Construction is one of the most isolated skills in Old School RuneScape, but also one of the most important. A well-built player-owned house (POH) makes every other adventure smoother. This guide covers training methods for both mains and ironmen, key level benchmarks, and the most efficient paths to 99 on OSRS gold.
Why Train Construction?
Construction lets you build utility elements in your POH. Level 84 gives you a pseudo-max house with a +8 boost. Level 90 gives you a true max house. The construction skill cape is widely considered one of the best in the game on RuneScape gold for sale.
Key teleport and utility unlocks (assuming boosts):
Level 76 – Mounted digsite pendant
Level 82 – Ornate pool of rejuvenation
Level 83 – Ornate jewelry box
Level 84 – Crystalline portal nexus
Level 90 – Spirit tree and fairy ring combination

Questing for a Head Start
Construction doesn't have many quest requirements for training methods. However, two quests help early on.
Daddy's Home (mini-quest) – Get 10 planks, 5 bolts of cloth, 50 nails, a hammer, and a saw from the lumber yard northeast of Varrock. Complete this mini-quest to reach level 8 and get your own house for free (saving 1,000 GP). Open the supply crate and use all materials to reach level 12.
Tower of Life – Requires level 10 Construction. The experience payout isn't huge, but it's quick. Doing both quests gets you to level 15.
Other important quests for utility (not training): Plague City, Children of the Sun, Fairy Tale Part II, The Eyes of Glouphrie, Death to the Dorgeshuun, Lunar Diplomacy, and Dragon Slayer II.
Early Game Training (Levels 1–33)
If you skip quests, buy a house from an estate agent in Varrock, Falador, or Seers' Village for 1,000 GP. Enter your house in Rimmington via build mode.
Materials needed: 142 regular planks, 242 oak planks, and 200–400 nails. Mains buy these on the Grand Exchange. Irons chop regular and oak trees, then take logs to the sawmill northeast of Varrock. Alternatively, complete Children of the Sun for access to the sawmill in Auburnvale (Varlamore), which is much closer to a bank.
Build these furniture pieces in order:
Crude wooden chair (1–8)
Wooden chair (8–14)
Rocking chair (14–19)
Oak chair (19–26)
Oak armchair (26–29)
Oak bookcase (29–33)

Runelite tip: Activate Menu Entry Swapper. Shift-right-click whatever you're building to change left-click options for both build and destroy. This saves massive time.
Hiring a Butler
Build two bedrooms in your house. Build a bed in each. Then go to the Servants' Guild north of the Rimmington market and hire a butler. The standard butler unlocks at level 40, the demon butler at level 50. Butlers fetch supplies from your bank, allowing you to train without leaving your house. Build a servant's money bag in one bedroom to deposit coins so your butler can withdraw from it directly.
Core Training Methods
All methods below assume you have a demon butler and have customized your left-click options.
Oak Larders (level 33+) – Build a kitchen. Have your butler bring oak planks. The cook butler carries only 16 items (200k XP/hour). The demon butler carries more (up to 450k XP/hour). Great budget option.
Mounted Mythical Capes (level 50+) – Requires Dragon Slayer II. Build in a quest hall. Uses teak planks and a mythical cape per build. Up to 400k XP/hour. The budget way to train in your POH.