When player housing arrives in World of Warcraft, players will be retroactively rewarded for past achievements in the form of housing decor, with Blizzard stating “all the time spent in Azeroth is worth something.”
In a new blog post, Blizzard continues to pull back the veil on WoW’s long-awaited player housing system, confirming that players will be able to earn housing decor in a number of different ways. Common items like chairs, shelfs, beds, etc. will be widely available from vendors, quests, or other players via the auction house.
Some decor, however, will take more time or effort to unlock. Blizzard described these as “investment” items that may require more time or a significant cost to earn. Housing decor can also come in the form of “Trophies,” rewards from long-term achievements or completing specific feats that require skillful play, with Blizzard comparing them to current Mythic+ or raid rewards.
Blizzard confirmed that new decor rewards tied to past achievements or feats will be rewarded retroactively the first time a player logs in, and that some decor will be integrated into past expansions for players to unlock using expansion-specific systems or currencies.
Professions from each expansion, too, will play an important role. All non-gathering professions will be able to craft items for housing, with Blizzard laying out a few examples. Blacksmiths will be able to make objects made primarily of metal, enchanters will be able to create magical objects, and jewelcrafters will craft stone-related objects and gem-studded decorations. Decor from previous expansions will require corresponding reagents and the relevant profession level from that expansion, giving players more reasons to go back into the game’s past.
Blizzard said the goal of decorating a home properly shouldn’t be difficult, but it does want to give players some “reach-goals” throughout the game to shoot for.
“That said, it should be easily possible to kit out your home on day one to strike the vibe you’re looking for without too much effort,” Blizzard said. “Your decor journey should start out awesome and continue to be that all along the way.”
Other details shared by Blizzard include that decor items are shared across a player’s entire account, so if they have four chairs total and use three of them in the house for one of their characters, other characters will only have one left to use. Some items will also be limited to how many copies players can have, with an example being that it doesn’t make sense to have nine copies of Onyxia’s head mounted on the wall.
For WoW players looking for something more to do ahead of housing’s arrival, Blizzard hinted that leveling up professions from previous expansions, as well as completing meta-achievements, might be goals worth pursuing for those looking to get a head start on decorating their homes.
This is just the latest glimpse at WoW’s player housing system, which still does not have a release date but is said to be coming alongside the arrival of the MMORPG’s next expansion, Midnight. Blizzard previously stressed that housing in WoW will be available to everyone and won’t come with “exorbitant requirements.” It also revealed the systems players will be using to decorate their homes, as well as how its neighborhood housing system will work.
