MeinMMO demon Cortyn is immersed in the housing of World of Warcraft. The Mage Tower is finally finished – at least for now.
Anyone who knows me or reads my articles already knows that I have spent the last few weeks extensively focusing on housing in World of Warcraft. In the first 7 days after the patch, I mostly traveled through the world, collecting materials and resources to create various decorations and furniture or purchase hidden items.
After that, I completely shut myself off from the (real) outside world for a few days and worked on my small house that I would like to introduce to you today.
Therefore, I would like to show you today how I built my house in the game and also talk a bit about the details. Perhaps you will get inspired for your own house if so far you haven’t felt motivated. Or perhaps you have creative improvement ideas on how to make various things a bit prettier.
A Mage Tower for Old Elves
The “idea” behind my house: a Mage Tower of a highborn Night Elf from the time of Queen Azshara. So traditionally, night elf and slightly chaotic elements like plants and nature should merge with the tidiness, order, and visual sterility of a learned mage.
The Entrance Area
As it befits a proper Mage Tower, it is entered through a large portal. For this, I simply turned the Lightwell from the Epic Edition of Midnight on its side and repurposed it. A door behind it and it looks like the portal can be used as an entrance and exit.
The flowerbeds consist of simple white columns as a border and green-colored carpets that make it look like there is actually soil or grass covering the ground. The carpet is, in fact, one of the most versatile items in housing. Right at the entrance, a scroll hovers with a quill and inkwell – so visitors can register directly. We’d rather keep quiet about the demonic contract printed on the back.
A few slate cobblestone paths colored black create a lovely path that leads past the flowerbeds to a seating area as a waiting area and finally through the first door into the stairwell – the heart of the Mage Tower.
The Stairwell – Up the Tower
In the middle stands the large spiral staircase, which leads up through a total of three floors. The staircase consists of many “round platforms from Silvermoon.” Visually quite simple and elegant, even though you can surely imagine how much fine-tuning went into the staircase to ensure that each step has the same distance to the next, is angled correctly, and at the same time, the ascent is so “perfect” that after exactly one turn, you arrive on the next level.
At the end of every third step, a “delicate moon lamp” hovers, which not only looks visually appealing but also functions as a railing and softly lights everything in blue.
Within the stairwell, small paths lead to side niches on the floors, each serving different functions. A small elevation serves as a kitchen (which my mage doesn’t care much about). There you find mostly ordinary night elf furniture that can be purchased in Val’sharah. An empty barrel can appear full if you scale a “autumn leaf pile” down to a minimal size and move it to the top edge of the barrel.
Another floor serves simply for relaxation when one has to study a dark romance novel important arcane documents.
On the otherwise empty walls, you can often see large flowerbeds that I made from several “elegantly curved tables” – three of them each create a perfect semicircle. Together with a trellis, some plants, and one elven relic (such as a “grill pan of Elune”), there is both mystical glow and natural beauty in harmony.
Study of the Ambitious Mage…
On the first floor awaits the study of a busy mage. Quite tidy, only on the large desk prevails chaos. All sorts of books, magical objects, and of course, floating, rotating texts. On the left and right, there are larger flower boxes, similar to those in the hallway. But this time there is a special twist.
For in one of the flower boxes hides a secret passage. While building, I noticed that “stepping stone from Suramar” consists only of texture but has no collision. This means you can simply “walk through” the stepping stones – allowing you to hide a path behind them.
If you walk through the flowerbed, a path awaits behind it, which is already greenish swirling. This is the “scout map of the demon hammer,” which I pushed so far into the wall that only the magical effect is visible. The ground is uneven – I simply scaled rocks to the maximum and covered the walls with them to create the impression of a cave.
… and that of the Evil Witch
The small passage leads into a (forbidden!) ritual room. Here, demonic magic is practiced and everything basically screams “warlock” – but what else would you expect from an elf from the time of Azshara?
Here you can find all sorts of objects from Legion Remix or the warlock class hall. A cage made of felsteel hovering over a well of fel blood. Additionally, a large portal (with a built-in door as an “emergency exit”) and of course a small desk to come up with new, nasty demon summonings.
On a large sacrificial altar lies an overturned chalice, whose bloody contents have spread across the altar. That it is just red-colored slate cobblestone, nobody needs to know.
The walls consist of rocks that are speckled with slate cobblestone paths, which have received a toxic green color. This reinforces the impression of dark fel magic and makes the walls not appear so bare at the same time.
The Sleeping Area
On the upper floor is the sleeping area, both for guests and for the tower owner herself.
The guest rooms are still a bit sparsely furnished and have little uniqueness – they are mostly unused rooms that exist simply “for emergencies.”
Much more elaborate is the bedroom, which is heavily inspired by the video by the YouTuber Elyonart Gaming – in many parts, it is an almost exact replica that I would not want to take credit for. The floor consists of turned carpets that have been dyed black.
Through the blue “Goldhain windows,” you can see the large moon – also an inverted carpet, only dyed bright white-yellow. Most items are dyed black to create a dark look.
What’s Still Missing – The Midnight Release
And yes: The Mage Tower is still not completely finished. A large library is still pending, as well as a somewhat too decadent bathing area. But for that, the expansion Midnight needs to be released first, as I have already exhausted the maximum number of decorations. In the library, I could perhaps lay the floors and put up a few walls before space completely runs out. So I’m waiting – to then put even more energy into housing.
Because through new unlocks in Midnight, there will not only be more space for decorations but also completely new design possibilities. You will soon be able to give rooms their own lighting effects and there should also be outdoor spaces – perfect for building a beautiful panorama.
Perhaps I could provide you with a bit of inspiration to finally tackle your own houses in World of Warcraft. Tricks and tips can also be found all over the game world, which is now much livelier again. Have you created a nice home in Azeroth for yourself? Or does creativity stop after designing the garden? Let me know in the comments!
