Elin:Housing

Some of the text on this page is from the Beta build of the game.

A key part of Elin is managing My Home, a location the player sets up as a home base for housing.

Housing has several mechanics relating to land ownership, delegating tasks, raising your community, and Crafting.

Hearthstone

The Hearthstone is a mysterious stone placed on a player's land that allows him to store inhabitants in the stone and pull them out on another piece of land, rename that piece of land, and publish that map online.

As the hearthstone levels, more features of housing are slowly unlocked, but the danger level of the home also rises. Hearthstones level individually on a land-by-land basis, and levelling hearthstones in another land the player owns will provide bonuses to all lands based on the type of land held. The growth of the pact stones can be controlled by My Home policy.

The following table is an example of a hearthstone in Meadow. The maximum number of inhabitants and other values vary depending on the land feats it has.

Meadow

Level	Admin Points	Population	Danger Level	Build Mode	Other Benefits
1	4	6	4	Terrain
2	9	9	7	Relocation	Utility Department Policies
3	14	12	11	Clearing	Item Protection
4	19	15	15	Mining	2nd Feat
5	24	18	21	Collecting, Recipe	Network
6	29	21	24	Free Build
7	34	24	27		3rd Feat

The base danger level for land plots is calculated as 4 * (hearthstoneLevel - 1) + distanceFromRoad (steps away from a road tile on the world map).

The danger level is further reduced with Border Patrol policy, -2 for every squared level such as 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, etc. (Example: At 25, border patrol reduces danger by -10.)

Residents

Roles

• Maid
  Expands your land, applies to pay additional taxes to Mysilia, and change the player's title. You can appoint your favorite residents and livestock as a maid. Gold bars are used to expand the land, which can be up to 90 km² in size. Additional tax payments will increase the amount of taxes, but Mysilia will send you back a number of gold bars corresponding to the amount of additional tax payments.
• Livestock
  Consume grass to produce milk and eggs. Production efficiency varies by races. If the livestock can be sheared, they can also consume grass to recover the sheared hair. Livestock are not counted as residents, but instead cannot do their original jobs and hobbies, cannot be bought and sold, cannot be taken on adventures as pets, and no longer generate requests. You can appoint any resident as a livestock or return them as a resident from the resident board/list.
• Secretary
  Although not strictly a role, the presence of a secretary/elder NPC allows for investment in the town's development level/trading in the influence store. Investing in the town's development is not cheap, but it increases the amount of items that all merchants in the town offer at the same time. The Influence Shop has the same selection of goods as in other cities, but the furniture collection tickets are for Mysilia.

Jobs

Each resident of My Home has a primary job which they will try to fulfil if your home has the proper facilities and signboard, and a hobby which they will do on the side.

In addition, it seems that residents who produce something will sell it directly from the shipping box if there is no shared box where they can deliver their products.

Efficiency

The efficiency of the job is variable, depending on the skill level of the residents, the quality and comfort traits of their beds, and the material of their bed. Even a poor makeshift bed provides a substantial bonus to their efficiency.

Job efficiency affects both the resident's chance to produce an item, as well as their bonuses to land skills such as Soil.

The Fresh Air land trait adds an extra 20% efficiency to all residents.

Finally, each resident over the maximum population will reduce efficiency by 20%, to a minimum of 0. The Emergency Rations skill can offset this penalty slightly, with diminishing returns. (At 25 Emergency Rations skill, the penalty is reduced to 10% for each excess resident.)

Even residents who do not have the corresponding skills will automatically acquire them when they perform jobs and gain experience. Experience is gained every day so long as the resident is not in your party and is working.

Fixed Jobs and Changing Jobs

Also, some types of NPCs have fixed jobs and hobbies, such as a magician whose job is research, and a farmer whose job is farming and his hobby is tinkering in the fields. If their job and hobbies are not fixed, you can reroll them by using the Whip of love; it can be purchased as you progress through the main quest. Some are selected only for job, some only for hobbies, some for both, and some are possessed only by certain NPCs.

Job	Requirements	Positive	Negative	Produce	Job or Hobby	Skill	Note
Breeding	None			Egg, Milk	Unique	None	Livestock's job
Supervising	None	Administration			Unique	Investment	Loytel's Job
Assassin	None	Public Safety			Unique	Stealth	Ashland and Fiama's job
Rumor	None	Pubilicity, Natural Power Generation	Public Moral		Unique	Regeneration	Demitas's job
Lumberjack	Lumberjack sign			Logs	Job	Lumberjacking	Little Girl, Prisoner's job
Blacksmith	Anvil			Ores	Job	Blacksmith	Blacksmith, Gunsmith's job, Misaki's hobby
Cooking	None			Meals, Seasonings	Both	Cooking	Butcher, Fishmonger, Fruit Shopkeeper, Baker, Rodwyn's job
Fishing	Fishing Sign	Emergency Ration		Fish	Both	Fishing	Very small chance of fishing up small medals Fishermen and tourists job
Farming	Farm sign	Soil, Emergency Ration			Job	Farming	Farmers' job, Kinu's hobby
Gardening	farm sign	Soil, Emergency Ration			Both	Farming	Beggar's job, Loytel and Farmers' Hobby
Garbology	Garbage dump sign			Garbage	Both	Gathering
Hunting	None	Emergency Ration		Animal Corpse, Marbled Meat	Both	Bow	Mercenary Archer's job
History	Bookshelf			Ancient Book	Both	Memorization
Singing	Mic	Local Patriotism			Both	Music	Farris's job
Exploration	None	Publicity		Gold Bar	Both	Travel	Caravan master's job
Cleaning	None	Public Moral			Both	Pickpocket	Cleans the home. (Stains, etc), Janitor and Maid(NPC)'s job
Chores	None				Both	Weight Lifting	Cleans the home. (Garbage, livestock products), Maid(NPC)'s job
Shopping	None	Home Discount			Both	Negotiation
Nursing	None	Public Moral		Milk	Both	Regeneration	Revival and status recovery of residents, Healer's job
Handcraft	None			Souvenir	Both	Production
Research	Bookshelf	Tax Evasion			Job	Literacy	Scholar and Mage's Job
Instrument	Instrument or Mic	Local patriotism			Both	Music	Bard's hobby
Game	Tv Set	Nocturnal Life			Both	Magic Device
Exercise	None	Natural power generation			Hobby	Weight Lifting	Poppy's job
Reading	Bookshelf	Studious			Hobby	Literacy	Book Shopkeeper's job
Lottery	None		Public Moral	Gacha ball	Hobby	Investment
Meditation	None	Natural power generation			Both	Meditation
Drug	None	Designer Drug	Public Moral	drugs	Hobby	Meditation
Cheering	None	Local patriotism, publicity			Both	Negotiation
Painting	an easel			Naughy book, dojin book, milk	Both	Sculpting	Felmera's job, apprentice artist's hobby
Praying	None	Public Moral, Public Safety		letter of indulgence	Both	Faith	Kinu, Misaki, Eureka's job
Self harm	None			engagement amulet, troublesome soup	Both	Anatomy
Blog	Computer	Pubilicity			Both	Literacy
Diary	None	Studious			Hobby	Literacy
Bathing	Bathtub			Pot of water, Rubber duck, Egg	Hobby	Swimming
Pet	Cat house	Administration, Security			Hobby	Meditation
Writing	Writing Tool	Studious			Both	Literacy
Fluffy stroke	Pet House	Luck, Civility, Public Moral			Hobby	Meditation	Eureka's hobby
Personal pleasure	Bed	natural power generation		Eggs	Hobby	Magic Device	Prostitute and Mother's job
Walking	None			Mushroom	Hobby	Traveling	Demitas's hobby
Dieting	None			Can of Catechin, Gelatin	Hobby	Cooking
Smoking	None	Natural Power Generation, High Tax	Public Moral	Negotiation	Hobby	Meditation
Drinking	None		Public Moral, Civility,	Booze	Hobby	Cooking
Antique	None			Junk	Hobby	Appraising
Extravagance	None	High Tax			Hobby	Appraising	Noble, millionaire, Elder, Banker, Producer's hobby
Washing	Fishing Sign	Local patriotism			Both	Weaving
Romance	None	Resident Wanted!		Milk	Hobby	Negotiation
Sleeping	Bed	Local patriotism			Hobby	Regeneration
Rambo	None		Public Safety	Ammunition	Hobby	Gun
Gacha	Gacha		Public Moral	Gacha ball	Hobby	Investment	Gambler's job
Pioneer	None	Public Moral, Faster growth of Hearth Stone			Job	Farming
Treasure Hunt	None(Treasure map)	Auto collect treasure		Treasure map	Both	Gathering	If you put the treasure map in a shared container, the map will be consumed to acquire a treasure chest Poppy, Slan, Captain's hobby

Population

Population is capped for each lot. The current and maximum population can be found on the Home board.

In the land that the player has set as Home, the player is counted as one of the residents.

Pets accompanying the player as companions and residents who have physically left the land due to death or other reasons are also counted.

Unique NPCs, residents transferred to the hearthstone, and livestock are excluded from the resident count.

The act of physically leaving the land, such as going out as a companion or dying, is not a means of exclusion from the count.

When the number of inhabitants exceeds the limit, the inhabitants start slacking off and their work and hobby efficiency is penalized.

The specific penalties are not specified, but in the case of “fishing,” the rate of fish production is reduced, and the success rate of elements that have a probability of success is lowered.

The higher the number of excess people, the heavier the penalty.

In addition, bonuses to land skills like Soil or Natural Generation are reduced by 20% for each resident over the population cap. The Emergency Ration skill reduces this penalty with diminishing returns- at 25 Emergency Ration skill, the penalty is reduced to 10% for each resident over the population cap.

The maximum population is improved by increasing the hearthstone level, and it also varies with land feat.

The penalty can also be mitigated by raising the Home skill of “emergency food” through hobby work such as “farming”.

Building

Buildings

Four walls (or more) and a door!

Build mode

The Build Mode allows you to freely edit your Home using a dedicated UI.

To use this mode, you basically need a “build board” sold by Loytel.

As long as you have the ingredients and facility, you can save yourself the trouble of crafting, but be aware that you will consume Oren instead of Stamina.

Initially, only terrain can be raised or lowered, but as the pact stones grow and the “Construction” home skill level increases, new functions are released. When “Free Build” is eventually released, the build mode can be started from the “Build” icon in the lower right corner of the screen, next to the journal, and the build board is no longer required.

Boards

By using signs, you can designate parts of your land to be used for specific purposes.

House Board

Allows the player to change the roof and outward styling of a building.

Room Board

Allows the player to change the specifications of a room.

Stockpile Sign

Designates a room or a 3 block radius as a stockpile.

Fuel Storage Sign

Designates a room or a 3x3 area as a stockpile for fuel for furnaces, kilns, cooking tools, etc. All items in the home will automatically refuel with logs or branches from this area.

Commodity Stockpile Sign

Designates a room or a 3 block radius as a shopping area. Items tagged for sale will replenish with same-category items inside this area. When an item with a sell tag is sold out, items in the same category in this area will be automatically replenished.

Sales Tag

Designates an item on the ground for sale. If inside the area of a Commodity Stockpile, will automatically replenish with items from the same category from boxes in the same area.

Can also be tagged on non-shared containers to sell the items within the container to tourists.

Garbage Dump Sign

Designates a room or a 3x3 area as a stockpile.

• Npcs will use this area to gather and drop trash. They will place trash in the proper sorting bins if they are in radius of this sign.

Lumberjack Sign

Designates a room or a 4 block radius as a lumber yard.

• Residents with lumberjack jobs or hobbies will move into this area to work. However, they will not be able to actually cut down trees growing in the area, only deliver logs procured from somewhere else as an effect of their work.

Ranch Sign

Designates a room or a 4 block radius as a ranch. Livestock NPCs gather around this area.

Fishing Sign

Designates a room or a 4 block radius as a fishing area.

Farm Sign

Designates a room or a 5x5 area as a farm.

• Residents with farming or earth-moving jobs or hobbies will move into the area to work. However, they will not be able to actually manage the fields in the area, they will only be able to receive bonuses to Home skills as an effect of their work.
• If you have set up a Delegated farming policy, only fields within the area/room designated by this sign will be subject to automatic cultivation & harvesting.

Signpost

Placed at the map edge of a base, a signpost specifies where it will appear when a player enters the home from the direction in which the signpost is placed.

• Only one square at the edge of each direction on the map can be designated; placing a signpost in the center of the base has no effect.
• When used in conjunction with a guidesign, the effect of the guidesign takes precedence over the signpost.

Guide Sign

Designates a room or 3x3 area as the location where a player will appear when entering the home.

• Once this is in place, the player will appear at the location specified by this sign, no matter from which direction you enter the home.

Dining spot sign

Designates a room or a 4 block radius as a the dining hall.

• Residents will dine within this area.
• Eating within this area will slightly increase the dining effect.

Skills & Policies

At the house board, the player can enact many decrees and skills for My Home that apply many various effects. Certain NPCs can effect the level of the skill.

Plans, bought from scholars for Gold Bars, can allow you to learn new skills and policies.

Certain NPC jobs and hobbies affect home skill levels.

You can raise home skill levels at the cost of Gold Bars, at Skill Level +5 bars/level. Innate cap refers to the maximum level that the skill can increase through gold bars alone; it can still be increased further by resident jobs.

Home Skills

Skill Name	Effect	Book Cost	Innate Level Cap
Construction	Enables more functions in build mode. Levels up with Hearthstone.	-	-
Administration	Each level provides more administration points for enacting policies. Skill Level +4 points	-	-
Food Supply	Increases maximum number of residents. Skill Level +5	-	-
Legacy	Each level adds +1 item that is assessed towards land value. Skill Level +5	6	30
Tax Evasion	Reduces taxes paid every month.	11
Local Patriotism	Makes it easier to improve resident's affinity.	4
Studious	Increase the efficiency of residents' work and increase the bonuses they receive from them.	6
Soil	Increases quality of land's soil. (+5 Fertility * Skill Level)	7	20
Public Safety	Plays a role in how often attacks happen in the home	-	-
Public Moral	Affects the Civility of residents.	6
Emergency Ration	Reduce penalties if population surpasses the max limit.	-	-
Natural Power Generation	Provides energy for appliances and mechanical tools. 10mw x Skill Lv	-	-
Publicity	Promotional strength to boost visitor and tourist numbers (Each level has the effect of 2.5x Attractiveness)	7
Luck	Luck of the land.	15
Attractiveness	Affects the number of visitors	-

Policies are passive traits that cost administration points to enable or disable.

Each one has levels that raise as they are used, which increase the effect.

They also have individual potentials but it is unknown at this time how to raise it.

Policies

Department	Policy	Effect	Admin Cost	Book Cost
Law	Growth Boost	Increases speed at which hearthstone grows.	3	Free
Law	Growth Supression	Prevents hearthstone growth.	0	Free
Law	Border Watch	Decreases enemy level of randomly generated enemies in My Home	3	4
Law	Designer Drug	Increases the probability of pets and residents living on the land drinking	2	4
Law	Demon Invocation	Increases enemy level of randomly generated enemies in My Home	3	4
Law	Human Right	Law prohibiting killing and injuring people at home	4	6
Law	Ban Radio Wave	(Unverified) Law prohibiting residents from using illegal radio waves	4	6
Law	Prohibition	Prohibit pets and residents living on the property from drinking alcohol	3	4
Law	Tourist Protection	Increase the number of guests visiting My Home with a policy of Open for business	4	6
Welfare	Strict Anti-Littering Law	Reduces the amount of garbage items generated. Has a penalty to civility.	1	4
Welfare	Weed Pulling Campaign	Reduces the amount of weeds generated.	1	4
Welfare	Waste Sorting Campaign	Reduce garbage generation rate and increase civil standards	1	4
Welfare	Compulsory Vaccination	Law making vaccination compulsory. Reduces sickness in the home.	2	4
Welfare	Resident Wanted!	Increase the number of people wishing to immigrate on the request bulletin board	4	6
Welfare	Energy Convertion	(Unverified) Law to encourage residents to save electricity and reduce power consumption	2	4
Welfare	Nocturnal Life	Residents will now be awake during the night	1	4
Economy	Resident Tax	Collect a small amount of tax from residents on the first of each month The collected tax is added to the PC's salary	6	9
Economy	Tax-Free Land	Land where income is not taxed. Up to three tax-free lands can be designated.	0	Free
Economy	Open for Business	Guests will start visiting your home	5	6
Economy	Legendary Heirloom	Increase the value of items with the highest heirloom ranking	5	7
Economy	Traveler's Inn	Add the quality of the bed to the accommodation fee	6	9
Economy	Furniture Store License	Increases the prices of furniture	4	6
Economy	Mass Exhibition	Duplicate tourism exhibits will also be recorded in the tourism value, albeit only slightly. Cannot be set up at the same time as a private exhibition.	4	6
Economy	General Store License	Increases the prices of items other than food, beverages, and furniture	4	6
Economy	Luxury Suite	Rip off lodging fees from the wealthy.	8	12
Economy	Fence License	Increase the selling price of stolen items. It will also increase the contribution value of the Thieves' Guild when selling items.	3	4
Economy	Rip-off Store	Increase the selling price of goods substantially, but the purchasing power of customers will also decrease substantially.	10	15
Economy	Platinum Ticket	Increases tourism income from the wealthy.	7	11
Economy	Slaver License	Increases the selling price of slaves	6	9
Economy	Solo Exhibition	Increase the tourism value of tourism exhibits. Cannot be set up at the same time as mass exhibits.	8	12
Economy	Celebrity's Heaven	Increase the number of wealthy visitors to My Home	7	11
Economy	Home Discount	Decreases the price of goods sold from vendors in My Home	6	9
Economy	Wealth Tax	Increases resident tax for wealthy residents	9	14
Economy	Faith Tax	Increase inhabitant taxes according to the faith of the inhabitants	5	7
Economy	Restaurant License	Increases the prices of food and beverages	4	6
Economy	Premium Store	It raises the selling price of goods, but also reduces the purchasing power of customers.	5	7
Utility	Transfer tax payment	(common to all locations) Monthly taxes will be deducted from your bank deposit	0	Free
Utility	Delegated Farming	Automatically grow, harvest, and breed crops in the area designated by the land or field stand See Farming for more details.	0	Free
Utility	Anti Spam Package	(common to all locations) Refuse to accept random packages other than Precious Objects	0	Free
Utility	Animal Prohibited Zone	Ordinances prohibiting the entry of neutral animals	0	Free
Utility	Mother Prohibited Zone	Ordinances prohibiting the entry of Mother and prostitutes	0	Free
Utility	Salary Transfer	(common to all locations) Direct transfer of base income to the bank	0	Free

• Book cost is in gold bars.

Taxes

Taxes are due at the beginning of every month, with a tax bill being mailed to the player. Not paying your taxes in four month gives the player negative karma, and can lead to repercussions.

The amount of tax is the sum of [ base tax + fame tax + voluntary tax ].

The Base Tax is increased according to the number of months elapsed and the income from the fourth and subsequent non-tax-exempt land, while the Fame Tax is increased according to the player's fame.

The voluntary tax is a tax that can be paid at the player's discretion. The player can choose not to pay it, but if you do, you will receive gold bars as a return gift in proportion to the amount of the tax paid. The amount of voluntary taxes can be changed by asking the maid of My Home or the secretary of the town.

Tax -Free Lands

You may designate up to 3 parcels of land as Tax -Free Lands from your Home policy.

Land that is not designated as tax- free land will have reduced revenues from lodging, tourism, and residential tax. Designate the land that you will focus on these businesses as tax- free land.

If you want to designate new land as tax- free land with three already filled, you must go to the land you want to exclude and remove the tax- free land policy.

Since there is no tax on shipments and sales, there is no need to transport goods produced in a taxable location to a tax-exempt location in order to save tax.

Land

You can acquire land by reading the Land deed in a place that does not belong to any faction.

While there is no limit on the number of land acquisitions themselves, this is effectively a limit on the number of land titles possessed, since the price of a land title doubles with each purchase.

In Elona, each property had its own set of uses, but in Elin there is no such classification.

By combining Land Feet, Residents, and Home policies, your land can be used for a variety of purposes.

Please also see our pages on Farming, Ranch, etc.

In addition, relocation deed allow players to move their land to any location.

The terrain and land feats do not change when moving, so things like moving a sea map to the middle of a grassy field are possible.

Land Feats

• Each parcel of land has inherent feats that provide bonuses to the home, and also to the network of homes owned by the player.
  • As the hearthstone is leveled, the benefits of these feats unlock.
• Some of the feet correspond to the networks released at the hearthstone level and affect all the lands in the network. There is a certain degree of regularity in the composition of the feats.
  • The first foot is always attached to a terrain type, such as “forest” or “sea”. The type of terrain is determined by its appearance on the global map.
  • The second and third feet are randomly assigned to two non-terrain features, but no two non-terrain features with the same name will be selected. Also, some feats are limited to specific terrain.
• Static lands have fixed feats.
  • Meadow: Plain, Fertile, Erin's Grace Hill caves: Cave, Ancient Ruin, Erin's Grace Vernis: Hill, Coal, Ancient Ruin
• Feat set on pre-owned land changes with each re-gen
• When you are on land before it is privatized, the map name in the upper left corner of the screen discloses all three of the land's hidden feats!
  • You can see all of the feats that are hidden in the land you already own by going to "Location > Land Name > Land Features" in the Journal.
• Some feet are compatible with the network that is released at the hearthstone level, and feet are shared among lands that have opened the network.

Feat	Effect	Network?	Location	Notes
Elin's Grace	Increase admin points.	Yes	Meadow, Hill Cave	+5 Admin cost, affecting all lands that have network access
Cave	Land with more admin points		Hill Cave	Effect not yet verified
Plain	Land with more admin points	No	Meadow, Field	+5 Administration, +3 Food Supply per Hearthstone Level
Forest	Land where food supply is likely to rise	No	Forest	+4 Administration, +4 Food Supply per Hearthstone Level
Hill	Land with little food supply, but more admin points.		Vernis, Mountain	+6 Administration, +2 Food Supply per Hearthstone Level
Snowfield	Land with low food supply but high administration and commercial power		Snowfield	Attractiveness +10, +5 Administration, +2 Food Supply per Hearthstone Level
Beach	Land with many fish and more commercial power	No	Beach	Attractiveness +10, not verified for number of fish caught, +4 Administration, +3 Food Supply per Hearthstone Level
Sea	Land with many fish and more commercial power		Sea	Attractiveness +10, not verified for number of fish caught, possibly same stats as Sea?
Fertile	Increase fertility of the land	No	Meadow, Everywhere	+Multiplies Fertility by 1.25x
Basin	Land with more admin points	No	Everywhere	+1 Administration per Hearthstone Level
Fishing Spot	More fish will be caught	No	Everywhere
Hunting Ground	More wildlife will occur naturally		Everywhere	Max animals present on map before no more can spawn increased by 4. Does not increase spawnrate.
Breeding Ground	Wildlife will spawn in greater numbers, Livestock production efficiency is not affected.	No	Everywhere	Max animals present on map before no more can spawn increased by 8. Does not increase spawnrate.
Monster's Den	Monsters will attack more frequently		Everywhere
Fresh Air	Residents work more efficiently		Everywhere	Job efficiency of residents is increased by 10%.
Ancient Ruin	Attract more visitors	No	Vernis, Hill Cave, Everywhere	Effect as if Attractiveness was increased by 10 (Hidden)
Weird Bird	Increase tourism value	No	Everywhere
Dinosaur Fossil	Increase tourism value		Everywhere	The tourism value of the land is multiplied by 15%.
Mysterious Tablet	Increase tourism value		Everywhere
Monolith	Increase tourism value	No	Everywhere	The tourism value of the land is multiplied by 15%.
Giant Statue	Increase tourism value		Everywhere
Geyser	Geology specific to hot spring areas		Everywhere
Volcano	Geology specific to volcanic areas		Mountain
Chitin	The local specialty produced in a land.	Yes	Plain
Mushroom	The local specialty produced in a land.	Yes	Forest
Gum	The local specialty produced in a land.	Yes	Forest
Coal	The local specialty produced in a land.	Yes	Vernis, Mountain
Silica Pearl	The local specialty produced in a land.	Yes	Beach
Ice block	The local specialty produced in a land.	Yes	Snowfield