<p>It's talking about <a href="http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/File%3AGate101.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this encounter</a>:</p>
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<p><strong>Unknown Kadath</strong></p>
<p>In response to your pitiful knocking, the massive gate of the Castle of the Great Old Ones swings wide. Lose 1 Stamina and 1 Sanity. If you are devoured as a result, the Ancient One immediately awakens.</p>
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<p>It's a literal physical gate in the encounter, not a gate like the ones that open normally during the game. And for some reason you decide to knock on it. Pretty hard to awaken the Ancient One that way - you have to manage to get that encounter <em>and</em> already be at 1 Stamina and 1 Sanity.</p>

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<p>The <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AliZyklaTCWzcGFQTWdvZW5jc1JwcHEzUEVZV1htUVE&amp;hl=en_US#gid=7" rel="nofollow">Arkham Horror Statistics spreadsheet</a> lists one of the ways to awaken the Ancient One as "Opening the gate of Kadath". To date, it has never been achieved and I'm curious about why. I took a look through all of <a href="http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Unknown_Kadath" rel="nofollow">the encounter cards for Unknown Kadath</a> but didn't see any that referenced opening a gate that would awaken the Ancient One.</p>

<p>So how does one open the gate of Kadath and why is it so difficult that it has never been accomplished yet?</p>

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How do you awaken the Ancient One by opening the gate of Kadath?
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# How do you awaken the Ancient One by opening the gate of Kadath?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-21)

The [Arkham Horror Statistics spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AliZyklaTCWzcGFQTWdvZW5jc1JwcHEzUEVZV1htUVE&hl=en_US#gid=7) lists one of the ways to awaken the Ancient One as "Opening the gate of Kadath". To date, it has never been achieved and I'm curious about why. I took a look through all of [the encounter cards for Unknown Kadath](http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/Unknown_Kadath) but didn't see any that referenced opening a gate that would awaken the Ancient One.

So how does one open the gate of Kadath and why is it so difficult that it has never been accomplished yet?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-21. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It's talking about [this encounter](http://www.arkhamhorrorwiki.com/File%3AGate101.png):

> **Unknown Kadath**
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> In response to your pitiful knocking, the massive gate of the Castle of the Great Old Ones swings wide. Lose 1 Stamina and 1 Sanity. If you are devoured as a result, the Ancient One immediately awakens.

It's a literal physical gate in the encounter, not a gate like the ones that open normally during the game. And for some reason you decide to knock on it. Pretty hard to awaken the Ancient One that way - you have to manage to get that encounter *and* already be at 1 Stamina and 1 Sanity.


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