Construction training

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Construction is an expensive skill to train. At low Construction levels, players typically make their own planks, use clay or limestone, and explore different rooms and furniture. To advance, most players use oak, teak, or mahogany planks to build and remove oak larders, driftwood prawnbrokers, or mahogany tables.

All constructed objects will always result in a loss of money, regardless if you make the planks or buy it off the Grand Exchange.

Typical costs for Construction experience vary from −14.02 (using player-made oak planks) to −9.44 coins per experience point (using mahogany planks bought from the Grand Exchange).

Items and bonuses

Due to the cost of training construction, it is recommended to use bonus experience or other experience boosting items, such as the Constructor's outfit, sculpting chisel, and the clan avatar skilling boost. Players should also consider unlocking the scroll of proficiency for a chance to save a plank when using 3 or more. Alongside this, it is recommended that a player trains Construction on a 'Double XP Weekend' in order to save money and train faster.

Sculpting chisel

A sculpting chisel is obtained as a reward from the Distraction and Diversion God Statues. This can be acquired at level 1 Construction by building god statue in the same location for a total of four months (non-consecutive). A chisel will grant a +1 boost to the player's construction level as well as 1% bonus construction experience, which stacks additively to the bonus from the constructor's outfit.

Constructor's outfit

Similar to other skilling outfits, the Constructor's outfit will provide a total 6% bonus when the 5-piece set is donned. The set requires level 44 Construction to wear. However, obtaining the set can be quite time consuming as it is rewarded upon certain milestones in the Temple Trekking and Burgh de Rott Ramble minigame. To unlock these minigames the third quest in the Myreque quest series must be complete. If a player is pursuing the completion of all Morytania Tasks, they may consider doing this at level 44 construction.

Item		XP boost
	Constructor's gloves	1%
	Constructor's boots	1%
	Constructor's hat	1%
	Constructor's trousers	1%
	Constructor's garb	1%
Sub-total		5%
Set bonus		1%
Full set		6%
Requirements: Gloves - Get Pazuzu to level 85 Boots - Get Zachory Bragg to level 25 Hat - Get the total NPC level to 200 Trousers - Get the total NPC level to 300 Garb - Get the total NPC level to 400

Monkey butler

At level 50 Construction it is possible to obtain a Monkey Butler. However, this also requires level 60 Invention. The monkey butler can carry 26 items, but unlike his other butler counterparts, there is no cost as the player uses a mind-control helmet to domesticate the monkey Steve.

Scroll of proficiency

The scroll of proficiency is a Dungeoneering reward, which requires level 60 in both Dungeoneering and Construction. It will also cost 20,000 dungeoneering tokens to obtain. As aforementioned there is a chance to save planks once obtained and is broken down as follows:

• 50% for normal planks
• 25% for oak planks
• 20% for teak planks
• 10% for mahogany planks
• 5% for protean planks

For a more detailed analysis please refer to the scroll of proficiency page.

Understanding experience earned

Experience gained is calculated from the experience per construction material used. The experience gained from making 2 items with 2 oak planks is the same as making one item with 4 oak planks. Therefore, it is more efficient to make items requiring more supplies, as the cost per experience is the same.

Cost of earning construction experience

Most materials used in Construction cannot be made with skills and must be bought from suppliers or the Grand Exchange. Wooden planks are made by handing over logs and money to the sawmill operator or by using the logs in the Portable sawmill. Construction materials that can be made by the player are soft clay, molten glass, limestone bricks, and steel bars. Even these items are normally used in combination with other bought Construction materials, except for a very few, low experience items such as clay fireplaces (3 soft clay for 30 experience). Specialty items such as gold leaves, marble blocks, and magic stones can be bought from a specialty shop in Keldagrim or the Sawmill operator in the Ithell Clan District of Prifddinas.

After completing the appropriate Morytania Tasks, one may receive 30 normal planks, 20 oak planks, or 10 teak planks daily from Razmire Keelgan, potentially worth 990, 1200, or 900 construction experience respectively.

Experience and cost per construction material

Planks

Item	XP Given	GE Log Cost	Sawmill Fee	Total Cost	Cost/XP	GE Plank Cost	Cost/XP
Plank	29	291	100	391	−13.48	799	−27.55
Plank and  Bronze nails	29	291 + 10 nail	100	401	−13.83	809	−27.9
Oak plank	60	591	250	841	−14.02	556	−9.27
Teak plank	90	105	500	605	−6.72	372	−4.13
Mahogany plank	140	300	1,500	1,800	−12.86	1,321	−9.44
Protean plank*	Varies	N/A	5 coins**	varies: 0-5 coins	0 to -0.03	N/A	N/A

Notes:

• Slightly different experience, cost, and cost/experience point are given for different metal nails.
• *Protean planks stack within one's inventory.
• **Can be sawn from protean logs at 1:1 ratio for a 5 gold coin cost each.

Non-Planks

This chart shows the experience given per object when each object is used. The cost per experience point is based on Grand Exchange prices.

Item	Experience given	NPC Cost	Cost/XP	GE Cost	Cost/XP
Molten glass	1	N/A	N/A	613	−613
Clay	10	N/A	N/A	340	−34
Soft clay	10	N/A	N/A	419	−41.9
Bolt of cloth	15	650	−43.33	1,032	−68.8
Iron bar	10	N/A	N/A	1,053	−70.2
Steel bar	20	N/A	N/A	959	−47.95
Limestone	20	10 or 17	−0.5 or −0.85	475	−23.75
Limestone brick	20	21	−1.05	396	−19.8
Gold leaf	300	130,000	−433.33	135,638	−452.13
Marble block	500	325,000	−650	317,353	−634.71
Magic stone	1000	975,000	−975	972,766	−972.77

Notes

• You can turn clay into soft clay by adding water to it. This can be done in a player-owned house using a garden or kitchen water source.
• You can turn limestone into limestone bricks using a chisel on it. This gives 6 Crafting experience.

Special logs

Special teak logs and special mahogany logs can be obtained randomly while cutting down their respective trees. These logs can be sold to a sawmill operator for 3,900 for mahogany or 1,300 for teak. If you have two of the same type, the sawmill operator will convert your inventory of logs for free in exchange for the special logs. This can be used to help reduce the cost of training Construction.

Techniques

Trip time

Note: This section does not apply if the player is using Servants.

With the correct choice of teleport techniques, very little running is required to make a round trip (either two-way or three-way). This means that the total trip time is very largely dependent on how fast the player can click and select various options. To maximise the XP earned per hour depends on balancing the fastest possible round trip (i.e. least clicks) vs. a slightly slower round trip maximising the XP earned per trip. Players, therefore, vary in their precise technique - fast clickers tend to prefer the fastest possible trip. Players on slow computers or poor-quality internet connections tend to prefer maximising the XP per trip. Note that because of the relatively low cost of teleport compared to the cost of an inventory, the teleport trip cost tends not the be a factor in an optimised trip plan.

Plan round trip to optimise inventory

• To maximise experience per trip, you need to maximise the number of planks/logs you transport per trip.
• If you are using a beast of burden, you need at least one spare slot to swap logs/planks between the two inventories at the Plank Maker. A technique is to drop one or two planks to make this space and pick the planks when done. Alternatively, you may decide that it is quicker to have a spare slot or two.
• Bring materials in amounts equal to the highest multiple of the required materials to construct your items that are possible per trip (e.g., carry a multiple of 8 for larders, or 10s for Oak doors) as this reduces weight by not bringing extra material that won't be used. Alternatively, build something else to use the remaining planks (e.g. if you are carrying 26 planks, build two oak doors and then build two oak armchairs to use up the last 6 planks). With careful planning, this does not need to slow down a round trip very much.
• Making Flatpacks can be a very fast way of using up almost any "left-over" planks. For instance "Make All" Oak drawers will use up any even number of oak planks.
• If you are three-way teleporting, always maximise your inventory of planks. Bank your unused planks and when you have enough planks, skip the sawmill teleport for a cycle.

You cannot bring a summoning familiar in your house when you're in building mode.

Experience per trip

For number of planks carried. Higher numbers require a Beast of Burden.

Plank	XP per item	24	28	30	44	58
Plank + Nails	29	696	812	870	1276	1682
Oak plank	60	1440	1680	1800	2640	3480
Teak plank	90	2160	2520	2700	3960	5220
Mahogany plank	140	3360	3920	4200	6160	8120

Servants

An alternative to travelling between your house and a bank is to use Servants to bring things from the bank to your house. This is faster than travelling yourself because you can build while the servant is making the trip. Better servants make the round trip faster.

Servants have a right click option that allows the fetch-from-bank menu to be brought up quickly. Furthermore, the last request is saved, so the player can repeatedly ask for the same set of items to be brought without typing the specific quantity each time.

Hotkeys and minimal mouse movement

A game update in the week of March 10, 2017, allowed players to use hotkeys (also called keybinds) to navigate the construction menu, as announced here. This reduces the number of mouse movements per servant run from over 9 to just 3.

After right clicking to build on a hotspot, the client opens the window titled "Select a Piece of Furniture to Build" or similar. On this window, one option is to simply click on the desired item to construct. Another option is to press the number key corresponding to that item. Note that the items on this window are not numbered, but pressing keys works anyways, and this number corresponds to the order in increasing level requirement.

After building the object, one must remove it by right-clicking it. Pressing "1" is equivalent to clicking "Yes" to "Really remove it?" If one has moved the camera carefully, then one can right-click the hotspot/object without moving the mouse. This generally saves time because one does not need to aim the cursor. However, one should eventually right-click the servant, and this involves moving the mouse. Again, the servant's dialogue can be navigated using only hotkeys. (See the Servant subsection below). Thus, with an appropriate setup, one only needs to move the mouse three times for each servant trip, with the rest of the procedure being accomplished with keystrokes and clicks. Beware of interface lag. Sometimes, pressing the right keystroke or click too early will yield the wrong action.

Remark: One may wonder why one needs a hotkey for the build window anyways. After all, the build menu can be moved so that the desired item in the same screen location as the hotspot. The reason that one needs hotkeys for the build window is as follows. First, it is very desirable that the hotspot/object can be right-clicked without moving the mouse. The only way to do this is to move the hotspot/object near the bottom of the screen. However, the build menu cannot be dragged to the bottom of the screen. Thus, the only way to achieve three mouse-movements per servant run is to use hotkeys for the build window.

Servant cost

Servant		level	Cost (after Love Story)	Food served	Sawmill	Capacity	Trip
	Rick	20	500 (375)	Shrimps	No	6 items	60s
	Royal Guard	20	500 (375)	Shrimps	No	6 items	60s
	Maid	25	1,000 (750)	Stew	No	10 items	30s
	Cook	30	3,000 (2,250)	Pineapple pizza	Yes	16 items	17s
	Butler	40	5,000 (3,750)	Chocolate cake	Yes	20 items	12s
	Demon butler	50	10,000 (7,500)	Curry	Yes	26 items	7s
	Monkey butler	50	N/A	Banana	Yes	26 items	7s

Servant plank cost before Love Story

Material	EXP Given	Sawmill Plank Cost	Cost/XP	Cost (Cook)	Cost/XP	Cost (Butler)	Cost/XP	Cost (Demon)	Cost/XP
Logs	30.5	391	−12.82	437.9	−14.4	453.5	−14.9	487.2	−16
Oak logs	60	841	−14	887.9	−14.8	903.5	−15.1	937.2	−15.6
Teak logs	90	605	−6.7	651.9	−7.2	667.5	−7.4	701.2	−7.8
Mahogany log	140	1,800	−12.9	1,846.9	−13.2	1,862.5	−13.3	1,896.2	−13.5

Servant plank cost after Love Story

Material	Cost (Cook)	Cost/XP	Cost (Butler)	Cost/XP	Cost (Demon)	Cost/XP
Logs	426.2	−14	437.9	−14.4	463.1	−15.2
Oak logs	876.2	−14.6	887.9	−14.8	913.1	−15.2
Teak logs	640.2	−7.1	651.9	−7.2	677.1	−7.5
Mahogany log	1,835.2	−13.1	1,846.9	−13.2	1,872.1	−13.4

Flatpacks

Main article: Flatpack

Flatpacks are recommended as a less intensive way to train construction. Flatpacks are made in a workshop on a workbench, and can be dropped afterwards. Flatpacks can be added to the action bar to facilitate dropping.

• Flatpacks can be sold on the Grand Exchange, however, there is very little demand for flatpacks so do not expect them to sell instantly.
• Flatpacks can be alched, but the return is less than the cost of the runes.
• Flatpacks may be sold to Advisor Ghrim in exchange for coins in the treasury of your kingdom, after completing the hard Fremennik Tasks. In principle, he gives 10% of the material costs. How this is calculated is not clear, but the value of a flatpack is less than 10% of the GE price of a log plus the Sawmill fee. Since the Sawmill fee is fixed, this suggests that he values the logs at less than GE price but greater than the max store price.
  • Advisor Ghrim will not take noted items.
• Flatpacks can be traded in at the Mobilising Armies activity for Investment credits. These credits are used to get reward credits which can be used to get money or other rewards. If you choose money, you can get a refund of the cost of the flatpacks.
• Because flatpacks can be made while not in building mode, items can be dropped. This may be the most convenient way to get rid of flatpacks.
• Flatpacks are rarely stored if using a Servant because the return is marginal or worse given the additional cost of using a servant trip to bank them. However, if you value the flatpacks at Advisor Ghrim rates, higher value flatpacks can be worth banking. Use a BoB to accumulate enough flatpacks to make the servant journey efficient.

You need a workbench to make Flatpacks, requiring a Workshop (Level 15 Construction). Higher levelled flatpacks will require you to upgrade the workbench accordingly.

Workbench	Level Required	Required Materials	FlatPacks Able To Build
Repair bench	15	2 Oak Planks	Broken Arrows and Broken Staves (no flatpacks)
Wooden workbench	17	5 Planks, 5 Steel Nails	1-20 Furniture (Level)
Oak workbench	32	5 Oak Planks	1-40 Furniture (Level)
Steel framed bench	46	6 Oak Planks, 4 Steel Bars	1-60 Furniture (Level)
Bench with vice	62	2 Oak Planks, 1 Steel Bar	1-80 Furniture (Level)
Bench with lathe	77	2 Oak Planks, 1 Steel Bar	All Furniture

Flatpack return value

The following table shows the return on an example flatback item used for training (note that all items with the same plank requirements will have different GE Sell prices but the same Advisor Ghrim return). The poor return should be compared with the total loss if an item is removed or dropped.

Flatpack	Planks	GE Sell Price	Nominal Advisor Ghrim Return	Return coins/XP
Oak magic wardrobe	4	49	336.4	−1.4
Carved oak magic wardrobe	6	16	504.6	−1.4
Teak magic wardrobe	4	19	242	−0.67
Carved teak magic wardrobe	6	85	363	−0.67
Mahogany magic wardrobe	4	331	720	−1.5

Note: Advisor Ghrim will value slightly less than the nominal 10% value. As a snapshot, on a particular day, he offered a return on some teak items that valued the teak log at 63 coins, assuming he gives full credit for the Sawmill fee. On the same day, the GE teak log price was 148 (plus 500 sawmills) and a teak plank 766, giving a real return of 9.7% or 8.2% respectively.

Disabling Run

Disabling Run may be a good idea to slightly reduce the time loss when one accidentally clicks to walk on a square.

Recommended training methods

Level 1 to 19

	Skill Level:	1-19
	Experience:	66 to 96 per chair
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−105,875
	Requirements:	None
	Items required:	125 planks and around 300 iron nails
		Below level 20 Construction, one cannot have a butler, so you will have to carry the items yourself. In order to do this, you could use a ring of dueling and a house teleport tablet or simply run to the bank and back. For the first levels of Construction, you need to buy or make planks and iron nails. Start by making crude wooden chairs in your parlour and removing them, using 2 planks and 2 iron nails for each (several nails are broken while training, so one should bring plenty of spare. 13 crude wooden chairs are needed to reach level 8, at which point one can make wooden chairs. Switch to building wooden chairs up to level 19. (This saves a small amount of time and actions.) Training from level 1 to 19 with this method would cost −103,875.

Level 19 to 33

	Skill Level:	19-33
	Experience:	120 to 180 per chair
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−132,884
	Requirements:	Level 19 Construction
	Items required:	239 oak planks, although 238 is possible
		Make oak chairs in your parlour at the same hotspot and continue to remove them. This uses 2 oak planks each, and nails are no longer necessary. At level 26, switch to oak armchairs in the same hotspot. This uses 3 oak planks each. Training from level 19 to 33 with this method would cost −132,884. A servant may be hired at this stage to save a small amount of time.

Level 33 to 52 or 63

	Skill Level:	33 - 52/63
	Experience:	480 per larder
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−978,560
	Requirements:	Level 33 Construction
	Items required:	1760 oak planks for 52 or 5840 oak planks for 63, 8 oak planks each
		After level 33, you can make oak larders in your Kitchen. First, create the kitchen by clicking to build on a Door hotspot. Creating oak larders these costs 8 oak plank. It will take 1760 oak planks to go from 33 to 52 construction building oak larders and another 16,211 oak planks to get to 74 Construction. At level 40, you should go to the Servants' Guild to hire a Butler, and at level 50, upgrade to a Demon Butler or Mind-controlled monkey butler. Servants can be used to bring you planks, thus speeding up your construction training. The fastest way to do this is right click the servant and select the option to fetch items from the bank. If using the Butler, you can make an average of 2.5 oak larders per round; if using the demon butler, you can make an average of 3.25 oak larders per round. When making oak larders with a butler, demon butler or monkey butler, repeatedly request planks, then build and remove larders. With the regular butler, you can alternate 2 and 3 larders per round, whereas, with the demon butler or monkey butler, you can build 3 larders on 2 / 3 of the rounds and 4 larders on 1 / 3 of the rounds. It is possible to save money by not using a butler, however, this greatly lowers your experience per hour. Monkey butler should be hired, if you have the required invention level, as there are no charges. Players should stop making oak larders at level 52 if they wish to train using mahogany planks. Mahogany tables are the second fastest construction experience in the game but are not very commonly made because of cost. As teak planks are sometimes cheaper per experience than oak planks, you can switch to driftwood prawnbrokers at level 63. (At current market prices, oak planks are cheaper.) Training from level 33 to 52 with this method would cost −976,892 coins. Training from level 33 to 63 with this method would cost −3,247,040 coins.

Level 52 to 99 (Easier method)

	Skill Level:	52
	Experience:	840 each
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−121,822,620
	Requirements:	Level 52 Construction, workshop with a Steel framed bench
	Items required:	92220 mahogany planks, 6 mahogany planks each (flat pack)
		The easiest long-term training method, requiring significantly less attention than building and destroying. 4 mahogany tables can be made per round, with the butler fetching 24 from the bank each round. The flatpacks can be disassembled (an excellent source of simple parts) or dropped. Dropping is slightly faster as disassembly resets the workbench interface. Flatpacking is slightly slower than build and destroy, with experience rates maxing at about 500,000 per hour. Training from level 52 to 99 with this method would cost −121,822,620 coins.

Level 52 to 73 (Expensive method)

	Skill Level:	52
	Experience:	840 each
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−8,203,410
	Requirements:	Level 52 Construction, a dining room or a Steel framed bench
	Items required:	6210 mahogany planks, 6 mahogany planks each
		The second-fastest method in the game is making Mahogany tables in the Dining room, using a demon or monkey butler to bring you planks, building 4 tables per round, and 5 every third round. Players who are somewhat slow at building and removing tables may wish to save a bit of money by using a normal butler and building 3 tables per round and 4 every third round. Experience per hour rates for building mahogany tables vary widely among players depending on attention and which butler is being used. A basic range of 350,000 experience to 500,000 experience an hour can be expected, with some players even exceeding 600,000 experience an hour. Training from level 52 to 73 with this method would cost −8,203,410 coins.

Level 63 to 99 (Cheaper method)

	Skill Level:	63
	Experience:	720
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−52,353,792
	Requirements:	Level 63 Construction, Aquarium
	Items required:	140736 Teak Planks, 8 teak planks each
		The most teak planks that can be used on a single item is a driftwood prawnbroker. A monkey butler is recommended to fetch 24 teak planks in one trip from the bank (a demon butler can also be used, but is slower). Then, three prawnbrokers can be made at 720 experience points each.This method is able to earn approximately 500,000 experience per hour. Make sure to use 3D world editing (Settings -> Edit Mode -> 3D world editing) and make the world as small as possible and drag it to the bottom of the screen. This will make the "build" and "remove" options line up with a right click. Training from level 63 to 99 with this method would cost −52,353,792 coins.

Level 73 to 99 (Expensive method)

	Skill Level:	73
	Experience:	1120 each
	Speed:	5*****
	Profit:	−113,627,136
	Requirements:	Level 73 Construction, an aquarium room
	Items required:	86016 mahogany planks, 8 mahogany planks each
		By far the most efficient way to train Construction, yielding experience rates between 650,000 and 900,000 experience per hour, is making Flotsam prawnbrokers. The method consists of building 2 flotsam prawnbrokers, then fetching 24 mahogany planks with a monkey or demon butler, and while the butler is away at the bank, destroying the currently built prawnbroker, rebuilding another one, and destroying it again, by which time the monkey or demon butler will have returned to give you 24 more mahogany planks. Then, 2 more are built, and the process is repeated. Make sure to use 3D world editing (Settings -> Edit Mode -> 3D world editing) and make the world as small as possible and drag it to the bottom of the screen. This will make the "build" and "remove" options line up with a right click. Training from level 73 to 99 with this method would cost −113,627,136 coins.

Free construction experience bonuses

• Long bones and Curved bones can be turned into Barlak to get 1,500 Construction experience and 2,000 coins or 2,250 experience and 2,500 coins, respectively.
• God Statues is a monthly Distraction and Diversion that grants Construction experience based on your level, in addition to Slayer or Prayer experience.
• Completing daily challenges for Construction guarantees reimbursement for used planks (for most flatpack items) in the form of other items, as well as additional experience.
• Harps in Prifddinas will give slow, but free construction experience.
• Free players can level Construction to level 5. Unfortunately, they don't have any training methods for Construction so they can only level up by using lamps.

Historical (Seasonal) Bonuses

• Royal Battleship Kits, commonly known referred to as an "RBK", were obtainable as a Treasure Hunter reward on several occasions. They were also a possible reward during Summer Beach Parties as via a Treasure Map. Players who still have this item(s) and are aiming to achieve 99 in the construction skill should use these at level 98 as this will yield the most experience because RBKs rewarded experience scales with one's construction level.

Alternative methods of gaining experience

Some quests grant Construction experience. See here for more details.