Shack

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Shack
Category Real estate
Effect
Cost / Recipe Self-built
How to get Built in Whisperwood with the Building skill

Shacks are personal player-built wooden structures placed in Whisperwood. Each character is limited to one Shack at a time, and it functions as the player's permanent home in the forest region.

Building a Shack

To place a Shack you need:

  • The Building skill — learned once from the Site Foreman, who also hands you a Hammer during that conversation (the hammer itself is not needed at build time)
  • 500 Wood + 200 Stone
  • A valid open tile in Whisperwood — shacks must keep a one-tile gap from other shacks and cannot be placed right up against the Whisperwood Pet Shop

A "Shack (Portable)" kit item also exists that builds a shack directly from the inventory, with no hammer at all.

The Shack is one of the first long-term goals for new players after the tutorial, providing a recognisable home base in a non-safe biome.

Moving a Shack

Use the /pickup chat command to relocate your existing Shack to a new tile without demolishing and rebuilding it. This preserves the structure and saves materials.

Limits

  • One Shack per character.
  • Must be placed in Whisperwood.
  • Shacks have lockable doors: the owner can lock the shack behind a door password or leave it unlocked. Other players can enter an unlocked shack, and trading works inside one.

See also