Tall Gate

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Tall Gate

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Statistics

Type	Furniture • Mechanism
Placeable	1 wide × 5 high
Use time	15 Very Fast
Rarity

• Internal Item ID: 3240  
• Internal Tile ID: 388

Opening and closing a Tall Gate beside a normal Wooden Door

Tall Gates are furniture items. They are essentially tall, sliding Doors which can be opened and closed by using ⚷ Open / Activate. Unlike regular doors, they do not occupy additional space when opened, hence an item placed on either side will not prevent them from opening. Tall Gates have no other special properties to distinguish them from doors, and come in only one variety.

Crafting

Recipe

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Tall Gate	Any Wood (12) Any Iron Bar (4)	Heavy Work Bench

total: 1 row(s)

Notes

• Just like normal doors, NPCs can also open Tall Gates.
• Although it may seem like a Tall Gate would be better at keeping enemies out during a Blood Moon, Tall Gates are in fact easier to break open, as they cannot be proofed against forced entry in either direction by barricading with otherwise passable torches or furniture.
  • Despite this, the Tall Gate takes 5 hits before it can be opened by enemies who can do so.

A "bumper" renders a Tall Gate impregnable.

• Furthermore, adding a "bumper" in front of a Tall Gate renders it impregnable by enemies.

• Because Tall Gates are only 5 blocks tall, most enemies can simply jump over them, even with the extra block above them that is required to place the gate.
• Tall Gates are ideal for players who do not wish to dismount, but still use doors in their construction plans. This is because a normal door is 3 blocks tall while a player riding a mount is 4 blocks tall (5 when on a Unicorn) and thus cannot pass through.

Trivia

• Despite the item inventory sprite showing it from the front, like other doors, the Tall Gate does not actually open to the side when in use.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.