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Swelter Skelter is the only location in Watch Dogs 2 that cannot be accessed through the map, and only through a mission. It is located in the middle of a desert northeast of Oakland.
Description[]
The desert can be seen as a gathering and party place for all types of people. The area has a very circular outlay with a sculpted sea serpent in the middle. Many art pieces can be seen around the park, Sitara can be seen making her own. Trailers and tents can also be found. Many of the people partying can be seen wearing full latex suits, motorcycle helmets and masks. Wrench can be seen in a BDSM-like suit. Electronic music can be heard throughout the park, along with a DJ Marcus can hack to change, with the help of Horatio. Josh can be found flirting with a recently divorced woman, though he appears to not to realise he is doing such. The gang meets Ray here for the first time, who ends up drugging them all with acid washed mushrooms.
Interactions[]
There are a number of people to talk to while at this location.
A lady dancing by the bus with the projector screen on top, will ask Marcus to say something random. Anything that Marcus says will have the lady reply with "BWOOOOOOOMP!" A sound made famous with the release of the Inception movie in 2010.
There is a performance piece of a man listing the U.S. presidents in order. Interacting with him a second time will have Marcus compliment him on the work, which the performer will reply "Thanks, Obama!" to. A reference to the popular internet meme during Barack Obama's time as president.
The Church of the New Dawn have a recruiting station located to the west of the Jabberwocky statue, they can be interacted with, and Marcus will make fun of them.
Blume has a man handing out fliers for them, he reveals that Blume (specifically Dušan Nemec) sponsored the event this year. This includes transport to the festival in air-conditioned buses, and private caravans. Only available to those who pay and located in an exclusive camp nearby.
A man wearing camo shorts by the battle dome. Marcus talks to him and hypes him up by shouting catchphrases.
An artist by the graffiti walls. Marcus will mess with her over the title, or lack thereof of her latest piece.
A topless woman named Marnie by the entrance tunnel to the festival. She's there with her firefighting crew 'FDH13 Blazebreakers' to start fires.
The Sons of Ragnarok are hosting a wedding by the tyre tunnel. This same wedding may consist of the same bride that T-Bone wakes up next to the following day.
Shit Poetry Contest[]
There is a poetry contest at Swelter Skelter, the rules are unclear, but it appears the contestants needed to be amateur artists putting forward an original poem. They are all heard through a collection of colourful well-dressed mannequins near the entrance to the festival.
Shit Poetry Contest - 01[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 01 Author:Unknown
My entry is called "AHHHHHH." WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING YOU RUIN EVERYTHING YOU RUIN ME YOU RUIN YOU RUIN RUIN RUIN RUIN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Shit Poetry Contest - 02[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 02 Author:Unknown
Here's my bad poetry entry, called "My World." Haters gonna hate. But shut up, this is my state. In a world of misery, oversize meals and shitheads running the place. This is my state. My state of misery.
Shit Poetry Contest - 03[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 03 Author:Unknown
My poem: "The Eternal Questions." What is Silicon Valley? What is the cost of living in Silicon Valley? Why should we move to Silicon Valley? Why am I failing to get an interview in Silicon Valley?
Shit Poetry Contest - 04[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 04 Author:Unknown
This is "Odebro to a Dudebro." Double-fisting cans of beer. At your faux-hawk, I can only sneer. Six pack abs and iron pecs. Brags about vaginas wrecked.
Shit Poetry Contest - 05[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 05 Author:Unknown
My entry is called "The Harmonance of Disonitude." Open up your nine eye blind and gushing usher in the harmonatic disonitude to cleanse your soul palette. When one wonders once what wanton croutons crunch on ponderous lawns, one opens the lotion and the motion blows in... harmonatic disonitude.
Shit Poetry Contest - 06[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 06 Author:Unknown
Here's my bad poem entry. I call it "Boob." If you think that I'm rude when I look at your boobs. I must admit I just like tits.
Shit Poetry Contest - 07[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 07 Author:Unknown
Here's my entry for the Bad Poem contest. I call it "Unfulfilled." Duck... duck... duck... duck... duuuuuck.... duuuuuuuck... duck... duck... duck... duck... duck... duck... duck... duuuuuuck... duck... duck
Shit Poetry Contest - 08[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 08 Author:Unknown
I guess this is my entry. I call it "Swelter Skelter has SOLD OUT." I was here at the beginning when this place was about the tribe, about celebrating our connection to each other and to the earth spirit. But now, with all this tech and loud music, it's just another loud, corporate-sponsored shit festival and the ticket prices are too high. Next year, I'm not buying a ticket, although you won't care because you sell out every year because you are all about selling out. Screw Swelter Skelter and screw you sellouts.
Shit Poetry Contest - 09[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 09 Author:Unknown
This is called "Awkward." Your little guy is really quite shy but once in a while he'll come out to say hi. Not when I want him, but you know that's okay, it's good he gets practice so he's ready to play.
Shit Poetry Contest - 10[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 10 Author:Unknown
This is "Spider Face." Every morn when I open the door and step on my porch your sticky webs cling to my head and blanket my face with your spider paste. Fuck you, spiders.
Shit Poetry Contest - 11[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 11 Author:Unknown
My poem is an epic series of smaller poems. Baggage Management. Rumbly tumblety. Don't put suspenders on me. Eyeballs in glass. That's sad. Neuro world order. The one thing that can't be cut by diamonds. Pass time. Pass wind. Wind uses time. The eagle shadows rake the desert. They show you the way. Actually, I'm not sure if these work as bad poetry. You may have to disqualify me.
Shit Poetry Contest - 12[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 12 Author:Unknown
My poem is called "Don't Let Them." Don't let them put a battery in me. Don't let them attach wires. Don't let them dig the archaeology of my mind.
Shit Poetry Contest - 13[]
Name:Shit Poetry Contest - 13 Author:Unknown
My entry is called "Loss." I had toes. I stared at them and they disappeared. I had fingers. I stared at them and they disappeared. I am not available for parties.
Gallery[]
A tunnel featuring bright lights and latex-clad attendees.
The battledome with sculptures flanking it.
Inside the festival battledome.
A huge swordfish sculpture.
The wedding tunnel for the Sons of Ragnarok.
Trivia[]
The player can only unleash a few hacks here, and Nudle Maps is unavailable while at the Swelter Skelter, so the player cannot see the location of Swelter Skelter.
Swelter Skelter is a reference to the annual Burning Man festival held in the Black Rock Desert, which is about 90 miles northeast of Reno, Nevada and about 260 miles northeast of Oakland.
The name "Swelter Skelter" is likely a reference to the term "helter skelter," meaning disorder or confusion. The term is also the name of a Beatles song as well as a fairground ride.
Lenni can be found here, and if interacted with, she will agree that the Swelter Skelter is neutral ground.
This location only appears in the mission Looking Glass.
Swelter Skelter cannot be viewed on Nudle Maps. However, in the official Prima GamesWatch Dogs 2 E-Guide, the location is revealed to be northeast of Oakland.
The hat that Marcus Holloway wears at Swelter Skelter has a stylized "11011" design on the front, which is binary for "27". This could allude to the release date of the first Watch Dogs, which was May 27, 2014. *Interestingly, the binary code “11011” also translates to ESC, or “Escape”, in ASCII.
