Ancient Gateway

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Ancient Gateway

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Broken: Activates the Nightmare Phase of the Atrium. Fixed: Activates the Shadow Rift Cycle of the Atrium.

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“ERROR 502”

–WX-78, examining an unactivated Ancient Gateway.

“Söön it will öpen the path!”

–Wigfrid, examining a charging Ancient Gateway.

“Not sure I trust strange portals anymore.”

–Winona, examining an activated Ancient Gateway.

“Oh well. I hope it's a quick death.”

–Wendy, examining a destabilizing Ancient Gateway.

“It needs time to recover. Me too.”

–Wilson, examining a recovering 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 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 no players are in battle). 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.

After the Ancient Fuelweaver is killed, a beckoning hand will spawn, prompting the player to give it 5 Dreadstone. When given the Dreadstone, Charlie will appear and fix the Ancient Gateway, activating the Shadow Rift Cycle.

In a lore sense, the Ancient Gateway acts as a portal to what are known as Gate Realms. These Gate Realms were the settings for special limited-time Events.

The Forge[]

“That's how we got here. Hopefully how we get back, too.”

–Wilson

In The Forge event, the players spawn in a plume of flames via the Molten Gateway into the Forge Gate Realm. Players must win against the minions of Battlemaster Pugna in order to activate the Gateway with the Ancient Key and leave this Gate Realm. The Molten Gateway is technically a separate structure sharing the same name as the one located in the Atrium. It currently has no other function, but the game files reveal that it also has an active state, which might be used in later versions of the event.

The Gorge[]

“I'm just gonna keep jumping through portals til I figure out a way home.”

–Willow

In The Gorge event, the players spawn in a gush of water via the Mossy Gateway into the Gorge Gate Realm. Chronologically, this event takes place directly after The Forge, meaning that entering the Molten Gateway took the characters straight to this dimension. Players must cook food to satisfy the Gnaw and gain three of the Gnaw's Favors, which are used to charge the Ancient Key and thus open the Mossy Gateway. The Mossy Gateway is technically a separate structure sharing the same name as the one located in the Atrium.

Trivia[]

The Ancient Gateway was introduced in the Heart of the Ruins update.
When first released, the Ancient Gateway had black and yellow caution tape all over it, to signalize it was still a work in progress feature. During this time, various Items were able to be placed in, such as the Iridescent Gem. Picking it back out always produced an Ancient Key. When examining an Ancient Gateway with a key inserted, the player character said: "The lights reveal ancient text: Come Back Next Update."
The Gateway is featured in the What Lies Beyond? video clip, for a brief moment revealing a silhouette of Winona before her official reveal.
The Ancient Gateway located in the Ruins area of the Constant is also called the Atrium Gate.

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Plants	Berry Bush • Carrot • Cave Banana Tree • Cave Lichen • Evergreen • Flower (Evil Flower • Fern) • Grass • Light Flower • Lureplant • Mandrake • Mushrooms • Mushtree • Plant • Reeds • Sapling • Spiky Bush • Totally Normal Tree (Birchnut Tree • Cactus • Tumbleweed ) (Ash Tree • Bamboo Patch • Coffee Plant • Elephant Cactus • Jungle Tree • Mangrove Tree • Palm Tree • Regular Jungle Tree • Seaweed Plant • Sweet Potato • Viney Bush ) (Aloe • Asparagus • Bramble • Bramble Bloom • Claw Palm Tree • Cocooned Tree • Exotic Flower • Hedge • Intricate Topiary • Lawn Decoration • Lotus Plant • Nettle Vine • Rainforest Tree • Tall Grass • Tea Tree • Tuber Tree ) (Bull Kelp • Juicy Berry Bush • Lune Tree • Sporecap • Stone Fruit Bush • Succulent • Twiggy Tree )
Mobs and Mob Housing	Beehive • Hound Mound • Mermhouse • Pond • Pig House • Pig King • Pig Torch • Rabbit Hole • Rabbit Hutch • Slurtle Mound • Spider Den • Spilagmite • Splumonkey Pod • Tallbird Nest • Walrus Camp • Worm Hole (Burrow • Hollow Stump ) (Ballphin Palace • Crabbit Den • Dragoon Den • Dragoon Egg • Fishermerm's Hut • Merm Hut • Prime Ape Hut • Sharkitten Den • Shoal • Tidal Pool • Wildbore House • Wobster Den • Yaarctopus ) (Dung Pile • Gnat Mound • Lily Pad • Mandrake Hill • Mant Hill • Ominous Carving • Thundernest • Town House • Watch Tower ) (Antlion • Bat Cave • Gigantic Beehive • Magma • Shattered Spider Hole )
Resources	Ancient Statue • Bones • Boulder • Flotsam • Grave • Harp Statue • Marble Pillar • Marble Tree • Maxwell Statue • Merm Head • Pig Head • Relic • Sinkhole • Skeleton • Stalagmite (Mini Glacier ) (Brainy Sprout • Charcoal Boulder • Coral Reef • Crate • Debris • Lava Pool • Limpet Rock • Magma Pile • Mussel Bed • Obsidian Boulder • Poisonous Hole • Sandy Pile • Tar Slick • Watery Grave • Wildbore Head • Wreck ) (Artichoke Boulder • A Smashing Pot • Basalt Eruption • Crashed Balloon • Hot Air Balloon • Ruined Sculptures • Stalacmite Throne • Stone Slab • Weathered Objects • Wicker Basket ) (Cave Hole • Driftwood • Lake • Marble Sculptures • Meteor Boulder • Moon Glass • Petrified Tree • Sea Bones )
Inanimate	Ancient Pseudoscience Station • Basalt • Compromising Statue • Gramaphone • Headstone • Marble Pillar • Maxwell's Door • Maxwell's Light • Nightmare Light • Nightmare Lock • Nightmare Throne • Obelisk • Ornate Chest • Pillars • Sunken Boat • Suspicious Dirt Pile • Touch Stone • Thulecite Wall (Glommer's Statue ) (Electric Isosceles • Gunpowder Barrel • Krissure • Limestone Wall • Obsidian Workbench • Steamer Trunk • Seaworthy • Slot Machine • Suspicious Bubbles • Volcano • Volcano Altar of Snackrifice • Woodlegs' Cage • X Marks the Spot ) (Ancient Wall • Cave Cleft • Crumbling Brazier • Fountain of Youth • Royal Gallery Exhibit • Ruinous Entrance • Secret Bandit Camp • Spooky Hole • Striking Carving • Striking Statue • Suspicious Crack • Unimportant Pillar • Wall Brazier • Wishing Well ) (Ancient Chest • Ancient Gateway • Ancient Mural • Ancient Obelisk • Anenemy • Celestial Fissure • Florid Postern • Hot Spring • Inviting Formation • Loot Stash • Moon Stone • Rock Den • Salt Formation • Sea Stack • Stagehand • Suspicious Marble • Suspicious Moonrock )
Items	Box Thing • Crank Thing • Eye Bone • Metal Potato Thing • Ring Thing • Wooden Thing (Fishbone • Grassy Thing • Rawling • Ring Thing • Screw Thing • Wooden Platform Thing • Wooden Potato Thing ) (Iron Thing • Lever Thing • Regal Scepter • Relic Thing • Rock Thing • Stone Egg • Stone Thing ) (Celestial Altar Pieces • Star-Sky )
The Gorge	Mealing Stone • Salt Pond • Spotty Shrub • Sugarwood Tree • The Altar of Gnaw

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