Construction training

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Construction is an expensive skill to train. At low Construction levels, players typically make their planks, use soft clay or limestone, and explore different rooms and furniture. To advance, most players use oak, teak, or mahogany planks to build and remove oak larders, driftwood prawnbrokers, or mahogany tables.

All constructed objects will always result in a loss of money, regardless if you make the planks or buy them off the Grand Exchange.

Typical costs for Construction experience vary from −21.68 coins (using player-made oak planks) to −9.77 coins (using mahogany planks bought from the Grand Exchange) to −0.99 coins per experience point (doing Construction Contracts using teak planks and mithril nails bought from the GE).

Due to the cost of training Construction normally, it is recommended to use bonus experience (or 'Double XP Weekend') or other experience boosting items to save money and train faster if not doing Construction Contracts after level 40.

Items and bonuses

Construction cape perk

The Construction cape's perk has a 5% chance to save any plank type when building. This perk will activate when training in the player-owned house, during construction contracts, and while using the portable workbench. Only one plank per action can be saved by the cape when it triggers.

Sculpting chisel

A sculpting chisel is a two-handed item (includes both chisel and hammer) which is obtained as a reward from the Distraction and Diversion God Statues. This can be acquired at level 1 Construction by building a god statue in the same location for a total of four months (non-consecutive). The chisel will grant a +1 boost to the player's Construction level as well as a 1% bonus Construction experience, which stacks additively to the bonus from the constructor's outfit.

As a two-handed item, it is not possible to use a Prifddinian crystal saw or an artificer's measure at the same time.

Crystal saw

The crystal saw is an item made from a small crystal seed by invoking the singing bowl in Brimstail's cave in the Tree Gnome Stronghold or the Ithell clan district in Prifddinas. The seed is awarded to players who complete The Eyes of Glouphrie quest. The saw adds a hidden +3 bonus to the player's Construction level. This allows the player to construct items as if their Construction level were higher by 3, though this bonus only applies to items which require a saw to build, and does not include items such as monsters, plants, or rooms. The bonus is stackable with drinking a cup of tea, sculpting chisel and spicy stews that already boost this skill, only for objects requiring a saw to make.

Torstol incense sticks

Each potency level of torstol incense sticks provides a 0.5% increase to base XP gain. The potency level will increase every 10 minutes and will reach its maximum at level 4 (+2% to base XP). Overloading consumes 6 sticks but instantly provides the maximum potency.

Constructor's outfit

Standard

Similar to other skilling outfits, the constructor's outfit will provide a total 6% bonus when the 5-piece set is donned. The set requires level 44 Construction to wear. However, obtaining the set can be quite time consuming, as it is rewarded upon certain milestones in the Temple Trekking and Burgh de Rott Ramble minigame. To unlock these minigames, the third quest in the Myreque quest series must be complete. If a player is pursuing the completion of all Morytania achievements, they may consider doing this at level 44 Construction.

Item		XP boost
	Constructor's gloves	1%
	Constructor's boots	1%
	Constructor's hat	1%
	Constructor's trousers	1%
	Constructor's garb	1%
Sub-total		5%
Set bonus		1%
Full set		6%
Requirements: Gloves - Get Pazuzu to level 85 Boots - Get Zachory Bragg to level 25 Hat - Get the total NPC level to 200 Trousers - Get the total NPC level to 300 Garb - Get the total NPC level to 400

Master

When the full Master constructor's outfit set is worn, it has the following effects:

• Option to automatically remove furniture after building it.
• Convert logs into planks (cost still applies).
• Apply a temporary +3 boost to Construction.
• Increased build progress and chance to instantly finish repairs for Construction contracts.
• Unlimited teleports to the player's player-owned house, the current Construction contract, house portals, and estate agents.
• 6% XP boost to Construction experience if the constructor's outfit is owned, even if the set is in the bank, Diango's storage, or one's player-owned house.

Portable workbench

The portable workbench is a portable skilling station that can be won on Treasure Hunter that acts as a workbench when deployed. Flatpacked items created on it give 10% more experience than at a workbench, and it offers an additional chance to save a plank. Upon saving a plank, players receive the message The portable workbench saves you a plank.. Wearing the Brooch of the Gods doubles the chance to save a plank.

Portable workbenches can commonly be found on world 84 (Portable Skilling), usually at the Lumbridge Market ("LM"), north of the castle by the bank chest. This allows players to construct flatpacks on the workbench often without even moving from the spot in front of the bank chest.

Plank Box

The Plank box is an item earned by doing Construction Contracts which initially holds up to 25 of each plank, but is upgradeable to be able to hold 50 or 100 of each type of plank. Planks stored inside the box will be used automatically without needing to be withdrawn.

Wise perk

The wise perk on a weapon or tool in the main or off-hand slot can give up to 4% more experience.

Monkey butler

At level 50 Construction it is possible to obtain a mind-controlled monkey butler. However, this also requires level 60 Invention and unlocking it with goblin currency from the cave goblin technology tree. The monkey butler can carry 26 items, but unlike his other butler counterparts, there is no cost as the player uses a monkey mind-control helmet to domesticate the monkey, Steve.

Scroll of proficiency

The scroll of proficiency is a Dungeoneering reward, which requires level 60 in both Dungeoneering and Construction. It will also cost 20,000 Dungeoneering tokens to obtain. As aforementioned there is a chance to save planks once obtained and is broken down as follows:

• 50% for normal planks
• 25% for oak planks
• 20% for teak planks
• 10% for mahogany planks

For a more detailed analysis please refer to the scroll of proficiency page.

Clan avatar

Activating your weekly buff will boost Construction XP by 3% (up to 6% with fealty bonus).

Flatpack Depacker

The flatpack depacker is an Invention item unlocked at level 109 Invention, used in the Construction skill to automatically note or disassemble flatpacks while creating them in your player-owned house. The flatpack depacker has 60 charges once activated. To activate, an empty inventory slot is required.

Relic powers

Players with level 118 Archaeology can activate the Inspire Genius relic power at the mysterious monolith for a 2% experience increase to Construction.

Players with level 112 Archaeology can activate the Abyssal Link relic power to cause spellbook teleport spells to require no runes but grant no experience. This can save an inventory slot for players that use spellbook teleport tabs while training Construction, or more if they would have been using runes.

Artificer's measure

The Artificer's measure is a skilling off-hand that requires level 99 Crafting and level 102 Archaeology to create. It provides benefits to the Crafting and Construction skills while equipped. It has the following perks when used for Construction:

• The chance to activate the Scroll of proficiency, which can save planks when constructing furniture, is multiplied by 1.25
  • If the Scroll of proficiency activates, the player gains an Artificer's Focus bonus, providing a 0.5% experience buff to Crafting and Construction (which stacks up to 10 times for 5% more experience) for 5 minutes, which can be refreshed.

Experience and cost

Understanding experience earned

Experience gained is calculated from the experience per Construction material used. The experience gained from making 2 items with 2 oak planks is the same as making one item with 4 oak planks. Therefore, it is more efficient to make items requiring more supplies, as the cost per experience is the same but the total actions required are fewer.

Cost of earning Construction experience

Most materials used in Construction cannot be made with skills and must be bought from suppliers or the Grand Exchange. Wooden planks are made by handing over logs and money to the plank maker or sawmill operator, or by using the logs in the Portable sawmill. They can alternatively be made at the sawmill in Fort Forinthry, which is slower but cheaper. Other Construction materials that can be made by the player are soft clay, molten glass, limestone bricks, and steel bars. Even these items are normally used in combination with other bought Construction materials, except for a very few, low experience items such as clay fireplaces (3 soft clay for 30 experience). Specialty items such as gold leaves, marble blocks, and magic stones can be bought from a specialty shop in Keldagrim or the sawmill operator in the Ithell Clan district of Prifddinas.

After completing the appropriate Morytania achievements, one may receive 30 normal planks, 20 oak planks, or 10 teak planks daily from Razmire Keelgan, potentially worth 990, 1,200, or 900 Construction experience respectively.

This chart shows the experience given per object when each object is used. The cost per experience point is based on Grand Exchange prices.

Item	XP Given	GE Log Cost	Sawmill Fee	Total Cost	Cost/XP	GE Plank Cost	Cost/XP
Plank	29	1,302	100	1,402	−48.34	477	−16.45
Plank and Bronze nails	29	1,302 + 22 nail	100	1,424	−49.1	499	−17.21
Oak plank	60	1,051	250	1,301	−21.68	760	−12.67
Teak plank	90	236	500	736	−8.18	425	−4.72
Mahogany plank	140	386	1,500	1,886	−13.47	1,368	−9.77

This chart shows the experience given per object when each object is used. The cost per experience point is based on Grand Exchange prices.

Item	Experience given	NPC Cost	Cost/XP	GE Cost	Cost/XP
Molten glass	1	N/A	N/A	1,046	−1,046
Clay	10	N/A	N/A	1,051	−105.1
Soft clay	10	N/A	N/A	1,726	−172.6
Bolt of cloth	15	650	−43.33	1,032	−68.8
Iron bar	10	N/A	N/A	2,373	−158.2
Steel bar	20	N/A	N/A	2,157	−107.85
Limestone	20	10 or 17	−0.5 or −0.85	895	−44.75
Limestone brick	20	21	−1.05	1,590	−79.5
Gold leaf	300	130,000	−433.33	134,249	−447.5
Marble block	500	325,000	−650	313,922	−627.84
Magic stone	1,000	975,000	−975	971,846	−971.85

Notes:

• You can turn clay into soft clay by adding water to it. This can be done in a player-owned house using a garden or kitchen water source.
• You can turn limestone into limestone bricks using a chisel on it. This gives 6 Crafting experience.

Special logs

Special teak logs and special mahogany logs can be obtained randomly while cutting down their respective trees. These logs can be sold to the plank maker or sawmill operator for 3,900 coins for mahogany or 1,300 coins for teak. They can be processed straight into a refined plank of the respective wood type, or processed into base planks on the sawmill in the Workshop in Fort Forinthry.

Training methods

The player can choose how they wish to train this skill and swap methods at any time:

• Portable Workbench - is a very AFK method that can be performed while standing at a single spot.
• player-owned house - is a very click-intensive method that requires frequent trips to the bank or employment of a servant.
• Construction Contracts - is the cheapest method, but is also significantly slower, and requires level 40.
• Fort Forinthry - is an extremely AFK method that can be faster and cheaper if one chooses to be more click-intensive, and requires a novice quest.

Training on portable workbenches

Method overview

Flatpacks are the least click-intensive way to train Construction. Flatpacks are made on a workbench or Portable workbench and can be dropped, banked or disassembled afterward.

• Portable workbenches can always be found at World 84 at the Lumbridge Market and/or Workshop (Fort Forinthry), allowing you to make flatpacks directly at a bank chest.
• They are now the easiest and most convenient method to train Construction as there is an ample supply of Portable workbenches to reliably train to 99 using these.
• They do not require a servant, or a player-owned house.
• This method is highly AFK (away from keyboard) and does not require click-intensive gameplay with constructing & destroying furniture.
• Portable workbenches are highly recommended because they give 10% more experience than at a workbench at the player-owned house.
• They also allow players to construct flatpacks on the workbench often without even moving from the spot in front of the bank chest.

Return on investment

• Best returns: Flatpacks may be sold to Advisor Ghrim in exchange for coins in the treasury of your kingdom, after completing the hard Fremennik achievements.
  • In principle, he gives 10% of the material costs.
  • How this is calculated is not clear, but the value of a flatpack is less than 10% of the GE price of a log plus the Sawmill fee
  • Since the Sawmill fee is fixed, this suggests that he values the logs at less than GE price but greater than the max store price.
  • Advisor Ghrim will not take noted items.
• Flatpacks can be sold on the Grand Exchange. However, there is often limited demand for flatpacks, so do not expect them to sell instantly.
• Flatpacks can be alched, but the return is less than the cost of the runes.

Training methods

Levels 1-19

Item	Wooden chair flatpack
Level required	1
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−68,670
Items required	126 planks and around 126 steel nails
	For the first levels of Construction, you need to buy or make planks and steel nails. Start by making crude wooden chair flatpacks. These are found in the Parlour Flatpack section. From Level 8 you can switch to wooden chairs which are faster.

Levels 19-31

Item	Oak chair flatpack
Level required	19
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−125,400
Items required	Around 165 oak planks
	From level 19 until 31, you need to buy or make around 165 oak planks to make oak chair flatpacks. These are found in the Parlour Flatpack section.

Levels 31-35

Item	Carved oak table flatpack
Level required	31
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−87,400
Items required	Around 115 oak planks
	From level 31 until 35, you need to buy or make around 115 oak planks to make Carved oak table flatpacks. These are found in the Dining Room Flatpack section.

Levels 35-52

Item	Teak armchair flatpack
Level required	35
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−434,350
Items required	Around 1,022 teak planks
	From level 35 until 52, you need to buy or make around 1,022 teak planks to make Teak armchair flatpacks. These are found in the Parlour Flatpack section.

Levels 52-69 (cheaper method)

Item	Teak kitchen table flatpack
Level required	52
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−2,337,075
Items required	Around 5,499 teak planks
	From level 52 until 69, you need to buy or make around 5,499 teak planks to make teak kitchen table flatpacks. These are found in the Kitchen Flatpack section. If you wish to optimize on money input and Invention component yield instead of time, then this can be continued until level 99 due to the portable having 7.5% chance of saving a plank per action (as opposed to per plank), which allows more planks to be saved this way than a 6-plank project (the proficiency check only checks every third plank, so multiples of 3 save the largest proportion of planks from proficiency). In addition, this item disassembles with 42.8% base junk chance into two parts of simple or crafted parts, while the teak magic wardrobe also only yields two parts with 34.0% base junk chance, so this gives more parts if you disassemble the products.

Levels 52-99 (expensive method)

Item	Mahogany table flatpack
Level required	52
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−114,689,016
Items required	Around 83,837 mahogany planks, 6 mahogany planks each
	From level 52 until 99, you need to buy or make around 83,837 mahogany planks to make Mahogany table flatpacks. These are found in the Dining Room Flatpack section.

Levels 69-99 (cheaper method)

Item	Carved teak magic wardrobe flatpack
Level required	69
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−53,088,025
Items required	Around 124,913 teak planks
	From level 69 until 99, you need to buy or make around 124,913 teak planks to make Carved teak magic wardrobe flatpacks. These are found in the Costume Room Flatpack section. Since a portable workbench has a 7.5% chance of saving a plank per action, and only one plank can be saved per action, this 6-plank-per-item method costs slightly more (i.e. saves fewer planks) than continuing to make 3-plank kitchen tables. In exchange, it is significantly faster.

Training at a player-owned house

This is the traditional manner to train Construction, by constructing and destroying furniture at a player-owned house. It requires a servant to minimise trips to the bank.

Getting started

• Buy or obtain at least 100 oak planks for learning purposes
• Go to an estate agent and purchase a house (there is an agent at Varrock)
• Talk to the estate agent and change the location of the house to Taverley (or any other location where the POH portal is close to a bank)
• Go to Taverley (or the location you selected)
• Go to a nearby bank and withdraw a full inventory of oak planks (you can create a bank preset to make it faster the next time)
• Go to the POH portal and right-click and select "Enter house (building mode)" which allows you to construct objects
• Right click the door hotspots and create a few rooms around the portal room (a parlour, kitchen and workshop is useful, and 2 bedrooms are required to employ a servant)
• Enter your parlour room (the one with a 3 semi-transparent chairs and a fireplace)
• Click on the chair hotspot and build a crude wooden chair
• Right-click the chair and Destroy it, and select 'Destroy and do not ask again'
• You will have to repeat this process of creating & destroying furniture to use this method

Using hotkeys

Players can use hotkeys (or keybinds) to navigate the Construction menu.

1. After right clicking to build on a hotspot, the client opens the window titled "Select a Piece of Furniture to Build" or similar.
2. On this window, one option is to simply click on the desired item to construct. Another option is to press the number key corresponding to that item. Note that the items on this window are not numbered, but pressing keys works anyway, and this number corresponds to the order in increasing level requirement.
3. After building the object, it must be removed by right-clicking. If the camera is carefully aligned it is possible to right-click the hotspot/object without moving the mouse. This generally saves time by removing the need to aim the cursor.
4. The servant will also need to be right-clicked which involves moving the mouse.
5. Again, the servant's dialogue can be navigated only using hotkeys.
6. Thus, with appropriate setup the mouse only needs to be moved three times for each servant trip with the rest of the procedure being accomplished with keystrokes and clicks. Beware of interface lag. Sometimes, pressing the right keystroke or click too early will yield the wrong action.

Obtaining planks

In order to construct furniture in your player-owned house, you need a constant source of planks. Assuming you have planks in your bank, you can either bank manually and fetch them or employ a servant to do so.

Trip time

With the correct choice of teleport techniques, very little running is required to make a round trip (either two-way or three-way). This means that the total trip time is largely dependent on how fast the player can click and select various options. Maximising the experience earned per hour depends on balancing the fastest possible round trip (i.e. least clicks) vs. a slightly slower round trip maximising the experience earned per trip. Players, therefore, vary in their precise technique - fast clickers tend to prefer the fastest possible trip. Players on slow computers or poor-quality internet connections tend to prefer maximising the experience per trip. Note that, because of the relatively low cost of teleporting compared to the cost of an inventory, the teleport cost tends to not be a factor in an optimised trip plan.

Plan round trip to optimise inventory

• To maximise experience per trip, you need to maximise the number of planks/logs you transport per trip.
• Be sure to use your Plank box if you have done enough Construction Contracts to afford one.
• If you are using a beast of burden, you need at least one spare slot to swap logs/planks between the two inventories at the Plank Maker. A technique is to drop one or two planks to make this space and pick up the planks when done. Alternatively, you may decide that it is quicker to have a spare slot or two.
• Bring materials in amounts equal to the highest multiple of the required materials to construct your items that are possible per trip (e.g., carry a multiple of 8 for larders, or 10s for oak doors) as this reduces weight by not bringing extra material that won't be used. Alternatively, build something else to use the remaining planks (e.g. if you are carrying 26 planks, build two oak doors and then build two oak armchairs to use up the last 6 planks). With careful planning, this does not need to slow down a round trip very much.
• Making Flatpacks can be a very fast way of using up almost any "left-over" planks. For instance, "Make All" oak drawers will use up any even number of oak planks.

You cannot bring a summoning familiar in your house when you're in building mode.

Experience per trip

For number of planks carried. Higher numbers require a beast of burden (or a Plank box for two-way).

Plank	XP per item	24	28	30	44	53	58	78	128
Plank + Nails	29	696	812	870	1,276	1,537	1,682	2,262	3,712
Oak plank	60	1,440	1,680	1,800	2,640	3,180	3,480	4,680	7,680
Teak plank	90	2,160	2,520	2,700	3,960	4,770	5,220	7,020	11,520
Mahogany plank	140	3,360	3,920	4,200	6,160	7,420	8,120	10,920	17,920

Servants

An alternative to travelling between your house and a bank is to use servants to bring things from the bank to your house. This is faster than travelling yourself, because you can build while the servant is making the trip. Better servants make the round trip faster.

Servants have a right click option that allows the fetch-from-bank menu to be brought up quickly. Furthermore, the last request is saved, so the player can repeatedly ask for the same set of items to be brought without typing the specific quantity each time. To hire a servant, one must construct at least 2 bedrooms, each with a bed.

Servant cost

Servant		level	Cost per 8 services (after Love Story)	Food served	Sawmill	Capacity	Trip
	Rick	20	500 coins (375 coins)	Shrimps	No	6 items	60s
	Royal Guard	20	500 coins (375 coins)	Shrimps	No	6 items	60s
	Maid	25	1,000 coins (750 coins)	Stew	No	10 items	30s
	Cook	30	3,000 coins (2,250 coins)	Pineapple pizza	Yes	16 items	17s
	Butler	40	5,000 coins (3,750 coins)	Chocolate cake	Yes	20 items	12s
	Demon butler	50	10,000 coins (7,500 coins)	Curry	Yes	26 items	7s
	Monkey butler	50	Free	Banana	Yes	26 items	7s

Servant plank cost after Love Story

Material	Cost (Cook)	Cost/XP	Cost (Butler)	Cost/XP	Cost (Demon butler)	Cost/XP
Logs	1,437.2	−47.1	1,448.9	−47.5	1,474.1	−48.3
Oak logs	1,336.2	−22.3	1,347.9	−22.5	1,373.1	−22.9
Teak logs	771.2	−8.6	782.9	−8.7	808.1	−9
Mahogany log	1,921.2	−13.7	1,932.9	−13.8	1,958.1	−14

Training methods

Levels 1-19

Item	Wooden chair
Level required	1
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−80,025
Items required	137 planks and around 300 steel nails
	Below level 20 Construction, one cannot have a butler, so you will have to carry the items yourself. To do this, you could use a ring of duelling and a house teleport tablet or simply run to the bank and back. For the first few levels of Construction, you need to buy or make planks and steel nails. Start by making crude wooden chairs in your parlour and removing them, using 2 planks and 2 steel nails for each (several nails are broken while training, so one should bring plenty of spare). 13 crude wooden chairs are needed to reach level 8, at which point one can make wooden chairs. Switch to building wooden chairs up to level 19. (This saves a small amount of time and actions.) Training from level 1 to 19 with this method costs −73,225.

Levels 19-33

Item	Oak armchair
Level required	19
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−181,640
Items required	239 oak planks, although 238 is possible
	Make oak chairs in your parlour at the same hotspot and continue to remove them. This uses 2 oak planks each, and nails are no longer necessary. At level 26, switch to oak armchairs in the same hotspot. This uses 3 oak planks each. Training from level 19 to 33 with this method costs −181,640. A servant may be hired at level 20 from the Servants' Guild to save a small amount of time.

Levels 33-52 or 63

Item	Oak larder
Level required	33
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−1,337,600
Items required	1,760 oak planks for 52 or 5,840 oak planks for 63, 8 oak planks each
	After level 33, you can make oak larders in your kitchen. First, create the kitchen by clicking to build on a Door hotspot. Making oak larders requires 8 oak planks. It will take 1760 oak planks to go from 33 to 52 Construction building oak larders and another 16,211 oak planks to get to 74 Construction. At level 40, you should go to the Servants' Guild to hire a Butler, and at level 50, upgrade to a demon butler or mind-controlled monkey butler. Servants can be used to bring you planks, thus speeding up your Construction training. The fastest way to do this is right click the servant and select the option to fetch items from the bank. If using the Butler, you can make an average of 2.5 oak larders per round; if using the demon butler, you can make an average of 3.25 oak larders per round. When making oak larders with a butler, demon butler, or monkey butler, repeatedly request planks, then build and remove larders. With the regular butler, you can alternate 2 and 3 larders per round, whereas, with the demon butler or monkey butler, you can build 3 larders on 2/3 of the rounds and 4 larders on 1/3 of the rounds. It is possible to save money by not using a butler, but this greatly lowers your experience per hour. The monkey butler should be hired if you have the required Invention level, as there is no additional cost. Training from level 33 to 52 with this method costs −1,335,320 coins. Training from level 33 to 63 with this method costs −4,438,400 coins.

Levels 52-73 (expensive method)

Item	Mahogany table
Level required	52
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−8,495,280
Items required	6,210 mahogany planks, 6 mahogany planks each
	The second-fastest method in the game is making mahogany tables in the dining room, using a demon or monkey butler to bring you planks, building 4 tables per round, and 5 every third round. Players who are somewhat slow at building and removing tables may wish to save a bit of money by using a normal butler and building 3 tables per round and 4 every third round. Experience per hour rates for building mahogany tables vary depending on attention and the butler being used. A basic range of 350,000 experience to 500,000 experience an hour can be expected, with some players even exceeding 600,000 experience an hour. Training from level 52 to 73 with this method costs −8,495,280 coins.

Levels 63-99 (cheaper method)

Item	Driftwood prawnbroker
Level required	63
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−59,812,800
Items required	140,736 teak planks, 8 teak planks each
	Making driftwood prawnbrokers yields experience rates between 500,000 to 650,000 experience per hour. Build 1 Driftwood Prawnbroker, then destroy immediately. Fetch 24 teak planks from Monkey Butler or Demon Butler While your Monkey Butler or Demon Butler is away at the bank, build and destroy your next Two Driftwood Prawnbrokers as quickly as you can. It will take a couple of tries to get this method correct, but it's by far the quickest method to gaining experience. Although click-intensive; you will complete an entire inventory in less than 9 seconds. Make sure to use 3D world editing (Settings -> Edit Layout Mode -> Advanced Options -> look for 'Game View') and make the world as small as possible and drag it to the bottom of the screen. This will make the "build" and "remove" options line up with a right click. Training from level 63 to 99 with this method costs −59,812,800 coins.

Levels 73-99 (expensive method)

Item	Flotsam prawnbroker
Level required	73
Experience	Unknown edit
Cost	−117,669,888
Items required	86,016 mahogany planks, 8 mahogany planks each
	By far the most efficient way to train Construction, yielding experience rates between 650,000 and 900,000 experience per hour, is making flotsam prawnbrokers. Build 1 Flotsam Prawnbroker, then destroy immediately. Fetch 24 Mahogany Planks from Monkey Butler or Demon Butler While your Monkey Butler or Demon Butler is away at the bank, build and destroy your next Two Flotsam Prawnbrokers as quick as you can. Although click-intensive, you will complete an entire inventory in less than 9 seconds. Make sure to use 3D world editing (Settings -> Edit Layout Mode -> Advanced Options -> look for 'Game View') and make the world as small as possible and drag it to the bottom of the screen. This will make the "build" and "remove" options line up with a right click. Training from level 73 to 99 with this method costs −117,669,888 coins. With the Master constructor's outfit, this option becomes even easier and less click-intensive, as the outfit can be configured to automatically remove furniture as soon as it is built. Combining this with the plank box, also obtained from Construction contracts, and there may be no need to even use the butler, as the max storage for the plank box is 100 of each plank, and the outfit can quickly teleport the player back to the house.

Training using Construction Contracts

Main article: Construction Contracts

Method overview

Starting at level 40, players can begin training Construction through Contracts by talking to any Estate agent. It's both much less expensive and intensive than building furniture for a player-owned-house or Flatpacks, but are slower. Contracts also award the player Contract credits, which can be used at the Estate Agents Shop to purchase Master constructor's outfit pieces, as well as buy and upgrade the Plank box, which can be used to hold 25, 50, or 100 of each type of plank.

Steps:

• Players must visit an Estate agent to obtain a new contract.
• The player must visit an NPC's home and repair 5 pieces of furniture. (depending on the contract)
  • Each piece of furniture will require anywhere from 2-10 planks, 2-4 nails and possibly additional items (such as bolts of cloth for a bed, a white candle for lighting, or some steel bars for an organ).
  • Any type of nail can be used, but lower tier nails will bend more often, slowing down construction of the furniture.
  • Any type of plank can be used, assuming the player has the required level, but higher tier planks will award more Contract credits and will award more experience for building the furniture.

Tips

• It's highly recommended to purchase the Plank box for 50 credits first as it will drastically cut down on trips to the bank, especially if not using a high level Beast of Burden.
• Buying the Master constructor's outfit before upgrading the plank box is also recommended, as teleporting directly to the contract location saves a lot of time, in addition to reducing build times.
• Without completing the Elite Varrock achievements, owning the full Master constructor's outfit, or having completed the Plagues End quest and owning a Tirannwn quiver, the closest teleport to an Estate agent is the Falador Teleport.
• Though, the NPC Contact spell is still potentially faster than teleporting, but will cost more and take up inventory slots.

Cost and experience gained

Plank	XP per hour (lodestones)	XP per hour (instant teleports)	XP per hour (Masters)
Plank	100,000	108,000	177,000
Oak plank	183,000	207,000	262,000
Teak plank	270,000	318,000	375,000
Mahogany plank	347,000	461,000	550,000

Masters column is both reducing time between hotspots to 30s per contract, and also reducing actual hotspot construction time.

For each hotspot there is a progress bar that fills at different rates, depending on the quality of planks used. The rates are listed in the following table, wearing the master constructor's outfit increases the speed. After the progress bar is filled, it takes further 0.6 seconds per nail used to finish the repair.

Level	Plank	Time to fill the bar	Time with outfit
40	Plank	58.8 seconds (98 ticks)	33 seconds (55 ticks)
50	Oak plank	30 seconds (50 ticks)	24 seconds (40 ticks)
60	Teak plank	19.8 seconds (33 ticks)	18 seconds (30 ticks)
70	Mahogany plank	14.4 seconds (24 ticks)	13.8 seconds (23 ticks)

Each hotspot repaired with the following plank type gives the following credits and XP (beyond XP per item). Players are free to mix and match materials per hotspot. The experience per hotspot is awarded as each is finished, but the 10,000 XP bonus is awarded upon completion of the contract. The credits are rewarded upon the completion of the contract, and any fractions are rounded down.

Level	Plank	Credits for each hotspot	XP for each hotspot	Credits for contract if all hotspots use these planks	XP for contract if all hotspots use these planks
40	Plank	0.2	0	1	10,000
50	Oak plank	0.4	200	2	11,000
60	Teak plank	0.6	500	3	12,500
70	Mahogany plank	1	1,000	5	15,000

Experience boosting effects will apply to the reward (i.e. the constructor's outfit will increase a 15,000 XP reward to 15,900 XP).

Based on an average contract taking ~28 planks, ~17 nails, and a bolt of cloth or white candle, the expected XP and GP per contract is displayed below. Depending on which bonuses are used, which nails are used (as lower tier nails bend more often, which costs time and materials), and method of travel, an hourly rate can be approximated. The chart affords 30-90 seconds per contract of walking between hotspots, starting the construction, bending nails, banking, getting new contracts, and getting to the contract's location, then adds build time without bending any nails. Bronze and Iron nails bend often enough that it can significantly slow down XP rates when using Teak or Mahogany planks. One bent nail is 4% of the build time on a Mahogany item.

Plank	avg XP per Contract	avg GP per XP	time to build 5 hotspots
Plank	10,800	−1.37	300 Seconds
Oak plank	12,700	−1.86	160 Seconds
Teak plank	15,000	−0.99	110 Seconds
Mahogany plank	19,000	−2.2	80 Seconds

Notes: Several factors can affect material costs and time spent on each contract. These include:

• bent nails (which cost one tick each)
• scroll of proficiency's plank saving
• the Construction cape's perk
• time spent walking between different hotspots within a contract
• getting a new contract (walking, using NPC Contact, Master constructor's outfit teleport)
• teleporting to new contract locations (via Lodestone Network, Teleport spells and tabs, Amulet of glory, or the Master Constructor's outfit)
• time spent banking
• Master constructor's outfit's build time savings.

Training methods

Levels 40-50

• If a player starts doing projects right away at level 40, they can only use normal planks.
• It takes 6 contracts to get from level 40 to 50.

Levels 50-60

• At level 50, oak planks can be used which will double the credits earned, grant an extra 200 exp per hotspot on top of plank exp, and cut the build time per hotspot from 59 seconds down to 30.
• Due to the price difference and build time, it's recommended to immediately switch upon reaching level 50.
• It takes 14 contracts using oak planks to get from level 50 to 60.

Levels 60-70

• teak planks can be used for contracts starting at level 60, and will provide 90 experience per plank plus 500 experience per hotspot, reduce build time per hotspot to 20 seconds, and increase the credits awarded to three times normal planks.
• It takes 31 contracts with teak planks to get from 60 to 70.

Levels 70-80

• Mahogany planks can be used for contracts starting at level 70 and will provide 140 experience per plank plus 1,000 experience per hotspot, along with taking hotspot build time down to 15 seconds, and award 1 credit per hotspot (or 5 if the entire contract uses Mahogany).

Training at Fort Forinthry

Main article: Fort Forinthry

Training at Fort Forinthry is unlocked following completion of New Foundations, a novice difficulty quest with no level requirements that acts as a tutorial for training at the location. The Construction required to finish the quest is enough to rise from level 1 to level 39, or level 40 if fabricating the required materials yourself. Construction training in Fort Forinthry consists of two parts: Turning standard Construction materials into special, tradeable, materials that can only be used within the fort, and using said materials to build buildings within the fortress.

Processing materials

Players may process materials with the machines in the workshop of Fort Forinthry. Limestone bricks can be cut into stone wall segments with the stonecutter at a four-to-one ratio. Logs may be cut into planks free of charge on the sawmill, albeit one at a time with processing time. Planks of various tiers can be converted into refined planks at a four-to-one ratio with the sawmill. Refined planks can be built into wood frames at the woodcutting bench that is attached to the sawmill at a three-to-one ratio. Materials may be kept for personal use or traded to other players.

Approximately 1,000 wall segments may be created from 4,000 limestone bricks per hour. Limestone bricks may be bought in large amounts from various shops listed on its page, or bought from other players. Approximately 3,000 planks may be created from an equal amount of logs per hour.

Planks and wall segments

Required level	Base material	Product	XP per hour	Profit/loss per hour	Cost per XP
1	Limestone bricks	Stone wall segment	40,000	5,083,000	127.08
1	Logs	Plank	9,000	−2,475,000	−275
10	Oak logs	Oak plank	13,500	−873,000	−64.67
20	Willow logs	Willow plank	19,500	990,000	50.77
30	Teak logs	Teak plank	27,000	567,000	21
40	Maple logs	Maple plank	36,000	2,508,000	69.67
50	Acadia logs	Acadia plank	45,000	3,384,000	75.2
60	Mahogany logs	Mahogany plank	57,000	2,946,000	51.68
70	Yew logs	Yew plank	72,000	2,412,000	33.5
80	Magic logs	Magic plank	87,000	2,775,000	31.9
90	Elder logs	Elder plank	102,000	−5,874,000	−57.59

Approximately 1,100 refined planks may be created from 4,400 planks per hour. There is relatively low demand for and supply of refined planks due to it being an intermediate step to frames.

Refined planks

Required level	Base material	Product	XP per hour	Profit/loss per hour	Cost per XP
1	Plank	Refined planks	13,200	4,369,200	286.45
10	Oak plank	Refined Oak planks	19,800	5,382,300	271.83
10	Willow plank	Refined Willow planks	28,600	−3,280,200	−114.69
30	Teak plank	Refined Teak planks	39,600	4,881,800	123.28
40	Maple plank	Refined Maple planks	52,800	−1,447,600	−27.42
50	Acadia plank	Refined Acadia planks	68,200	−6,433,900	−94.34
60	Mahogany plank	Refined Mahogany planks	85,800	4,248,200	49.51
70	Yew plank	Refined Yew planks	105,600	−2,258,300	−21.39
80	Magic plank	Refined Magic planks	127,600	1,398,100	10.96
90	Elder plank	Refined Elder planks	151,800	−26,613,400	−175.32

Approximately 470 frames may be created from 1,410 refined planks per hour.

Wood frames

Required level	Base material	Product	XP per hour	Profit/loss per hour	Cost per XP
1	Refined planks	Wooden frame	25,380	5,295,490	208.65
10	Refined Oak planks	Oak frame	38,070	8,033,710	211.02
20	Refined Willow planks	Willow frame	54,990	16,206,540	170.61
30	Refined Teak planks	Teak frame	76,140	10,585,340	139.02
40	Refined Maple planks	Maple frame	101,520	18,275,010	180.01
50	Refined Acadia planks	Acadia frame	131,130	25,325,950	193.14
60	Refined Mahogany planks	Mahogany frame	164,970	9,915,590	60.11
70	Refined Yew planks	Yew frame	203,040	14,366,960	70.76
80	Refined Magic planks	Magic frame	245,340	18,897,760	77.03
90	Refined Elder planks	Elder frame	291,870	43,682,270	149.66

Fortress buildings

Players can construct and upgrade various buildings within the fort or may "reinforce" buildings for the same materials as building it, for experience and no additional effect. Different tiers of buildings are unlocked at increasing levels of Construction, with higher tier buildings requiring higher tier materials and granting increased experience. Boosts may be used to begin construction of buildings, and do not need to be maintained to finish construction.

Buildings may be reinforced for the same cost and experience of an existing or previous tier, chosen at the Fort Forinthry blueprints table. Reinforcing with a blueprint lower than the current tier does not downgrade the building. Actively following the glowing optimal Construction hotspot can increase Construction experience by up to 20% and Construction speed by 40% if a Perfect Build streak of 100% is maintained.

Even with 0% Perfect Build, Command Centre T3s give very competitive experience rates at 866,000 base XP/h with substantial AFK time at over 25 minutes (not counting auto-lobby time) per build. This makes them the absolute best AFK training method for Construction.

Fortress buildings

Level	Building	Baseline XP	Baseline cost/XP	Active XP	Active cost/XP
1	Workshop T1	2,880	−104.14	3,456	−86.78
5	Grove T1	2,880	−104.14	3,456	−86.78
10	Townhall T1	5,400	−165.83	6,480	−73.7
15	Chapel T1	5,400	−165.83	6,480	−73.7
20	Kitchen T1	9,360	−62.6	11,232	−52.16
25	Command Centre T1	9,360	−62.6	11,232	−52.16
30	Grove T2	21,600	−41.08	25,920	−34.24
35	Workshop T2	21,600	−41.08	25,920	−34.24
40	Guardhouse T1	20,160	−36.5	24,192	−30.42
45	Townhall T2	31,680	−35.26	38,016	−29.38
50	Ranger's Workroom T1	26,040	−38.02	31,248	−31.68
50	Kitchen T2	40,920	−37.06	49,104	−30.88
55	Chapel T2	44,640	−36.92	53,568	−30.77
60	Grove T3	112,320	−21.59	134,784	−17.99
65	Ranger's Workroom T2	56,160	−22.21	67,392	−18.5
65	Guardhouse T2	60,840	−22.11	73,008	−18.43
70	Command Centre T2	74,880	−14.39	89,856	−11.99
75	Workshop T3	138,240	−13.97	165,888	−11.64
80	Ranger's Workroom T3	146,160	−13.17	175,392	−15.67
80	Townhall T3	208,800	−18.67	250,560	−15.56
85	Kitchen T3	174,000	−8.72	208,800	−7.26
90	Chapel T3	207,000	−27.8	248,400	−23.17
95	Guardhouse T3	289,800	−27.71	347,760	−23.09
99	Command Centre T3	331,200	−27.68	397,440	−23.06

Alternative methods of gaining experience

God Statues

God Statues is a monthly Distraction and Diversion that grants Construction experience based on your level, in addition to Slayer or Prayer experience.

It is unlocked after completing Let Them Eat Pie and requires you to have tutorial mode off.

To begin, speak to Copernicus Glyph who can be found in five major cities: Canifis (near the lodestone), Gu'Tanoth (just south-west of Yanille), Lumbridge (just west of the Lumbridge cow field, Prifddinas (in between the Amlodd and Ithell districts, directly west of the Tower of Voices), and Taverley (near the stone circle). Select a statue depicting a notable follower of one of five gods (Commander Zilyana for Saradomin; Juna for Guthix; K'ril Tsutsaroth for Zamorak; General Graardor for Bandos; Glarial for Seren) to be built then help erect the scaffolding.

Each statue completed will award Construction experience equal to a large XP lamp, this experience reward is not affected by wearing the Construction outfit, wielding a sculpting chisel, or by bonus experience.

Wilderness Warbands

Wilderness Warbands is a dangerous Distraction and Diversion that takes place in the Wilderness. The aim of the Distraction and Diversion is to infiltrate a camp occupied by god-following NPCs and loot supplies, which can then be exchanged with Quercus for experience. Players can gain Construction experience if they obtain and hand in Construction supplies. Players can gain between 49.5 at level 1, and 4,851.5 at level 99, Construction experience per supply that they exchange. Players can loot up to 25 Construction supplies while playing Wilderness Warbands, which grant between 1,237.5 and 121,287.5 Construction experience in total when given to Quercus. Players can calculate the exact amount of experience that they will receive, based on their Construction level and the number of supplies obtained, using the calculator on the Wilderness Warbands article.

Wilderness Warbands take place every 7 hours. The Distraction and Diversion begins with a camp appearing in the Wilderness in one of 3 possible locations. A server-wide announcement will notify players of the camp's location when it spawns. Players can also find out the camp's location by talking to Quercus, who is located north-west of the Varrock Grand Exchange. Players must travel to the camp, avoid the sentries posted around its perimeter and sabotage the camp's god's beam, which is found in the centre of the camp. Successfully sabotaging the beam will result in NPCs allied to the invading players teleporting to the area to fight the NPCs guarding the camp. Players can also intervene in the fight if they wish. After all enemy NPCs have been killed, players can loot the tents in the camp to gain supplies. Each Wilderness Warband has 3 tents which contain supplies that grant experience in 3 of 5 possible skills (Farming, Mining, Construction, Herblore and Smithing). Players may loot up to 25 supplies from tents in the camp. Players may gain additional supplies by killing other players and taking any supplies that defeated players may have looted, as supplies are dropped upon death. Participating in looting tents will skull the player and cause them to become attackable by any other player, regardless of combat levels. Players cannot teleport out of the Wilderness while they have supplies in their inventory, and logging out while inside the Wilderness causes all supplies to be destroyed. Therefore, players must escape from the Wilderness by running out of the area. To avoid being killed by others while participating in Wilderness Warbands players are advised to join one of the dedicated friends chats for the Distraction and Diversion.

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Dream of Iaia

The Dream of Iaia area offers skilling locations that can be built and interacted with for high experience rates. Access to the Dream of Iaia requires completion of Extinction. Inside the area, players can build the stonemason skilling station to gain Construction experience; this requires 50,000 of each Anachronia base camp resource and awards 135,000 experience stored in the station as well as 15,000 direct experience. When the station has experience stored, the player can skill at the station to "withdraw" the stored experience at a rate of 350,000 experience per hour. After being built, the stonemason can be restocked with stones from Anachronia base camp. Contributing two stones stores one experience in the station. The station can store a maximum of 350,000 experience points.

Shifting Tombs

Shifting Tombs is a skilling minigame that is accessed in Menaphos after the completion of The Jack of Spades. It may be played solo, or in a group of up to 5 players. Ironmen players can play in groups that consist only of ironmen. Ozan tells the player of many rewards deep in the tombs. However, due to Amascut's corruption, players can only stay there for 5 minutes at a time before having to leave before the corruption infests them. Basic gameplay mechanics are explained during the first run.

Shifting Tombs allows players to gain experience in skills of their choosing by pledging allegiance to different gods. The four primary skill choices are Dungeoneering, Agility, Thieving, and Construction; players can choose whether they gain experience in all four skills or a particular one of them. While inside the tombs secondary experience will be given in Crafting, Runecrafting, Prayer, and Divination. Alternatively the player may opt to receive coins and other loot instead of experience which is the default option.

The minigame has three tiers: the first only requires level 50+ in the four primary skills, while the second and third tiers require level 70+ and level 90+, respectively, in all primary and secondary skills.

Harps

Playing the harps located within the Ithell district in Prifddinas offers moderate crafting experience (about 50,000 experience per hour, as well as a little Construction experience) rates with little attention required. Levels 75 Crafting and Construction are required to play the harps, as the Plague's End quest is required to access the city. Playing the harps will yield small amounts of harmonic dust, which is used to craft crystal tools and equipment. Harps will gradually fall out of tune in increments of 10%, granting only half the harmonic dust at 50%, and becoming unplayable at 100%; the harp can be tuned again at any time, granting 50 Construction experience for every 10% tuned.

Long and Curved bones

Long bones and curved bones are rare or uncommon drops from many monsters that drop big bones and may be sold to Barlak, a cave goblin found in Dorgesh-Kaan, for coins, they will also gain Construction experience if their Construction level is 30 or above and they own a player-owned house. Death to the Dorgeshuun is required to enter Dorgesh-Kaan. Experience gained for selling these bones is affected by Constructor's outfit and Sculpting chisel.

Hill and moss giants are the easiest way to obtain these bones, but players should note that the bones themselves are still fairly rare, with long bones having a drop rate of 1/400 and curved 1/5,000.

Players may also find long bones in the Uncharted Isles, but it is very inefficient.

Royal battleships

Royal battleship kits were obtainable as a Treasure Hunter reward on several occasions.

They are also a possible reward during The Beach event. Players who still have this item(s) and are aiming to achieve 99 in Construction should use these at level 98 as this will yield the most experience, as royal battleship kits' rewarded experience scales with one's Construction level.

Protean planks

Protean planks, obtainable from Treasure Hunter, are a free source of Construction experience. While the time it takes to process the planks is considerably slower, it does provide a large amount of experience at no cost to the player. Base Construction experience per hour varies from 15,000 at level 1 to 255,000 at level 90 and above. Players can use protean powerups to increase the processing speed of protean items, resulting in increased experience per hour.

Quests for Construction experience

Main article: Quests/Experience rewards § Construction

Quest	Members	Experience reward	Construction requirement	Other requirements
Harbinger (miniquest)		Medium Construction XP lamp	N/A	N/A
The Eyes of Glouphrie		250	5	46 Magic
Bringing Home the Bacon		350	14	14 Farming 14 Summoning
The Jack of Spades		500	N/A	N/A
Perils of Ice Mountain		500	5	5 Farming 5 Hunter 5 Thieving
Rune Mechanics		900	25	27 Magic 20 Runecrafting
Legacy of Seergaze		1,000	20	29 Agility 31 Slayer 35 Mining 40 Firemaking 47 Crafting 49 Magic
Tower of Life		1,000	10	N/A
Cold War		1,500	34	10 Hunter 30 Crafting 30 Agility 15 Thieving
The Darkness of Hallowvale		2,000	5	20 Mining 22 Thieving 26 Agility 32 Crafting 33 Magic 40 Strength
Dimension of Disaster: Defender of Varrock		2,000	N/A	N/A
The Great Brain Robbery		2,000	30	30 Crafting 50 Prayer
Carnillean Rising		2,500	31	33 Prayer
Hunt for Red Raktuber		3,000	45	38 Thieving 45 Hunter
The Fremennik Isles		5,000	20	46 Crafting 40 Agility 56 Woodcutting
A Void Dance		5,000	47	46 Hunter 47 Mining 48 Summoning 49 Herblore 52 Woodcutting 54 Thieving
Spirit of Summer		7,500	40	19 Summoning 26 Farming 35 Prayer
Some Like It Cold		10,000	50	65 Fishing 56 Crafting 50 Thieving
Tortle Combat (miniquest)		10,000	40	17 Farming
A Clockwork Syringe		15,000	62	50 Dungeoneering 61 Slayer 65 Summoning 74 Smithing 74 Thieving 76 Defence
Catapult Construction		15,000	44	42 Fletching
In Memory of the Myreque (miniquest)		20,000	79	N/A
TokTz-Ket-Dill		10,000	50	50 Attack 43 Crafting 41 Mining 45 Strength
The Void Stares Back		20,000	70	80 Magic 78 Attack 78 Strength 71 Firemaking 70 Crafting 70 Smithing 55 Summoning 25 Defence
Do No Evil		30,000	64	50 Ranged 68 Crafting 70 Magic 70 Thieving
Rebuilding Edgeville (miniquest)		45,000	N/A	N/A
Love Story		50,000	68	77 Magic 68 Smithing 67 Crafting
Plague's End		50,000	75	75 Agility 75 Crafting 75 Dungeoneering 75 Herblore 75 Mining 75 Prayer 75 Ranged 75 Summoning 75 Woodcutting
The Prisoner of Glouphrie		50,000	62	64 Agility 61 Runecrafting 64 Thieving
Nomad's Elegy		50,000	75	75 Mining 75 Woodcutting
Pieces of Hate		50,000	81	82 Firemaking 83 Agility 85 Thieving
The Lord of Vampyrium		75,000	79	75 Attack 75 Defence 75 Strength 75 Constitution 78 Slayer 76 Hunter
Total		535,000