Movoda Manual - Construction

Table of Contents: Sawing Houses Shelving Boats Weapons Equipment Calculators Guild Buildings Buildability

Sawing:

Sawmills

Logs can be sawed at any level and yield 1 lumber and 10 construction experience
Hardwood Logs require construction level 20 to saw and yield 2 lumber and 15 construction experience
Higher level sawmills offer better sawing times but in exchange for less character experience
You rarely find Ambers while sawing either logs or hardwood logs

Locations


Logs

Construction xp is always 10
Guild xp is always 5

Sawmill	Character Exp.	Base Time
Martral	4	?
Galawi	5	40
Awaru	5	?
Hikori	10	?
Guild 1	6	45?
Guild 2	5	40?
Guild 3	4	35?
Guild 4	3	24
Guild 5	2	16

The Base Time is the time taken to saw a log at the minimum construction level (1 for most sawmills, but 10 for Awaru), when the sawmill is used by one person only, and with no item or magic enhancements.

Hardwood Logs

Construction xp is always 15
Guild xp is always 7

Sawmill	Character Exp.	Base Time
Martral	5	32
Galawi	6	40
Awaru	NA	NA
Hikori	NA	NA
Guild 1	7?
Guild 2	6
Guild 3	5	32
Guild 4	4	24
Guild 5	3	16

The Base Time is the time taken to saw a hardwood log at construction level 20,
when the sawmill is used by one person only, and with no item or magic
enhancements.

This may be the first sawmill you encounter. Random attacks occur when sawing hardwood if Glazed Swordfish are consumed.

This is similar to Galawi, but has a lower base time (i.e., faster). It's the same speed as a level 3 guild sawmill.

This sawmill is accessable only by faldorians and neutrals with at least construction level 10. It seems to be a slower than Martral but faster than Galawi. You can only saw logs here for 5 character experience. As a bonus you receive 1 chipwood every few logs sawed. There is no hardwood option.

This is an erfdarian only sawmill. Here you can saw 2 logs into 2 lumber for 20 construction experience and 10 character experience at a time. However the timer is about twice as long as for other sawmills. There is no hardwood option.

Your guild compound may contain its own sawmill(s). Guild sawmills are similar to the Galawi and Martral sawmills and have various speeds and character xp.

Houses:

You need 100 Vessi to buy the land then you can add the required lumber to build the house.

You don't need to have the whole amount at the start and you can add as much lumber as you wish at a time even one by one.

Building houses gives no Character Experience.

Construction Time = lumber used * 0.4 seconds (minimum 15)
When building a house, you get 0.2 Exp per lumber used in its construction, as shown below. This works out at 0.5 Construction Experience per second.

(Seeing how all houses cost 100V no matter where you build them, the cost column now shows how much it would cost if you were to buy the required lumber from the wood shop at Rissdra to build each house. This should help you determine the relative value of houses up for sale and spot those that are overpriced. Obviously, houses larger than 25,000 stone may go for more than their lumber value alone due to supply being smaller.)

Level Req.	Stones	Lumber Req.	Cost	Exp.	Stones per Lumber	Stones per Vessi
0	1,000	500	2,100	100	2.00	0.476
5	2,500	1,200	4,900	240	2.08	0.510
10	5,000	2,300	9,300	460	2.17	0.538
15	7,500	3,400	13,700	680	2.21	0.547
20	15,000	6,600	26,500	1,320	2.27	0.566
25	25,000	10,500	42,100	2,100	2.38	0.594
30	50,000	20,000	80,100	4,000	2.50	0.624
40	100,000	38,000	152,100	7,600	2.63	0.657
50	250,000	85,000	340,100	17,000	2.94	0.735
60	500,000	150,000	600,100	30,000	3.33	0.833

Shelving:

In addition to building houses a constructor can also make shelves to add to a houses total capacity.
You need the original houses required level to build it + 15 more construction levels to shelve it.
A house may only hold up to 150% of its original size with shelving.
You gain skill experience based upon your skill level. (See the Chart Below.) You also receive 5 character experience for any shelf, no matter the size of the house.
Minimum time to shelve is 30s.

Level Req.	Original Size	Lumber per Shelf	Capacity per Shelf	Maximum Total Cap.	Skill Exp.	Lumber Needed	Stones per Lumber Gained	Stones per Lumber in Total
15	1,000	1	2	1,500	40	250	2.00	2.00
20	2,500	1	3	3,751	45	417	3.00	2.32
25	5,000	2	4	7,500	50	1,250	2.00	2.11
30	7,500	2	5	11,250	55	1,500	2.50	2.30
35	15,000	3	6	22,500	60	3,750	2.00	2.17
40	25,000	3	7	37,509	65	5,358	2.33	2.36
45	50,000	3	8	75,000	70	9,375	2.67	2.55
55	100,000	4	10	150,000	80	20,000	2.5	2.59
65	250,000	4	12	375,000?	90	?	?	?
75	500,000	?	?	750,000?	?	?	?	?

Boats:

Boats can be built at the Shipyards in Ferboi or Kimdar.
There will also be a 100 vessi licensing fee before you can start construction.

Warning: When choosing a boat remember that the ferry is a Speed 5 boat, so a Speed 2 Boat is 40% of its speed. And the ferry is very slow in the first place.

Level	Capacity	Speed	Lumber
5	100 stones	2	600
10	100 stones	5	1000
10	200 stones	3	1100
15	100 stones	7	1100
15	200 stones	5	1300
15	500 stones	3	1800
20	150 stones	8	2000
20	800 stones	4	2200
30	200 stones	9	2500
30	1,000 stones	4	2500
40	1,000 stones	6	3000
50	1,500 stones	7	3500
60	2,000 stones	7	4000

Boats are like houses that move; the capacity of a boat is what can be stored there and is not connected to how much you can hold while moving in it.

Weapons:

Catapults can be made by Odtoni constructors at the Siegeworks at Ravel:

Level REQ.	Item	Materials Needed	Skill EXP
30	Super Catapult	1 Heavy Catapult & 150 Lumber	S = 600 EXP F = 300 EXP
40	Trebuchet	1 Super Catapult & 170 Lumber	S = 800 EXP F = 400 EXP
50	HeavyTrebuchet	1 Trebuchet & 200 Lumber	S = 1000 EXP F = 500 EXP

Equipment:

Optional equipment gives time advantages. Note that there are two types of construction bonuses: Sawmill Time helps when sawing logs and Construction Time is for all other tasks.

Lvl. Req.	Item Name	Item Class	Item Slot	Effect
Construction 10	Iron Saw	Equipment	Tool Belt	-1 Sawmill Time
Construction 20	Steel Saw	Equipment	Tool Belt	-2 Sawmill Time
Construction 50	Hardened Saw	Equipment	Tool Belt	-3 Sawmill Time
Construction 12	Inspico Gloves	Equipment	Gloves	-1 Sawmill Time
Construction 25	Carpenters Helmet	Equipment	Tool Belt	+1 Defense, -2 Construction Time
none	Fried Steak	Food	Food	-2 Construction Time for 25 minutes
none	Parsnip Mashed Potatoes	Food	Food	-1 Sawmill Time for 20 minutes

Calculators:

• Verbur's Sawing Calculator
• http://sophos.freehostia.com/other/sawingcalc.php

Guild Buildings:

Storehouse Headquarters Shop Kitchen Sawmill Furnace Smithy Crafting Hut Walls Flour Mill Sugar Refinery Greenhouse Blackjack Well Forest

Level Req. = level needed of the highest constructor in the Guild to be able to build the building.
Size = Number of stones in weight that the building can hold.
Exp = Total Exp given to Constructors.

Also please note that Stone blocks are worth about twice the amount that Lumber is worth.

Guild Compound

(guild level 5 needed)

Not really a building but where buildings can be built, there is a max of 3 of these per town and each guild can only build one. Traditionally any guild could claim a compound from the Guild Stuff panel, if any were available, paying a fee of 500 Vessi. However with the introduction of the New Interface, a new system has been introduced for competing with other guilds, see Guild Compound for more information.

Storehouse

(guild level 5 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Size.	Lumber Req.	Stone Blocks.	Exp.	Stones per building material
1	5	5,000	1,150	750	380	2.63
2	10	7,500	1,700	1,150	570	2.63
3	15	15,000	3,300	2,200	1100	2.73
4	20	25,000	5,250	3,500	1750	2.86
5	25	50,000	10,000	6,650	3320	3.01
6	35	100,000	19,000	12,650	6330	3.16
7	45	250,000	42,500	28,300	14160	3.53
8	55	500,000	75,000	50,000	25000	4.00

Guild Headquarters

(guild level 6 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Defence Bonus	Alliances	Lumber Required	Stone Blocks.	Exp.
1	6	+1	3	1000	2,000	400
2	10	+2	?	2000	4,000	800
3	20	+4	4	4,000	8,000	1,600
4	30	+8	5	7,000	14,000	3,200
5	40	+16	5	12,000	24,000	4,800

Note: the number of alliances is with a single HQ. Additional HQs don't necessarily add the same number of additional slots. How it works exactly is unknown.

* A level 1 and a level 5 HQ gives 6 alliances.
* 2 level 3s gives 6 alliances.
* 2 level 3s and a level 4 gives 8 alliances.
* A level 1 and 2 level 5s gives 8 alliances.
* 2 level 5s, a level 4 and 2 level 1s gives 11 alliances.
* 2 level 5s and a level 4 gives 9 alliances.

Joh (http://movoda.net/man/Joh) has the theory of the 2 lowest value HQs + half the value of every HQ = the total amount of alliances.
For example two level 3s and a level 4 gives 8 alliances. 6 from the two level threes and 2 from the level 4. This theory seems to come true for all except the final two which should (by my theory) have 9 and 11 alliances respectively.

brineweed says that's interesting Joh, but it's closer to the full value of the lowest level HQ plus half the value of the rest. It's still not exact, but it's never out by more than 1.

brineweed says here's a theory that works exactly. Take the normal value for the highest level HQ, and adjusted values for the rest: 1 for a level 1 and 2 for a level 3, 4, or 5. Would like more data to confirm or reject, and some data for the level 2 HQ.

brineweed says but somebody sent me a quote from mskwik, which says that 3 level 5 HQs will give more alliances than 2 level 5s and a level 3. That would contradict the above.

Shoaulin says if you take the normal value of the highest level HQ and add 1/3 of the values for the rest and always round up(unless you get a whole number) it works.

Guild Shop / Store

(guild level 7 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Size.	Lumber Req.	Stone Blocks.	Exp.	Stones per building material
1	?	1,000	330	160	98	2.04
2	5	2,500	800	400	240	2.08
3	10	5,000	1,500	740	448	2.23
4	15	7,500	2,300	1,100	680	2.21
5	20	15,000	4,400	2,200	1,320	2.27
6	25	25,000	7,000	3,500	2,100	2.38
7	30	50,000	13,000	6,500	3,900	2.56
8	40	100,000	25,000	12,500	7,500	2.66
9	50	250,000	57,000	28,500	17,100	2.92
10	60	500,000	100,000	50,000	30,000	3.33

Guild Kitchen

(guild level 8 needed)

Level	Level Required	Cooking levels	Lumber Required	Stone Blocks Required
1	10	1–19	1,000	2,500
2	20	10–29	1,100	2,600
3	30	20–39	1,200	2,700
4	40	30–49	1,300	2,800
5	50	40–59	1,400	2,900

Guild Sawmill

(guild level 9 needed)

Level	Level Required	Lumber Required	Stone Blocks.	Exp.
1	10	2,500	500	400
2	20	3,500	600	546
3	30	5,000	700	760
4	40	7,000	800	1040
5	50	10,000	1,000	2200

Guild Furnace

(guild level 10 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Ores	Lumber Req.	Bars Req.	Exp.
1	10	Bronze – Iron	2,500	1,000 Iron Bars	466
2	20	Bronze – Steel	3,500	1,000 Steel Bars	600
3	30	Bronze – Aluminium	4,500	1,500 Steel Bars	800
4	40	Bronze – T / A / M	5,500	1,000 Titanium Bars	800

Guild Smithy

(guild level 11 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Item Levels	Lumber (?) Req.	Stone Blocks Req.	Exp.
1	10	?	3,000	500	466
2	20	?	4,000	700	626
3	30	B – T / A / M	5,000	900	786
4	40	?	6,000	1,100	946
5	50	?	7,000	1,300	???

Guild Crafting Hut

(guild level 12 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Crafting Levels	Lumber Req.	Stone Blocks Req.
1	10	1–19	2,000	1,000
2	20	10–29	2,300	1,100
3	30	20–39	2,600	1,200
4	40	30–49	2,900	1,300
5	50	40–59	3,200	1,400

Wall

(guild level 13 needed)

Level	Level Required	Defence Bonus	Stone Blocks Required	Exp.
1	10	+2	3,000	600
2	20	+4	6,000	1,200
3	30	+8	12,000	2,400
4	40	+16	21,000	2,800
5	50	+32	36,000	7,200

Guild Flour Mill

(guild level 14 needed)

Level	Level Required	Lumber Required	Stone Blocks Required
1	25	4,500	1,000

Guild Sugar Refinery

(guild level 14 or less?? needed)

Level	Level Required	Lumber Required	Stone Blocks Required
1	40	5,000	1,500

Guild Greenhouse

(guild level 15 needed)
See the harvesting page for information on how to use a guild greenhouse.

Level	Plant Amount	Lumber Required	Glass Required
1	100	1,100	100
25	200	1,200	300
30	300	1,300	500
35	500	1,500	900
40	750	1,750	1,400
45	1,000	2,000	1,900
50	1,300	2,300	2,500
60	1,700	2,700	3,300
70	2,200	3,200	4,300

Guild Blackjack Table

(guild level 16 needed)

Level	Level Req.	Lumber Req.	Stone Blocks Req.
1	25	3000	500

Guild Well

(guild level 17 needed)
See the guildwell page for more information.

Level	Level Req.	Water Capacity	Lumber Req.	Stone Blocks Req.
1	15	5,000	200	200
2	25	10,000	200	400
3	35	20,000	200	800
4	45	50,000	200	1,500
5	55	100,000	200	3,000

Guild Forest

(guild level 18 needed)
See the guildforests page for more information.

Constr. Level Req.	Harvest Level Req.	Woodcut Level Req.	Size	Lumber Req.	Acorns Req.
0–23	15	5	Small Beginner	1000	50
24–26	15	5	Medium Beginner	2000	100
24–26	35	20	Small Normal	1000	50
36	15	5	Large Beginner	4000	200
36	35	20	Medium Normal	2000	100
36	55	50	Small Advanced	1000	50
48	35	20	Large Normal	4000	200
48	55	50	Medium Advanced	2000	100
60	55	50	Large Advanced	4000	200

(Construction levels are not completely established. 24–26 means the requirement is at least 24 but 26 at most.)

Buildability:

Refers to whether a house can be built at the location.

Location	Buildable
Ashia	No
Awaru	Yes
Barin Plains	No
Baron Plains	No
Bulbas	No
Cardina	Yes
Cardina Valley	No
Cythe	No
Danycia	Yes
Droesar	No
Echtin	Yes
Eptile	Yes
Ferboi	Yes
Galawi	Yes
Garando Mines	No
Giroc	Yes
Haldos Outpost	No
Hevalus Jungle	No
Hidden Clearing	No
Hikori	Yes
Irotho	Yes
Jiroka	Yes
Kimdar	Yes
Lake Essdar	No
Lake Trand	No
Marossa	No
Martral	Yes
Moskim	No
Mount Pharos	No
Nalurn Woods	No
Naton	No
Odude	Yes
Onnix	No
Ponat	Yes
Ponat Pier	No
Port Barin	Yes
Port Baron	Yes
Port Schow	Yes
Radom Woods	No
Ravel	Yes
Rissdra	Yes
Sepas	No
Therusia	Yes
Tropi	Yes
Unopos Mesa	No
Uzlea	No
Yisildor Bay	No
Zhyack	No

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