To Double Gate or to not Double Gate?

[JellyCreeper]

How necessary is an airlock to a base?

I have seen many hermit bases with both airlocks and without them.
Do they usually make any difference?

I have multiple entrances and would like to know if it is something necessary or just an extra safety measure.

[jordancoles]

Well, do you like extra safety, or not?

[vatas]

Main advantage of inner visitor gate and outer normal gate is that, if you're being chased, you can run in the middle and close the normal gate -> you're safe until the attacker goes through the effort required to build catapult (and even then you can just move around to make a hard target.)

[JellyCreeper]

Well, do you like extra safety, or not?

Tbh I have been safe so far, but the extra safety helps, i have 4 entrances to the base but I am only using 1 usually. We have like 5 people here and I am not sure the measures others use to try and pillage/raid others. I have been playing nicely so I am not sure... We are all newbies QQ

[Mario_Demorez]

Its like my grandmother always use to say - "Double wrap or your lifes gonna be crap." Wise words.

[Nightdawg]

An airlock should be a mandatory precaution everyone should take.
So yes, you NEED an airlock.

[Valnar]

There is like virtually zero cost to it, either a little less space if making the airlock inside or a bit ugly of a shape if you make the airlock outside.

The gains though are that you have literally no way a person can get in without besieging you.

Seems like a pretty no brainer thing to do.

[shubla]

There was some post about how to make good gate.

You make airlock where you build a log cabin that you lock, then keep some non-visitorgate open at all times, so you can run into the house, get deaggroed and teleport or log out, before the lock is picked.

[Valnar]

There was some post about how to make good gate.

You make airlock where you build a log cabin that you lock, then keep some non-visitorgate open at all times, so you can run into the house, get deaggroed and teleport or log out, before the lock is picked.

Do you really need the log cabin in the airlock for this to work? It seems like you could just have a log cabin outside of your walls to do this.

[MagicManICT]

Do you really need the log cabin in the airlock for this to work? It seems like you could just have a log cabin outside of your walls to do this.

If it's not inside the airlock, they can just enter the log cabin and continue combat.