---
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--community-construction
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--community-construction
lang: en
title: Community construction
summary: >-
  Combined contributions from many participants change an object or region and
  unlock the next stage.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
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  https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--community-construction/
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aliases: []
tags:
  - RPG grinding
  - 'World, community and account'
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  - source-b53d4143633e26ea
sources:
  - id: source-b53d4143633e26ea
    title: Final Fantasy XIV
    url: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ishgardian_restoration/'
    verifiedAt: null
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  - catalogId: rpg-grind
    id: community-construction
    title: RPG grinding
    url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/rpg-grind/#community-construction'
    categoryIds:
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supersededBy: []
attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Community construction
    description: >-
      Combined contributions from many participants change an object or region
      and unlock the next stage.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-restoration-49.webp
      width: 640
      height: 548
      game: Final Fantasy XIV
      sourceUrl: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ishgardian_restoration/'
      originalUrl: 'https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/h/_/qJb2_1q3qIT_9Pu81owr-M_FiA.jpg'
      credit: Square Enix; official guide screenshot
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
        and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: A shared stage of district restoration
      alt: A shared stage of district restoration
      markers:
        - x: 50
          'y': 13
          label: Shared construction advances towards the next Concerted Works
    tips:
      - >-
        Connect individual contributions to a visible change in the shared
        project.
    examples:
      - title: Final Fantasy XIV
        url: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ishgardian_restoration/'
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provenance: >-
  Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/rpg-grind
---
# Community construction

id: rpg-grind--community-construction
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--community-construction
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--community-construction/

Combined contributions from many participants change an object or region and unlock the next stage.

## At a glance

![A shared stage of district restoration](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-restoration-49.webp)

[Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ishgardian_restoration/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Shared construction advances towards the next Concerted Works

- Connect individual contributions to a visible change in the shared project.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ishgardian_restoration/)

## How it works

Combined contributions from many participants change an object or region and unlock the next stage.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="community-construction-options"></a>

- Contribute resources to a shared fund. <a id="community-construction-option-1"></a>
- Complete different tasks within one project. <a id="community-construction-option-2"></a>
- Reach shared thresholds with personal participation records. <a id="community-construction-option-3"></a>

## Design example

A server gathers stone for a bridge, making a new road available.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/ishgardian_restoration/) (id: source-b53d4143633e26ea)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors