Gate
| Gate | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Starter |
| Sell Price | 4g |
The Gate is the doorway of any fence line. It opens and closes with a click, letting the farmer and the farm animals through when open and keeping livestock in when shut. Every farm starts with the recipe, and each Gate costs only a little Wood. Without a Gate, a fenced pasture or garden has no way in, so it turns up on nearly every farm that uses fences. It also blends in with the fence around it.
The in-game description reads: Allows you to pass through a fence.
Recipe
The recipe is known from the very first day, with no skill level needed. Crafting a Gate takes ten Wood, which comes from chopping any tree on the farm. That is more Wood than a single piece of Wood Fence uses, but only a few Gates are needed for most layouts.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 
|
10 |
Use
A Gate needs a fence on both sides to stand in a line. The usual way is to leave a one-tile gap between two fence posts and place the Gate in that space. Placing a Gate directly onto an existing fence piece also works, and it swaps that piece for the Gate.
Clicking the Gate swings it open or shut. While it stands open, animals can wander out of their pen, so closing it again after passing through keeps the herd inside. The farmer can ride the horse through an open Gate.
Gates fit into every kind of fence, from the cheap Wood Fence to Stone, Iron and Hardwood. A Gate set into a Stone Fence or a Hardwood Fence takes on the colour of that fence. That keeps a neat look along the whole line instead of a brown wooden door in the middle of grey stone.
Like every fence piece, a Gate slowly wears out over time. When it finally breaks, it needs replacing with a fresh one. The Gold Clock from the Wizard stops all fences and Gates on the farm from decaying.
Variants
The other fences in the game, with what each one takes and where the recipe comes from.
| Name | Image | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwood Fence | 
|
Hardwood (1) | Farming (Level 6) |
| Iron Fence | 
|
Iron Bar (1) | Farming (Level 4) |
| Stone Fence | 
|
Stone (2) | Farming (Level 2) |
| Wood Fence | 
|
Wood (2) | Starter |
Notes
Gates make it easy to split a large pen into smaller fields of grass. A main yard by the Barn or Coop can open onto two side fields, each behind its own Gate. The animals can then graze one field while the other is closed off to grow back. Swapping between them keeps fresh grass on hand through the season.
Fences and Gates also keep weeds and debris from spreading into tidy parts of the farm. A fenced crop field with a Gate stops animals from wandering through the rows during harvest.
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