Yurt

A portable shelter from Primitive Plus

The Yurt is a tent structure from the Primitive Plus DLC of ARK: Survival Evolved. In the game's words it is "A temporary tent to shelter that acts as a foundation." You can set it down and pick it up again, and it lets you place some structures as well. The ARK Wiki likens it to the Tent, but describes the Yurt as much more spacious.

Placing and packing it

• It fits on a Wooden Raft, a Motorboat or a platform saddle, and most cliffsides accept it too, giving a quick spot to land and recover or to set up a small crafting post before moving on.
• When the Yurt is picked up, any beds, crafting stations and storage are destroyed.
• Where part of its floor sits above the ground or foundation, a survivor can enter through the floor.

Taming and defense

The wiki credits it with 7k HP, enough to hold off most animals while you tranquilize them, and there is no cooldown on placing several in a row. It can hold a Megalodon or even Griffins, but creatures the size of a Terror Bird or Raptor can walk out through the door; the wiki suggests setting the door against a hillside slope or partly inside an obstacle. Skilled users can even trap a leaping Kaprosuchus before it strikes.

In PvP, the wiki describes dropping one in front of approaching players to disorient them, and using a second Yurt to trap an opponent inside. It can also trap a poorly armed player who is in the water and drown them.

Crafting cost

The engram unlocks at level 47 for 15 engram points. One craft takes 5 seconds and gives 9.3 XP:

• 75 Leather (Primitive Plus)
• 100 Fiber
• 25 Beeswax (Primitive Plus)

According to the wiki, Beeswax is hard to get, and that cost puts most people off building Yurts. Each one weighs 4 and they stack to 100; a full stack weighs 400.