint Denis bank robbery. Sadie Adler led the surviving members to hide at Lakay after their previous camp at Shady Belle was compromised.
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