Can't play during POH update :(

[Kuroi_Ame]

At the moment, I cannot play RuneScape. I am a member, but won't be able to play until July. Of course, I want to play RuneScape, especially with the new POH update. Can anyone post some things about POH's? Like...

 

-New skills list

 

-Construction Interface

 

-Construction Skill Guide (when you click the skill, this will pop up).

 

-Anything else that has changed :D

 

If someone, or some people, can do this, it will be very much appreciated.

 

 

 

-Kuroi

[FuBai]

Construction - The Basics

 

Introduction

 

 

 

Construction is a very flexible skill, you use it to help build your very own house or make items to sell to other players. Building a good quality house with Construction is not only fun and easy, but also beneficial to a variety of other skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting out - the Estate Agent

 

 

 

To first build a house, you will need to buy a plot of land. To do this, you need to visit the Estate agent in Varrock and pay him 1,000gp.

 

 

 

The exact location of the Estate agent is shown to the right, he can sell you a house, magically re-decorate your house, or move its location.

 

 

 

If you are stuck, he also provides a useful book to guide you through the processes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As your construction level increases, you will notice that the Estate agent can provide services such as more decoration styles for your house, or even movement of it to a different location. Please see the NPCs page for more information.

 

 

 

Now you have bought your house, you probably want to visit your first house, or start building it up!

 

 

 

Your first house is located in Rimmington, located south west of Falador.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a portal, if you click on it, you get the options below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu Option Use

 

Go to your house This will take you directly to your house, where you can walk around and fully interact with your house's features. Visitors can only come into your house if it is in this mode.

 

Go to your house (building mode) Read on further for building mode. Basically, to construct items, rooms and ultimately your house, you must be in this mode. Visitors cannot come in if you are in building mode.

 

Go to a friend's house Upon clicking this, you are prompted to enter your friend's username. If they are in their house, not in building mode and have allowed visitors in (explained later), you will be allowed to go to their house.

 

 

 

 

 

When you have selected the option it is likely you will see the following screen. This screen means the game is loading your house, or the house you are visiting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the basic house you have purchased! It isn't much yet, just a garden and one room, but with a limit of 20 rooms, you will easily be able to construct yourself a mansion!

 

 

 

Please note: If you die in your house, you will spawn outside the portal, retaining all of your items.

 

 

 

Building a house

 

 

 

To start building your house, it is essential you are in Building mode. If you didn't enter your house in building mode, use the controls tab, select 'House Options' and set building mode to 'On'. If you have a bank PIN, you will be prompted to enter it here.

 

 

 

When in building mode, you will see that there are many items in the room that are semi-transparent, there are refered to as Hotspots. Wherever there is a hotspot, there is a possibility of building a room, or furniture for a room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you have decided what you want to build, go to your chosen hotspot, and right-click it. As shown above, you will see the 'Build' Option (above a rug hotspot was selected). Building on door hotspots will give the option of making a new room.

 

 

 

When you select the 'Build' option, you will see a 'Furniture Creation Menu' appear. A creation menu for the chair hotspot is shown below. This menu displays the possible items that can be constructed here, and what level in Construction you will need to be to make it, as well as the items you will need. Further to the items displayed in this menu, you will always need a Saw (see the Sawmill operator), and a Hammer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nails work slightly differently from other materials. You will sometimes find you break nails, especially if you have a low Construction level, so you may need to bring more nails than the furniture requires. Nails made of stronger metals will break less often. As you can see from the menu image above, with higher level planks you will not need nails as you construct the item differently, using joints.

 

 

 

You can remove a piece of furniture if you wish to build something else in the same space. To do this, right-click on it and select Remove. You will not get any of the materials back. Some pieces of furniture can be upgraded to better pieces of furniture without having to remove them first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To build a new room, you must use one of the door hotspots at the edges of rooms or garden squares. Right-click on it and select Build. This will bring up a list of rooms. Different rooms cost different amounts of gold and have different Construction level requirements. If you select Build on a door hotspot that already leads to a room, you will be asked whether you want to delete that room.

 

 

 

Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For constructing most items of furniture, your material resource will be planks. Planks come in a few varieties, increasing in quality: Wood, Oak, Teak and Mahogany. To find out about planks, it is advised you visit the Sawmill Operator. Aside from planks, he also sells saws, cloth and nails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When your Construction level gets higher, you may want to look into obtaining Limestone, Marble blocks, Gold Leaf, or even Magic building crystals. These are sold by the stonemason, found in Keldagrim. Other miscellaneous items you may construct will require soft clay, iron/steel bars etc, so it may be useful to have them on hand.

 

 

 

The rooms

 

 

 

Room Level

 

required Cost Use

 

 

 

Garden 1 1000 The garden is largely decorative but it also contains the exit portal, you must have at least one exit portal in your house area.

 

 

 

Parlour 1 1000 This is the lowest level room, where 3 chairs can be constructed around a fire.

 

 

 

Kitchen 5 5000 This room can be used for preparing food. As you build better furniture in it you will find yourself able to prepare better meals in it. There is space for a pet cat here too!

 

 

 

Dining Room 10 5000 Eight people can sit around the table you build in this room, you can also summon your servant to prepare food.

 

 

 

Workshop 15 10000 This room allows you to train Construction without modifying your own house, by making furniture that can be sold to other players. It also provides space for you to train Crafting and Smithing.

 

 

 

Bedroom 20 10000 Some of the furniture in this room can be used to change your hair and clothes. You will also need to have two of these rooms in order to hire a servant.

 

 

 

Skill Hall 25 15000 These are primarily used to connect other rooms, but they also provide space to show off your skill achievements.

 

 

 

Games Room 30 25000 Various games can be built in this room to allow friends to play and train together.

 

 

 

Combat Room 32 25000 With this room you can challenge your friends in a personal dueling ring.

 

 

 

Quest Hall 35 25000 These are primarily used to connect other rooms, but they also provide space to show off your quest achievements.

 

 

 

Study 40 50000 You can use the lectern in this room to create clay tablets recording magic spells. The elemental sphere in this room can be used to change the element of an elemental staff.

 

 

 

Chapel 45 50000 This room can be dedicated to any of RuneScape's major gods, and the altar can be used to offer bones.

 

 

 

Portal Chamber 50 100000 In this room you can build portals to various places around the world.

 

 

 

Formal Garden 55 75000 The formal garden can contain various plants and ornaments to beautify the grounds of your house.

 

 

 

Throne Room 60 150000 This room can be used to hold audiences with large numbers of friends. It also contains the lever that turns on challenge mode.

 

 

 

Oubliette 65 150000 If you build an oubliette below your throne room you can drop people from there into a cage which you can fill with various horrors.

 

 

 

Dungeon 70 7500 Dungeon corridors, junctions and stairs can be built to create an underground maze full of monsters, traps and doors.

 

 

 

Treasure Room 75 250000 You can place a prize in this room for visitors to your dungeon to try to reach.

 

 

 

 

 

House Controls

 

 

 

It is important that you read this information, so you understand how access to your house, or your friends' houses. Please remember you can only visit/be visited when you are not in building mode.

 

 

 

Locking the portal

 

The first and easiest thing about control is this. When you are in your house, you can simply right click your entrance portal (this is where you come in and visitors will appear), and select 'Lock portal'. Locking the portal denies all access from anyone to your house. To unlock, simply right click again and select the option.

 

 

 

Private Chat/Friends List

 

This is the main control of access to your house aside from straightforward portal locking. The way access to your house works is in parallel to your friends list/private chat settings. If your private chat is set to 'On', then anyone can come into your house. If you private chat is set to 'Friends only' then only players on your friends list will be able to enter. Having private chat set to 'Off' is similar to locking your portal.

[B_50_2]

Well.

 

 

 

Levels and Rooms:

 

 

 

1- Garden

 

1- Parlour

 

5- Kitchen

 

10- Dining Room

 

15- Workshop

 

20- Bedroom

 

25- Hall

 

30- Games Room

 

32- Combat Room

 

35- Hall (Quests)

 

40- Study

 

45- Chappel

 

50- Portal Room

 

55- Formal Garden

 

60- Throne Room

 

70- Dungeon

 

75- Treasure Room

[aoe325]

Read the Knowledge base :)

 

 

 

Its the best guide ATM

[Kuroi_Ame]

Thanks for all the help..Except for the dude who just SPAMMED on my thread. Thanks for the guide, though, FuBai and the level of houses B_50_2...But I was kind of just wanting pictures of what the new stuff looks like.

 

 

 

-Kuroi

[Sk8erfreak]

Thanks for all the help..Except for the dude who just SPAMMED on my thread. Thanks for the guide, though, FuBai and the level of houses B_50_2...But I was kind of just wanting pictures of what the new stuff looks like.

 

 

 

-Kuroi

 

 

 

Cleaned up the spam.

[alchemy1989]

Thanks for all the help..Except for the dude who just SPAMMED on my thread. Thanks for the guide, though, FuBai and the level of houses B_50_2...But I was kind of just wanting pictures of what the new stuff looks like.

 

 

 

-Kuroi

 

 

 

Cleaned up the spam.

 

 

 

Someone took your avatar sk8

 

On the subject...when you come back to poh's at least planks won't be 2k ea, or at least you better hope so

[TWIKK89]

same...

 

i can't imagine having to spend money all for planks...

[Kuroi_Ame]

Well, I guess it is a good thing I won't be able to play if planks are 2k each. :shock: . Anyone have the time to post a screenshot of the new skills list?

 

 

 

-Kuroi