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WoW Player Housing in Midnight: Quick Answer
Updated 12 October 2026. Player housing arrived with the Midnight expansion on 2 March 2026. Patch 12.1 added Blueprints and more Endeavors, and patch 12.1.5 on 13 October makes crafted decor cheaper.
The feature is simply called player housing, and the plot you buy is a house in a neighborhood. The old “Homesteads” name and “Prestige levels” used in pre-release rumours do not exist.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How do I start? | The quest “A House For You” appears when you log in with Midnight. Chain: A House For You, My First Home, Welcome Home, Time to Decorate |
| What does a house cost? | The first house is free. A second one, in the other district, costs 1,000 gold |
| How many houses? | Two per Warband: one in Founder’s Point (Alliance) and one in Razorwind Shores (Horde) |
| How big is a neighborhood? | 50 plots; neighborhoods can be public or private (guild or charter) |
| Can I move? | Yes, at any time for a small fee; your decor stays |
| Getting home | Neighborhood Portal in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, or Teleport Home (a Hearthstone-style button on the Housing Dashboard, 15-minute cooldown) |
How to Get Your First House
- Log in on a character that has Midnight. “A House For You” is an auto-accept breadcrumb quest.
- Follow the short chain to My First Home, Welcome Home and Time to Decorate. It takes very little time.
- Claim a plot at its For Sale sign. Your first house costs nothing. Browse the open plots on the map or walk the neighborhood and choose the one you like.
You can buy a second house for 1,000 gold in the neighborhood of the other faction, so a Horde character can own a house in Founder’s Point and the reverse. Visitors of either faction can enter and shop in the neighborhood where your house stands.
Privacy: open the Settings menu next to the Edit Housing button when you stand on your plot. House and plot access can be changed separately.
Moving: click the Cornerstone sign at the front of any open plot and select “Move House”. The Warcraft Wiki describes the cost as a nominal fee (Icy Veins calls it free), and your landscaping and decor are not touched.
You need gold for a second house and for decor, so see our Midnight gold guide for ways to earn it, or buy WoW gold.
Neighborhoods: Public, Guild and Charter
A neighborhood is the social instance where your plot sits. It has 50 plots. When a public neighborhood fills, the game creates another.
| Type | How it is created | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Public | Created by the game as needed | Anyone can buy a house; the two starting neighborhoods are Founder’s Point (Alliance) and Razorwind Shores (Horde) |
| Guild | Founded by the guild master | Takes the faction of the player who founded it; a member of the other faction can still build, live and shop there |
| Charter | Created after 10 people sign a private charter | Same faction rule as guild neighborhoods |
Each neighborhood has its own vendors with themed decor, generally inexpensive, to give you a quick start. The way to reach your house is the Neighborhood Portal in the portal rooms of Stormwind (Steward Lyssabel Dawnpetal) and Orgrimmar (Steward Tocho Cloudhide), or the Teleport Home button on the Housing Dashboard (bound to H by default).
Decor: Where It Comes From
Decor comes from nearly every part of the game. The main sources Blizzard listed:
- Quests and achievements. A one-time source gives the item once per account, and you can usually buy more copies from a vendor afterwards for gold or another currency. Quests and achievements that give decor reward it retroactively if you finished them before Midnight.
- Reputation. At Midnight launch there were more than 100 pieces of decor across 26 factions. For example, the Lorewalkers sell bookcases at Revered, and Talanji’s Expedition (Horde) sells Zandalari torches at Honored.
- Mob drops and raid or dungeon bosses. Raid bosses drop their trophy decor with a 100% chance for single-use drops, so you can get more than one.
- Professions. Crafting professions make furniture, and gathering professions supply materials.
- Neighborhood vendors, Endeavors and Delves. Endeavor milestones add decor to the endeavor vendor; Delves also give decor.
Decor collection is account-wide and housing rewards are shared across your Warband. Currencies vary: gold, Marks of Honor for PvP decor, and others depending on the item.
Endeavors
Endeavors are neighborhood-wide, themed activities on a monthly cycle, available in public and private neighborhoods alike. You open them from the Housing Dashboard.
- A neighborhood has one active endeavor at a time, and each lasts a little over a month.
- Completing endeavor tasks fills a progress bar with four milestones. Each milestone adds decor for sale at the endeavor vendor.
- Rewards also include House XP, new vendors and quests, and Community Coupons, the currency for endeavor decor.
- Patch 12.1 added Amani troll, kobold, Ohn’ahran centaur and tortollan endeavors.
The full breakdown, with how to farm the tasks, is in our Housing Endeavors guide.
Building and Customizing Your House
Exterior
The basic exterior is limited at first. As Midnight progresses you get four themed kits: Orc and Blood Elf kits for the Horde neighborhood, Human and Night Elf kits for the Alliance neighborhood. After choosing a kit you can change base and roof style, roof color, windows and wall fixtures. Each plot has a large yard where most interior furniture can be placed, while gazebos, market stalls and fountains go outside only.
Interior
Your interior size is limited by your housing level, and you can change the layout with a few clicks and learn new room options as you level the house. Pillars, doors, doorways and walls let you divide even a square room.
Placement
Wowhead’s Midnight overview describes a 3-D placement tool with grid or freeform positioning, and a dye system for colors.
Blueprints (patch 12.1)
Blueprints let you save a room, a full build or an exterior as a code, share it, or import someone else’s. Single-room blueprints work for either faction and are limited only by your decor budget. Exteriors and full builds have faction restrictions.
Patch 12.1.5 (13 October): Cheaper Crafted Decor
The housing change in 12.1.5 is about crafting. Blizzard Watch’s 8 October report says every crafting profession can contribute new decor and that most crafted decor needs much less lumber. Some other components are reduced too: the Apothecary’s Worktable now needs 1 Black Lotus instead of 8.
| Profession | New recipe examples (source) |
|---|---|
| Alchemy | Venthyr Alchemy Rack (Elixirist Au’pyr, Oribos) |
| Blacksmithing | Anima-Powered Anvil (Smith Au’berk, Oribos); Nomad’s Steel Forge; Gleaming Lightforge (Dalaran) |
| Engineering | Lightforged Recall Beacon (Dalaran); Nomad’s Campfire Grill |
| Inscription | Fae Moonbough Scroll and Levitating Lich Library (Oribos); Eredath Artisan’s Workbench (Dalaran) |
| Jewelcrafting | Hanging Argunite Lamp (Dalaran) |
| Leatherworking | Beloved Ottuk Plushie (Iskaara, Dragon Isles Supplies) |
| Tailoring | Nomad’s Round Cushion; Decorative Lightweave Bolt; Beloved Murloc Plushie (Ruby Lifeshrine) |
Some recipes need reputation or expansion-specific currencies. If you plan to craft decor in bulk, one report suggests waiting until the patch is live. More on the patch in our patch 12.1 guide.
Player Housing FAQ
How much does a house cost in WoW?
Nothing for the first house. A second house costs 1,000 gold, and moving to another plot costs a small fee.
How do I get a house in Midnight?
Accept “A House For You” when you log in, finish the short quest chain and claim a plot at a signpost in Founder’s Point or Razorwind Shores.
Can I own more than one house?
Yes, two per Warband: one in Founder’s Point (Alliance) and one in Razorwind Shores (Horde).
Can I visit a house of the other faction?
Yes. Horde characters can visit an Alliance house and the reverse, and can shop in the neighborhood if their own house is there.
Is housing decor account-wide?
Yes. Collecting decor is account-wide and housing rewards are shared across your Warband.
What is a Blueprint?
A code that stores a room, a full build or an exterior so you can share it or import one made by another player (patch 12.1).
Was housing really in patch 11.0?
No. The first version of this guide was written before release and used the name “Homesteads” and the patch number 11.0. Housing launched with Midnight (12.0) in March 2026.
