Ancient Gateway

Ancient Gateway
Perk
Activates the Nightmare Phase of the Atrium
Sources
Common Biomes	Atrium
Code
"atrium_gate"

“The essential components are still intact.”

–Wilson, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“Why would anyone want to live down here?”

–Willow, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“Is very old thing.”

–Wolfgang, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“A beacon of hope left unlit... How fitting.”

–Wendy, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“ERROR 502”

–WX-78, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“Now where might that lead?”

–Wickerbottom, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“Where d'you think it goes, Lucy?”

–Woodie, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“It lacks a key.”

–Maxwell, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“Tis the Bifrost!”

–Wigfrid, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

“We need another piece to turn it on.”

–Webber, when examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway

The Ancient Gateway is an indestructible Structure exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in A New Reign. It is located in the middle of the Atrium Biome.

Its only use is to have an Ancient Key to be placed in its socket, making the Atrium's Nightmare Cycle be locked at the peak state. It can be removed again, unlocking the Cycle from its peak. If a fully-constructed Odd Skeleton is revived near an activated Ancient Gateway, the fight against the Ancient Fuelweaver will begin. The Ancient Fuelweaver can deactivate the Atrium's Nightmare Cycle by removing the Ancient Key. If the Ancient Fuelweaver is killed it will trigger an explosion that will activate after three minutes, renewing the Ruins. Twenty days later, the Gateway will accept the Ancient Key to be placed again.

Trivia

• In the the Heart of the Ruins Part 1, when examining an ancient gateway with a key inserted into it, the character said: "The lights reveals ancient text: Come Back Next Update."
• When first released, the Ancient Gateway had Black and Yellow tapes all over it, to signalize it was still a work in progress feature.
• WX-78's quotes, "ERROR 502" references the actual Error 502 which means "bad gateway error".

Gallery

The work in progress visual of the Ancient Gateway

Gateway after the Ancient Fuelweaver dies

The Gateway exploding.

After the explosions.

The Ancient Gateway, as seen in the What Lies Beyond? video clip.