What should the cost of construction materials be?
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:45 pm
Players will need to get construction materials in order to build furniture and gain construction XP. These can be gotten either through skilling or through trading with other players. All construction materials can be traded to others.
The XP you get for a piece of furniture depends entirely on the materials you need to make it. The level of the furniture has no impact on the XP.
The materials (and how you can obtain them) are as follows:
-> Plank, oak plank, teak plank, mahogany plank: cutting normal, oak, teak and mahogany trees, then either using the plank make spell on each log or bringing an inventory of logs to the sawmill operator (will be found in the workshop just West of Seer's village bank). At a cost (per plank), the sawmill operator will turn your logs into plaks.
Gives a decent amount of XP but has a cost to it
-> Bolt of cloth: sold in the crafting shop
Gives almost no XP but is also quite cheap
-> Soft clay: mining clay in the crafting guild (or clay rocks in other places but the crafting guild is the easiest), then using the soft clay on a water source (like a sink - when using one clay with a water source, all clay in your inventory will be turned to soft clay)
Gives almost no XP since it's free and easy to get
-> Limestone block: mined at limestone rocks in the crafting guild. You'll need a chisel and hammer in your inventory, as well as a mining level of 10 and a crafting level of 12.
Gives almost no XP since it's free and easy to get
-> Marble block: mined at marble rocks in the crafting guild. You'll need a chisel and hammer in your inventory, as well as a mining and crafting level of 99.
Gives a bit of XP (more than limestone), but less than planks since marble blocks cost nothing to get
-> Gold leaves: mine gold ore at gold rocks, smith them into gold bars at any furnace and then bring the gold bars to the stonemason found in the crafting guild. He'll craft them into gold leaves at a price.
Gives a good amount of XP but costs a lot of money (fastest but most expensive way)
-> Magic stone: only obtainable through clue scroll rewards. Clue scrolls will hopefully be implemented at the same time the construction skill is released.
Gives a lot of XP but rare and thus hard to obtain
-> Steel bar, nails: through smithing
Gives almost no XP
-> Bagged plants: bought in a shop
XP depends on the cost of the bagged plant. Low level plants are cheap and give little XP, high level plants (like a magic tree) will give some XP.
Now, I'm working to determine the cost of the construction skill as well as the XP you'll be getting for each construction material. Below is a list of the materials and what I think their XP and cost should be.
The overall thought process is that the skill should be very expensive to train. However, there are also options for players to train their skill basically for free (clay, limestone and marble) but at a very slow rate. The higher the XP rate for a material, the higher its cost per XP.
Mahogany planks will be to be the most interesting material to use, as it gives you the most bang (xp) for your buck (coins).
Please let me know what you think of the prices and XP rates as listed below.
-> Normal plank: 150 xp
Oak plank: 250 xp
Teak plank: 350 xp
Mahogany plank: 500 xp
Plank make spell: 2 astral runes, 15 earth runes, 10 nature runes. 2 x 380 + 15 x 230 + 10 x 3500 = 39,210 coins per plank
Sawmill: 50,000 coins per plank
-> Bolt of cloth: 5 xp
Shop: 1000 coins
-> Soft clay: 5 xp
(free)
-> Limestone block: 10 xp
(free)
-> Marble block: 70 xp
(free)
-> Gold leaf: 1,000 xp
150,000 coins per gold leaf (to turn gold bars into gold leaves at the stonemason)
-> Magic stone: 5,000 xp
(free - clue scroll reward)
-> Steel bar: 2 xp
(free)
-> Nails: 0 xp
(free)
-> Bagged plants: 1 xp - 1,000 xp
Shop: 200 coins - 200,000 coins
The XP you get for a piece of furniture depends entirely on the materials you need to make it. The level of the furniture has no impact on the XP.
The materials (and how you can obtain them) are as follows:
-> Plank, oak plank, teak plank, mahogany plank: cutting normal, oak, teak and mahogany trees, then either using the plank make spell on each log or bringing an inventory of logs to the sawmill operator (will be found in the workshop just West of Seer's village bank). At a cost (per plank), the sawmill operator will turn your logs into plaks.
Gives a decent amount of XP but has a cost to it
-> Bolt of cloth: sold in the crafting shop
Gives almost no XP but is also quite cheap
-> Soft clay: mining clay in the crafting guild (or clay rocks in other places but the crafting guild is the easiest), then using the soft clay on a water source (like a sink - when using one clay with a water source, all clay in your inventory will be turned to soft clay)
Gives almost no XP since it's free and easy to get
-> Limestone block: mined at limestone rocks in the crafting guild. You'll need a chisel and hammer in your inventory, as well as a mining level of 10 and a crafting level of 12.
Gives almost no XP since it's free and easy to get
-> Marble block: mined at marble rocks in the crafting guild. You'll need a chisel and hammer in your inventory, as well as a mining and crafting level of 99.
Gives a bit of XP (more than limestone), but less than planks since marble blocks cost nothing to get
-> Gold leaves: mine gold ore at gold rocks, smith them into gold bars at any furnace and then bring the gold bars to the stonemason found in the crafting guild. He'll craft them into gold leaves at a price.
Gives a good amount of XP but costs a lot of money (fastest but most expensive way)
-> Magic stone: only obtainable through clue scroll rewards. Clue scrolls will hopefully be implemented at the same time the construction skill is released.
Gives a lot of XP but rare and thus hard to obtain
-> Steel bar, nails: through smithing
Gives almost no XP
-> Bagged plants: bought in a shop
XP depends on the cost of the bagged plant. Low level plants are cheap and give little XP, high level plants (like a magic tree) will give some XP.
Now, I'm working to determine the cost of the construction skill as well as the XP you'll be getting for each construction material. Below is a list of the materials and what I think their XP and cost should be.
The overall thought process is that the skill should be very expensive to train. However, there are also options for players to train their skill basically for free (clay, limestone and marble) but at a very slow rate. The higher the XP rate for a material, the higher its cost per XP.
Mahogany planks will be to be the most interesting material to use, as it gives you the most bang (xp) for your buck (coins).
Please let me know what you think of the prices and XP rates as listed below.
-> Normal plank: 150 xp
Oak plank: 250 xp
Teak plank: 350 xp
Mahogany plank: 500 xp
Plank make spell: 2 astral runes, 15 earth runes, 10 nature runes. 2 x 380 + 15 x 230 + 10 x 3500 = 39,210 coins per plank
Sawmill: 50,000 coins per plank
-> Bolt of cloth: 5 xp
Shop: 1000 coins
-> Soft clay: 5 xp
(free)
-> Limestone block: 10 xp
(free)
-> Marble block: 70 xp
(free)
-> Gold leaf: 1,000 xp
150,000 coins per gold leaf (to turn gold bars into gold leaves at the stonemason)
-> Magic stone: 5,000 xp
(free - clue scroll reward)
-> Steel bar: 2 xp
(free)
-> Nails: 0 xp
(free)
-> Bagged plants: 1 xp - 1,000 xp
Shop: 200 coins - 200,000 coins