Runescape Player House Construction Items

With the construction skill in runescape being a necessary evil for people wanting to have their own player house, I felt it necessary to include some information about items in runescape that can boost the construction skill. This may help some players become more efficient when building their own house or it may not.

Anyway, the construction stat boosting items for runescape are:

• Tea
• Crystal Saw
• Evil Dave's Stew of Doom

Stat boosting tea:
The stat boosting tea can be made by players in their own house. It can boost construction between 1 and 3 levels for a short time. The process is as follows:

• Use kettle with sink - to fill the kettle
  
• Use kettle with range - to boil the kettle
• Use tea leaves with teapot
  
• Use kettle with teapot - add boiling water to make the tea
  
• Use teapot with cups - to get the cups of tea

The stat boosting affect will depend on which type of shelves you have. Normal shelves will provide a +1 stat boost, oak shelves a +2 stat boost and teak shelves a +3 stat boost. Players should note this is only for a short time and their construction skill will return to normal after a while.

Crystal Saw:
Players who have completed the Eyes of Glouphrie Quest in runescape will be able to get a crystal saw. It will provide a stat boost of +3 when used as a saw when building furniture or items that require a saw to be used. Obviously it will only work if a player has the required materials to build what they want.

The crystal saw can only be used to boost actual items that can be made using a saw and does not let players add rooms that are beyond their natural construction level. Consequently, players can not add plants to their gardens that are 3 levels higher than their normal construction level as garden plants do not require a saw to be used.

The crystal saw bonus will stack with the homemade tea and Evil Dave's Stew of Doom.

Evil Dave's Stew of Doom:
Players who have completed the Evil Dave section in Recipe for Disaster quest in runescape will be able to make a stew that will boost construction stats - again for only a short time. One of the spices used when making the stew will give a construction boost - although players should note that a stat boost can range from -6 to +6, but it will stack with any bonus gained from the tea or through using the saw.

Overall, construction of player owned houses in runescape can present a challenge to even the best players in the game - there are many different methods to raise the skill, although it does help to be aware of any stat boosting bonus items to make it more efficient. Runescape construction is an expensive skill to level for members so players should be aware of any items that will help them build sections in their house at an earlier level if desired. Additionally, players should be aware of the construction basics to ensure they are not wasted any unncessary effort or money in the process of building their house.

Runescape House Planner

Runescape player houses have been a well liked introduction into the game and many people have built themselves some very nice homes. However, there are many players, including myself, that have failed to build a home that I would be able to invite my friends to.

Over at runehq, there is a house planner for runescape houses. Obviously it is impossible to have direct access into any players account (a violation of jagex rules for runescape), this house planner will let players plan their house layout.

Player houses are another benefit of paying the monthly subscription. Free to play runescape people can try out the house planner and maybe one day become a member in order to make their virtual dream home turn into reality. Bear in mind, player houses can become quite expensive and there are only marginal benefits overall.

Free to play runescape people may still help their member friends by supplying the necessary materials such as oak logs for training the construction skill that is required to construct better houses. However, the demand for materials is somewhat lower than it was when the skill was introduced in mid-2006.

Runescape Construction NPCs

Runescape construction of player owned houses is faciliated through the use of several non-playing characters (NPC's). This ensures that the basic cost of houses will remain the same for every player in the game, although how people accumulate the required resources will impact how much the constuction skill will cost them overall.

The list of NPC's players will encounter when making their player owned house (POH):

• Estate Agents
• Sawmill Operator
• Gardener
• Stonemason
• Taxidermist
• Herald
• Servants

The role of estate agents in runescape is simply to sell the plot of land required for members to build their houses and move them to different locations when requested, if they have a high enough level. It will cost 1,000 gps (gp = gold pieces or runescape money) for the plot and there are 4 agents located throughout runescape. They can be found in Varrock (East of the Palace), Falador (between the east bank and furnace), Seers Village (north east of the bank) and Ardougne (north west from the bank in the south west). Estate agents can also redecorate your house style for a price.

The sawmill operator will convert logs to planks for a price. He is located north east of varrock just outside the sawmill. The cost of converting logs to planks is as follows:

• normal logs to normal planks = 100 gp
• oak logs to oak planks = 250 gp
• teak logs to teack planks = 500 gp
• mahogany logs to mahogany planks = 1000 gp

Although the cost is low in relative terms, the cumulative cost for runescape members can be significant as 1000s of logs are required to gain a good construction level. In addition to this, the sawmill operator also sells a saw, cloth and nails - all of which can be used to help level construction and decorate your house.

The gardener has more of a decorative role within runescape construction. Once again there is a list of items that can be bought. The price range is 1600gp for a bagged plant or dead tree through to 100,000gp for a tall boxed hedge.

The stonemason is again more for decorative purposes and to enable your runescape house to be more distinguished. He is located in southern keldagrim and has the following inventory:

• limstone brick - 45 gps
  
• gold leaf - 130,000 gps
• marble block - 325,000 gps
• magic stone - 975,000 gps

The taxidermist will be used by players for decorative purposes as they may find the heads (or hands) of some runescape monsters as a drop. The taxidermist will stuff this item for a cost with his prices ranging from 1000gps to stuff a crawling hand up to 50,000 gps to stuff the head of a kalphite queen or king black dragon.

The herald is located upstairs in the white knights castle and sells items such as maps and portraits. In addition to this he can amend your family crest, so players who do not like their crest can pay him to alter theirs. The portraits and maps are related to other runescape quests and players need to have completed a relevant quest to gain these.

Finally, but also importantly, are servants. Servants can carry out a number of tasks to help you in your house construction, but will again cost some money. They can be hired from the servants quarters located in East Ardougne and each one has different limitations and costs associated with them.

Most players will aim to get a demon butler in their service to help them train construction effectively through using oak logs. The cost of servants range from 500gp for Rick to 10,000 gp for the demon butler or Alathazdrar who can carry up to 26 items and can serve guests curry.