Gate monkey

A Gate monkey, often abbreviated GM, is a player who will join another player's party to open a gate for them in return for payment. No other services are rendered unless the players agree to something else. A good example is to open the gate north of the pre-Searing Ascalon City in order to access The Northlands. Being a Gate Monkey is a fairly easy way to make money at lower levels.

Gates are normally used by certain quests to require players to have a companion in their party while on them. By employing a Gate monkey, this requirement can be bypassed. Once the gate is open, the monkey then leaves the party, allowing the hiring player to start the quest or hunt alone.

This term may also be used in speed clears (such as Shards of Orr) to describe the one perma that waits for the main group to get the key and then runs the level out.