ARK: Survival Ascended Building Templates
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Workshop Base
A 1,511-structure PvE workshop base with an integrated greenhouse, built in mixed stone, wood and metal. The layout puts crafting stations and growing space under one roof, which is what you want on a farming tile rather than a defensive one. Requires Bob's Tall Tales and the Klinger Rustic GreenHouse cosmetic mod - without both loaded the greenhouse section will not import.
Behemoth Tek Base
A 2,000-structure Tek base laid out around a Behemoth Gateway footprint, sitting exactly on the per-template structure cap. Tek tier means every piece needs the boss-defeat engrams and Element to craft, so this is an endgame PvP build rather than a starter shell - plan the Element budget before you place it. The Behemoth footprint is what makes the count worth spending: gateways that size let a fully grown Rex or Giga walk in without a second door line.
Argentavis Trap
A six-structure Argentavis trap - the smallest build in this library - in stone, for fast setup and a safe exit while the target sleeps. Six pieces means you can carry the materials on a taming run and put it down wherever the Argy is, instead of luring it home. Fully vanilla, no DLC and no mods, so it works on any PC server.
92-Turret Heavy & Tek Tower
A 173-structure turret tower packing 92 Heavy Auto Turrets and Tek Turrets into a single metal-and-Tek footprint, built for PvP offline-protection windows. Mixing the two tiers matters under a soak: they draw different ammunition, so a raider who brought only one counter still has the other tier firing. Fully vanilla - no DLC and no mods. Official crafting costs are shown with visible recipe coverage.
ASR Longboat
A 1,148-structure longboat platform build in wood and metal, detailed with Arkitect Structures Remastered pieces and Bob's Tall Tales content. Its visual size and detailed modded structure set use a substantial share of a raft or platform saddle build allowance. Requires both the DLC and the mod. Official crafting costs are shown with coverage gaps for modded pieces.
Ultimate Gacha Farm
A three-part Gacha farm totalling 2,206 structures: the main production hall, a compact cubby section, and a centre support pillar so the whole thing snaps together on uneven ground. Built in metal and Tek for a PvE tribe running Gachas at scale. Each part imports separately, so you can place the hall first and extend later instead of committing to the full footprint on day one.
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Workshop Base
A 1,511-structure PvE workshop base with an integrated greenhouse, built in mixed stone, wood and metal. The layout puts crafting stations and growing space under one roof, which is what you want on a farming tile rather than a defensive one. Requires Bob's Tall Tales and the Klinger Rustic GreenHouse cosmetic mod - without both loaded the greenhouse section will not import.
Behemoth Tek Base
A 2,000-structure Tek base laid out around a Behemoth Gateway footprint, sitting exactly on the per-template structure cap. Tek tier means every piece needs the boss-defeat engrams and Element to craft, so this is an endgame PvP build rather than a starter shell - plan the Element budget before you place it. The Behemoth footprint is what makes the count worth spending: gateways that size let a fully grown Rex or Giga walk in without a second door line.
Argentavis Trap
A six-structure Argentavis trap - the smallest build in this library - in stone, for fast setup and a safe exit while the target sleeps. Six pieces means you can carry the materials on a taming run and put it down wherever the Argy is, instead of luring it home. Fully vanilla, no DLC and no mods, so it works on any PC server.
92-Turret Heavy & Tek Tower
A 173-structure turret tower packing 92 Heavy Auto Turrets and Tek Turrets into a single metal-and-Tek footprint, built for PvP offline-protection windows. Mixing the two tiers matters under a soak: they draw different ammunition, so a raider who brought only one counter still has the other tier firing. Fully vanilla - no DLC and no mods. Official crafting costs are shown with visible recipe coverage.
ASR Longboat
A 1,148-structure longboat platform build in wood and metal, detailed with Arkitect Structures Remastered pieces and Bob's Tall Tales content. Its visual size and detailed modded structure set use a substantial share of a raft or platform saddle build allowance. Requires both the DLC and the mod. Official crafting costs are shown with coverage gaps for modded pieces.
Ultimate Gacha Farm
A three-part Gacha farm totalling 2,206 structures: the main production hall, a compact cubby section, and a centre support pillar so the whole thing snaps together on uneven ground. Built in metal and Tek for a PvE tribe running Gachas at scale. Each part imports separately, so you can place the hall first and extend later instead of committing to the full footprint on day one.
Triple-Stack Vaults
Left and right four-structure alignment variants for building clean triple-stacked vault storage in metal, eight structures across both. Vaults do not stack neatly without a foundation offset, and the two handed variants exist because that offset mirrors depending on which side of the room you build from. Fully vanilla, and near-free in structure count.
PvE Lookout Base
A 1,129-structure elevated PvE base with broad sightlines and enough internal room for core crafting and storage. Height is the design: an elevated platform keeps wild spawns out of your crafting floor and gives flyers a clean landing approach. Requires the Sci-Fi Tech mod for its structure set, so confirm it is loaded before importing.
Christmas 13x13 Defense Base
A 1,913-structure 13x13 defensive base in metal and Tek with a seasonal exterior theme. The 13x13 footprint is the practical part: an odd-numbered square gives you a true centre tile for the vault core and symmetrical turret coverage on all four faces. Requires Bob's Tall Tales. At nearly 2,000 structures it will use most of a tile's allowance on official PvP settings.
Anti-Tank Snap Pack
Three metal snapping variants - 29 structures across the set, 11 at the largest - for placing anti-tank obstacles in repeatable defensive patterns. They are alternatives, not parts: pick the one that snaps to the approach you are blocking. Repeatability is the value, since hand-placing obstacles at a consistent spacing is exactly what goes wrong under time pressure. Fully vanilla.
Luxurious Residential Base
A 1,731-structure residential compound built for PvE presentation - layered rooms, detailed living areas and a finished exterior rather than a functional box. Uses Bob's Tall Tales structure pieces. This is a showcase build: there is no turret geometry or soak layering in it, so treat it as a home base on a protected tile rather than a raid-ready shell.
Underwater Turret Platform
A 1,684-structure underwater PvP platform shipped in two parts: the submerged base and the tower that snaps on top of it. Sixty-four Tek turrets sit in the design, and the bulk of the piece count is doubledoorframe and doorframe layering — the standard way of stacking hitboxes on a structure that cannot be approached on foot. Build your vacuum chambers to the height you want first, snap the base to the lowest one, then remove the chambers running to the seabed.
Dedi, Cryo and Crafting Layer
Twenty-six structures across two alternative layouts of the same floor: sixteen cryofridges, four dedicated storage boxes and the crafting run between them, arranged two different ways so you can pick whichever ordering matches the room you already have. The second layout is three foundations tall, which is the right height if your server runs custom cryofridge or dedicated storage sizes. Vanilla.
2×2 Auto Turret Tower
A 109-structure 2x2 auto turret tower using additional building cosmetics for its support structure. The 2x2 base plate is the practical part - it snaps onto a standard metal foundation grid, so it drops onto an existing compound without a rebuild. Requires the Arkitect's Paradise and Bamboo Building Cosmetics mods. Official crafting costs are shown with coverage gaps for modded pieces.
Viking Lodge
Two complete variants of a large Viking-inspired lodge, 1,997 structures at their biggest, sharing one wood-and-stone silhouette with different interior and exterior detailing. Both are vanilla - no DLC, no mods - so they place on any PC server. Pick a variant rather than importing both: at this size a single copy already fills most of a tribe's structure allowance on official settings.
Warroom Storage Pack
Thirty-four structures across three parts for kitting out a warroom: a snap guide that gives you the foundation grid, a vault floor, and a triple-stacked vault block. Place the snap guide against the room you already have and connect the ceilings with railings for support, then drop the floors onto the grid it establishes. Vanilla, and every container places empty.
8x8 Starter Turret Tower
A 1,138-structure 8x8 PvP tower meant as a first real turret tower rather than an endgame one: metal railings and thin pillars over a doubledoorframe core, with a thatch layer doing the cheap sacrificial work. The footprint is small enough to hold under a per-tile structure cap while still giving turrets height. Requires Bob's Tall Tales.
All-in-One Forest Hut
An 893-structure forest hut in wood and stone, combining residential space, storage and everyday crafting in a single build. All-in-one is accurate - you do not need a second structure for the first stretch of a PvE run. Stone tier means it is affordable well before metal, so it suits an early-to-mid game tribe. Requires Bob's Tall Tales.
Gazebo & Treehouse Pack
A decorative three-build pack - two gazebo variants and a standalone treehouse - in wood, 5,901 structures across the set with the largest single build at 1,995. Fully vanilla, so nothing here depends on DLC or mods. These are alternatives rather than parts: place the one that fits your spot instead of importing all three into the same base.
Japanese Castle
A 1,600-structure Japanese-inspired castle in wood and stone, with multiple tiers, detailed rooflines and substantial interior space. Entirely vanilla - no DLC and no mods - which makes it one of the larger builds here that will place on any PC server without extra content. Expect the roof detailing to account for a large share of the structure count.
Large Farm
A 989-structure agricultural build in stone with extensive crop plot and utility space for sustained PvE production. The crop plots are what shape the footprint: they are spaced so irrigation and access lines do not fight each other, which is the usual failure of a hand-built farm. Requires Bob's Tall Tales.
All-in-One Argy & Anky Base
An 852-structure PvE base planned around Argentavis and Ankylosaurus access, with storage and everyday crafting built in. The dino access is what shapes it: doorways and ceiling heights are sized so an Argy can be walked inside rather than left parked outdoors. Requires Bob's Tall Tales.
Functional HQ with Lowered Floor
A 1,987-structure metal and Tek headquarters shipped with a separate twelve-foundation part for aligning a lowered storage floor. The alignment part is the point - a flush lowered floor is fiddly to snap by hand, and this gives you the exact foundation grid. Requires Bob's Tall Tales and the Arkitect's Paradise mod, so check both are loaded before importing.
Basic Bunkhouse with Greenhouse
A 272-structure bunkhouse in stone with an attached greenhouse, sized for a small PvE tribe. One of the cheapest complete living-plus-growing setups in the library - under 300 structures, so it barely touches a structure allowance. Good as a satellite build on a farming tile rather than as a main base. Requires Bob's Tall Tales.