it came with every piece lettered. And a really easy to read picture by picture manual to put it together. I couldn't keep my cats off of it while I was putting it together and it still took less then 30 min. the hammock is too small for my cats. I took the hammock off, took the little house and hung it from the center where the hammock was and it left the second level free for really stretching out. The cats love it. It has a lot of things on it for as compact as it is. nice and high and yet will fit snug in a corner and not take up a lot of space.