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Blueprint Rush (Build It Now)
"Place it. It's already done."
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How do I install Blueprint Rush (Build It Now)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Blueprint Rush (Build It Now) for Airborne Empire in one click.
</>What does Blueprint Rush (Build It Now) do?
Ever laid out a whole row of buildings in your head, placed the first three buildings, and then watched a crew shuffle over to slowly assemble each one? Blueprint Rush skips that whole wait. Flip Instant Build and anything you place is standing and working immediately. The second switch is Free Construction, which drops the material cost of putting buildings up to nothing. No wood, no coal, no iron leaving your stores. Moving a building costs nothing either, so you can finally reshape your sky city without dreading the bill for it. The two toggles are independent, so you can take the speed and keep paying materials, or keep normal build times and just stop worrying about supply. Both switches flip off any time and everything goes straight back to normal build times and normal costs. Buildings you already put up stay exactly where they are. Handy when you want to lay out a proper city before the sky pirates show up, when you're rebuilding after a rough encounter, or when you just want to try five different layouts in the time a single one used to take.
</>What is Blueprint Rush (Build It Now)?
Blueprint Rush turns Airborne Empire's build queue into a sketchpad. Instant Build stands a building up the moment you place it, and Free Construction drops the wood, coal and iron cost of putting buildings up or moving them to nothing. Try a layout, tear it down, try another. Free on ProjectMods, the community-first PC mod manager for 400+ games.
</>Common questions about Blueprint Rush (Build It Now)
What does Blueprint Rush do in Airborne Empire?
Blueprint Rush removes the two things that slow construction down in Airborne Empire: build time and material cost. It has two independent switches. Instant Build finishes any structure the moment you place it, so there is no waiting for a crew to walk over and no progress bar to watch. Free Construction drops the material cost of putting buildings up, and of moving ones you have already placed, to nothing. Run them together and your sky city becomes a sketchpad you can redraw as often as you like. Turn either one off and normal build times and material costs come straight back, with everything you have already built left standing.
What is the difference between Instant Build and Free Construction?
They solve two different halves of the same problem in Airborne Empire, and they work independently. Instant Build is about time: place a structure and it is standing immediately, with no crew assignment and no build queue. Free Construction is about resources: the wood, coal and iron a building normally costs are not taken from your stores, and neither is the cost of relocating something you have already put down. You can run one without the other. Instant Build alone still spends materials, so construction stays a real decision while the waiting disappears. Free Construction alone keeps the build time intact but lets you plan a build without checking your stockpile first.
Does Free Construction also cover moving buildings I have already placed?
Yes. In Airborne Empire, picking a building up and setting it down somewhere else normally costs materials, which is what makes people leave a bad layout where it is. With Free Construction on, relocating costs nothing, so you can shuffle housing, workshops and storage around your sky city until the place actually flows. That pairs well with Instant Build: shift a row of buildings, and each one is standing again the moment you let go rather than sitting half-built while your crews catch up. Everything you move stays yours, keeps working, and behaves exactly as it did before, so a big rearrangement between sky pirate encounters costs you nothing but the time it takes to drag.
Will Free Construction let my city get too heavy to stay in the air?
No - Blueprint Rush changes what a building costs and how long it takes, not what it weighs. Every structure you put up with Instant Build and Free Construction on is an ordinary Airborne Empire building: it adds the same mass to your city, needs the same lift to carry it, and still drags one side down if you hang it all off the same wing. A building that cost you nothing is still a real building as far as your altitude is concerned. Keep an eye on your lift as you expand and spread the weight across the deck - cheap, instant construction means a bigger layout is affordable, not that it holds itself up.
Why would I use Blueprint Rush instead of building my sky city normally?
Because laying out a new part of your city in Airborne Empire means placing a building, waiting for a crew, and watching a progress bar, then doing it another forty times. Blueprint Rush is for players who already know they enjoy the flying, the trading and the sky pirate fights more than the wait between placing a building and seeing it finished. It is also the fastest way to experiment: try a full layout, see how it feels, tear it down and try a different one, without paying wood and iron for every draft. Turn both switches off when you want the normal pace back, and the city you built while they were on stays exactly where it is.
What options does Blueprint Rush (Build It Now) include?
Instant Build
Anything you place is finished immediately instead of waiting on a build crew.
Free Construction
Buildings cost nothing to put up. Place whatever you like without spending a thing.
Diagnose
Quick status check - whether the mod is awake and what building currently costs.
Blueprint Rush is a free Airborne Empire mod from ProjectMods that finishes any building the instant you place it, and drops the wood, coal and iron cost of putting buildings up or moving them to nothing.
System Requirements
What features does Blueprint Rush (Build It Now) include?
- Finishes any building the moment you place it, no waiting on a construction crew
- Turns off material costs for building, so wood, coal and iron stay in your stores
- Makes relocating buildings free too, so rearranging your city no longer costs you resources
- Runs the two switches independently, so you can take the speed, the savings, or both
- Reverses instantly when toggled off, with everything you already built left standing
Best For
- City builders with a layout in mind who want the whole lot up now instead of one slow building at a time
- Players rebuilding after sky pirates tore through part of the city and don't want to pay for the same structures twice
- Anyone experimenting with placement who'd rather move things around freely than commit to the first arrangement
- Newer players who want to learn how each building works without grinding resources to afford it first
- Streamers showing off a finished sky city on camera without dead air while crews finish the work
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