Explain to me how smithing costs gold? I mine ore for free, I smith bars for free, I make items from the bars for free, I sell the items for gold. The only thing lost is time. Whereas construction costs tons of gold to buy rooms, buy planks, hire servents, etc. (Of course regular planks can be obtained for free at respawns, but it is very inefficient.) Anyway, great job on the article. Very informative.