Construction training

Training Construction can be quite costly, but it has significant utility throughout Old School RuneScape including for transportation, combat, clue scrolls, and socializing.

To start off, the Daddy's Home miniquest grants a total of 944 Construction experience as well as a crate of Construction supplies. This will get the player up from level 1 to 8. Players that are going for Angler's outfit should start at Fishing Trawler. 100 trips would require a minimum of 1,000 swamp paste, or 5,100 if gaining max points. 5,100 fixes would also provide 25,500 construction experience, equivalent to level 36. Alternatively, purchase a player-owned house from any estate agent for 1,000. The house will have two rooms – a parlour and a garden – and no furniture apart from the exit portal in the garden.

A players' house portal is located in Rimmington by default, but can be moved for a fee. It is recommended to have level 40 Magic to be able to cast Teleport to House. Alternatively, use teleport to house tablets.

Construction is typically trained by repeatedly building and removing various furniture inside the player-owned house. To build furniture, enter the player-owned house in building mode or enable it through settings while inside. Players will need a saw and a hammer to build items.

To minimise mouse movement, use resizable mode and zoom all the way in. Widen the game client slightly so that there is some space between the chat box and the right hand side control panel. Position the hotspot you want to train at the bottom of the screen. Then, position the mouse over the hotspot and slightly higher than the report button. When done right, the build and remove options should be in the same spot as the right-click.

When building various items in the player-owned house, there will be a number hotkey for fast Construction training. When removing the said item(s), press the "1" key to immediately remove it.

From level 1 to 40, have the player-owned house in Rimmington. Bring noted planks in the inventory and unnote them at Phials for 5 coins each. This is faster than fetching the planks from a bank. If available, wear weight-reducing clothing to reduce run energy consumption while getting more planks. When entering back to the house, right-click the house portal to enter the house in building mode.

At level 40, hire a servant from the Servants' Guild in East Ardougne to unnote more planks. To be able to hire a servant, the player's house must have at least two bedrooms with beds constructed in each one. Using a servant is much faster than unnoting planks at Phials. This costs money, but the increased speed is well worth the extra cost.

Use the Butler from level 40 to 50, and the Demon butler from level 50 onwards. Using lower-level servants is not recommended, because all other servants below the human butler are slower than manually using Phials.

Servants will request a payment after 8 services completed. At lower levels, players will need to have coins in their inventory to pay them. At level 58, build the servant's money bag in one of the bedrooms and put coins in it to automatically pay the servant while they perform tasks. This also skips the dialogue of the servant requesting payment, which will save time.

Because almost all Construction training methods are available to players as early as level 52, a main differentiator between training methods and plank choice is cost (coins per experience) and speed (experience per hour). At current prices:

• Oak planks cost 409 coins each and grant 60 XP when used in a POH (6.82 coins per XP).
• Mahogany planks cost 1,871 coins each and grant 140 XP when used in a POH (13.36 coins per XP).

Assuming the best and most efficient training methods you are capable of are:

• 550,000 XP per hour with oak planks (9,166 planks per hour)
• 1,100,000 XP per hour with mahogany planks (7,856 planks per hour)

Then the total investment required to gain 1.1 million XP is either:

• 2 hours with oak planks, at a cost of 7,497,788 coins for 18,332 planks plus 954,792 coins for servants.
• 1 hour with mahogany planks, at a cost of 14,698,576 coins for 7,856 planks plus 409,167 coins for servants.

That means in order to save 1 hour of time, it costs 6,655,163 coins. This would only ever be worthwhile if you can feasibly earn more than this amount per hour with your time, or simply prefer doing other activities enough to accept the cost associated with saving that time.

The carpenter's outfit provides 2.5% extra experience, which can help to save money, but will generally not save time given that most Construction training methods provide very high experience per hour. If time is the main concern, the outfit is not worth getting for level 99 unless training via Mahogany Homes.

Planks are the primary material for training, and using them costs money. Buy the planks from the Grand Exchange. While making planks from logs can save money, especially with the Plank Make spell, it does not give any Construction experience and is therefore considered simply a money making method for normal accounts.

There are four tiers of planks: regular, oak, teak, and mahogany, each with increasing cost and experience gained from using it. Planks yield the same amount of experience per plank regardless of what furniture is built, except for the mounted mythical cape and some low-level furniture which use regular planks. As such, use the highest-tier planks for the fastest experience rates, or look into cheaper alternatives if trying to save money.

The table below shows the costs to obtain level 83 (a common level to achieve, as it is possible to boost +8 for the ornate jewellery box).

The table below shows the costs to obtain level 99.

Experience gained through non-Construction activities can be considered "free" and help skip early levels:

• Fishing Trawler provides 5 Construction experience per fixed leak while earning a full angler's outfit. Outfit luck varies widely but on average, 11,220 Construction experience will be earned assuming 44 games and full contribution points per game.
• Wintertodt provides a steady amount of Construction experience equal to 4x current Construction level. As with other multiplier methods, this is quite effective at gaining new levels roughly from level 4-27 before it slows down considerably.
• Vale Totems provides Construction experience equal to the current level for each totem crafted.
• At level 30 Construction, players can turn long and curved bones in to Barlak for both Construction experience and some coins. He can be found inside the city of Dorgesh-Kaan, which requires completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun to access. These bones are somewhat rare and are primarily dropped by monsters which also drop big bones.

The table below shows the furniture and materials needed to reach level 33. Be sure to bring a saw and a hammer in order to make furniture.

Regular planks require using nails. Use steel nails or better, as lower-tier nails bend more often. Start using oak planks at level 15, as they are faster to use than regular planks as they do not require using nails.

From level 33 to 52, build oak larders in the Kitchen. Oak larders require 8 oak planks to build, and they grant 480 experience each.

Players can gain up to around 480,000 experience per hour from level 50 onwards. If planning to keep using oak planks for cheaper experience, switch to oak dungeon doors (listed below) at level 74 for faster rates.

Building mahogany furniture becomes the fastest viable training method at level 52. It is very expensive, so look into cheaper alternatives (such as teak or oak furniture) if trying to save money. Players can gain up to around 900,000 experience per hour with mahogany tables, or 1,100,000 experience per hour with gnome benches.

Mahogany tables in the dining room are the fastest way to use mahogany planks until level 77. Each mahogany table requires 6 mahogany planks and gives 840 experience. The optimal method is to build 3 tables and remove 2 tables in the time the demon butler takes to fetch 24 planks from the bank (22 ticks/inventory cycle on a consistently low-ping world). In higher-ping worlds, it is recommended to remove 3 tables and build 2 tables (23 ticks/inventory) or build 2 tables and remove 2 tables (24 ticks/inventory) while the demon butler fetches planks. The 22-tick inventory cycle is shown below:

With good attention, players can easily expect to go from level 52 to level 77 within 2 hours.

At level 77, players can build gnome benches in the superior garden, which offers the best possible experience rate of just over 1,100,000 experience per hour. Gnome benches require 6 mahogany planks and give 840 experience, just like the tables; however, benches can be built and removed in alternation since the two hotspots are adjacent to one another.

The method for building gnome benches is as follows:

1. Stand on the inner tile between both bench hotspots with 18 Mahogany Planks. One bench should already be built.
2. Call servant and send the Demon Butler to bring 24 Mahogany Planks from your bank.
3. On the next tick, click to remove the built bench.
4. On the next tick, click to build on the other empty hotspot.
5. Every time you build a bench, repeat steps 3 and 4 until you run out of planks.
6. The Demon Butler will return and restock your planks.
7. Remove and build one bench using the new supplies before returning to step 2.

This method takes advantage of the fact that removing furniture takes only one tick and can occur simultaneously with opening the build interface to save time. This allows for a third build rotation while the Demon Butler is collecting supplies from the bank, as compared with only two rotations if building and removing on only one hotspot.

Mahogany Homes is a cheaper and less click-intensive alternative to the faster methods. Players work as a contractor for the Mahogany Homes company, repairing and replacing furniture in client NPCs' houses throughout Falador, Varrock, East Ardougne, and Hosidius.

To begin, speak to Amy in Falador after acquiring a player-owned house. Have her assign a construction contract, travel to the client's house, refurbish the marked furniture, and talk to the client to finish. Subsequent contracts can also be assigned by Marlo in Varrock, Ellie in East Ardougne, or Angelo in Hosidius. They are found in the same buildings as the cities' respective estate agents.

Building the furniture requires the respective planks for the contract tier and steel bars. A hammer and a saw is required to build the furniture. Nails are not required. For optimal rates, players will need teleports to all four cities, such as teleport tablets or runes, and a charged Xeric's talisman for Hosidius.

Completing a contract will reward the player with Construction experience and Carpenter points. The points can be exchanged for additional rewards, such as the Carpenter's outfit, the plank sack, and supply crates. Additionally, the client will offer the player a cup of tea, replenishing their run energy to 100% after completing the contract.

Estimated costs for this training method are −2.28 GP/XP for Novice contracts, −2.68 GP/XP for Adept contracts, and −5.50 GP/XP for Expert contracts (see chart below).

Boat repair kits and hull parts can be constructed at a shipwrights' workbench near a bank and resold to other players, which is different from most other Construction training methods which use resources without producing items. The quest Pandemonium is required in order to use the shipwrights' workbench.

Planks are worth roughly half as much experience each at a shipwrights' workbench, reducing the overall experience per hour, but the resale value can make this method worthwhile for some players. It is also more relaxed than traditional Construction, with up to 29 seconds per inventory (or longer with a plank sack) of idle time.

The closest shipwrights' workbench to a bank is in Red Rock, being only 2 tiles apart from one another, however this requires completion of The Red Reef. The closest setup without a Sailing requirement is in Port Khazard, being just 5 tiles apart.

With high efficiency, players can make around 1,200 repair kits per hour (without a plank sack) when using the shipwrights' workbench in Deepfin Point. Both Amy's saw and Imcando hammer will save an inventory space each, slightly increasing the overall experience rates.

Note that a plank sack will cause constructed repair kits to drop to the ground. Ironwood and rosewood repair kits produce more output than they take as input, so inventory space must be left for these or you will not be allowed to construct them.

With high efficiency, players can make around 1,000 hull parts per hour (without a plank sack) when using the shipwrights' workbench in Deepfin Point.

Mounted mythical capes are a cheaper alternative to mahogany or other teak furniture. They require 3 teak planks each along with a mythical cape. The cape is returned after removing the furniture. Each mounted mythical cape gives 370 experience, granting more experience per teak plank than other teak furniture. However, oak larders offer faster experience and are usually similar in cost.

Building mounted mythical capes requires completion of Dragon Slayer II, which requires having at least level 50 Construction. In case of mistakes, have an equipable item in the inventory as players cannot remove a mounted mythical cape if they have a full inventory of planks.

1. Send the demon butler away with 6 planks still in your inventory.
2. Remove and build 2 mounted mythical capes.
3. After the second remove, wait 1 tick and the butler will return with 24 planks.

Players can gain up to around 430,000 experience per hour with maximum efficiency. Expect lower rates if making mistakes.

Building teak garden benches is the fastest way to use teak planks. They require 6 teak planks to build and give 540 experience each. This method is similar to gnome benches, offering slower (albeit still relatively fast) experience while being cheaper. As with gnome benches, this method requires precise timing and accurate clicks. Any mistakes will lower the experience rates considerably, and players may get faster rates with other options.

Players can gain a maximum of around 700,000 experience per hour building garden benches at level 66 with perfect execution, however most players should expect to gain 500,000 to 600,000 experience per hour. With good execution, it should take roughly an hour to reach level 74, at which point players may consider building oak dungeon doors instead, which offer slightly slower experience rates at the benefit of potentially reduced cost. Likewise, players who wish to gain faster experience may find it better to spend extra money on building mahogany furniture instead, as this would save around 7–8 hours on the way to level 99 depending on the method and efficiency.

Building oak doors is a cheaper and less click-intensive alternative to mahogany or teak furniture. Building an oak door requires 10 oak planks and grants 600 Construction experience. Players can gain up to around 550,000 experience per hour at maximum efficiency.

With the demon butler, the player should hold down 1 constantly and use the 'build and remove' trick as seen above. Starting from a full inventory of planks, repeat the following steps:

1. Click the demon butler to make him fetch 25 oak planks.
2. Build two doors and remove one. You should have 5-8 spare oak planks in your inventory at this point.
3. When the demon butler comes back, remove and build a door, then click the demon butler twice to take the remaining planks and send him away.
4. Return to step 2.

Alternatively, asking the butler to fetch 20 oak planks will yield slightly lower experience rates while taking away some potential to make mistakes and reducing the amount of required steps per banking cycle. One can still expect to get upwards of 500,000 experience per hour even when making occasional mistakes and without paying full attention.

Since oak dungeon doors are on the 1 option of their build interface, using two RuneLite plugins and holding 1 (Custom Menu Swaps and Menu Entry Swapper) allows for the least-intensive construction training approach that still outputs very good xp rates.

• Use the custom swap "Talk-to,Demon Butler" to give him priority over the door on left clicks.
• Menu entry swap the door space to build, and the built doors to remove.
• Hold 1, and get familiar with the click timings. This eliminates having to switch keys and having to right click.

Repairing fishing cranes in Port Piscarilius is a low-intensity, click-light training method for both Construction and Crafting, available from level 30 in both skills.

Each repair grants experience equal to 4 × your current level in both Construction and Crafting. Cranes break again quickly (roughly every 30–60 seconds), allowing for continuous training with minimal movement.

• Level 30 Construction
• Level 30 Crafting
• Hammer
• 3 Plank
• ~15 Bronze nails

1. Travel to the fishing crane area in Port Piscarilius.
2. Repair broken cranes using planks and nails.
3. Move between cranes as they break to maintain activity.
4. Repeat continuously for steady XP in both skills.

This method is slower than traditional Construction training but significantly cheaper and provides dual-skill experience, making it efficient for balanced account progression.

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