Moonlight Peaks Fences & Gates Guide: Animal Enclosures & Fixes

Quick Answer:

Are There Fence Gates in the Base Game? No. In the current release version (v1.0.x), Moonlight Peaks does not have a dedicated swinging "Fence Gate" item in the crafting menu or carpentry store.
How to Build Player Passages That Stop Animals:
1. The 1×1 L-Shaped Gap (Recommended): Leave a 1-tile gap in your fence line, extend a 1-tile fence inward, and create an "L" or "S" turn. The player character walks through smoothly, but livestock pathfinding AI (Cowculas, Cheekens, Piggoats) cannot navigate the narrow corner!
2. The Low Furniture Blocker: Place a small decorative stool or chair in the opening. Players can step around the hitbox while larger farm animals remain penned inside.
3. Pickaxe Quick-Break: Keep a 1-tile wooden fence post as your "door" and quickly tap it with your Pickaxe to enter and replace it upon leaving.
PC Mod Solution: For Steam players, the community-created "Fence Gates" mod on Nexus Mods adds functioning wooden gates with opening/closing animations.

Fence Crafting Recipes & Styles

Fences are essential for organizing your farmstead, separating crops from livestock wandering areas, and preventing animals from trampling tilled soil:

Fence Style	Blueprint Unlock	Crafting Recipe (Workbench)	Aesthetics
Rustic Wood Fence	Early Farm Tutorial	2 Wood → 2 Fence Posts	Classic wooden stakes, rustic cottage look
Dark Wood Fence	Refiner Unlock	2 Dark Wood → 2 Fence Posts	Gothic dark timber, pairs with Weeping Willows
Gothic Wrought Iron	Ridge's Workshop	1 Iron Bar → 4 Iron Railings	Ornate black metal fencing with spiked finials
Graveyard Stone Wall	Ridge's Workshop	2 Stone → 2 Stone Wall Segments	Ancient weathered stone masonry

4 Working Player-Tested Gate Alternatives

Because livestock will wander across the farm if left uncontained, use these tested layout designs:

1. The L-Shaped Corner Entry (Best Workaround)

[Fence] [Fence] [Fence] [Gap] [Fence] [Fence]
                          |
                      [Fence] (1 tile inward)

How It Works: By placing a single vertical post one tile behind an open fence gap, you create a narrow zig-zag walkway.
Why It Succeeds: The player hitbox easily navigates diagonal steps, while animal pathfinding treats the obstacle as a solid wall, keeping your Draculambs and Cowculas securely inside the pasture.

2. The Hedge Buffer

Place a natural Garden Hedge (bought from Luna's decoration catalog) between two wooden fence posts.
The subtle collision margin allows vampire movement while forming a natural animal barrier.

3. The Chair / Lantern Step-Through

Place a small wooden stool or low decorative outdoor lantern directly in a 1-tile opening.
Your character can path past the furniture item in Decorate Mode or walking mode, but grazing livestock will not cross it.

Installing the PC Fence Gates Mod (Steam Version)

If you are playing on Windows PC and prefer visual swinging gates:

Install BepInEx 5.4.x (x64) into your Steam game folder (follow our Mods Installation Guide).
Download the Fence Gates Mod from Nexus Mods.
Place the mod's .dll file into Moonlight Peaks/BepInEx/plugins/.
Launch the game: any two adjacent fence posts can now be interacted with using the Action key to open and close seamlessly.

Evidence Status

Claim	Status	Source
No Native Fence Gate Item in v1.0 Release	Verified	Reddit testing & community consensus
L-Shaped Gap Prevents Animal Wandering	Verified	Player-tested layout guide on r/MoonlightPeaks
Fence Crafting Recipes (Wood, Dark Wood, Iron, Stone)	Verified	In-game Workbench crafting catalog
Nexus Mods BepInEx Fence Gates Plugin	Verified	Nexus Mods Moonlight Peaks repository (#106)

Sources

Reddit r/MoonlightPeaks — Simple Fence No-Gate Fix — L-shaped entrance guide and hitbox analysis.
Nexus Mods — Moonlight Peaks Fence Gates Mod — community gate modifications and quality-of-life tools.

Related Guides: Farm Layout & Crops · Animals & Livestock · Mods Guide & BepInEx · House Upgrades