diff --git a/levels/lobby_underground.gd b/levels/lobby_underground.gd
index c816fdb..da7039e 100644
--- a/levels/lobby_underground.gd
+++ b/levels/lobby_underground.gd
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
 	if Run.bear_gate_open() or DP.b("gate_unlocked_bear"):
 		bear_gate_open = true
 		$AnimationPlayer.play("Gate_opening")
-		Controls.vibrate(0, 0.5, .5, 7)
+		Controls.vibrate_for(0, 0.5, .5, 7.0)
diff --git a/systems/input/controls_manager.gd b/systems/input/controls_manager.gd
index 66c793a..8e1a7ea 100644
--- a/systems/input/controls_manager.gd
+++ b/systems/input/controls_manager.gd
@@ -251,6 +251,20 @@ func vibrate(device: int, weak_magnitude: float, strong_magnitude: float, durati
 """ % [device, int(duration * 1000.0), weak_magnitude, strong_magnitude], true)
 
 
+## Godot's own start_joy_vibration() docs warn that a single long effect is unreliable —
+## "not every hardware is compatible with long effects; you may want to make a shorter
+## effect and make it repeat instead." That's exactly what broke the lobby gate's 7-second
+## rumble (the short 0.2 s hit-vibration works fine): this repeats vibrate() as short pulses
+## to cover the same total duration instead of one long call.
+func vibrate_for(device: int, weak_magnitude: float, strong_magnitude: float,
+		total_duration: float, pulse: float = 0.3, gap: float = 0.1) -> void:
+	var elapsed := 0.0
+	while elapsed < total_duration:
+		vibrate(device, weak_magnitude, strong_magnitude, pulse)
+		await get_tree().create_timer(pulse + gap).timeout
+		elapsed += pulse + gap
+
+
 ## Returns the first keyboard event bound to an action, or null.
 func get_key_event(action: StringName) -> InputEventKey:
 	for event: InputEvent in InputMap.action_get_events(action):