OSRS Daddy's Home Miniquest Guide: Build Your First House

Daddy’s Home is a short and beginner-friendly miniquest that introduces players to the Construction skill. It requires no quests or skills to start and rewards you with your Player-Owned House (POH) plus enough XP to jump straight to level 8 Construction.

Difficulty: Easy
Length: Very short
Time to complete: ~4 minutes

Main benefit: Unlocks Construction + gives you a free POH

Before You Start

For the smoothest experience:

• Enable RuneLite Quest Helper.
• Hold space bar to skip dialogue quickly.
• Use number keys to select chat options.
  
  

Item Requirements

• Nails (you will use several — bring at least 20–30 to avoid running out)
• Hammer: Can be obtained during the quest.
• 3 waxwood logs (found in Yarlo’s kitchen crates)
• 5 bolts of cloth (Can be bought from Sawmill operator for 350 coins)
• Coins for:
  • Sawmill conversions
  • Bolts of cloth
  • Extra nails (optional)

Daddy’s Home Walkthrough

Start the Miniquest

• Head to Varrock and speak to Marlo, located northeast of Varrock Square near the Castle.

• Choose dialogue options: 2 → 3 → 3 → 3.
• Marlo sends you to Old Man Yarlo in south Varrock, just southwest of Aubury’s Rune Shop. Talk to him to begin the renovation.

Remove the Old Furniture

Yarlo will ask you to clear out his ruined house. Dismantle the following:

Check out the image above to see the locations of all the furniture that you should dismantle. 

After removing everything, talk to Yarlo again. a short Construction demonstration cutscene will start.

Rebuild the House

Now rebuild all furniture you removed. Tip: You will sometimes fail when building if you run out of nails. Bring extras.

Important:
Everything can be built immediately except the bed, which needs waxwood planks.

How to get waxwood planks

Search the kitchen crates to get 3 waxwood logs.

• Teleport to the Lumberyard (or run there).
• Convert the waxwood logs into planks at the sawmill.
  

Return to the house and finish building the following:

• 2 stools
• 2 tables
• Carpet
• Chair
• Waxwood bed
  

Talk to Yarlo once everything is built.

Complete the Miniquest

Return to Marlo to claim your rewards.

Rewards from Daddy's Home Miniquest

Construction XP

• 400 XP from the miniquest
• +544 XP while rebuilding the furniture
• Total: 944 Construction XP (takes you from level 1 to level 8 instantly)
  
  

Other Rewards

• A Player-Owned House in Rimmington
  • If you already have a POH: 1,000 coins instead
    
    
• Marlo’s crate, containing:
  • 25 planks
  • 5 mithril nails
  • 5 steel bars
  • 10 oak planks
  • 8 bolts of cloth
  • 5 house teleport tablets
  • 1 Falador teleport tablet
    
    

Why Daddy’s Home Is Worth Doing

This miniquest is one of the fastest ways to unlock Construction and skip its slow early levels. The free materials from Marlo’s crate also give new players a strong head start in training the skill without spending much GP. If you’re brand new to Construction or playing an ironman, you should always complete Daddy’s Home early.