Gates

The 50-gate ladder: how attacks work, health and armor for every gate, and everything each gate unlocks.

GATES

Gates	50
Attempt	30s of the whole crew's damage
Cooldown	20m (from the start of an attempt)
Damage	Saved between attempts
Locks	Health · Armor (accuracy) · Block per hit
Reward	A content unlock, gems, and from gate 12 (the skill tree's) 2 skill points
First gate	5,000 HP
Gate 49	4.31E35 HP

Behind the chest in THE HOARD stands a gate. Chests crack themselves; a gate you have to attack. Press ATTACK GATE and the crew is let loose on it for 30s, then the gate goes on a 20m cooldown — 3 attempts an hour before upgrades. The gate keeps every point of damage between attempts, so any gate falls eventually. The chest keeps cracking the whole time.

An attack only lands while the game is open. The top bar and the nav step aside for the fight; switching to another browser tab is fine and the attack keeps going, but if you close or restart the game (or your phone suspends it in the background), the attack ends where you left it, after a few seconds' grace for a slow connection. The damage done so far is kept; the rest of the attempt is not.

When a gate's health reaches zero you claim it: it pays gems and skill points, opens whatever sits on that rung of the ladder, and the next, much tougher gate stands up. Gate progress is limited by real time, not by how long the app is open.

Health, armor and block

Lock	What it is	What beats it
Health	The total damage the gate takes to break. Each gate has about ×3.7 the health of the one before it.	Gate damage — and patience: damage is saved.
Armor	The plate on the gate's face. You need as much Accuracy as the gate has Armor for every swing to land. Below that, swings miss on a curve (ratio to the power 1.5): with half the accuracy you need, about 35% of swings land. At worst 10% always land. Armor climbs with every gate (15 at gate 1, 21 at gate 2, 108 at gate 8), so expect to buy a few more GATE ACCURACY levels for each new gate.	Accuracy (base 12 + a few points per pet + upgrades), Armor Pierce (ignores armor outright) and Armor Reduction (prestige).
Blocks / hit	Damage the plate takes off every swing that lands. A swing always does at least 5% of its damage.	Armor Pierce shrinks the block along with the armor — at full pierce nothing is blocked. Bigger single swings lose a smaller share.

Crits, mega hits and ferocity

A crit lands double; Crit Damage upgrades raise that.
A super crit (bounties) lands ×5 and replaces the crit roll.
A mega hit (research) lands ×10.
Ferocity (the Warlord Hyena) gives every hit that lands a chance to strike again right after. The second strike is a normal hit with its own number, never a crit, and the armor blocks it like any other swing.

Attempt length and cooldown

Gate Attempt Time upgrades add seconds to the 30s attempt, and Faster Cooldown upgrades take a percentage off the 20m wait. Both come from the Achievement Shop, the Shard Shop, the skill tree, heirlooms and one artifact. There is no floor on the cooldown — the sources simply do not add up to much more than half.

What the gates unlock

A gate level here means gates broken. Every account goes through the same ladder — nothing is grandfathered. A gate opens a menu or a shop row, never a stat.

Gate	Unlocks	Kind	What it is
1	THE ARMORY	FEATURE	Permanent upgrades, bought with bars. Every gate you break unlocks more of them.
2	BONUS WHEEL	FEATURE	The bonus wheel starts spinning on the board.
2	RED DICE	FEATURE	Roll a 6 to enter the Bonus Map — up to 3 runs a day.
3	GUILDS	FEATURE	Form or join a Guild — chat, ranks, ball gifting, and a badge.
4	BALL FACTORY	MODE	The machine that builds balls while you are away.
5	EXPEDITIONS	MODE	Send crews of pets down the mines and bring home ore for your bars.
6	TICKET TROVE	MODE	The prize machine opens.
7	STICKER VAULT	FEATURE	Trade spare stickers and Sticker Stars for balls, gems and packs.
8	BOSS RAID	MODE	Team up and bring down raid bosses.
8	PET EVOLUTION	FEATURE	Evolve your pets with evolution stones.
9	TIER 2 HEIRLOOMS	FEATURE	A new tier of heirlooms to unearth with Prestige Points on the PRESTIGE page.
10	BOUNTIES	MODE	Hand in bars for Bounty Points, and spend them on upgrades that reset each prestige.
11	ACHIEVEMENTS	FEATURE	Achievements, and the ACHIEVEMENT SHOP they pay into.
12	SKILL TREE	FEATURE	Spend skill points on the hoard.
14	TIER 3 HEIRLOOMS	FEATURE	A new tier of heirlooms to unearth with Prestige Points on the PRESTIGE page.
15	BALL GROVE	MODE	The grove and its baskets open.
16	WORLD 2 MINESHAFTS	FEATURE	The frozen mines can be bought, and World 2's shop rows start opening.
19	TIER 4 HEIRLOOMS	FEATURE	A new tier of heirlooms to unearth with Prestige Points on the PRESTIGE page.
20	RESEARCH HALL	FEATURE	Research and build the statues.
22	WORLD 3 MINESHAFTS	FEATURE	The overgrown mines can be bought, and World 3's shop rows start opening.
30	WORLD 4 MINESHAFTS	FEATURE	The drowned mines can be bought, and World 4's shop rows start opening.
38	WORLD 5 MINESHAFTS	FEATURE	The burning mines can be bought, and World 5's shop rows start opening.

Most other gates open rows inside menus you already have: named rows in THE ARMORY and rows in each world's expedition shop. The full ladder below lists them per gate. Deeper skill tree rows (gates 14, 17, 20, 24, 28, 32, 37, 42, 47) and Shard Shop tiers II and III (gates 20 and 35) are gate-locked too.

The full gate ladder

Health, Armor and Blocks / hit for all 50 gates, with everything each one opens when it breaks. Every broken gate also pays 2 skill points and gems (the whole ladder pays 171,500 gems).

Gate	Name	Health	Armor	Blocks / hit	Gems	Opens
1	Rootbound Threshold	5,000	15	6	1,100	THE ARMORY · Armory: KEEN EYES
2	Badger Burrow	43,000	21	9	1,200	BONUS WHEEL · RED DICE · Armory: COIN POLISH
3	Stagwatch Keep	273,000	29	15	1,300	GUILDS · Armory: LOCK BREAKERS
4	Bramble Bellhouse	1.73M	40	23	1,400	BALL FACTORY · Armory: PRY TOOLS
5	Elderwood Bastion	11M	55	36	1,500	EXPEDITIONS · Armory: SHARD PANS · 2 world shop rows
6	Dune Caravanserai	69.5M	76	57	1,600	TICKET TROVE · Armory: LAMP OIL · 1 world shop row
7	Scarab Sunlock	224M	84	71	1,700	STICKER VAULT · Armory: ORE CHUTES · 1 world shop row
8	Hourglass Tomb	863M	108	88	1,800	BOSS RAID · PET EVOLUTION · Armory: PROSPECTOR'S NOTES · 1 world shop row
9	Oasis Waterwheel	3.55B	129	190	1,900	TIER 2 HEIRLOOMS · 2 world shop rows
10	Sultan's Seal	14.2B	159	501	2,000	BOUNTIES · Armory: FOURTH CART
11	Barnacle Bulkhead	56.4B	178	1,530	2,100	ACHIEVEMENTS
12	Pearl Clamshell	233B	223	4,880	2,200	SKILL TREE · Armory: SECOND DICE RUN · 2 world shop rows
13	Kelp Sluice	1.9T	282	28,000	2,300	1 world shop row
14	Kraken Anchorage	8.63T	377	158,000	2,400	TIER 3 HEIRLOOMS · 1 world shop row
15	Leviathan Trident	66.5T	646	4.32M	2,500	BALL GROVE
16	Snowdrift Lodge	417T	665	37.2M	2,600	WORLD 2 MINESHAFTS · Armory: FROST LANTERNS, FROSTIRON PRYBARS · 4 world shop rows
17	Glacier Teeth	3.49E15	796	298M	2,700	1 world shop row
18	Aurora Observatory	3.62E16	921	6.65B	2,800	3 world shop rows
19	Tuskwarden Hold	3.03E17	1,220	89.5B	2,900	TIER 4 HEIRLOOMS · 1 world shop row
20	Winter Crown	2.22E18	1,598	16.1T	3,000	RESEARCH HALL · Armory: SURVEY LEDGER, WIDER HARNESS · 1 world shop row
21	Bamboo Moon Door	8.58E18	2,013	45.5T	3,100	Armory: SIEGE SPIKES, FIFTH CART · 3 world shop rows
22	Jade Tortoise	3.32E19	2,450	117T	3,200	WORLD 3 MINESHAFTS · Armory: ROOT MAPS · 3 world shop rows
23	Dragon Pagoda	1.34E20	2,836	611T	3,300	Armory: BLOOMGOLD SIGHTS · 2 world shop rows
24	Lotus Floodgate	5.25E20	3,113	1.61E15	3,400	Armory: THIRD DICE RUN, SHARD SIFTER · 1 world shop row
25	Emerald Emperor	2.72E21	3,532	1.26E16	3,500	—
26	Geode Hatch	1.63E22	3,861	8.68E16	3,600	1 world shop row
27	Prism Orrery	5.40E22	4,451	1.70E17	3,700	2 world shop rows
28	Glasswing Sanctum	2.16E23	5,456	4.16E17	3,800	Armory: ROOTWOOD SPUR · 3 world shop rows
29	Miner's Great Lift	2.46E23	6,953	1.51E18	3,900	3 world shop rows
30	Violet Cathedral	2.78E24	7,205	1.88E18	4,000	WORLD 4 MINESHAFTS · Armory: DIVING BELLS · 3 world shop rows
31	Cinder Furnace	1.02E25	8,443	6.01E19	4,100	Armory: ABYSS NETS · 2 world shop rows
32	Magma Jaw	3.65E25	9,166	1.05E20	4,200	Armory: TIDE PRESS · 1 world shop row
33	Foundry Hammerfall	3.26E26	9,793	7.47E20	4,300	Armory: CORAL HOOKS · 2 world shop rows
34	Phoenix Seal	1.25E27	10,087	2.32E21	4,400	—
35	Caldera Crown	1.87E27	10,411	5.17E21	4,500	2 world shop rows
36	Gravekeeper's Wicket	1.00E28	10,723	1.66E22	4,600	Armory: DIVING RAILS · 4 world shop rows
37	Ribcage Reliquary	6.67E28	11,307	1.50E23	4,700	Armory: DEEP HARNESS · 4 world shop rows
38	Moth Mausoleum	2.32E29	13,586	2.43E23	4,800	WORLD 5 MINESHAFTS · 3 world shop rows
39	Bone Organ	7.82E29	16,036	9.99E23	4,900	2 world shop rows
40	Lich's Judgment	3.84E30	19,721	4.00E24	5,000	Armory: PYRELITH RIVETS · 1 world shop row
41	Starfall Aperture	1.25E31	21,544	8.21E24	5,100	2 world shop rows
42	Gravity Lock	7.13E30	22,190	3.31E25	5,200	—
43	Eclipse Dial	2.02E30	22,856	1.13E26	5,300	1 world shop row
44	Dreamweaver Loom	8.09E32	23,542	1.16E26	5,400	Armory: MOLTEN WARHORN · 2 world shop rows
45	Event Horizon	2.55E33	24,248	1.16E28	5,500	2 world shop rows
46	Dawnwatch Portico	1.04E34	24,975	1.82E28	5,600	Armory: EVERBURNING LAMPS · 2 world shop rows
47	Solar Lion	3.64E34	25,854	3.29E28	5,700	—
48	Astral Harp	1.18E35	28,672	5.84E28	5,800	Armory: MOUNTAIN RAILS · 2 world shop rows
49	Seraph's Wings	4.31E35	33,722	1.95E29	5,900	Armory: THE MOUNTAIN'S CROWN · 2 world shop rows
50	Crown of the Heavens	4.89E40	61,392	1.52E35	never falls	The last gate

The gates come in 10 material bands of 5: MOSSLIT STONE SUNKEN SANDSTONE TIDEWORN CORAL FROSTBOUND ICE VERDANT JADE AMETHYST VAULT EMBER OBSIDIAN BONE RELIQUARY VOIDSTONE CELESTIAL GOLD.

NOTE

The last gate never falls. There is no gate 51, so gate 50 stops at 1 HP and stands as the wall a finished hoard is measured against. Its health is a huge jump over gate 49 on purpose. It pays no gems; anything that once asked for gate 50 broken asks for gate 49 instead.

Gate damage sources

Gate damage is the one stat in the Hoard that compounds: levels inside one menu add together, but each menu multiplies the others. Ten small sources beat one big one, and a source you have ignored is usually the cheapest multiplier available. The sources:

Source	Where	Notes
Your crew	The Hoard	More slots, higher levels, stars, evolutions and gate-leaning natures. Rampart Ram and Warlord Hyena add gate stats of their own.
UPGRADES (bars)	Upgrades	Hoard Power, gate damage, accuracy and pierce rows bought with bars.
THE ARMORY	The Armory	Permanent gate damage, accuracy and pierce rows; more open with every gate.
World shop SIEGE rows	Expeditions	Each world's shop has siege rows; later worlds' rows are roughly double the last.
Statues (the Kings)	Research Hall	The ninth statue of each world is its gate damage statue. Kings multiply each other — the biggest single multipliers in the game.
Shard Shop	Shard Shop	Battering Ram, Keen Sights, Wedge Bits and their gate-locked II / III tiers.
Artifacts	Artifacts	Ramshead Seal, Truesight Lens, and the Collector's Crown / Curator's Eye that scale with artifacts held.
Achievement Shop	Achievements	Siege Practice, accuracy and pierce rows in every tier.
Skill tree	Skill Tree	The whole right-hand side, plus Apex Predator (gate damage per shiny species in your dex).
Bounties	Bounties	Gate Damage Per Bounty: +1% for every bounty you have ever completed — open-ended.
Prestige	Prestige	Heirlooms carry gate damage, cooldown and armor reduction across prestiges.
Gem upgrade	Shop	GATE DAMAGE: 10 levels, ×1.2 each (×6.19 maxed), 1,000–80,000 gems a level.
Ticket Trove	Ticket Trove	The last levels of the Trove pay Hoard Damage and Gate Damage.
Guild and sticker upgrades	Guilds · Sticker upgrades	Guild perks and the album MIGHT rows add gate damage too.

TIP

Stuck on a gate? Check the gate page's numbers first. If your Accuracy is under the gate's Armor, accuracy and pierce are worth more than any damage row, because missed swings deal nothing.