World of Warcraft getting player housing in upcoming Midnight expansion
Almost two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally letting players acquire and furnish their own homes.
Blizzard closed out today’s celebration of the Warcraft franchise’s 30th anniversary with a short teaser announcing the long-awaited feature as part of the next World of Warcraft expansion, Midnight.
The video in question features a fully armored World of Warcraft adventurer entering their abode and walking past a variety of trophies, weapons, decorations, and other knickknacks before settling down with a “Home Sweet Home” mug in front of a raging fireplace.
Blizzard previously experimented with a similar concept when it introduced Garrisons to World of Warcraft via the Warlords of Draenor expansion in 2014. The feature arriving with Midnight, however, appears to hew closer to community expectations by matching the player housing experiences in other MMOs like Final Fantasy XIV and The Elder Scrolls Online.
World of Warcraft players went wild over the announcement, filling social media with capslocked and exclamation-pointed excitement.
“Cannot believe they finally gave in,” wrote one surprised Reddit user. “People been asking for this for forever. Only took the better part of two decades but they got there.”
World of Warcraft’s most recent expansion, The War Within, kicked off the game’s so-called Worldsoul Saga on August 26, 2024. A release date for Midnight has yet to be announced.
