Lumber Dinosaur Gateway

A gateway of lumber and stone

The Lumber Dinosaur Gateway is a structure from the Primitive Plus DLC for ARK: Survival Evolved. Its item text: "A large lumber and stone gateway that can be used with a Gate to keep most dinosaurs in or out." The ARK Wiki pairs it with the Lumber Dinosaur Gate, which the gateway is meant to hold; with both in place, an area is shielded from dinosaurs and creatures can be kept inside it.

Crafting and placement

The engram unlocks at level 20 for 7 engram points. The gateway is built at the Construction Table from:

• 120 Wood
• 100 Lumber (Primitive Plus)
• 40 Stone
• 35 Thatch
• 25 Fiber

A craft takes 3 seconds and gives 12.15 XP. One gateway weighs 4, and a full stack of 100 weighs 400. The wiki notes that it can stand straight on the ground, with no fence or standard foundation beneath it. It will not snap to foundations or existing walls, but it does snap onto fence foundations. The wiki gives the gate a size of exactly 2 wall panels wide by 4 high and says the Dino Gate fits a 2x4 hole exactly.

Too big to pass through

Some creatures are too large for this gateway. The wiki's list includes the Titanosaur, Giganotosaurus, Quetzal, Mammoth, Spino, Wyvern, Brontosaurus and Mosasaurus.

What cannot damage it

It counts as a wooden structure: bare hands, stone weapons and non-explosive ranged attacks do not hurt it. The wiki also lists aggressive creatures that cannot damage it, such as the Raptor, Sabertooth, Direwolf, Terror Bird, Titanoboa and Kaprosuchus.

Its trivia likens the look to South-eastern Asian gateways, such as Japanese or Chinese ones, above all when painted with red or brick-coloured trim on a white base.