Chapter 2.3 Construction Skills and Community Building

Skilled Construction and Written Blueprints
Blueprints are the specific constructions players can choose from to build. Players who have active skills in construction can create written crafts that contain some or a full set of a player's available blueprints. (These can be slotted or merely unlocked and active, more about skills in future sections.) Written crafts are books, scrolls, tablets, etc. Players can craft written crafts at a desk with the right resources.

Skilled Construction and Proficiency
Players who have the skills to construct can place a building and stakes down for it, without a construction workstation, and without written crafts. Total proficiencies in a category will allow players to build and repair quicker than an unskilled player.

Unskilled Construction (Corrected 1/21/26)
All players can build basic survival structures from memory. However, without active construction skills, players will require either skill or written resources to create anything beyond the basics. Without proficiency, constructing is slow. Players can consider hiring NPC, or opening quests for players with better building skills to complete constructions that are too advanced.

Community Building - Construction and Repairs (Edited 1/21/26)
After stakes are placed, players and NPC can assist other players with construction or repairs whether they are skilled or not. But their proficiency of assisting will vary. Each player will animate but they will see the results of a shared construction progression bar.

Unlocking Hints (Updated 1/21/26)
At a workstation, each player's current skill slots determine what buildings can be constructed. However, if players are struggling or want more direction, players can "study construction" with a short progression bar. Completing it will add a quest at the workstation, which helps direct a player to a nearby resource. Studying is shown as a player working at the desk, designing a blueprint. The time it takes to study more complex designs will increase as a player progresses. Players can also “find work” and the workstation will create an arcane map that will direct a player to a nearby construction quest if available. Checking this often may ping the server to generate NPC to generate quests.

You Won't Lose Your Study Construction Quests (Edited 1/21/26)
If someone disassembles, or a monster destroys a construction workstation, whatever study quests you have access to will be available at any other workstation you have access to. Workstation quests are linked to your character. (However, local construction information is location based.)

Unlocking Hint Limitations (Edited 1/21/26)
Hints will be to progress a player's current construction skill if the local resources allow it. To skip natural construction progression, a player can learn the skill from another player. (Teaching and learning is covered in a future chapter.)

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