High External Wooden Gate

The High External Wooden Gate is a deployable construction item, typically used as a gate mechanism with High External Wooden Walls, allowing players to pass in and out of a player-made compound. They perform the same basic functions as other types of doorways, accepting a Key or Code Lock so authorized players can only open and access them on a much larger scale.

Barricades take an assortment of forms in RUST, ranging from tiny wooden walls that are barely sufficient to duck behind to mammoth wood gates such as this, fit for protecting a fortress from invaders.

High External Wooden Gates are a tier 1 blueprint and are significantly easier to find than their stone counterparts and much cheaper to craft. They provide considerably less protection for players and clans that wish to ‘compound.’ 

Having 500 hit points, the wooden gate is highly susceptible to flame raiding via Flame Throwers or Incendiary Rockets or broken with roughly 90 Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo. 

When used in conjunction with other mid to top-tier barricades, such as the High External Wooden Wall, they create a semi-hard-to-penetrate barrier between the outside world and the base they surround. Unlike the wall, players may not deploy Wooden Ladders directly onto gates or other doors.

They do not add upkeep costs to bases that use them and will remain in place without decay if they are under the effect radius of a Tool Cupboard.

How to obtain the High External Wooden Gate in RUST

The High External Wooden Gate may be obtained through researching or drop, as it is not a purchasable item through any shop other than player-owned. This includes the following locations:

1. As a drop from a variety of Scientists.
2. As a drop from low to mid-tier lootable crates.
3. Through direct research on the workbench level 1.

How to place and upgrade a High External Wooden Gate

Placing any high external wall or gate can be a challenge, especially with regard to geographical features like boulders, cliffs, and disparities in either end’s height. With these things considered, follow these instructions:

1. Ensure that you are in a position where you have Building Privilege and can maintain this privilege at all times while placing high walls and gates.  Those pieces without privilege cover will either block you from placing, or will cause that section of wall or gate to decay later.
2. Line up the starting position (or continued spot) where you wish to place the wall section.  You may press and hold the Shift key to disable auto-snapping for extra intricate placement. This is especially useful with height deviations between wall sections.  Double check the orientation of the gate swing and rotate by pressing the R key as necessary.
3. Once you have confirmed that no gaps exist or that placement is ideal for your particular situation and the pending wall is in a Blue translucent state, hold the left mouse button for 3 seconds to place.
4. If you wish to upgrade from a Wooden High Wall or Gate section to the stronger Stone variety, simply approach the wooden piece in question with a Hammer in hand, and with adequate building privilege and the Stone Wall or Gate piece in your inventory, hold the Right Mouse Button to bring up a menu wheel.  
5. From this menu wheel, you can choose to Destroy the placed wall if done within building privilege in the last 10 minutes, 
6. or Upgrade to Stone if you have the right item as mentioned.