Building

Once you claimed a plot of land you can then use it to build a house. Houses and structures are useful for placing items such as beds or crafting tables in it. These items can only be placed on plots you own. Buildings can also act as a safe haven for yourself as once you secured it nobody but you can enter it.

There are two types of building. Protected building and un-protected building.

## Protected building

Protected building is done on plots you own. Any structure you make within a plot is protected and cannot be changed or destroyed by other players. Only on protected buildings can you place items such as beds and crafting tables. Protected building can be secured by doors which you can lock and unlock. Therefore making it so nobody can enter it.

## Un-protected building

Un-protected building is done outside plots you own. You can build pretty much anywhere on the map freely other than in towns. The only downside to this is these buildings are not protected and therefore anyone can enter or destroy it. You cannot place protected items in these buildings as you do not own it.

## Building items

* Wood block - used for walls
* Stone block - used for walls
* Wood plate - used for floors
* Stone plate - used for floors
* Door - used for entry into plot (can be locked in protected buildings)
* Stair - used for multiple floor building
* Construction toolkit - not required for building but useful to make changes to it if you misplace a wall or floor for example.

## Building basics

Let's say you just purchased your first 5x5 plot and you want to build a house. You are gunna need some walls and floors. Currently you can either use wooden or iron walls and floors. Whichever you use doesn't really matter as there is no difference between the two. You can even use a mixture of both. Once you decided on your material you can start building.

Start by placing a wall in the shape you want on your plot. To keep it basic in this example im making a 2 floor 6x6 square house. Select the wood/iron block from you inventory and click the place button to place the wall. Be sure to leave at least 1 square gap for a door.

Next place you floor and door using the same method as above. When placing the door it will place the door unlocked so other players can walk through it. To lock and unlock the door stand over it and hit the middle button. This will bring up a box where you can lock/unlock it and also remove the door. If you are building multiple floors you will need to place a floor plate and ceiling plate over the door. This can be done before or after a door is placed.

When placing a floor select either wood/iron plate. When you click place it will lay down as a floor, if you hit place again on the same spot it will place it as a ceiling/roof. Below I have placed a door and the floor down and have started to place the ceiling for my second floor. For ease of this example my ground floor is made using wood and my second floor is made using iron.

You will need to leave a gap in the ceiling wherever you plan to place your stairs. You can see also I have also placed a floor plate and ceiling plate over my door (as i am building a second floor).

    Place the stairs in the gap you have made. By stepping on and off the stairs you can move up and down between the two floors. If you dont place the ceiline above the floor when you use the stairs you will simply fall back down to the floor level.

Now you can move about your first floor. You will notice you can walk over the walls you have made on the ground floor and if you step over them you will fall back down to ground level (this doesnt harm/hurt your player). To prevent this you will need to place another wall around your first floor.

Some people leave gaps in the wall so they can exit the building quicker. This is useful if you have quite a lot of floors and saves going down all the stairs.

There you have it a basic 6x6 building which you can now use to place items and a nice cosy bed!

## Toolkit

Using the construction toolkit makes removing walls and floors much easier. This is useful if you misplace a wall or floor. Simply click on the toolkit in your inventory, select the tinker button. This will bring up a box which allows you to remove any walls or floors above or below where you are standing. You can keep the toolkit equipped as you move about to remove multiple items.

You can also remove stairs and other items using this tool.