MOUNTAIN GATEWAY
The Blue Gate
History, routes, threats, loot and quest spots.
Open Live Embark Conditions ↗ROUND30 min
ACCESSUnlock after mid progression
A connection pushed back into the mountains
The Blue Gate once represented a defiant connection into the mountain ranges. The valley around it carries damage from both older human conflict and newer ARC activity.
Raider access here is comparatively recent. The Tubes network was extended to reach the gate, and new Raider structures had to be built to support a permanent presence.
Above ground the valley mixes abandoned settlements and orchards; below ground, tunnels and maintenance spaces turn the map into a second, more confined battlefield.
What this map is good for
- Nature / orchard materials
- Secured key rooms
- Industrial tunnel loot
- Quest-heavy mountain POIs
Conditions to watch
Places worth learning
- Outer Gates
- Major approach route; known Bastion and Sentinel activity.
- Pilgrim's Peak
- Quest-heavy location tied to Groundbreaking and a Sentinel position.
- Warehouse Complex
- Useful landmark for Back on Top and nearby surface routes.
- Maintenance Bunker
- Used by The Clean Dream; underground purification-system objective.
- Traffic Tunnel
- Known Bombardier area and a useful underground transit route.
- Orchard / village areas
- Strong nature-resource context and several Blue Gate-specific keys.
Threats you should expect
ARC field guide →- Bastion
- Outer Gates.
- Bombardier
- Raider's Refuge, Checkpoint and Traffic Tunnel.
- Sentinel
- Outer Gates beams and beneath the communication tower at Pilgrim's Peak.
- Underground ARC
- The tunnel system concentrates machine encounters in tighter spaces.
What to hunt and where to start
Resource finder →- Olives / nature
- Fruiting orchards and vegetation make Blue Gate one of the best thematic places to start a nature run.
- Keys / secured rooms
- Cellar, village, communication-tower and confiscation-room keys open several dedicated loot opportunities.
- Heavy ARC parts
- Outer Gates and tunnel approaches can put valuable heavy machines directly on your route.
Objectives tied to this map
Quest directory →- Groundbreaking
- Pilgrim's Peak research trail and abandoned housing project.
- Keeping an Eye Out
- Collapsed highway by Barren Clearing and Bilguun's shelter.
- The Clean Dream
- Maintenance Bunker purification system.
- Back on Top
- Mark the white lookout tower south of Warehouse Complex.