Leather Shelter
A Leather Shelter is a crafted shelter in DayZ that provides 100 slots of temporary storage and protection from the elements. It is built from a deployed Shelter Kit, 4 Long Wooden Sticks, and 8 Tanned Leather.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Leather Shelter is a crafted base-building shelter used for temporary storage and basic protection. It works well for small camps, hidden stashes, and survival setups where you want storage without needing a full tent or built base.
In-game description
“Simple wooden construction covered with tanned leather. Provides temporary storage and protection from the elements.”
Main Uses
- Store up to 100 slots of items
- Create a temporary camp or hidden stash
- Protect stored items from the elements
- Use as a lightweight alternative to larger tents
- Build from a Shelter Kit, Long Wooden Sticks, and Tanned Leather
- Unpack later when empty if you need to move camp
How to use this item
Build a Leather Shelter
Deploy a Shelter Kit on even ground, then attach Long Wooden Sticks and Tanned Leather to build the Leather Shelter.
- Deploy a Shelter Kit on even ground.
- Attach 4 Long Wooden Sticks to the shelter site.
- Attach 8 Tanned Leather.
- Interact with the shelter site until construction is complete.
- Use the finished shelter for temporary storage and protection.
Use as temporary storage
The Leather Shelter provides 100 slots of storage, making it useful for small camps, hidden loot spots, and temporary bases.
View related guideUnpack the shelter
You can unpack the shelter while it is empty, but you will not recover every resource used to craft it.
View related guideHow to get Leather Shelter
- Craft it by deploying a Shelter Kit and attaching the required materials.
- Collect 4 Long Wooden Sticks.
- Collect 8 Tanned Leather.
- Build it on even ground where the shelter placement is valid.
- Look for existing shelters at abandoned camps or player bases.
Spawn info
- • Leather Shelters must be crafted.
- • They are built from a Shelter Kit, Long Wooden Sticks, and Tanned Leather.
- • The wiki lists rarity as N/A because the item is crafted rather than a normal loot spawn.
Crafting and item conversions
How to craft Leather Shelter
Leather Shelter
Result: Leather Shelter
Deploy a Shelter Kit, then attach 4 Long Wooden Sticks and 8 Tanned Leather to build a Leather Shelter.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- The Leather Shelter provides 100 slots of storage.
- It has 7 days of persistence.
- It must be crafted from a deployed Shelter Kit.
- It requires 4 Long Wooden Sticks and 8 Tanned Leather.
- It provides temporary storage and protection from the elements.
- You may need to interact with the shelter site multiple times before construction is complete.
- You can unpack it only while it is empty.
- Unpacking the shelter does not return all crafting resources.