Banishing Gate

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Contents 1 First Gate 2 Second Gate 3 Third Gate 4 Bypassing the Gates 4.1 Gates 1 and 3 4.2 Gate 2

These are large doors found in Garlaige Citadel that need to be opened by four people standing on pressure-plates. There are three Banishing Gates, each one deeper in the Citadel than the last.

To open a gate, one person needs to be standing on each of the four switches that are found near the gate. When a person gets on the switch, it will sink down a bit. Once everyone is on their switch, a message will appear: "The first/second/third Banishing Gate begins to open."

You have about 15 seconds to get through the open gate before it closes. As long as you start to run towards the door as soon as you see the 'open' message, you should have no problem making it through. It will say "The first/second/third Banishing Gate begins to close" when it's about to shut.

First Gate

Location: (I-9) on the first map.
Switches: Right outside the door (to the west):

Two on the north wall

Two on the south wall

Second Gate

Location: (H-9) on the second map.
Switches: In the rooms along the hall near the Gate:

Two are to the east in the rooms farthest from the Gate:

One in the north room

One in the south room

The other two are to the west in the far rooms

One in the north room

One in the south room

Third Gate

Location: (H-6) on the second map.
Switches: In the rooms along the hall to the west of the Gate:

Two are in the farthest rooms to the west

One in the north room

One in the south room

The other two are in the two rooms nearest the Gate (the eastern most rooms, but still to the west of the Gate):

One in the north room

One in the south room

Bypassing the Gates

With the release of Wings of the Goddess expansion, a player can go past the banishing gates without requiring four people.

Gates 1 and 3

1. Enter Garlaige Citadel (S) and make your way to the back exit that leads to the cliffside in Sauromugue Champaign (S) where the Cavernous Maw is located.
2. Use the maw to return to the present.
3. Re-enter Garlaige Citadel through the entrance on the cliffside.

You are now behind banishing gates one and three.

Gate 2

Use the Sparkling Light at (G-10) on Map 2 by trading an appropriate flower after having spoken to the Lycopodium in Garlaige Citadel (S) outside the second gate.