Homesteads

Build a house anywhere out in the wilds: lay a foundation, raise walls and a roof, and furnish it. Every piece is a crafted item, made at a workbench (the hammer by hand), and put up with the hammer. A bed under its roof makes the house a safe place, a fast-travel spot for the party, and where you wake.

Dick teaches it: his quest A Place That Waits Up walks you through your first house.

The hammer

Hammer is made by hand from 2 sticks and 2 stones. Hold it and press R (or the right mouse button) for the building wheel; pick a piece you carry and a ghost of it follows your aim, coloured by how well it would be held up. You build within 7 m. Swing the hammer at a piece of yours to take it down: every piece comes back to you, and whatever it was holding up falls and comes back too.

How a building stands

A building is a grid of 3 m cells and 3 m storeys, laid down by its first foundation. Foundations go on the ground; floors, roofs and stairs snap onto cells; walls, fences and gable ends onto cell edges; furniture, chests, beds and mounts stand anywhere on a floor or the ground. Each grid piece must link back to a foundation on the ground, and holds a little less with every step up and out, by its material. The ghost goes blue on the ground, then green, yellow, orange and red as support runs out.

Beds, chests and stashes

• A bed under a roof makes its house a safe place (enemies leave you be, as round a tent), a fast-travel spot for the whole party, and where you wake. Shift+E at any bed opens your own stash. You can have 3 beds.
• A chest holds 40 slots for the whole party, and crafting within 5 m draws on it.
• A wardrobe or cabinet holds your own things: only you open it, craft from it or see inside.
• Mounts hang on a wall: use one with a boss trophy or a fish you caught in hand, and it shows it off (a fish's weight goes on the plaque).
• Docks go out over water from the shore, and a boat pole on a dock calls your boat alongside.

Where you can build

Anywhere out on the islands, except:

• within 100 m of a town or the harbour you wake at;
• within 100 m of a crypt or a fish shrine;
• within 50 m of a small place people stop at (campsites, springs, tide pools, the farm, benches, chapels) or an enemy outpost;
• within 10 m of a boatman's dock, or 8 m of lava;
• inside crypts and buildings, and on quest grounds.

Fences go within 50 m of a house. You can put up 400 pieces, and the whole world holds 2000.

Every piece

Foundations

Piece	What it does	Made from
Plank Foundation Stone	Starts a building on the ground, or extends one.	Plank ×4Stone ×8 Workbench · makes 2
Stone Foundation Stone	Starts a building on the ground, or extends one.	Mortar ×2Stone ×10 Workbench · makes 2
Porch Steps Stone	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	MortarPlank ×2Stone ×6 Workbench

Floors

Piece	What it does	Made from
Plank Floor Wood	Snaps onto a building's grid.	Plank ×6 Workbench · makes 4
Light Plank Floor Wood	Snaps onto a building's grid.	Plank ×6 Workbench · makes 4
Rough Floor Wood	Snaps onto a building's grid.	Log (any) ×2Plank ×4 Workbench · makes 4
Staircase Wood	Snaps onto a building's grid.	Plank ×9 Workbench

Walls

Piece	What it does	Made from
Plaster Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	MortarPlank ×3Stone ×3 Workbench · makes 2
Beamed Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×4Stone ×4 Workbench · makes 2
Trimmed Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×4Stone ×4 Workbench · makes 2
Timber-Frame Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×5Stone ×3 Workbench · makes 2
Cross-Timber Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×5Stone ×3 Workbench · makes 2
Low Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	PlankStone ×2 Workbench · makes 2
Low Timber Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×2Stone Workbench · makes 2

Doors & Windows

Piece	What it does	Made from
Timber Window Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Glass VialPlank ×5Stone ×2 Workbench · makes 2
Plaster Window Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Glass VialMortarPlank ×3Stone ×3 Workbench · makes 2
Timber Door Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	ChainPlank ×6 Workbench
Plaster Door Wall Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	ChainPlank ×4Stone ×3 Workbench

Roofs

Piece	What it does	Made from
Gable Roof 6 m Slate	Snaps onto a building's grid.	MortarPlank ×4Stone ×6 Workbench
Gable Roof 9 m Slate	Snaps onto a building's grid.	Mortar ×2Plank ×6Stone ×9 Workbench
Gable Roof 12 m Slate	Snaps onto a building's grid.	Mortar ×2Plank ×8Stone ×12 Workbench
Mansard Edge Slate	The mansard roof: edges round the outside, corners, flat tops over the middle. Roofs any shape.	MortarPlank ×3Stone ×4 Workbench · makes 2
Mansard Corner Slate	The mansard roof: edges round the outside, corners, flat tops over the middle. Roofs any shape.	MortarPlank ×2Stone ×3 Workbench
Mansard Inner Corner Slate	The mansard roof: edges round the outside, corners, flat tops over the middle. Roofs any shape.	MortarPlank ×2Stone ×3 Workbench
Mansard Top Slate	The mansard roof: edges round the outside, corners, flat tops over the middle. Roofs any shape.	Plank ×4 Workbench · makes 2

Gable Ends

Piece	What it does	Made from
Gable End 6 m Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×5Stone ×3 Workbench
Gable End 9 m Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×7Stone ×5 Workbench
Gable End 12 m Wood	Snaps onto a floor's edge or a wall.	Plank ×9Stone ×7 Workbench

Fences

Piece	What it does	Made from
Wooden Fence Wood	Stands on the ground within 50 m of a house; the next one snaps on from its end.	RopeStick ×8 Workbench · makes 4
Stone Fence Stone	Stands on the ground within 50 m of a house; the next one snaps on from its end.	MortarStone ×6 Workbench · makes 2
Iron Fence Metal	Stands on the ground within 50 m of a house; the next one snaps on from its end.	Chain ×2Iron Ingot Workbench · makes 2

Docks

Piece	What it does	Made from
Boat Pole Wood	Stands on a dock. Use it to call your boat alongside.	Plank ×2Rope Workbench
Dock Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Fiber ×2Plank ×6 Workbench · makes 2

Furniture

Piece	What it does	Made from
Chimney Stone	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Mortar ×2Stone ×8 Workbench
Chimney Top Stone	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Mortar ×2Stone ×8 Workbench
Fireplace Stone	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Mortar ×3Plank ×2Stone ×12 Workbench
Bed Wood	Under a roof, makes the house a safe place, a fast travel spot and where you wake.	Cloth ×2Fiber ×2Plank ×4 Workbench
Bedside Cabinet Wood	Holds 10 things only you can open. Crafting nearby draws on it.	Plank ×240 gold Workbench
Table Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×460 gold Workbench
Round Table Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×460 gold Workbench
Chair Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×3 Workbench · makes 2
Stool Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×2 Workbench · makes 2
Armchair Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Cloth ×2Plank ×2 Workbench
Bench Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×3 Workbench
Shelf Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×550 gold Workbench
Bookshelf Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×690 gold Workbench
Wardrobe Wood	Holds 30 things only you can open. Crafting nearby draws on it.	ChainPlank ×6120 gold Workbench
Rug Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Cloth ×2Fiber ×340 gold Workbench
Candle Stand Metal	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Fish OilIron Ingot30 gold Workbench
Lantern Metal	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Fish OilGlass VialIron Ingot30 gold Workbench · makes 2
Barrel Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	ChainPlank ×325 gold Workbench
Crate Wood	Stands on a floor or the ground.	Plank ×215 gold Workbench · makes 2

Storage

Piece	What it does	Made from
Shared Chest Wood	A chest the whole party can use. Crafting nearby draws on it.	Chain ×2Plank ×6 Workbench

Trophies

Piece	What it does	Made from
Trophy Mount Wood	Hangs on a wall. Use it with a boss trophy or a fish in hand to mount it.	Plank ×350 gold Workbench