Tall Gate

     

PC/Console/Mobile/Old Chinese/tModLoader/tModLoader 1.3-Legacy-Only Content: This information applies only to the PC, Console, Mobile, Old Chinese, tModLoader, and tModLoader Legacy versions of Terraria.

Tall Gate

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureMechanism
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 5 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3240
• Internal Tile ID: 388 (closed), 389 (open)

Opening and closing a Tall Gate

Tall Gates are furniture items. They are essentially tall, sliding doors that can be opened and closed by using ⚷ Interact.

Tall Gates differ from traditional Doors in the following ways:

• The Tall Gate's opening is 5 tiles in height, which is large enough to allow players on Mounts to pass through without dismounting (unlike Doors, which are only 3 tiles tall).
• Unlike Doors, Tall Gates do not occupy additional space when opened; hence blocks or furniture placed on either side will not prevent them from opening.
• Tall Gates come in only one variety (unlike Doors, which have a different version available for each furniture theme).

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Tall Gate	Any Wood12 Any Iron Bar4	Heavy Work Bench

Notes

• Tall Gates can still be opened by NPCs, and can be forced open by some Hardmode enemies, and other enemies during events like a Blood Moon. Tall Gates require 5 hits from an enemy in order to be forced open.
• Tall Gates are less effective against keeping enemies out than Doors, thus making Doors more preferable for this use.

Trivia

• Despite the item inventory sprite showing it from the front, like Doors, the Tall Gate is never actually displayed this way when placed, as it does not open to the side when in use.
• As an Iron/Lead Bar contains 3 Ores, this item is made from a 1:1 ratio of Wood to Ore.

See Also

Doors and Trapdoor, two other items with similar functions to the Tall Gate.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.2.1: Fixed an issue where Doors, Trap Doors, and Tall Gates could render a house invalid if they were open.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.