where it begins

Port Gellhorn

A faded beach town where pills are easier to find than fun

Port Gellhorn is a once-popular Gulf Coast beach town gone to seed, and the place where Rockstar says Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos's story begins. Confirmed

Overview

Rockstar describes a population running on cheap liquor and truck-stop energy drinks, in a place where pills are easier to find than fun. The contrast with Vice City's Ocean Beach, a drive down the coast, is the point.

What the screenshots show

Dusk over a row of motels, neon signs at night, shirtless men with full-torso tattoos, a backyard wrestling ring, and a fist fight outside a motel. The Extended Look's backyard wrestling clip is set here. There are no club colours and no patches, just heat, dirt bikes and poverty. Speculation

Official screenshots

Port Gellhorn at dusk, official screenshot.
Port Gellhorn at dusk, official screenshot.
A neon sign in Port Gellhorn at night, official screenshot.
A neon sign in Port Gellhorn at night, official screenshot.
Port Gellhorn at sunset from above, official screenshot.
Port Gellhorn at sunset from above, official screenshot.
Port Gellhorn, official screenshot.
Port Gellhorn, official screenshot.

Questions

Where does GTA 6 start?

Port Gellhorn, a faded Gulf Coast beach town, is where Rockstar says the story begins. Jason's home is in the Leonida Keys.

Sources and further reading

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Last updated 2026-10-18.

Leonida
Leonida is the fictional state GTA 6 is set in: Vice City, the Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga.
Leonida Keys
The Leonida Keys are a bridge-linked island chain south of the mainland, where Jason lives and the smuggling happens.
Jason Duval
Jason Duval is one of GTA 6's two playable leads: an ex-Army man running product for smugglers in the Leonida Keys.
Lucia Caminos
Lucia Caminos is the first woman to lead a mainline GTA outright: a fighter fresh out of prison who intends to make only smart moves.

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