__Gate __ serves the purpose of city defence.\\ |[{Image src='wall_23_closed.png' align='left'}]|Knights,| [{Image src='egates.png' align='left'}]|Elves, |[{Image src='degates.png' align='left'}]| Demons,|[{Image src='drgates.png' align='left'}]| Drow,|[{Image src='ungates.png' align='left'}]| Undead. \\ In order to open the Gate for the first time the "Gate" [science|ScienceDescription] has to be studied. \\ \\ Gate opens 5 minutes and closes 6 hours.\\ Click the Gate to open or close it. After the Gate is open you will be able to launch [combat missions|Combat], [found|Colonisation] new cities and develop villages, though you can also undergo an attack. \\ \\ Using the [Ancient Magic|BlackPearl] a Gate can be closed in 30 minutes. But if an attack against the city have been already launched the Ancient Magic can’t be used to close the Gate. \\ \\ __Closed Gate and Villages__\\ After a Gate is closed people leave villages and shelter behind the City Wall.\\ If the buildings in villages are neglected they begin to crumble in 4 days by a random margin – from one level of building damage to a total building collapse. \\ In 4 more days, if a [riot|Autodel] didn’t occur, another wave of buildings collapse happens. \\ \\ [To the Buildings list|Buildings]