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Grassrivers

Grassrivers is a wild wetland region in GTA 6, home to gators, deadlier predators and strange discoveries in the mangroves.

Key facts

Type
Region
Part of
Leonida
Inspired by
Florida Everglades (as reported by the press; not stated by Rockstar)
A mud covered pickup chased through the swamp by a police SUV and helicopter, with an alligator nearby
© Rockstar Games

Rockstar’s tagline for Grassrivers is Welcome to the Wetlands, and it calls the region the untamable jewel of Leonida’s crown. You never know what lies beneath the surface: the gators may be the most famous attraction, but Rockstar warns of far deadlier predators and weirder discoveries among the mangroves.

What the official screenshots show

Rockstar’s Grassrivers stills are all water, mud and wildlife. Its own image descriptions list:

  • a police helicopter and two police cars chasing a pickup through a swamp full of alligators, with an airboat behind
  • three people covered in mud posing on an airboat with a dead alligator and a wildcat, holding rifles
  • a top down view of two people in an airboat surrounded by gators, one aiming a gun at the closest
  • a speedboat heading for buildings on piers, with the Vice City skyline in the distance

That last shot suggests the wetlands sit within sight of the city. Rolling Stone describes the area as a swamp of gator filled water crossed by fanboats.

Buildings on stilts over the water in Grassrivers Stilt buildings in Grassrivers, with the Vice City skyline behind. © Rockstar Games

In the trailers

The swamp has featured since the first trailer. Kotaku’s Zack Zwiezen noted someone piloting an airboat through what looks like the Everglades, and Kotaku’s Alyssa Mercante also pointed to the Everglades as the trailer pulled away from the city. Rockstar has not named a real place itself.

In the 2026 Extended Look gameplay video, Kotaku spotted a pod of manatees swimming through Leonida’s swamps, along with airboat rides. See our Extended Look breakdown for more.

Wildlife and activities

Alligators and a wildcat appear in Rockstar’s images, and airboats show up in almost every shot. Our wildlife and side activities lists track what is confirmed.

What we don’t know yet

  • How large the wetlands are and how they connect to Vice City and the rest of Leonida.
  • What the “deadlier predators” Rockstar mentions actually are.
  • Whether hunting gators is a paid activity or just something people in the screenshots do.

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