Template:Freehold buildings
After you build your house, you can build other buildings on your Freehold. Each building needs the blueprint to start the process. If you have a cosmetic skin you want to use on a building, this is used after placing the blueprint. Once this has been placed, the building will be shown in a non-functional, construction state. Players will need to provide the required materials needed to complete the building construction, for each building on their Freehold. No Freehold has room for every possible option, so players will need to choose how to develop their Freehold by choosing to build specific artisan buildings, business buildings, and creating room for livestock and crops.[3]
Freehold buildings that can be placed on a freehold plot serve three main purposes.[3][2][4][5][6]
Freehold buildings require blueprints and materials to construct.[3][8]
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- Sheds are present on empty freehold plots to provide storage for materials needed to construct freehold buildings.[9]
- Some freehold buildings have multiple tiers, with different footprint sizes.[2][10]
- Upgrading a tier will not change the size of the building in terms of footprint, but may increase in height.[10]
- Basements in freehold buildings are to be decided.[11]
Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[3][12][13][14][15]
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- Buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.[3]
Freehold building architecture is based on the blueprint for the building.[2][16]
- Freehold skins are applied to blueprints matching the type of building: housing, artisanship, and business.[3][2][17][18][16][19]
- The freehold building blueprints must be obtained in-game first before the cosmetic can be applied.[16][19][18]
- Players are not locked to the racial appearance of a freehold building blueprint.[20]
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- The way we look at it is the freehold is your space so we want you to be able to make it look the way you want it to.[16] – Jeffrey Bard
