Fans of the Housing Editor from The Elder Scrolls Online (PC, PS4, Xbox One) can rejoice. ESO provides them with new tools to make setting up their own living spaces easier.
Along with the new DLC Murkmire, Update 20 has been rolled out for The Elder Scrolls Online. This free update gives players new housing tools. However, players say there is still room for improvement.
What’s new with Update 20?
Update 20 is free for all players and expands the beloved housing system with additional tools. Here’s a brief overview of the new features:
- Undo and Redo: Players can easily toggle between changes made with the push of a button. If you preferred the bookshelf in the left corner of the room over the right, you can simply move it back there. A total of 200 steps from a single session can be undone or redone.
- Group Items: You can merge individual furnishings into groups and move them together. This allows entire scenes to be moved that previously had to be realigned individually. You can even connect already grouped items with new ones, creating subgroups. Up to 50 items can be connected in this way.
What players praise about the new update
New tools are well received: The newly implemented feature to group items together is positively rated by players. According to players, new possibilities arise from this. One player writes about the grouping feature: “I decorated the house Klippschatten like a restaurant, and it’s really exhausting to move several tables just a few meters to the left.” With the new feature, it’s much easier.
However, the ability to undo changes is also well received by players. They can now move furnishings in conjunction with the grouping feature to another corner of the room and see if they like it better that way. If they don’t like the change, everything can quickly be reset to its original state.
How players think housing can improve further
But there are still further suggestions for improvement. Some players wish that they could retain the grouping in the inventory, to quickly place them in another house. One player jokes that would be a great idea for ESO Plus.
Another idea is that “linked” item groups could be united into one item. This could allow better use of the limited furnishing limit.
Besides the features implemented so far, players are also looking for further housing features from the developers:
- If there were the possibility to mirror furnishings, it would be easier to build symmetrically.
- Players regularly wish for an increase in the furnishing limit, but that is according to the developers not easy at all.
The Housing Editor in ESO invites players to experiment
Players have been able to set up their own homes in The Elder Scrolls Online since early 2017. The feature is well received by players. Additionally, Zenimax regularly expands the game with new lots and items that can be placed within them.
Crazy creations: Players continually think of crazy things that can be realized with the housing editor. For example, one player has built a house within a house.
Some of the housing instances are huge. At the end of 2017, players could buy a €100 lot that was as large as an instance.
Setting up your first home is very easy. ESO Housing: How do I buy a house and set it up? – First Steps
