Construction.. the cheap way! all text re-warped!

Changes and Credits

[hide=]June 30, 2008 - Sand_Hill, for editing this guide and adding in the bit about Fairy Rings.[/hide]

Welcome

Welcome to my guide on how to get most construction xp for your money. I used the Tip.It xp tables and the Tip.It construction guide for my knowledge, and no, I won't just post common knowledge; I will post a guide on how you can save money when getting construction up.

NOTE: My guide is based on buying all materials (not teak). There are many way you can get 99 construction without the use of more then 1,000gp! These include mining your own limestone, and then using it.

Intro:

First of all, I would like to point out that my methods on how to save money will not be the fastest training, but the training which cost less then normal construction training.

You should also know the material prices my guide is using.

Material price list:

[hide=]steel nails - 5gp ea

regular logs - 100ea

regular planks - 250ea

oak logs - 40ea

oak planks - 400

teak logs - 350ea

teak planks - 1,000ea

mahogany logs - 350ea

mahogany planks - 2k ea

soft clay - 350ea

limestone bricks - 400ea

iron bars - 200ea

steel bars - 600ea

cloth - 650ea

molten glass - 1,000ea

gold leaf - 130k ea

marble blocks - 325k ea

magic stones - 975k ea[/hide]

Let's get started.

Levels 1-20:

I will begin at the bottom, from levels 1-20. As many know, it is quite easy to level up in this level range, so I will just make a quick walkthrough of the basics in cheap leveling.

First steps:

First of all, build a Parlour so that we can get started (this costs 1000 gp).

You will start by building 5 crude chairs using 10 planks and 10 nails.

This will get you to level 4, and will cost you 3,550 gp.

Since there isn't really any other alternative, with stick with this. Now you can build a wooden bookcase. Build one of these and you will get level 5. You are now able to build a Decorative Rock(and kitchen but this is not an option since it costs money!)

The Decorative Rock takes 5 limestone bricks and gives 100xp (20xp per brick), compared to to the chair, which gives 28.9xp per plank. This is not good for training, and because limestone bricks cost 400 each, you wont be building these.

What to do:

Just keep building bookcases until level 9.

From level 1 to level 9, you will have used 34 planks and 34 steel nails. Level 1-9 cost you 9670gp.

What next?

Build 25 crude wooden chairs; you will now have level 15 construction!

Running Total Spent:

You will now have used 12,750 gp to get from level 9-15. Add this to the 9670 gp previously used, and you will now have used 22,420 gp getting level 15 construction.

Now it will start to get serious. You now stand with a choice: build bookcases (18) to level 20 using 80 planks and 80 nails (total cost of 20,400 gp), or begin to use oak planks and make repair benches (18) using 36 oak planks (total cost of 14,400 gp). If you chose repair benches build a workshop, this will add 10,000 gp to your total cost (32,420 gp). Since you are very greedy, you will build 36 crude wooden chairs (you might wonder why these, but these give 0.5 more xp per plank then bookcases!)

Congratulations, you have reached level 20 Construction!

Total from 1-20:

[hide=]- 1 parlour

- 156 planks

- 156 steel nails

The total cost for getting 1-20 (the cheap way) is 40,780 when buying all the materials. The price also includes the fact that you got 1 new room on the way to lvl 20. You can do it cheaper for 17,380 by making all the materials yourself (planks are your only expense).[/hide]

Levels 20-40:

By now you will have used 40,780gp (17,380 the very cheap way). You will now make your way into the hall of greedy people; this is where many people stop doing construction since it costs far to much to level, but we wont stop until we have all the bragging rights in Runescape! We want 90+ construction without wasting one penny! We want cabbage! (oh yes, I love that guide)

Well, now it is time for our new best friend, the good ol' oak. We have been able to use this since level 15, but to use it, we had to build a workshop. Because we are greedy, WE DIDN'T WASTE MONEY ON IT!

If you look at the xp per material list, you will see that oak planks give twice as much xp (a bit more to be exact) than the planks and nails we just used, and guess what... It costs less the double the cash to buy them! (oak planks are 400 each; regular planks are 250 each)

What should you do?

Now we will build oak chairs; these use two oak planks (800gp per chair) and give 120xp (120/800 = 0.15xp per gp) We will be building these to lvl 26. To get lvl 26 you will need to build 36 oak chairs for a total cost of 28,800gp. Once you are level 26, and you can build oak armchairs. These use 1 more plank but the xp per plank is still the good ol' 60xp per plank. we welcome these with open arms since these will make our work faster.

We will use oak armchairs until level 32.

This will take 43 oak armchairs, and will cost 51,600gp. Add this to the 28,800 from before and we will have used 80,400 to get from lvl 20-32.

Workshop

Now comes the handy part, build a workshop(cost 10k with gives us a total of 90,400) Inside the workshop, you will build an oak workbench (5 planks; 300xp) which will allow us to do flatpack furniture up to lvl 40. Now, we will be building carved oak tables (6 planks; 360xp) to level 40.

This takes 57 carved oak tables and will cost 136,800gp.

Running Total So Far

[hide=]total from lvl 20-40:

- 1 workshop

- 548 oak planks

this brings lvl 20-40 to a total cost of 229,200gp.

with the money we spend for 1-20 we have now used 259,980gp

the very greedy(those who made/got all their material alone) have used 164,380gp.[/hide]

Levels 40-60:

You will now have used 259,980gp (164,380 if very you are very good) and it is now time for the first of the big 20. We will make some carved oak tables. We will be making these until level 42, where I will let you in on the secret of cheap teak. To get lvl 42, you will need to build 24 carved oak tables which will give you a total cost of 57,600gp. Now that we are over the small levels, we will make our way to the nearest door spot and build a quest hall for the wicked price of 25k! ARGH!! WE USED MONEY!!! Calm down, don't get a heart attack yet...

Teak planks. Many say these are bad xp compared to the fact that they cost 1k ea. Those people are right! If you have 40+ woodcutting and you don't mind working for it, it will save you a ton of cash!

Now you can chose a path.

Path 1: In this, you cut your own teak and then make then into planks. This will cost around 500gp per plank (a bit more if you use duel rings for castle wars). You will use your planks for our secret weapon, which is the Quest Hall.

path 2: Which is not building a work shop, and then build a kitchen instead(this will be faster but will cost a bit more per xp). Then build Oak Larders for the rest of your life... (stop reading if you choose this; you wont get anything from reading more)

If you chose wisely and took path 1, you will be pleased to hear that you can get 0,188xp MORE per plank using teak then using oak, this will of course take longer but you will get 188xp more per 1k gp! Once you hit 47 Construction, you will be able to do it even faster, and still get 186xp more per 1k gp compared to oak planks.

How, you might ask?

Well, the trick is simple. Get 100 Dueling Rings (200k cost) or around 100k if you make them yourself. Teleport to Castle Wars and take out your hatchet (axe), then walk the path shown on the picture below. Cut 28 teak logs, teleport back to Castle Wars. Bank the teak... repeat.

Another method is to use the Fairy Rings, with the code B K P. This teleports you near the tree, and saves you money on dueling rings. -Sand_Hill

Once you got 2.8k teak, make it into planks. Now you will have shelled out 535gp per teak plank. One teak plank gives 90xp and cost you 535gp, 90/535 = 0.168gp xp per gp. One oak plank gives 60xp and costs 400gp, 60/400 = 0.15xp per gp. Already here, teak planks are better then oak, but it gets better!

With your Quest Hall, you are able to put up a decoration sword from the quests you have done. Once you build these, your sword will be mounted on the wall. Unlike other items, however, you will get the sword back when you remove it. This means you can mass build it and get the extra xp that the sword gives you. Add this to the teak xp per plank.

These will give xp as follows:

[hide=](If you haven't done any of these quests, you can do carved oak tables to level up, and then start with a mounted Amulet of Glory)

Silverlight:(must have done demon slayer)

takes:

-2 teak planks

-1 Silverlight.

xp: 187

xp per plank: 187/2 = 93,5

xp per gp: 93,5/535 = 0,174

Excalibur(must have done merlin's crystal quest)

takes:

-2 teak planks

-1 Excalibur

xp: 194

xp per plank: 97

xp per gp: 97/535 = 0,181

Darklight(must have done Shadow of the Storm)

takes:

-2 teak planks

-1 Darklight

xp: 202

xp per plank: 101

xp per gp: 101/535 = 0,188

At level 47, you are able to do the same just with an UNCHARGED amulet of glory, an anti dragonfire shield, and of course the legends cape.

These gives xp per gp as follows:

Anti Dragonfire Shield:(no quest)

takes:

-3 teak planks

-1 anti dragonfire shield

xp: 280

xp per plank: 93,3

xp per gp: 93,3/535 = 0,174

Amulet of Glory:(no quest)

takes:

-3 teak planks

-1uncharged amulet of glory

xp: 290

xp per plank: 96,6

xp per gp: 96,6/535 = 0,180

Legends cape:(must have done legends quest)

takes:

-3 teak planks

-1 legends cape

xp: 300

xp per plank: 100

xp per gp: 0,186

These are faster, but you wont save as much money as with the the first 3 swords. My calculations are based on the fact that you used carved oak tables to level 42, and bought a quest hall, used a mounted Darklight until lvl 47, and then a mounted Legends Cape until level 60.[/hide]

Running Total So Far

[hide=]Total for lvl 40-60:

- 1 quest hall(250,00gp)

- 144 oak planks(57,600gp)

- 2283 teak planks(1,221,405gp)

this comes with a total cost of 1,304,005 for getting from lvl 40-60.

for lvl 1-60 we have used 1,563,985gp.

a greedy person have done it for 1,542,385gp.[/hide]

60+:

You have now learned how to save money on construction. once you get to level 60 you can do this all the way to 99. Here is a little calculation on how much money you save on the way to 99 (if you use my method)

Mounted legends cape:

From lvl 60, you will need to make 42,536 mounted Legends Capes. This takes 127,608 teak planks and 63,804,000gp to make from logs into planks. To cut 127,608 teak logs, you also need 570 rings of dueling, these will cost you 9,114,857 if you buy them 2k each or around 4,557,428 if you make them yourself.

In total:

68,270,280gp(68,27mil)

Oak larders:

From lvl 60, you will need to make 26,585 oak larders, this takes 212,680 oak planks and will cost you 85,072,000gp.

In total:

85,072,000gp(85,07mil)

I just saved you 17mil!

The ultimate cheap way!

Here is the ultimate cheap way, for those of you who wanna be the first person to level to 99 from lvl 1, only using genie lamps! The lamps give your level x10 in xp and these are my calculations (I wasted four hours doing them)

[hide=]Code:

1 - 0

2 - 90xp 9

3 - 190xp 5

4 - 280xp 3

5 - 400xp 4

6 - 550xp 3

7 - 670xp 2

8 - 810xp 2

9 - 970xp 2

10 - 1166xp 2

11 - 1366xp 2

12 - 1586xp 2

13 - 1946xp 3

14 - 2367xp 2

15 - 2551xp 1

16 - 2851xp 2

17 - 3171xp 2

18 - 3681xp 3

19 - 4041xp 2

20 - 4611xp 3

21 - 5211xp 3

22 - 5631xp 2

23 - 6291xp 3

24 - 7211xp 4

25 - 7931xp 3

26 - 8931xp 4

27 - 9971xp 4

28 - 11051xp 4

29 - 12171xp 4

30 - 13621xp 5

31 - 15121xp 5

32 - 16671xp 5

33 - 18271xp 5

34 - 20251xp 6

35 - 22631xp 7

36 - 25081xp 7

37 - 27601xp 7

38 - 30561xp 8

39 - 33981xp 9

40 - 37491xp 9

41 - 41410xp 10

42 - 45920xp 11

43 - 50540xp 11

44 - 55700xp 12

45 - 61860xp 14

46 - 68160xp 14

47 - 75520xp 16

48 - 83040xp 16

49 - 92160xp 19

50 - 101470xp 19

51 - 111970xp 21

52 - 123700xp 23

53 - 136700xp 25

54 - 151010xp 27

55 - 166670xp 29

56 - 184270xp 32

57 - 203310xp 34

58 - 224970xp 38

59 - 248170xp 40

60 - 274130xp 44

61 - 302330xp 47

62 - 334050xp 52

63 - 368770xp 56

64 - 407200xp 61

65 - 449440xp 66

66 - 496890xp 73

67 - 548370xp 78

68 - 605320xp 85

69 - 668560xp 93

70 - 738250xp 101

71 - 814550xp 109

72 - 899750xp 120

73 - 993350xp 130

74 - 1096280xp 141

75 - 1210980xp 155

76 - 1336980xp 168

77 - 1476060xp 183

78 - 1629290xp 199

79 - 1799330xp 218

80 - 1986560xp 237

81 - 2192960xp 258

82 - 2421380xp 282

83 - 2673120xp 307

84 - 2952000xp 336

85 - 3258600xp 365

86 - 3598600xp 400

87 - 3972700xp 435

88 - 4385950xp 475

89 - 4842670xp 519

90 - 5346410xp 566

91 - 5913510xp 619

92 - 6518070xp 668

93 - 7196110xp 737

94 - 7944760xp 805

95 - 8771558xp 879

96 - 9685458xp 962

97 - 10693458xp 1050

98 - 11806048xp 1147

99 - 13034968xp 1254

Total: 15049 genie lamps!!!

Think how many years it would take to get all those lamps![/hide]

In Conclusion:

I hope you have enjoyed reading my guide on how to save money as much as i have enjoyed writing it. If you have any comments, then please post them. Please do not flame me about how slow my method is... this isn't meant to be fast, this is meant to be cheaper. If you don't like my guide, then don't take me seriously, laugh, make your way into your 350mil mansion, and laugh again.

I'll let you into a secret, whatever the way you use to get to oak items, as soon you hit oak stick with it. Oak items are the best items you can make for efficient xp (Larders being the best).

Good guide! I want to see the 20-40 section so i can level up cheaply. Im upgrading my house as I go, but i can see that if you say powered on the cheapest way to get to your level goal, then make the best house you can with your cash and lvl, it would be cheaper and faster.

Also, It costs the same too buy normal planks-as too make oak. It really does not take long. 3min per trip to the mill with cutting trees? Cheaper- and more exp.

aoe i got a little secret about teak and how you can use these for cheaper xp then oak(as i say in the guide, this isnt that fastest way... this is the cheapest!)

the guide is now 110% done!!!

please inform me of any typo's :XD:

Larders arn't good to get 99 with, shows you didn't research the infomation you put in your guide.

Larders arn't good to get 99 with, shows you didn't research the infomation you put in your guide.

i don't know if you missed this but... Larders ARE the best(unless you use my teak method)

it is faster to remove and build 3 larders then it is to build 6 carved oak tables in the workshop = they are better... ffs dude they give the sae xp per plank.

better leave before you prove anymore how little you know about construction

wow amazing guide im actually going to use it now to get myself 70 con thanks so much for an amazing guide!!!

Edit: There is an alternatice for teaks:

get yourself tons of trading sticks (the best way is to mine semi-precious gem [opal ect] from shilo, cut them and sell to gabooty in Tai bwani) then use the rare tree area to cut teaks and then send them to your bank by talkign to Raisonti. It costs 100 sticks to get in, 10 sticks per teak you send.

actually, oak larders are not the best xp, oak doors are, you get constant xp if u use a normal butler as the time it takes for one delivery is same time it takes to build 2 doors. aka constant xp

look over ur math equations please...u devide the amount of money u spend by the amount of xp u get to work out how much xp u get for 1 gp....so pretty much ur guide is all wrong =\

I got sceptic halfway through the guide. But you changed my mind, it is pretty good! Although I will continue the expensive way ;) as my time is more precious :twisted: I find this a decent alternative for those who construct on a tight budget. A nice find, well explained, I love it.

Good job!

Interesting post, any mathcraft is good runecraft. I praise you for your effort.

However, I will like to point out a few minor mistakes:

1) oak door = 10 oak planks (as above poster said), slightly faster than larder

2)

1 oak plank gives 60xp and costs 400hp, 60/400 = 0,15xp per gp

it's gp not hp.

3) Your calculations is made based on your running the teak logs yourself, but not oak logs. I think it's rather bias way of find the cost/exp if you are trying to determine which method is superior. As you mentioned on 2), teak plank's market cost is roughly 1k each. Using that number, the exp/gp for teak = 90/1000 = .090. If you run your own oak plank with oaks cut by yourself, the exp/gp for oak is = 60 / 285 = .211 . Of course, oak planks run/cut by yourself take more time than teak does.*

*furthermore, you can get cheap teaks from Kingdom of Miscellia

Aren't the price of Oak Planks in the lvl 40-60 section a little bit wrong. You write that the price of a Oak Plank is 400 gp, when it cost 250 gp to turn a Oak Log into a Oak Plank.

You write that the cost of 1 Teak Plank is 535 gp which can be true with the planking-cost of 500 gp and the price of used charges on the Duelling Ring can be 35 gp calculated. But the 400 gp for a Oak Plank sounds really wrong.

If you use the ballon ride both back and forth from Castle War to Sawmill Operatore you would use the same kind and the same amount of logs to get there whetever you do Oak Planks or Teak Planks so that doesn't count for the higher price of Oak Planks in your calculations.

So if you calculate with a price of 400 gp per Oak Planks all the conclusions of that Teak Planks are better xp/gp-wise are wrong.

Cutting the oak logs just by the tree patch in Gnome Stronghold is the best place I've found to cut Oaks as there are 2 Oak Trees just down the stairs from the bank and in a crowded world the trees spawns quick and I never gotten any competition on the trees. So no use for any teleport-rings or like that.

Cutting the teak logs just where u show in the pic.

The right calculations should be (not counting the cost of doing the ballon-trips as they are the same cost for either plank-making):

1 teak plank gives 90 xp and cost 535 gp --> 90/535 = 0,168 XP/gp

1 oak plank gives 60 xp and cost 250 gp --> 60/250 = 0,240 XP/gp

So Oak Planks are still better than Teak Planks xp/gp-wise.

As someone else wrote Oak Larders is to be prefered until lvl 75 when you can make Oak Doors in a Dungeon room (8 Oak Planks compered to 10 Oak Planks used per item made).

You can even skip the butler if you place your house in Rellakka and make like 40 Enchanted Lyres and have a Ring of Charos (e) and a Mounted Glory in your house. Then you can use the Lyre to get right next to your house, enter the house build the items, then use your mounted glory to tele to Egde and bank and use the lyre again and repeat. With 40 Enchanted Lyres, you can keep doing this method for over 1 hour before you have to recharge the lyres which takes 1 Raw bass per Lyre. The Raw Bass can usually easily be bought at a fishing store for like no money at all. Then go enchant them again at the lady by the sea using lyres and the mounted glory again (u can then enchant 26 lyres per used up lyre so totally you use up 2 lyres recharging the lyres but the 2 lyres u use up gets recharged in the last recharge trip). This recharging takes like 10 min or so with buying the needed raw basses takes like 5 min, so every 90 min or so, you have to use 15 min to recharge the lyres again (probably less than 15 min, just worst case scenario where you need to world-hop several worlds to find raw basses). This method totally render the use of a butler (and the cost he/she will bring) to a no-need. I used it myself to get from lvl 52 Construction to lvl 67 Construction.

it is true that you can still save money compared to teak if you make your own planks, but if you think it through you would just be making about 80k more oak planks then teak planks and this will only save you about 10mil compared to my much faster and still less expensive way with teak.

i did not know very much about oak doors so i didn't put them in my guide, now that you have informed me of the details then i will post them in as 74+ oak plank use

I still think Oak Planks are the best.

Consider that the cost of Teak Plank in your method is twice the price of making Oak Planks (+ 35 gp for the trips with the Duelling Ring) and the XP gain is not twice it's only 50 % (60 XP to 90 XP per plank). So yes, you have to cut and plank some more Oak Logs and planking more Oak Planks. But if you then consider the time spent on cutting the teak logs compared to cutting the oak logs I think that the time-difference is not big at all, if there even is any, considered that Oak Logs should be much faster to cut than Teak Logs.

So I think that there is both a money and time consideration that tend to go towards Oak Planks.

Not ranting down on your method, just saying that there are more things to consider when making such statements as you made in the guide. Anyways, it's good that ppl do make Construction Guides as there are considerable amounts of money and time to be saved if you now the tricks and such doing Construction. So all praise to you for making a guide =D>

I still think Oak Planks are the best.

 

 

 

Consider that the cost of Teak Plank in your method is twice the price of making Oak Planks (+ 35 gp for the trips with the Duelling Ring) and the XP gain is not twice it's only 50 % (60 XP to 90 XP per plank). So yes, you have to cut and plank some more Oak Logs and planking more Oak Planks. But if you then consider the time spent on cutting the teak logs compared to cutting the oak logs I think that the time-difference is not big at all, if there even is any, considered that Oak Logs should be much faster to cut than Teak Logs.

 

 

 

So I think that there is both a money and time consideration that tend to go towards Oak Planks.

 

 

 

Not ranting down on your method, just saying that there are more things to consider when making such statements as you made in the guide. Anyways, it's good that ppl do make Construction Guides as there are considerable amounts of money and time to be saved if you now the tricks and such doing Construction. So all praise to you for making a guide =D>

keep praising me...

but you might save money on oak planks but it takes almost twice as long making the planks for 99 with oak then teak

Well, as I wrote in the reply before I'm not totally convinced that that is the case, that u save so much more time doing teak planks than oak planks to 99. It will, as I said, much less time to cut the Oak Logs compared to Teak Logs. That time "saved" when cutting Oak Logs can then be spent on making the Oak Planks. So even thou you have to make much more Oak Planks than Teak Planks to get to 99 you make up a considerable time cutting the Oaks than the Teaks. So maybe it doesn't take longer time. And the money spent should be less with Oaks as Teaks as the price is 100 % more for teaks compared to oaks and the xp is only 50 % for for teaks compared to oaks. And if you then take in the fact that you use up Duelling Rings getting the Teaks then the cost is even more to the Oaks favour, I belive.

We can in conclusion agree that we seem to disagree on the matter O:)

well i have just tried to go 100 teak planks(cut and make sawmill)

and i found that it took 5min longer to get 100 teak planks but compared to the amount of oak planks used i think it is just round the same.

I found an extremly cheaper way which i used till around 30 (Takes awhile)

Get another garden and 1 parlour

Use 20 iron bars and build 2 exits, this puts you at level 3. Then as your house is still in rimmington grab hammer, saw, bucket and pickaxe. Then mine 24 clay, use the bucket on the sink in the nearby house or the well in the centre. Use the water to get 24 wet clay. (You can use the new sapphire bracelet so you mine wet clay, but this increases bank trips). Then build 8 Clay fireplaces using the clay for 240 xp per trip. It doesnt cost anything apart from the pickaxe, and get can you some exp.

Also you could help improve the guide by mentioning quests such as - Eyes of glouphrie - that reward you with construction exp.

thank you, i will keep that in mind(might add

On your number figures, can you add commas or periods to separate the longer numbers? For example:

- 1 quest hall(25,000gp)

- 144 oak planks(57,600gp)

- 2283 teak planks(1,221,405gp)

this comes with a total cost of 1,304,005 for getting from lvl 40-60.

for lvl 1-60 we have used 1,563,985gp.

a greedy person have done it for 1,542,385gp.

Long strings of numbers without separators are difficult to read.

sure :XD:

Another method I have seen is to mine limestone at the mine between varrock and canifis and cut it. Then you make fireplaces using the limestone bricks. This uses 0 gp but takes forever.

Another method I have seen is to mine limestone at the mine between varrock and canifis and cut it. Then you make fireplaces using the limestone bricks. This uses 0 gp but takes forever.

You could also use a mix of the balloons and dueling rings, but then the cost factor might be prohibitive, but perhaps not as bad as logs--if you could make your own rings.

woot nice guide i may use this!

:D :D :D