Construction training

This article gives tips about training the Construction skill.

Construction is arguably the most expensive skill in RuneScape, since the supplies needed to train Construction can be very expensive. You can train Construction whenever you want, but to make training quick and efficient, it is best to have a lot of spare money to buy a large number of planks.

As ironmen cannot use the Grand Exchange, they will need to chop down a large number of trees. Teak and mahogany logs can be obtained from Managing Miscellania, though it is somewhat slow and you may want to chop down teak/mahogany trees at the same time.

Level 1-99

This section will show the time and number of materials needed to reach level 99 Construction training using the most efficient methods possible.

It is recommended to bring weight-reducing gear so you will not deplete run energy as fast as possible when going to and from your house.

Before you can even start Construction, you will need to visit an Estate agent (you can find them in Varrock, Falador, East Ardougne and Seers' Village) and pay a one-time fee of 1,000 coins to purchase a house. The house will have two rooms; a Parlour and a Garden; apart from the exit portal in the garden, there is nothing pre-built for you.

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	138	100	238	8.21	424	14.62
Plank and  Bronze nails	29	138 + 10	100	248	8.55	424 + 10	14.97
Oak plank	60	143	250	393	6.55	507	8.45
Teak plank	90	286	500	786	8.73	967	10.74
Mahogany plank	140	413	1,500	1,913	13.66	2,110	15.07

Notes:

• Slightly different experience, cost, and cost / experience point is given for different metal nails.
• The cost of any extra transportation methods to get to the Sawmill are not included.

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. The cost of "free" components (i.e., the components that can be made with effort only) shows the price one could sell those items for, if you had not used them on Construction.

Item	Experience given	NPC Cost	Cost/XP	GE Cost	Cost/XP
Molten glass	1	N/A	N/A	127	127
Clay	10	N/A	N/A	173	17.3
Soft clay	10	N/A	N/A	213	21.3
Bolt of cloth	15	650	43.33	851	56.73
Iron bar	10	N/A	N/A	192	12.8
Steel bar	20	N/A	N/A	473	23.65
Limestone	20	10 or 17	0.5 or 0.85	114	5.7
Limestone brick	20	21	1.05	180	9
Gold leaf	300	130,000	433.33	133,875	446.25
Marble block	500	325,000	650	329,397	658.79
Magic stone	1000	975,000	975	994,155	994.16

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.

General Tips

It is recommended to keep all planks in your bank when training to save inventory space. Your butler will retrieve a full inventory when asked.

A player needs a saw and a hammer in order to construct items.

Once a player reaches level 30, they may begin to 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 isn't accessible until the player has completed Death to the Dorgeshuun. Note that they are only obtainable from monsters capable of dropping big bones, and even then, the special bones themselves are rare, with long bones having a drop rate of 1/400 and curved bones at a rate of 1/5000.

Players can press 1 to quickly select the option to remove furniture when prompted with the confirmation window.

When powertraining, it is advised to use Phials in the Rimmington General Store. You can bring a full stack of noted planks and use them on Phials, who will convert them into the actual item for 5 coins per note. This is somewhat fast, but not as fast as a demon butler. It does save the player a lot on butler costs however. When you finish training, you can always change your house back to the location it was in.

At level 20 Construction, you can build Bedrooms. You will need 2 Bedrooms in your house in order to hire a servant from the Servants' Guild in East Ardougne. It is recommended to grab either the Butler or Demon butler, as they can fetch items from the bank very quickly; all other servants below the human butler will be too slow. Butlers will request a payment after 7 services completed (not all services will count). If you currently have a servant and want to change, you will need to fire your current servant and return to the Servants' Guild to hire a new one.

Training methods

Level 1-33 – Crude wooden chairs

Crude wooden chairs require 2 wooden planks and 2 nails each, costing up to 304,320 coins if materials are bought from the Grand Exchange. (It is recommended you buy bronze nails from the sawmill and not from other players as they are significantly cheaper.) Cutting the logs yourself and making them into planks at the sawmill will cost about 63,000 coins. Building a crude wooden chair grants 58 Construction experience. Don't forget to build a workbench at level 17, which will increase your experience per hour by allowing you to build furniture into flatpacks in your inventory instead of requiring them to be placed and removed.

• Experience needed: 18,247
• Chairs to goal: 315
•  Planks needed: 630
•  Nails needed: 630 minimum
• Time: 1 hour.
• Cost (steel nails): −229,920
• Cost (iron nails): −237,120
• Cost (bronze nails): −237,120

Notes:

• You can start building wooden bookcases at level 4 at the cost of 4 wooden planks and 4 nails which will allow you to use a full inventory of planks faster for a loss of only 1 xp per bookcase compared to chairs.
• Depending on the type of nails used, more will be needed to compensate for bending. It is recommended to bring 2,400 bronze/iron nails or 1,200 steel nails as you will bend a lot in first several levels.

Level 33-52/69/74 – Oak larders

Oak larders require 8 oak planks each, costing around 9,109,776 coins if materials are bought from the Grand Exchange. If you cut the logs by yourself and turn them into planks, it will cost around 4,000,000 coins. It is still recommended to buy oak planks off the Grand Exchange, as it will take extremely long time to cut the logs and then convert them into planks. Building an oak larder grants 480 Construction experience. A demon butler is recommended when training with larders.

• Experience needed: 1,078,031
• Larders to goal: 2,246
•  Oak planks needed: 17,968
• Experience per hour: 225,000 to 300,000
• Time: 5 to 7 hours.
• Cost: −9,109,776

Level 52-99 – Mahogany tables

Another option is to train building Mahogany tables, which require 6 mahogany planks each. Building a mahogany table gives 840 experience each. While relatively faster compared to oak planks, it is significantly more expensive. The most common strategy is to use a demon butler, and to build 2 tables in the time the demon butler takes to fetch planks from the bank, giving about 750,000 xp/hr. However, with low ping and perfect ticks, one can consistently build 3 tables in the time the demon butler is gone, giving a maximum of 930,000 xp/hr.

Unless you have a flawless connection, expect experience rates between 350,000 and 450,000 per hour making mahogany tables.

• Experience needed: 12,910,771
• Tables to goal: 15,369
• Mahogany planks needed: 92,214
• Experience per hour: 700,000 - 930,000
• Time: 13.9 to 18.4 hours
• Cost: −194,571,540

Level 69-74 – Carved teak magic wardrobes

A faster and cheaper alternative option to building Oak larders is to build Carved teak magic wardrobes instead, which require 6 teak planks each. Building carved teak magic wardrobes give 540 experience each, which is slightly faster than the 480 experience given by oak larders. As with mahogany tables, the most common strategy is to use a demon butler.

• Experience needed: 428,227
• Wardrobes to goal: 794
•  Teak planks needed: 4,764
• Experience per hour: 300,000 - 350,000
• Time: 1.2 to 1.5 hours
• Cost: −4,606,788

Level 74-99 – Oak dungeon doors

Another option is to train using Oak dungeon doors, which require 10 oak planks each, costing around 100,877,790 coins if materials are bought from the Grand Exchange. If you cut the logs by yourself and turn them into planks, it will cost around 50,000,000 coins. Like the previous methods, it is still better off buying them off other players to save time. Building an oak door grants 600 Construction experience. A normal butler is recommended when training with dungeon doors, as a demon butler is too fast. With a Demon butler perfect ticks yields 490k xp/hr, however, expect to get around 450k xp/hr with full attention.

• Experience needed: 11,938,153
• Doors to goal: 19,897
•  Oak planks needed: 198,970
• Experience per hour: 400,000 - 490,000
• Time: 43.4 to 59.7 hours
• Cost: −100,877,790