Fortress Gates are the first line of defense for a Fortress and a main deterrent to entry. Gates will appear when a fortress goes Vulnerable, and disappear after they revert to an invulnerable status. Due to their high HP of roughly 5-34 million, gates take a great deal of punishment before being breached. Use of a siege weapon, coupled with large numbers of attackers, can assist faction forces to successfully demolish a gate. When defending a fortress, members of the controlling legion for the fortress can use to repair the Gate Stone inside the fortress and increase the HP of the Gate.