Blizzard Shares First Details on WoW’s Housing System

The interior decoration system of ​​World of Warcraft’s new housing system was revealed by Blizzard through the example of a single room. 

As of now, it is known that the decoration feature will be split into two modes: Basic and Advanced. In Basic mode, decorating will be quick and intuitive. It allows players to freely place and move furniture, with objects automatically aligning to the floor, walls, or ceilings, depending on their purpose. A rug will stay flush to the floor, a painting will stick to the wall, and objects like books on a shelf will move together as a unit when the shelf is relocated. The basic mode also provides players with adjusting features like snapping to a grid and rotating items with 15-degree increments.

Advanced mode, in its turn, will offer a deeper level of customization. In this mode, there are no collisions between objects, meaning you can push furniture through walls or stack things in ways that would be impossible in Basic mode. Players can also use specialized controls like gimbals to move objects along three axes, rotate them freely, and even resize them within reasonable limits. It is worth noting that employees at Blizzard have used these tools to create garlands from bushes or repurpose a bed into a boat’s prow.

Blizzard has also integrated a dyeing system for newly created assets, allowing players to customize the colors of furniture and decor. It will allow not just to change the color of a chair’s upholstery but also to tweak other elements like the wood stain or metal accents.

The customization doesn’t stop with furniture. Players will be able to completely transform their home’s look by mixing and matching different wallpaper, ceilings, and flooring styles. The system also supports partition objects, enabling players to build walls inside their homes and create as many rooms as they like—no matter the size or shape of the exterior.

On top of that, Blizzard highlighted that there will be no limits to the scale of interiors as the outside size of the house has no bearing on how big the inner space is. 

The new housing system will debut with the release of the game’s upcoming 11th expansion, Midnight, though a specific release date has not been confirmed yet. WoW players can expect a designated area for both Alliance and Horde players to claim homes, with the option to join or create neighborhoods of up to 50 players. Public Neighborhoods will be created and maintained by the game servers as needed, while Private Neighborhoods will be formed by groups of friends or guilds for the purpose of inhabiting, progressing, and customizing together. As for exterior customization options they are yet to be revealed.