Quick answer: For the Wild West Pioneers Wooden Hut upgrade Glen and Margaret request, buy the Wooden Hut housing improvement for 40 cash, then make sure you have enough wooden planks. Left-click a tent, select the upward-triangle upgrade icon at the top center, and click Accept to start building the upgrade. Video walkthrough · Steam upgrade instructions · Accept reminder
Players also call it Wooden Hut, Wooden Hut for Glen and Margaret, Wooden Hut tent upgrade, or Wooden Cabins. The Wooden Cabins discussion asks how to upgrade a tent after unlocking the cabin improvement.
Quick facts
- When: Glen and Margaret ask for a Wooden Hut after Margaret returns. Video walkthrough
- Improvement: Wooden Hut costs 40 cash in the walkthrough. Video walkthrough
- Material: Have enough wooden planks for the tent upgrade. Steam reply
- Action: Select a tent, use the upward-triangle icon, then click Accept. Steam instructions · Accept reminder
Upgrade a tent to a Wooden Hut
Buy the Wooden Hut improvement
Have enough wooden planks
Choose a tent's upgrade
Click Accept

If a tent will not upgrade, check that you have unlocked the improvement and have enough wooden planks, then select the tent's upward-triangle icon and click Accept. The Steam thread reports that completing whims alone did not make the upgrade work; another player had missed Accept.
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