Tribe Tower

A tower that rewards a tribe for holding it

The Tribe Tower is an ARK: Survival Ascended structure from the Wasteland War expansion of Bob's Tall Tales. A tribe raises it to show off its dominance, and its stacking buffs grow the longer it stands. It serves as a goal in both PvE and PvP play: rival tribes that destroy it reset the owners' bonuses and take a trophy that shows how long the tower lasted, along with the tribe's name.

The buffs and their caps

• Experience: +1% XP for each real-life day the tower stands, topping out at +20% on day 20.
• Taming speed: +1% per real-life day, likewise capped at +20% after 20 days.
• Element from bosses: +6% boss Element yield for every 30 real-life days, up to +30% once 150 days and five stacks are reached.

Placement and repair

It has to go outside, in an open spot with nothing overhead. Repairs are limited too: the tower can be repaired only after a long cooldown.

Engram and materials

The engram unlocks at level 42 for 60 engram points. The recipe calls for:

• 1200 Metal Ingot (or Scrap Metal Ingot)
• 650 Polymer (or Organic Polymer or Corrupted Nodule)
• 400 Fiber
• 250 Wood (or Fungal Wood)
• 125 Gunpowder
• 100 Gasoline
• 80 Keratin

Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 3.7 XP. The finished tower weighs 4 and has a stack size of 1. Our records list it on 9 maps, among them The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Astraeos and Valguero, and the wiki gives 57.12 as the version that added it.