Effluvia

Spotted in trailer
The Effluvia rooftop bar in Vice City, from Grand Theft Auto VI, An Extended Look
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A rooftop bar in Vice City, green letters over a living wall with the towers behind it. In the Extended Look it is where Jason and Lucia sit down with Brian Heder and Lori and pick up their next piece of work.

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A daytime meeting, ten minutes in

Spotted in trailer

At the ten minute mark of the Extended Look, Jason and Lucia step out of a lift onto a roof terrace: a bar counter under a pergola, planters, stools, a pool spilling over its edge, and the Vice City skyline sitting flat behind it in the afternoon haze. The name is spelled out in green over a wall of foliage. They arrive holding hands, with the prompt "HOLD HANDS" in the corner of the screen, which is the clearest single frame anyone has of that mechanic.

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Where the middle of the video comes from

Spotted in trailer

SVG describes Effluvia as the rooftop bar where the pair meet Brian Heder to talk about a job, and that conversation is the frame the whole middle section hangs on. The jobs discussed at the table play out as flashbacks, including a convenience-store robbery in bandanas and a job at a locker-rental place that ends with a body on the floor. Lori, the blonde woman across the table, is at the same meeting.

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Questions and answers

What is Effluvia?

A rooftop bar and restaurant terrace in Vice City: a bar counter under a pergola, planters, stools, a pool spilling over its edge and the skyline sitting flat behind it.

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Who meets at Effluvia?

Jason and Lucia sit down with Brian Heder and Lori at the ten minute mark of the Extended Look. SVG describes the meeting as being about a job, and the jobs discussed at that table play out as the flashbacks in the middle of the video.

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Can you go there in the game?

Rockstar has not said whether it is a place you can walk into freely. What exists is one scene in the presentation.

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Updated: 2026-08-28