The Yurt is a building in Age of Empires II and in Age of Empires: Return of Rome. They cannot be constructed but appear in campaigns and scenarios.
Age of Empires[]
Yurts were imported from Age of Empires II to the Age of Empires mode in Return of Rome. They provide 5 population space each, the same as a House. They are not constructible in normal gameplay, but can be found in campaigns and the scenario editor. Only the thatched Yurts from Age of Empires II are present in Return of Rome.
Campaign appearances[]
- Subartu: Some Yurts and Huts are present in the Sutean camp.
Age of Empires II[]
Like Houses, Yurts provide five population space. They cannot be built in normal gameplay, however, they are available in the Scenario Editor and can be found in some campaigns.
Some technology upgrades apply to Yurts, as they serve the same function as Houses.
Campaign appearances[]
Cloth Yurts are clearly intended to create a nomadic atmosphere, thus their main appearances are in camps of Central Asian peoples (Mongols, Turks, Huns, Tatars, and Cumans). Thatched Yurts may also be used to represent Native American structures, such as in Dos Pilas.
Yurts appear in the following campaign scenarios:
- Crucible: All tribes have Yurts at their settlements.
- A Life of Revenge: All players start with a few Yurts.
- The Horde Rides West: The player and the Kipchaks start with Yurts at their settlements.
- The Promise: The player has three Yurts in their starting settlement.
- Pax Mongolica: The player has Yurts in their starting settlement.
- Holy Roman Emperor: There are several Yurts owned by the Cuman mercenaries to the east.
- The Scourge of God: The Huns and the Scythians have Yurts in their settlements.
- The Great Ride: The Scythian Wild Women have a Yurt in their clearing in the forest.
- The Catalaunian Fields: The Alans have seven Yurts in their starting settlement.
- Reconquista: The Black Guard forces have several Yurts in their settlements.
- The Return of the Dragon: There are a couple of Yurts on the road towards Bran Castle.
- The Night Falls: The Wallachian town has several Yurts.
- Tours: The Berbers have multiple Yurts in their town.
- Vinlandsaga: The Skraelings have Yurts in their town.
- The Old World: There is a Yurt next to the Blind Lame Priest and his Hunting Wolf.
- Lion of Africa: There are Yurts on the Canary Islands, belonging to Guanches.
- Hunted:There's a Yurt in the center of the map, belonging to the Sosso Scouts. There is also a single Yurt in the main Sosso camp.
- Djeriba Gold: A southwestern Djenne village is composed of Yurts rather than Huts. There's also a Yurt in the easternmost and northeastern village.
- The Right Partner: There are several Yurts in the southern allied Beja tribe's camp.
- A Fallen Crown: There are Yurts in the northern Begemder camp, the base of the Alodian Merchants, and around the Darginda Castle.
- The Battle of Guadalete: The camp of Roderic's Army and the starting port of Tariq's army have several Yurts. The western local village also has some Yurts.
- Crossing the Pyrenees: The starting settlement and the destination area both contain Yurts. The two local villages also contain some Yurts. The Basques have some Yurts on the southwestern cliffs.
- Razzia: There are several Yurts in the starting Berber camp.
- Bapheus: There are Yurts on the outskirts of Germiyan.
- Bukhara: The White Huns, Hun Raiders and Gokturks have Yurts in their towns. There are also Yurts belonging to Khorasan, along the Silk Road.
- Dos Pilas: The five Mayan Raiders camps consist of three Yurts each.
- Honfoglalás: In the Definitive Edition, the Magyars and the Avars have Yurts in their settlements.
- Lake Poyang: The Pirates have some Yurts in their town.
- Kurikara: There are numerous Yurts in the northeast base of the Taira army. There are also some Yurts within Kurikara. A local fishing village in the southeast also has some Yurts.
- The White Elephant: There are Yurts belonging to the local Hill Tribes are scattered across the western section of the map. A couple Yurts belonging to the Mountain Thai and Lan Xang are located southwest of Lan Xang.
- The Old Tiger: There are Yurts on an island in the northern corner of the map.
- The Dai Viet Uprising: Le Loi's rebels start out with several Yurts. Malay pirates also have Yurts on their island.
- The Battle at Hanoi: Ming forces have some Yurts in the northeast area of the map. One is located within the pen containing Vietnamese Villagers.
- Reaching South: Locals in the western corner have some Yurts in their village.
- A Three-Pronged Attack: Vietnamese rebels' western camp contains several Yurts.
- A Dangerous Mission: Three of the four mercenary groups have Yurts as their housing. Hostile local forces also have several use by the northwestern river passage.
- The Story of Our Founders: The Mongols have several Yurts in their base. There are also several gaia Yurts in the center of the map.
- Unconditional Loyalty: There are Yurts in the Majapahit camps defending the eastern entrances into Trowulan. There are also some gaia Yurts in the south, alongside a Workshop.
- Serving the New King: There are several Yurts in Kutai's base in the middle of the map.
- War of Brothers: There are allied and enemy Yurts in camps scattered across the map.
- Amir of Transoxiana: The player, Toktamysh's starting camp, Blue Horde's base and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate's base have several Yurts in their settlements.
- Gurkhan of Persia: Both Toktamysh and Tabriz have several Huts in their town. There are also Yurts in the pass leading to Tabriz.
- Harbinger of Destruction: The Golden Horde and Volga Bulgars have multiple Yurts in both their towns. There are also Yurts inside of Sarai.
- Sultan of Hindustan: Tamerlane's forces and the Timurid Army have several Yurts in their camps.
- Scourge of the Levant: There are several Yurts in the Turkoman camp the player can gain in the middle of the map.
- A Titan Amongst Mortals: Tamerlane's base and the Ottoman Auxiliaries under Tahertan Khan have Yurts in their camps.
- A Most Unlikely Man: The Tulcha Tatars have multiple Yurts in and around their town.
- Tsar of the Bulgars: All three tribes of the Golden Horde have Yurts in their camps. Kasim Beg also has a Yurt north of Drastar.
- Echoes of Heroes: The Tatars have many Yurts in their camp.
- Where the One-Eyed Man is King: Kasim Beg's initial area, Nogai Khan's camp, and the village the player takes over under Nogai's orders have Yurts in them.
- Raising the Banners: The Cuman Tribes and Mongol Scouts have Yurts in their camps.
- The Battle at the Kalka River: The player, Mongols and Tatars all have Yurts in their camps.
- Saving the Huts: The Mongols, Tatars and Cuman tribes all have Yurts in their camps.
- Blood for Blood: Both the Cumans and Tatars have camps containing Yurts.
- A New Home: There are several Gaia Yurts the player can gain in the Hungarian side of the map.
- A Man of God: Ilkanate's base contains numerous Yurts.
- Bohemond and the Emperor: Pechenegs have several Yurts in their camp.
- No Man's Land: The Tatar Refugees has several Yurts in their camp.
- The Tatar Yoke: All camps belonging to the Golden Horde and its subsidiaries contain Yurts.
- A Worthy Opponent: The Golden Horde have Yurts in their town.
- Vytautas' Crusade: Crimean Tatars and Golden Horde primarily use Yurts for housing. There are some Yurts in outlying eastern base of Kazikermen. There are also some Yurts in Tokhtamysh's base.
- Renunciation: All three Huna camps contain Yurts.
- Pearl of the East: Qasim's and Targhai's bases contain Yurts. Uzbek camps also have Yurts. There are also some Yurts in and around Samarkand, belonging to enemy Timurids.
- The Last Timurids: Uzbek army only uses Yurts for their housing.
- Into India: Babur's starting camp is composed of Yurts and Pavilions. There are also Yurts in the base of the Yusufzai.
- The Battle of Panipat: Daulat Khan's base utilizes Yurts for housing. There are also a couple Yurts in Alam Khan's base.
- The Rajputs: Base of the Purbiya mercenaries has several Yurts.
- The Successor: There are some Yurts inside of Kerala.
- Outlawed: The Seljuk settlement has several Yurts in it.
- The Red Hats: All Turkoman camps have Yurts. A Yurt is also present within Erzincan.
- Road to Royalty: Ismail and his Qizilbash allies control several Yurts in their base.
- Alexander Safavi: Ismail's and Qizilbash' camp, and the Ottoman outpost contain Yurts.
- The Fallen Amir: City of Merv and the eastern Uzbek camp contain Yurts.
- Khata'i: Qizilbash and Uzbeks control several Yurts in their camps.
- Takeover: There are several Yurts inside the Cuman and Seljuk settlements.
- The Protectorate: Yurts are present inside of the Cuman settlement, controlled by Yury.
- Charlemagne: Many Yurts are in the western base of Minor Factions. The Saxon bases have a few Yurts in them too.
- Fetih: There are a few Yurts in the player's bases.
- Gaiseric: Many Yurts are present in the bases of the Franks, Soths, Suebi, and Alans.
- Komnenos: The Seljuk Turks have a few Yurts in the south of their base. There are Yurts around all the Shrines of Pechenegs.
- Mstislav: Yurts are present in the Cuman settlements across the western part of the map.
- Ragnar: The tribal people have a few Yurts in the two army camps near the eastern corner of the map.
- Seljuk: The player starts with three Yurts. The Oghuz Turks have Yurts in their army camps. The Kipchaks have Several Yurts scattered around their bases. The Kara-Khanids have a few Yurts to the east of their base.
- Temujin: The player starts with a Yurt. All Mongol players in this scenario have Yurts.
Appearance outside campaigns[]
The Forgotten introduces the Steppe, a map similar to Nomad but without water, where players begin without a Town Center and scout unit and three Villagers. They also begin the game with three Yurts.
Trivia[]
- Yurt is a Turkic-origin word referring to the portable round tents covered with pelts that have been used by nomadic peoples across the Eurasian steppes. The Mongolic word for the structure is Ger.
- The Cuman design Yurt models first featured in the game as part of the Cuman Wonder, before being added as distinct buildings in the form of Yurt variations in update 95810.
Gallery[]
Yurts in a Kereyid settlement in Crucible
The eight different Yurts in-game
The same in the Definitive Edition
Cuman Yurts added in update 95810
| Buildings in Age of Empires | |
|---|---|
| Civilian buildings | |
| General |  House ·  Temple ·  Government Center ·  Wonder |
| Economic |  Town Center ·  Dock ·  Storage Pit ·  Granary ·  Market ·  Farm |
| Unconstructable |  Aqueduct ·  Army Tent ·  Barricade ·  Chain ·  Colosseum ·  Granary ·  Great Pyramid ·  Hut · Monument · Pyramid ·  Ruins ·  Trade Workshop ·  Yurt |
| Military buildings | |
| Production |  Barracks ·  Archery Range ·  Stable ·  Siege Workshop ·  Academy |
| Tower |  Watch Tower ·  Sentry Tower ·  Guard Tower · Ballista Tower |
| Wall |  Small Wall ·  Medium Wall ·  Fortified Wall ·  Small Gate ·  Medium Gate ·  Fortified Gate |
| Unconstructable | Mirror Tower ·  Zenobia's Tower |
