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Construction-Boosting Items
There are a number of helpful Construction items available to you as well.
Note: Stat boosting items of the same type will not stack on top of each other. For example, Evil Dave's Stew will not stack on top of the Stat Boosting tea, but will stack on top of the Crystal saw - because they are different types of Stat Boosters (drinkable and physical)
Stat-Boosting Tea
If, in your house, you take a kettle, boil it, add it to a teapot with tea leaves in it, then pour the tea into cups, you can get tea that increases your Construction level by 1-3 for a short amount of time.
1. Use kettle with sink.
2. Use kettle with range.
3. Use tea leaves with teapot.
4. Use kettle with teapot.
5. Use teapot with cups.
Depending on what type of shelf you have set up in your kitchen, the effect will be different. A normal shelf will give a +1 bonus, Oak Shelves give +2, and Teak gives +3.
Crystal Saw
The crystal saw is obtained after completing the Eyes Of Glouphrie Quest. It is used as a saw, and will provide you with a +3 bonus to Construction with furniture that is built with a saw only (provided that you have the required materials). This means that even though you have a +3 bonus, you cannot add rooms that are 3 levels ahead of your current level, and you cannot plant garden plants in your garden 3 levels ahead of yours (Gardens don't require the use of saws!)
The Saw bonus will stack with the Homemade Tea and Evil Dave's Stew of DOOM.
Evil Dave's Stew of Doom
If you have done the Evil Dave part in Recipe For Disaster, you can make some stat boosting stew. One of the Spices will give you a construction bonus! Note that the bonus can be negative or positive (-6 minimum, +6 Maximum) and can stack with the other construction-boosting items.
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Building Your House
Building Rooms
The great thing about Construction and Player Owned houses is that you can design your house any way you'd like. At first, you're limited to very basic things, such as chairs and rugs. But you'll eventually be able to build other kinds of rooms, furniture, and more interesting things to accommodate your house.
To build a room, you just right-click on one of the Door Hotspots in Building Mode and a menu such as this will appear:
If you have the appropriate level, enough money, and haven't reached your room limit, you can build another room. As your Construction level increases, you are able to build more and more rooms in your house. Temporary increases to your Construction level will not allow you to have an extra room even for a short time.
Note: It's worth noting that gardens and formal gardens are also counted as rooms.
Room Limits
Level Number of Rooms
1-14 9
15-25 16
25-49 20
50-55 21
56-61 22
62-67 23
68-73 24
74-79 25
80-85 26
86-91 27
92-95 28
96-98 29
99 30
Each room has specific types of "Hotspots" - this is where you can build certain kinds of furniture. When you build furniture, the hotspot is "filled," so you can't build anything else there until you remove the furniture.
Different Kinds of Rooms
Level Room Cost
1 Parlour 1,000gp
1 Garden 1,000gp
5 Kitchen 5,000gp
10 Dining Room 5,000gp
15 Workshop 10,000gp
20 Bedroom 10,000gp
25 Skill Hall 15,000gp
30 Games Room 25,000gp
32 Combat Room 25,000gp
35 Quest Hall 25,000gp
40 Study 50,000gp
42 Costume Room 50,000gp
45 Chapel 50,000gp
50 Portal Chamber 100,000gp
55 Formal Garden 75,000gp
60 Throne Room 150,000gp
65 Oubliette 150,000gp
70 Dungeon Corridor 7,500gp
70 Dungeon Junction 7,500gp
70 Dungeon Stairs 7,500gp
75 Treasure Room 250,000gp
Building Furniture
Now that you know about rooms, it's time to learn about how to build furniture.
To build some furniture, you need to enter your house in Building Mode (or switch to building mode from your options menu). If this is your first time building a house, you'll probably want to start by building chairs in your Parlour. You'll notice that while in Building Mode, that there are lots of white-ish areas on both the area around your house, as well as on the walls and floor of your house. As mentioned above, these are called hotspots, and this is where you build objects in your house:
To build something, simply right-click on one of the hotspots (for instance, a Chair Hotspot) and select the "Build" option:
You'll see a screen of all the different items that can be built on that Hotspot.
Items that are crossed off can't be built (you may need a higher level, or more supplies), while yellow ones can be built. Just select an item and your character will build it. And that's all there is to it!
Note: Sometimes you will also bend a nail while building furniture, so you'll probably want to have some extra ones with you while building.
Later on, if you wish to remove an item from your house, just right-click on it and select the "Remove" option.