Construction has so many benefits as it allows players to own a house and add different features to it, giving them abilities to teleport to different areas, rejuvenate, and even fulfill specific requirements for quests and achievement diaries. However, training construction is click-intensive and costly; it involves repeatedly building and removing furniture in a player-owned house.
To start construction, players must buy a house from one of the estate agents or complete the daddy’s home miniquest. A starter house costs 1,000 coins and will be located in Rimmington. 40 magic is required to cast the teleport-to-house spell, or you can use house tablets to teleport to your house.
This guide is intended specifically for main account players; if you are an Ironman player, we recommend you refer to this guide instead.
Why Train Construction?
Training Construction allows you to build and upgrade your Player-Owned House, which provides:
With 83 Construction, you can build nearly every useful POH feature. At 99 Construction, you unlock one of the best skillcape perks in the game: unlimited teleports directly to your house.
Construction is also:
Construction Training Paths Explained
There are two main ways to train in Construction:
1. Traditional Construction (Fastest XP)
2. Mahogany Homes (Cheaper & Relaxed)
Note: If your goal is the fastest 99, traditional Construction (1) is the best choice.
You should set your windows as resizeable and widen the game client slightly so that there is some space between the chatbox and the right-hand side control panel, this would help minimize mouse movements, making construction training significantly easier.
This quest requires completion of The Grand Tree, 5 construction, and 46 magic. It rewards crystal saw seed which can be used on the singing bowl by Brimstail to get the enchanted crystal saw. The crystal saw allows the player to build furniture up to 3 levels higher than their current construction level but would only provide this boost for furniture that requires both a saw and a hammer.
The plank sacks hold a total of 28 planks of any type. Servants can’t deliver the planks into a plank sack which makes it a poor option for construction training in a Player-owned house but it is highly recommended for Ultimate Ironmen and when playing the Mahogany Homes minigame.
This runelite plugin allows players to change the default left-click and shift-click options that are displayed when hovering over any in-game object or item. Using this plugin removes the need for the player to continuously right-click when training construction.
Ironman Construction Tips
Having a servant is very important when training construction. A servant is an NPC that players can hire for various services in their player-owned house, These servants can help players fetch or deposit different planks, saving them the time they would need to unnote their planks from Phials. Players can hire servants from the Servant’s Guild, which is located north of the marketplace in East Ardougne as shown below
All servants request a payment after every eight trips, the amount requested by each servant is shown below
Rick: Players need to have a construction of 20 to hire Rick who requests for a payment of 500 coins. He can only deliver 6 items at a time.
Maid: Players need to have a construction of 25 to hire Maid who requests for a payment of 1,000 coins. She can only deliver 10 items at a time.
Cook: Players need to have a construction of 30 to hire Cook who requests for a payment of 3,000 coins. He can only deliver 16 items at a time.
Butler: Players need to have a construction of 40 to hire Butler who requests for a payment of 5,000 coins. He can deliver 20 items at a time.
Demon butler: Players need to have a construction of 50 to hire the Demon butler who requests for a payment of 10,000 coins. He can deliver 26 items at a time. Daddy’s home is a miniquest where the player helps Mario’s father renovate a recently squatted home. It is quite short and rewards the player with a total of 544 construction experience, a player-owned house in Rimmington or 1,000 coins if you already have one, and Marlo’s crate which contains 25 planks, 50 mithril nails, 5 steel bars, 10 oak planks, 8 bolts of cloth, 5 house teleports and 1 falador.
This method of training involves building and removing furniture in a player-owned house. It is the fastest way of training construction after the completion of the daddy’s home, Lower tiers of furniture require the player to have a hammer, plank, and nails but as the player’s construction level increases they can build higher tiers of furniture which require only a certain type of plank to be built. With this method, the player will continuously receive construction experience every time they build furniture. To get the fastest construction experience rates, the player should build the furniture that offers the highest construction experience for their level as shown below.
8 planks and at least 4 steel nails are required to build a wooden bookcase in the Parlour of a player-owned house, each one built rewards the player with 115 construction experience
8 planks and at least 4 steel nails are required to build a wooden larder in the Kitchen of a player-owned house, each one built rewards the player with 115 construction experience
Only 2 oak planks are required to build a repair bench in the Workshop of a player-owned house, each one built rewards the player with 120 construction experience.
4 Oak planks are required to build a Crafting Table 1 in the Workshop of a player-owned house, each one built rewards the player with 240 construction experience
4 Oak planks are required to build an Oak dining table in the Dining room of a player-owned house, each one built rewards the player with 240 construction experience
6 Oak planks are required to build a Carved Oak table in the Dining roomof a player-owned house, each one built rewards the player with 360 construction experience.
The total cost of building furniture from level 8 to 33 construction is roughly 160K GP.
Oak larders can be built with a hammer and oak planks in the larder space of a kitchen in a Player-owned house, each Oak Larder built awards the player with 480 construction experience. Building Oak larders is the fastest way of training construction from levels 33 to 52.
Experience Rates of Building Oak Larders
Players can get around 480,000 construction experience per hour above level 50.
Cost of Using Oak Larders
Building Oak Larders costs 9.37 GP per XP when using a servant, or 8.57 GP per XP without a servant. Level
Building Mahogany furniture is an expensive and click-intensive method of training construction, it becomes the fastest way of training construction at level 52.
Level 52 - 77: Building Mahogany tables
Building mahogany tables in the dining room is the fastest way to use mahogany planks until level 77 construction. 6 mahogany planks are required to build a mahogany table and the player is rewarded with 840 construction experience for every one built.
Experience rates when building Mahogany Tables
The player should expect 900,000 construction experience per hour when making mahogany tables.
Cost of Making Mahogany Tables
Making Mahogany Tables costs 16.83 GP per XP. The player would spend 21M GP for planks and 470K GP for a servant to get to level 77
If you choose to make mahogany tables till level 99 construction, you would need to spend 211M GP for planks and 4.5M GP for a servant.
Level 77 - 99: Building Gnome Benches
A Gnome Bench can be built in the seating space of the Superior garden in a player-owned house. It offers the fastest construction experience at level 77 construction. Players are required to have 6 mahogany planks, a saw, and a hammer in their inventory before they can build a gnome bench. Each gnome bench built offers the player 840 construction experience.
Building Gnome benches has to be done perfectly as any mistakes could make it give about the same construction experience as building mahogany tables.
Experience rates when building Gnome Benches
Players can get 1,100,000 construction experience per hour when building gnome benches.
Cost of Building Gnome Benches
Making Gnome benches costs 16.83 GP per XP with a servant or 16.49 GP per XP without a servant. It would cost the player roughly 189M GP for planks and 4M GP for a servant to get to 99 construction when using this method.
Construction XP per hour at different levels
Level 1 - 20
Level 20 - 33
Level 33 - 52
Level 52 - 77
Level 77 - 99
The teak garden bench can be made in the seating space of the superior garden in a player-owned house and requires a saw and a hammer. Making Teak Benches is quite similar to gnome benches, it requires practice to get precise timing and accurate clicks. However, it is cheaper and significantly slower, it requires 6 teak planks and gives the player 540 construction experience.
Requirements For Building Teak Garden Benches
66 construction
Saw
HammerExperience rates when Making Teak benches
Players can expect experience rates between 600,000 to 500,000 experience per hour.
Costs of making teak benches
Making teak benches costs 11.15 GP/XP or 10.61 GP/XP without a servant.
The Oak can be built in the door space of the Dungeon and the Treasure room in a player-owned house. It requires 74 construction, oak planks, a hammer, and a saw. It gives 600 construction experience when it is built.
Experience rates when building Oak Dungeon doors
Players can gain up to 550,000 experience per hour
Cost of making Oak Dungeon doors
Making Oak Dungeon doors costs.49 GP/XP or 10.61 GP/XP without a servant.
How to make Oak Dungeon Doors
A mounted mythical cape can be built in the guild trophy space of the quest hall in a player-owned house. It requires three teak planks and a hammer before it can be built and offers the player 370 construction experience when built. It is generally not advisable to train with this method since it costs the same as making oak larders, and it is just as click-intensive but yields lower experience rates.
Tip: Have an equipable item in your inventory. In case you make a mistake and cannot remove a mounted mythical cape because your inventory is full of planks. You should equip the item to free up space in your inventory.
Requirements for Building Mounted Mythical Capes
47 construction
Dragon Slayer II
How to Build Mounted Mythical Capes
Experience rates when Building Mounted Mythical capes
Players can get up to 430,000 construction experience per hour.
Cost of Building Mounted Mythical Capes
Building a Mounted Mythical cape costs 8.13 GP per XP or 10.61 GP per XP without a servant.
Mahogany Homes is a construction minigame in which players complete contracts for various NPCs in Falador, Varrock, East Ardoune, and Hosidius, it mainly involves repairing furniture in different NPCs houses. This is a cheaper and easier alternative to the methods above. Players should have teleports to all four cities such as teleport tablets, runes or Charged Xerics talisman for Hosidius.
Players can start by speaking to Amy in Falador
This would allow them to start taking contracts depending on their construction level.
More contracts can be gotten from:
Requirement for Mahogany Homes
Players can start playing the Mahogany Homes minigame from level 1 construction, however, different tiers have progressively higher construction requirements as shown below.
Experience Rates when Playing Mahogany Homes
Here are the average experience rates to expect based on the tier the player plays:
Beginner37,500 experience per hour. With plank sack: 75,000 experience per hour
Novice80,000 experience per hour. With plank sack: 80,000 experience per hour
Adept117,5000 experience per hour. With plank sack: 135,000 experience per hour.
Expert 177,000 experience per hour. With plank sack: 207,500 experience per hour
Cost of Training with the Mahogany Homes
Here are the costs to expect based on the mahogany home tier the player plays:
Beginner130,953 GP per hour. With plank sack: 139,025 GP per hour
Novice217,612 GP per hour. With plank sack: 243,312 GP per hour
Adept418,433 GP per hour. With plank sack: 466,183 GP per hour.
Expert 1,082,254 GP per hour. With a plank sack: 1,255,354 GP per hour
Construction is one of those skills that could be considered "pay-to-win," as leveling it to 99 with money tends to be one of the fastest skills to train, allowing you to reach level 99 in just days or even hours. There are also options to train through minigames, such as the one released in the new update, "Mahogany Homes," for which we have a specific guide that you can find here. As I was saying, there are cheaper ways to reach level 99 in Construction, but obviously, it would take much longer than if you had money to spend. I hope you get your Construction 99 cape sooner rather than later! Good luck with your grind!
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