Our Palia Building Guide will teach you the basics of the Building system and tell you how you can expand your Housing Plot!
A big part of Palia is building your own House. After all, why go to all of that trouble to Hunt animals and earn a bunch of Gold if you don't have anything to spend it on? Read on to learn the basics of Building!
How to Unlock Your Housing Plot
You can unlock your Housing Plot after getting your Axe from Ashura during the "Welcome to Palia" Quest.
How to Unlock Your Harvest House
Unlocking your first Harvest House in Palia is a multi-step process, here's what you need to do.
- Talk with Tish to learn Furniture Making as detailed in our Starter Guide.
- Talk with Kenli and ask him "I wanted to ask about getting a house."
How Building Works in Palia
Palia does not use a free-form Building system like you might see in similar games. Instead, it uses a modular system that allows you to rearrange pre-built pieces. You'll get a Harvest House for free in the early portions of the game, but everything you Build after that is going to cost you Resources and Gold.
Most Buildings will require Sapwood Planks (from Foraging) and Stone Bricks (from Mining). You'll need to advance the Foraging and Mining Professions enough to unlock the Sawmill and Furnace, respectively, or you won't be able to Build your Harvest House.
Once they're supplied with the appropriate Resources, you'll also have to wait several real-world hours for the Building to finish. It typically takes 4 to 8 hours for construction to complete. Once constructed, you can safely store a Building in your Housing inventory without having to Build it again.
The Harvest House itself is the only Building piece with a built-in door. If you'd like to add a door elsewhere, you'll need to purchase the Kilima Porch or Kilima Door separately from City Hall.
Though you can place multiple Harvest Houses on a plot, you cannot connect them to one another; essentially, a Harvest House is the starting point for a new building. You can also place another Harvest House on one of your alternate Housing Plots, which you can access at the top of the Housing Menu by pressing H.
Rooms can be picked up and rearranged without removing their contents, with some exceptions: placing a door, connecting a building, or expanding the size of a window in such a way that it would overlap with a placed object will automatically remove that object and place it in your storage.
In addition to the House itself, you can place most Furniture and other decorations anywhere on your Housing Plot. Naturally, you can also plant Trees and a Garden in the outdoor areas, too.
How to Expand Your Housing Plot
You can expand your Housing Plot by purchasing Writs from City Hall starting at the cost of 20 Renown. Each subsequent Writ will slowly increase in price until it reaches the maximum price of 100 Renown per Writ. These expansions apply to all of your Housing Plots.
How to Unlock More Housing Plots
You can unlock additional Housing Plots by accessing the Housing Menu with H while you're on your Housing Plot. Keep in mind that you have a second Housing Plot available by default for free. Purchasing a third Housing Plot will cost 50,000 Gold.
Only one Housing Plot can be active at a time.
Palia Building List
| Building | Size | Price | Ingredients | Time to Build | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallway Section | 3x3 | 3,000 | 80 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 8 hours | N/A |
| Small Room | 7x7 | 6,000 | 60 Sapwood Plank, 22 Stone Brick | 4 hours | N/A |
| Medium Room | 9x9 | 8,000 | 80 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 6 hours | N/A |
| Large Room | 11x11 | 10,000 | 80 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 6 hours | N/A |
| Harvest House | 11x11 | 15,000 | 100 Sapwood Plank, 35 Stone Brick | 8 hours | Requires Master Level 50 (the sum of all of your Skill Levels). Can only place 1 per Housing Plot. The only freestanding Building that has a door. |
| Fireplace Addon | 3x3 | 4,000 | 80 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 6 hours | Must be placed on an outside wall. |
| Kilima Porch | 1x11 | 1,500 | 80 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 1 hour | Must be placed on an outside wall. |
| Kilima Door | 1x3 | 1,000 | 80 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 1 hour | Must be placed on an outside wall. |
| Windmill | 5x12 | 5,000 | 100 Sapwood Plank, 35 Stone Brick | 8 hours | Does not attach to the house. Purely decorative. You can get one for free by completing the Housing Expansion II Accomplishment. |
| Gazebo | ? | 10,000 | ? | ? | Unlocked with the Housing Slots II Accomplishment. |
| Kilima Bay Window | N/A | 2,500 | 6 Glass Pane, 30 Sapwood Plank | 1 hour | Unlocked with the Housing Slots II Accomplishment. |
| Kilima Pavilion | 9x9 | 10,000 | 30 Sapwood Plank, 30 Stone Brick | 4 hours | Freestanding building |
| Kilima Courtyard | 21x21 | 20,000 | 100 Sapwood Plank, 35 Stone Brick | 4 hours | Must be attached to the outside wall of an existing building. |
Note: Prices for some items increase with each subsequent purchase. For example, the Small Room costs 6,000 Gold the first time, but the second Small Room you purchase will cost 6,750 Gold, and so on.
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