How do I leave Industrial Complex?

[EFG.Wenex ヽ(´ー｀)ノ]

I explored entire Outskirts and found those 2 rooms with symbols. I enter that one and I have entered a new zone, but I can't go back. Do I have to complete Industrial Complex to go back and check the other transition room? I even have max karma I can possibly get right now.

https://i.imgur.com/G1wAemU.png

[Clail]

You can go back if you have the matching karma or higher for that side of the gate. They aren't always the same as coming in. You can't however go through the same gate twice in one cycle, the water used to help power the gate has run dry as you can see in the top of the screen where it was previously full.

Find shelter, come back after it rains. Alternatively die and get sent back to last shelter.

[RCMidas]

Those are known as karma gates. Once activated, you cannot go through them again until at least one cycle has passed. Choose a different exit, or hibernate in a shelter. All areas have three exits (exceptions: Sky Islands has two, Shoreline has four) and there are thus multiple ways to loop back around to a previously visited area.

I advise you carry on this direction for now. Both of the other two exits from Outskirts lead to notably tougher areas than Industrial Complex. Visit them a bit later on.

[EFG.Wenex ヽ(´ー｀)ノ]

Originally posted by Clail:

You can go back if you have the matching karma or higher for that side of the gate. They aren't always the same as coming in. You can't however go through the same gate twice in one cycle, the water used to help power the gate has run dry as you can see in the top of the screen where it was previously full.

Find shelter, come back after it rains. Alternatively die and get sent back to last shelter.

Ah makes sense. So I went though and it used the water. I hibernated once (with 3 food only), but it didnt saved and the rain didnt drop, so it wasn't working. And the gate shows the same symbol on both sides, so in theory I should be able to leave if the water was here I guess.

I did die and respawned back in the outskirts, so that's solved. Though Im confused where should I go, I found 3 gates like this already in outskirts.

[EFG.Wenex ヽ(´ー｀)ノ]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Those are known as karma gates. Once activated, you cannot go through them again until at least one cycle has passed. Choose a different exit, or hibernate in a shelter. All areas have three exits (exceptions: Sky Islands has two, Shoreline has four) and there are thus multiple ways to loop back around to a previously visited area.

I advise you carry on this direction for now. Both of the other two exits from Outskirts lead to notably tougher areas than Industrial Complex. Visit them a bit later on.

Thank you. So I'm gonna heed your advice, and when I finish exploring Outskirts I'm gonna go to the Complex then.

[Nen☆niN]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

All areas have three exits (exceptions: Sky Islands has two, Shoreline has four)

Both Exterior and IC have four as well, and 5P only has two. Shoreline also only has three*.
*unless you have the DLC. Though DLC discussions about map aren't productive unless we specify what campaign we're on I'd reckon (Shoreline sometimes has five, Exterior gets six, Sub gets four etc etc) and I think this is about vanilla; OP only has 3 hours clocked in RW and doesn't even own the DLC. Note however that I am not making this reply out of spite or to call you out or anything; if this somehow evolves into a discussion (and even if it doesn't) I'd like to be on good terms with you.

[RCMidas]

Yes, I made a mistake with Shoreline there, I should have said Complex - and four exits indeed elsewhere, though two of them lead to the same place, which is why I didn't think of that properly either.

[Nen☆niN]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Yes, I made a mistake with Shoreline there, I should have said Complex - and four exits indeed elsewhere, though two of them lead to the same place, which is why I didn't think of that properly either.

It's also rather hard to consider that region just a single one, which may have contributed to the confusion.

[Eoun]

Gates only work once per cycle for Survivor and they must remain standing still for them to activate if they have sufficient karma.