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(click here to learn more)| La Mazmorra | |
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 The interior of the prison as seen in Mazmorra Rescue. | |
| Settlement in Solís | |
| Type | Military base/ Secret prison |
| Region | Riscos Altos |
| Biome | Desert |
| Missions that take place here | Mazmorra Rescue Meeting Lanza Morales |
La Mazmorra is a military base doubling as a prison and notable building in Just Cause 4.
Description[]
The in-game map description states: "A semi-mythical prison hidden away in the dunes. Few are ever released, and the ones who are do not speak of their time there."
The prison is also spoken of indirectly on the Solís Hoy radio, where it is mentioned that the Black Hand carry out arrests at night and that the imprisoned persons are rumored to be taken to a secret prison in the desert, that doesn't officially exist.
La Mazmorra translates from Spanish as "The Dungeon".
Above ground[]
As explained during the mission Mazmorra Rescue, there are 3 observation posts on the surrounding hills that watch over the seemingly normal small outpost in the middle. The middle outpost is actually there to guard the prison elevator and to store some vehicles and their fuel.
Underground[]
This is one of the most notable buildings in Solís, as there is no other military facility that go this deep underground.
Down from the elevator is a series of several large multi-story shafts that have cells in their walls.
The octagonal shaft areas of the prison are vaguely similar to the El Grande Fort, but the El Grande is not a single large room.
All cells are open towards the middle of the shafts, but there are no observations posts in the middle to make use of this arrangement as a panopticon. Instead the middle of each shaft has a big vertical pipe.
The missions here (or exploring the prison afterwards) are by far the most disorienting in the Just Cause game series so far. The shafts are marked as A, B and C, to give the impression that there's only 3 and the way that they're connected to each-other is as confusing as possible to disorient the player. Exploring the base from under the map has revealed that there are actually 6 shafts and it's impossible to make sense of them from the inside, because one shaft may have a giant closed door on one wall, but the corresponding wall on a neighboring shaft can have cells at that spot. When exploring from the outside, the last shaft (G) has a closed door leading outside of the underground box, meaning that in-universe there could be more than what is seen.
Completion[]
- Surveillance Airship.
- Speed Stunt - pass through the ring faster than 70 km/h.
Vehicles[]
- Cavalry Armored Truck in Black Hand and Army of Chaos camouflage before and after the mission respectively.
- Reptile AAV in Black Hand and Army of Chaos camouflage before and after the mission respectively.
- Vagabundo Buggy in Black Hand camouflage before and after the mission.
- Warchief Assault Tank in Black Hand camouflage before the mission. After the mission it disappears.
- Warrior Offroader in Black Hand camouflage before and after the mission.
Trivia[]
- This settlement is unique.
- While there have been underground settlements in previous Just Cause games, no other underground settlement is at intricately detailed as this place.
- This is probably the deepest underground settlement in any Just Cause game.
Gallery[]
.png "Mazmorra Rescue (looking down at the first shaft).png (2.41 MB)")
.png "Mazmorra Rescue (looking up the first shaft).png (2.17 MB)")
.png "Mazmorra Rescue (on the way to the breaker for the second vent).png (2.11 MB)")
.png "Mazmorra Rescue (the elevator door is locked).png (1.95 MB)")
.png "JC4 under ground (La Mazmorra).png (2.33 MB)")