World of Warcraft's newly unveiled housing system seems every bit as ambitious as you'd expect from a legacy MMO tackling player housing for the first time in its 21-year existence, with an in-depth home decorator taking cues from The Sims 4 as much as contemporaries like Final Fantasy 14 and Elder Scrolls Online.
Talking to GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2025, WoW lead UX designer Laura Sardinha said "80% of players" will probably stick to the tools available in the in-game decorator's Basic mode, which is best if you just want a quick, seamless UX that snaps objects into place on a grid to avoid collision with other objects and walls. But if you want more freedom, including the ability to resize and rotate objects, you'll want to switch over to Advanced.
