Construction

There’s no place like home. This is the picture that will come up when entering your house.

Construction
A detailed image of the Construction icon.

A player builds a larder and destroys it using Construction.

Construction is a skill that allows players to build their own houses and provide the furnishings for them. It is also very useful in its connection to other skills, such as prayer, mining, magic, and crafting. Construction is regarded as one of the most expensive skills to train because of the materials needed for it, often called a ‘moneysink’, which Jagex supposedly used as a means of preventing coins becoming subject to inflation. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at approximately rank 800,256) on the hiscores for Construction is level 30. The Construction skill was released on 31 May 2006. Construction is currently the one of the fastest skills to train, but also one of the more expensive variety.

Purchasing a House

To begin Construction, players must buy a house by paying one of the many Estate Agents found in cities all over RuneScape. A basic house will cost 2000 coins, and will be in Rimmington by default. As a player advances in construction, more house locations will be made available as well as house styles. To change either of these, it is required to speak to the Estate Agent again.

Estate agents

Estate agents are located (identified with the house Image:Realestateicon.PNG icon on the map) in

  • Varrock, north west of the Museum, west of the Saradominist church.
  • Seers’ Village, north east of the bank.
  • Falador, between the furnace and the east bank.
  • Ardougne, west of the south bank.

House styles

Estate agents can also redecorate the outside of a player’s house for a fee. Along with a total redecoration of a house, each house style comes with a unique tune that plays upon entering the house.

The most basic way to get to a house is by walking to a POH portal (Image:Portalicon.PNG icon on map). From here a player will be prompted to either enter their own house, enter their own house in building mode, or enter a friend’s house. It is also possible to use the Teleport to House spell to teleport directly into a player’s own house if that player has acquired a magic level of at least 40. (Stat boosters will work for House teleport) Another way to get there is a teleport tablet.

Note: Players can only enter through the portal in the location that they bought from the Estate Agent.

House Portals Locations

Estate agents can move a player’s house from its starter location in Rimmington to any of the other house portal locations identified by the portal Image:Portalicon.PNG icon on the map. These locations include Rimmington, Taverley, Pollnivneach, Rellekka, Brimhaven, and Yanille.

House Locations Advantages

There are also several advantages and disadvantages to each house portal location. Here is a complete evaluation of each portal location to help players decide which location is most useful for advancing skills other than construction and as a use of teleportation to nearby towns:

Item Sawmill Store Price Current Grand Exchange Price
Image:Bronze nails.png Bronze Nails 7gp 5gp
Image:Iron nails.png Iron Nails 33gp 15gp
Image:Steel nails.png Steel Nails 52gp 23gp
Image:Black nails.PNG Black Nails - 6gp
Image:Mithril nails.png Mithril Nails - 19gp
Image:Adamant nails.png Adamantite Nails - 22gp
Image:Rune nails.png Rune Nails - 101gp

 

A player performing the Construction skillcape emote .

This is what you will be able to do with the cape.

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