How does the housing bonus work?

[Syrilian]

I am a little confused with how the housing bonus works. So I have to structures, one that got labeled industrial and provides no housing bonus. So I found another piece of flat land and created a new enclosed structure and put a chair and a bed in it. I saw the popup saying the bed was providing a housing bonus, but my character isn't getting a housing bonus, or at least the xp bonus isn't showing up in the appropriate spot.

What could I be doing wrong?

[ShizNator]

Your house/rooms must be on land you own to apply. And most crafting objects will void your bonus if placed in your house.

[SLG-Dennis]

Housing bonus is given for specific, separated rooms that are equipped with fitting furniture, for example bathroom and bedroom. A room may not contain any crafting tables, otherwise it counts as industrial and any furniture bonus is void - the exception is the kitchen, here some of the crafting tables double as furniture.

You can only receive housing bonus from a single deed, e.g. one house that is continuously connected, as you need to be a resident of the deed.

You likely have claimed a separate area, so it is a separate deed, but haven't become a resident of that deed. To do so, just click on the deed name and click the become resident button, that will remove your residency from the first deed, though.

So you will want to make one connected deed and build a house there with separate rooms stuffed with fitting furniture for the specific room and keep your industry either in separate rooms, or even on a separate deed, where you do not need to become resident.

[Syrilian]

Originally posted by SLG-Dennis:

Housing bonus is given for specific, separated rooms that are equipped with fitting furniture, for example bathroom and bedroom. A room may not contain any crafting tables, otherwise it counts as industrial and any furniture bonus is void - the exception is the kitchen, here some of the crafting tables double as furniture.

You can only receive housing bonus from a single deed, e.g. one house that is continuously connected, as you need to be a resident of the deed.

You likely have claimed a separate area, so it is a separate deed, but haven't become a resident of that deed. To do so, just click on the deed name and click the become resident button, that will remove your residency from the first deed, though.

So you will want to make one connected deed and build a house there with separate rooms stuffed with fitting furniture for the specific room and keep your industry either in separate rooms, or even on a separate deed, where you do not need to become resident.

So what happens if it is just one big giant room?

[SLG-Dennis]

It doesn't work. You cannot have crafting tables in rooms that are to provide housing and you need different rooms for each of the bonus categories.

[stlyau]

https://wiki.play.eco/en/Housing

[stlyau]

Originally posted by SLG-Dennis:

You can only receive housing bonus from a single deed, e.g. one house that is continuously connected, as you need to be a resident of the deed.

This part isn't completely true. As long as they are all on the same deed, the rooms don't need to be in the same building. However, most people make one house with connected rooms or a multi-story building accomplishing the same feat.

[Syrilian]

So what happens when I have two structures? The first "house" I put down ended up being industrial because I have crafting stations there. So I built a second "house" with a general area, a bedroom and a kitchen but I am still not getting a bonus.

[SLG-Dennis]

Originally posted by stlyau:

Originally posted by SLG-Dennis:

You can only receive housing bonus from a single deed, e.g. one house that is continuously connected, as you need to be a resident of the deed.

This part isn't completely true. As long as they are all on the same deed, the rooms don't need to be in the same building. However, most people make one house with connected rooms or a multi-story building accomplishing the same feat.

I was talking about a single deed, and that's correct.

Originally posted by Syrilian:

So what happens when I have two structures? The first "house" I put down ended up being industrial because I have crafting stations there. So I built a second "house" with a general area, a bedroom and a kitchen but I am still not getting a bonus.

As long as the house is on the same deed, it will work.

[stlyau]

Make sure they are on the same CONNECTED land claims that you are the resident of. If you aren't paying attention when claiming land, there is a small chance you have two separate connected deeds. If this has happened, used the land stake to pick up the land claims and reclaim the area you need covered.

[Syrilian]

Originally posted by stlyau:

Make sure they are on the same CONNECTED land claims that you are the resident of. If you aren't paying attention when claiming land, there is a small chance you have two separate connected deeds. If this has happened, used the land stake to pick up the land claims and reclaim the area you need covered.

That's what happened! Thank you! I didn't realize you can only be a resident of one building. I was a resident of the industrial building and not the residential.

[SLG-Dennis]

You can be resident of several buildings, but they need to be on the same deed, as described above.

[Syrilian]

Is there any difference between building with hardwood vs softwood other than aesthetics? Can you mix and match and still get the tier bonus?

[ShizNator]

Originally posted by Syrilian:

Is there any difference between building with hardwood vs softwood other than aesthetics? Can you mix and match and still get the tier bonus?

You can use whatever blocks you want say you want a tier 2 building you can use whatever tier 2 blocks or higher you want you will still get a tier 2+ building.

[Seedy]

Is there a size limit on bathrooms? Or other trickiness? I successfully have a bedroom and kitchen, I carved out a bit of space between them for a bathroom, but it's labeled as general?

[ShizNator]

Originally posted by Seedy:

Is there a size limit on bathrooms? Or other trickiness? I successfully have a bedroom and kitchen, I carved out a bit of space between them for a bathroom, but it's labeled as general?

Remove all objects from the bathroom and just add bathroom objects to it will designate the room as a bathroom.

I don't think the rooms need specific sizes it's all in the objects really.