UPDATED: Housing — Everything Coming and When

World of Warcraft: Midnight is introducing the most ambitious player housing system in the game's history, with a robust roadmap of features rolling out from early access (December 2025) through and beyond the full expansion launch (March 2026). This article details every confirmed, upcoming, and potential feature—organized by release date and development status.

Overview & Developer Vision

Blizzard is set to transform Azeroth withplayer housing—the headline feature of theMidnightexpansion. According to Senior Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, this system draws from 20 years of WoW content and is designed to last for years. Early access, which began December 2, 2024, has already seen overwhelming player engagement and a flood of feature requests.

"We're almost a victim of our own success... every time the housing team does an interview or reads comments, oh, we're adding another one to the list."
— Holly Longdale, Executive Producer

Timeline of Features

Live Now (Early Access)

Since December 2, 2025

• Neighborhood Selection:

  • Choose one Horde and one Alliance neighborhood per account

  • Options: public, guild, or custom (with friends)

• House Building & Decoration:

  • 1,200+ decor items, full customization (scale, rotate, dye, combine)

• Progression System:

  • Renown track (capped at level 5), housing XP, budget system

• House Mobility:

  • Move your house between plots easily

• Reporting Tools:

  • Report offensive names/construction

Coming Soon (Prepatch & Launch)

January 20, 2026 — 12.0 Prepatch

• Neighborhood-wide Quest Endeavors

• More Housing XP Opportunities

• Neighborhood Perks System

• Major Decor Expansion:

  • Decor count "well into four digits"

• New Neighborhood-level Systems (details TBA)

• Night Elf & Blood Elf House Exteriors

Late January 2026

• Guild Halls:

  • Expected soon after prepatch

February 27, 2026

• Midnight Early Access:

  • Full expansion early access for pre-orders

March 2, 2026

• Full Midnight Launch

Soon After Launch

Expected March–April 2026

• Raid Decor Drops:

  • Guaranteed decor from raid bosses, scales with raid size, personal loot, bad luck protection

• New Renown Levels:

  • 5–10 new levels per major patch, retroactive XP application

• Exterior Rooms:

  • Daylight/outdoor scenes indoors

• Medium Home Exteriors:

  • Larger house options

• Enhanced Plot Boundaries

• Interactive Objects:

  • Books, glasses, Diablo IV chess sets, etc.

• Co-Decorating Functionality:

  • Collaborative house design

• Co-Ownership System:

  • For couples/partnerships

Soon™ (Mid-2026)

• Room Import/Export System:

  • Share/import room designs

• Object Collection Sharing

• Full House Sharing Potential

• Object Templates:

  • Easily duplicate custom objects

• Increased Exterior Decor Limits

• Exterior Lighting Removal

• Mounts & Pets Roaming Homes

• Cultural/Biome Decor Expansion:

  • Including snow themes

• Interactive Decor Animations:

  • Clickable, animated objects (e.g., bubbling cauldrons)

Future Considerations

• Enhanced Neighborhood Controls:

  • More nuanced leader permissions

• Guild Rank Building Permissions

• Basement Levels:

  • Currently blocked by technical constraints

• Enhanced Communal Spaces:

  • Lap tracks, performance venues, RP events

• Interactive Narrative Houses:

  • Sleep No More-style experiences

• Additional Neighborhood Locations:

  • Beyond Orgrimmar/Stormwind

• New Neighborhood Zones

• Hunter Pets & Player Alts as Decor:

  • Technical challenges