Elin:Housing

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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.

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 Feat, Residents, and Home policies, your land can be used for a variety of purposes.

Please also see Farming, Ranch, etc.

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. Growth rate of hearthstones can be adjusted with "Growth Boost" and "Growth Suppression" policies on the home board.

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 (Teleporter will be available, and network land feats will take effect here)
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.)

Relocation

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.

Abandoning Land

You can abandon land from your Hearthstone.

When you abandon land, your Hearthstone is destroyed and the Land Deed you were using for that land is returned under your feet.

All the residents and livestock that were living on the land disappear at the moment of abandonment and move to the land set as your Home. Livestock also become residents in their new location.

The terrain, items, and appearance on the World map will be maintained immediately after abandonment, but will all disappear at the time of regeneration.

Land that has been owned for less than a month, or land obtained through the story, cannot be abandoned.

Residents

See Residents for details.

Building

Please refer to Furniture for items to decorate your house,

Facility for furniture that can be installed and used,

Container for boxes that have the effect of storing items,

and Utility for boards and signs that can be used on player land.

Buildings

Four walls (or more) and a door!

The maximum area of a room is 2000 tiles, and rooms larger than that are not recognized as buildings. If you want to cover the entire lot with a roof, you will need to subdivide the building into several smaller sections.

Commands for placing items

When placing walls or items, you can perform special operations by pressing certain keys.

• Change the height of the placement by rotating the mouse wheel
• Rotate by middle-clicking or pressing R
  • For items with design variations, you can also choose the appearance
• Shift for free placement (can be placed in any position within the grid)

• Alt for roof mode (can be placed on walls and roofs)
• Ctrl for placement ignoring height (items can be stacked)

House Board (House Plate)

By placing this in a room, you can change the background music and edit the appearance of the building.

• Settings made using the House Board are shared by adjacent rooms in the same group.
• If you select “None” from the Roof Style menu, the room will lose its roof and become exposed to rain and snow.
• If you are creating a room with a fence, you can add a roof by selecting a roof style other than “None”.

Room Board (Room Plate)

By placing it in a room, you can change various settings in the room.

Build mode

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

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

As long as you have the ingredients and facilities, 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 hearthstones grow and the “Construction” home skill level increases, new features are unlocked. When “Free Build” is eventually unlocked, 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.

In Build Mode, you can perform specialized operations in addition to placing and collecting items.

Cinema Mode

You can hide the UI by left-clicking. This is useful when you want to take screenshots or videos.

Edit Cells

• Snowless cells will not accumulate snow in winter, and water tiles will not freeze.
• Float cells will float gently in the air.
• You can toggle the presence or absence of wall pillars using the "Toggle Wall Pillar".
• You can hide the item shadows from “Item Shadow”.

Visibility Switch

The specified item will become invisible outside of build mode.

You will not be able to operate or collect it outside of build mode, and items that are being switched to invisible will not be able to be collected in build mode.

• The functions of items such as signboards and light sources will still function even if they are invisible.
• Doors can also be made invisible.

Picker

You can select the walls, floors and items of the selected cell.

Skills & Policies

At the house board, the player can enact many decrees and skills for My Home that apply many various effects.

Sse Home Skills & Policies for more details.

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 time elapsed (up to 10 years), while the Fame Tax increases with player's Fame (diminishing returns start at 5000 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 per 1,000 orens 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.

You can change the settings as many times as you like at any time, but you cannot change the amount of additional tax payments for invoices that have already been issued, which will be reflected in the following month or later.

The tax evasion policy will slightly reduce both base tax and fame tax, after the tax evasion skill levels of all locations are combined. This does not apply to additional tax payments.

If a the tax transfer policy is in effect, taxes will be automatically deducted from deposits made with the banker instead of being invoiced.

If the deposit is less than the amount collected, a bill for the full amount will be mailed as usual.

Tax-Free Lands

On non-Tax-Free Lands, revenues from lodging, tourism, and residential tax are significantly deducted.

You may designate up to 3 locations as Tax-Free Lands via policies at the Home Board.

Lands designated as Tax-Free will not have a penalty to income from lodging, tourism, and residential tax.

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

Incomes

You can earn various types of income by managing your lands.

To earn some of the income, you need to invite guests to your base using the Policy of “Open for Business” .

Shipping

When you put items in a shipping chest, the contents are shipped out at 5am every morning, and you will receive money (Orens), gold bars, and Hearthstone experience depending on the value and quantity of the items. The experience to the hearthstone is gained by the base that opened the shipping chest.

• Orens: You will receive a sum of money based on the value of the items. The amount you receive is affected by your Negotiation skill.
• Gold bars: You will receive gold bars for each shipment. The amount of gold bars you receive is fixed, and at the start of the game it is small, but it increases up to a maximum of 5,000 Oren per total shipment as you receive more gold bars.
• Hearthstone Experience: The amount of experience gained is determined more by the number of items shipped than by the value of the items.
  • The value of arrows and pebbles is 0 oren, regardless of the number shipped, but they contribute greatly to the amount of Hearthstone experience gained.

Home Ranking

The most valuable furniture among the furniture placed in your home are recognized as “Heirloom”.

In the Home Ranking, you compete with other towns for the total value of your heirlooms, and if you rank in the top 125, you will receive a monthly salary based on your ranking.

You can check your current heirlooms, Home Ranking position and rewards from the top of the Home Board.

For more information, see Home Ranking.

Resident Tax

If you have the Resident Tax policy turned on, you can collect a small tax from your residents.

Furthermore, the Wealth Tax and Faith Tax policies will increase the amount of resident tax that can be collected.

For more information, see Tax Revenue.

Lodging Fees

By assigning beds installed in your land to guests, you can provide lodging to them and receive lodging fees from them.

The lodging fees you receive from guests will vary depending on the type, quality, material, and comfort traits of the bed.

Please also refer to the Beds page.

Tourism

Tourism value determines how many visitors are being generated and furthermore how much revenue can be generated. Tourism value is calculated from all items with tourism value in the area, not just the top most valuable like with home rating. Tourism value of items is not visible without mods, but the "Info Bar (Extra)" widget has an option to display the area's tourism value. Tourism value is entirely dependent on item value.

Examples for items with tourism value: Sculptures, painting, posters, statues,card, some furniture, hangings, (...)

For details, please refer to Tourism Value.

Store Management

If you attach a sales tag to an item, resident or livestock that you have placed in your land, you can sell it to guests.

The advantage of selling with a sales tag is that you can get more oren than with a shipping chest, but there are also some disadvantages, such as it taking a little longer to sell and you not getting gold bars or experience for hearthstone.

For more detailed specifications on sales tags, please refer to Utility.

Events

Spam package

Sometimes, unknown packages will arrive at your base. They may contain the following items.

• Junk
• Shit
• Naughtys book
• Platinum coins
• NPC
• Hostile monster
• ★Wrapped wooden statues

If you turn on the "Anti Spam Package” policy, you can refuse to accept anything other than precious items.

Seasonal Gifts

Every year, on a certain day, a gift will arrive at your land.

• 01/01: New year's Gift(A round rice cake, a bottle of sake, and 3 neutral Silver Bells, and Snow Putit joins your party)
• 12/25:★Gift Box of Jure (see the individual page for details)

Lucky Month

A Lucky Month may occur on a player's land at a low probability, and during this time the following benefits will be received:

• Double the production of goods from residents' job/hobbies
• Double the maximum number of guests
• All guests become wealthy
• Acquire ★Secret Experience of Kumiromi

This occurs up to once per year for each land, and the probability of it occurring can be increased by the player worshipping Ehekatl or raising their “Luck” Home Skill.

Moongate

User land (user maps) published online can be visited by using a ★Moongate or ★Starweaver's Moongate.

See Moongate for details.