World of Warcraft has revealed when Housing will begin. And it is, as promised, still within this year.
This could be the biggest and most ambitious feature ever seen in World of Warcraft: player housing, also simply called “Housing”. Many developers have been working on the housing system for several years, looking at other games, adopting the best features, and expanding upon them in many areas.
Now Housing is finally within reach, as it will be available this year – in fact, even before Nikolaustag, as a kind of early Christmas gift.
Housing will be released in 9 weeks, on December 3, 2025
When will Housing be released? As announced by Blizzard, Housing will launch on December 3, 2025, so in exactly about 9 weeks. As usual, the launch in the USA will happen a day earlier, on December 2 – this is due to the different time zones and various server maintenance times.
Will everyone be able to play Housing? No. As of December 3, Housing will be available to everyone who already owns the upcoming expansion “Midnight,” meaning those who have pre-ordered it. This includes early access to Housing and is necessary to get started. We have listed what else is included in the various pre-order versions here.
When will Midnight be released? Even though Housing is strictly speaking a feature of the upcoming expansion Midnight, it will be released independently and much earlier. Since the closed alpha test for Midnight has just begun and a detailed beta is still to come, we should not expect Midnight before the end of January – likely even a bit later. A concrete release date for the expansion has not yet been announced.
But this only means that you can spend a long time thoroughly engaging with Housing and preparing your home almost to perfection, only to then spend the whole day in Silvermoon during Midnight – but the city also looks quite elegant.
