All posts by Master Strategist

Hey y'all! I've been obsessed with Wildlands for the past few weeks, and I've been battling Santa Blanca left and right even after beating the story.

At some point, I took pause to wonder if the entire cartel rank-and-file is Mexican (that would be a heck of a migration wave from Central to South America!), or if some of the average sicarios are Bolivian or other Latin American nationalities. I know many of Bookhart's trainers are from other Latin American countries, and some in-game texts hint that the cartel "recruits" in Bolivia, but I'm wondering how much of the cartel actually comes from Mexico vs. how many members are recruited from other Latin American countries. If anyone is better versed in Wildlands lore than I am, I'd love to learn more!

After you complete the Wildlands story, either with the good or bad ending, are your open-world activities canon?

I know that Bowman says that the Santa Blanca Cartel splintered into the Nueva Frontera Cartel, Barrio Familia, and Los Hijos del Sueño cartels in the "bad" ending, while, in the "good" ending, the cartel is fully dismantled. That being said, when you return to open-world play, you often deal with Santa Blanca remnants at their usual bases and can continue to attack their radio towers, sicarios, convoys, etc.

I'm wondering, in the opinion of diehard fans, do you think that (even with the good ending) you're canonically battling Santa Blanca splintergroups across the map in the postgame? And, if so, might they be the Central American replacements El Sueño theorized, considering that they may represent a new wave of Santa Blanca recruits? I look forward to hearing your thoughts!