Stone Dinosaur Gateway
A large brick-and-mortar gateway that can be used with a Gate to keep most dinosaurs in or out.
Details
- Category
- Structure
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Recipe
- 3 ingredients
- Loot crates
- 92 crates
- Item ID
- 316
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- 27
- Engram points
- 9
- How to unlock
- Manual
Learn these first
Maps
Found on 12 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Stone Dinosaur Gateway guides
How to craft Stone Dinosaur Gateway
Stone Dinosaur Gateway is crafted from 3 ingredients. The engram unlocks at level 27, costs 9 engram points, takes 3 seconds, gives 16.5 XP.
How to get Stone Dinosaur Gateway
Stone Dinosaur Gateway is found in 92 loot crates.
Loot crates
92 crates
- Aberration BlueAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Blue BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration PurpleAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Purple BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Surface BlueAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface Blue BonusAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface PurpleAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface Purple BonusAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface YellowAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface Yellow BonusAberration · ASA
- Aberration YellowAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Yellow BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
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- Astraeos BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert YellowAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Yellow BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Orbital EasyAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos YellowAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Yellow BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Extinction Orbital EasyExtinction · ASA
- Extinction Orbital MediumExtinction · ASA
- Genesis BlueGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis CyanGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis GreenGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis OrangeGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis PurpleGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis RedGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis WhiteGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis YellowGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Island BlueThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Blue BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island PurpleThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Purple BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island YellowThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Yellow BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Orbital Drop EasyExtinction · ASE
- Orbital Drop MediumExtinction · ASE
- Raptor Claus GiftThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Scorched BlueScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Blue BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried GreenThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried WhiteThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched PurpleScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Purple BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched YellowScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Yellow BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Valguero PurpleValguero · ASA
- Valguero Purple BonusValguero · ASA
- Valguero YellowValguero · ASA
- Valguero Yellow BonusValguero · ASA
Stone Dinosaur Gateway — Detailed Guide
A stone frame for big creature gates
The Stone Dinosaur Gateway is a large stone building piece in ARK: Survival Evolved. In the game's words it is "A large brick-and-mortar gateway that can be used with a Gate to keep most dinosaurs in or out." The ARK Wiki pairs it with the 
Reinforced Dinosaur Gate. Once a gate is fitted into the opening and locked, entry to the enclosure is limited, while the owner and their creatures can still pass.
Unlocking and crafting
The engram becomes available at level 27 for 9 engram points, and our records name the 
Stone Doorframe and the 
Dinosaur Gateway as its prerequisites. The gateway is crafted in the inventory from:
- 280
Stone - 140
Wood (
Fungal Wood also works) - 100
Thatch
Crafting takes 3 seconds and gives 16.5 XP. The piece weighs 4 and stacks to 100, which makes a full stack 400. The wiki dates it to version 182.0.
Placing the gateway
- It can be set straight on the ground; there is no need to lay a foundation first.
- It will not snap to foundations or to walls already in place, but it does snap to fence foundations.
- It measures 4 wall panels in height and 2 in width, and fills a 2x4 hole exactly.
- Rafts do not accept it.
The wiki also mentions players building perimeter walls from these gateways fitted with Reinforced Dino Doors, as a cheaper option than fence foundations carrying 4 layers of stone walls.
Creatures too big for the opening
Some creatures cannot get through. The wiki's list includes the 
Rex, 
Giganotosaurus, 
Spino, 
Quetzal, 
Brontosaurus, 
Mammoth, 
Wyvern, 
Mosasaurus and 
Titanosaur. The 
Morellatops and 
Woolly Rhino are a special case: they can pass through this gateway as long as no gate is fitted.
What can damage it
Being a stone structure, it can only be harmed by a limited set of attackers. The ARK Wiki gives metal weapons 5%, explosives 150%, the 
Ballista Turret 40% and Alpha Creatures 10%, while the Titanosaur deals about 462%. The 
Arthropluera, 
Chalicotherium, 
Deathworm, 
Magmasaur and 
Roll Rat are also on the list of creatures that can damage it.