WoW Midnight Housing Update: Layouts, Storage and Pets

Where WoW Midnight Housing Goes Next

Player housing arrived as one of the headline features of World of Warcraft: Midnight, and Blizzard has now laid out where the system is heading. In a housing dev update, the team laid out the roadmap: a bigger decor cap, the Layouts system for saving and trading designs, exterior lighting switched back on, placeable pets, and visitor codes for showing a finished house off without strangers watching you redecorate.

Key Takeaways

• The decor storage cap is currently 5,000 items; Blizzard plans to raise it by around 50%, which works out to roughly 7,500.
• Layouts let you save, export, and import a room, an exterior plot, or a whole house, with finer-grained options still being explored.
• Layout sharing is private by default: no one can view or import your Layout unless you choose to share it.
• Pets become placeable decor through a pet bed, with interior pathing at launch and a placement limit kept separate from the core decor cap.
• Exterior lighting returns with a proximity restriction so two outdoor light sources cannot sit too close together.
• Visitor codes generate a snapshot instance of your house, letting guests browse while you keep redecorating in private.

Each of those changes is worth a closer look, starting with the one players asked for most.

Decor Storage Is Getting More Room

The most requested change is more decor storage. The current cap sits at 5,000 items, and Blizzard has committed to increasing it by around 50% in the weeks ahead, which lands near 7,500. The exact figure is framed as an approximate increase rather than a fixed number, so treat 7,500 as the ballpark rather than a guarantee.

Alongside the higher cap, Blizzard is addressing a confusing edge case. Some items count toward storage but cannot be deleted, which has let players soft-lock themselves out of space. The planned fix lets those items be removed from storage while preserving the original, so a maxed-out decor store no longer soft-locks you.

Bug Fixes: Rotation, House XP, and Exterior Limits

Three smaller issues are on the housing team's list. A rotation bug causes certain items to shift their orientation slightly when you re-enter a house; a fix exists but is being tested carefully before it ships, since it touches the decoration system broadly. Sporadic reports of lost House XP are under investigation, with extra logging added to track down the cause. Exterior decor limits are also being reviewed, with more performance testing planned before those limits move.

Exterior Lighting Returns With Limits

Exterior lighting was switched off during development for performance reasons, and it is coming back. The return ships with a proximity restriction: two outdoor light sources cannot be placed too close to one another, which keeps the rendering cost in check. Indoor lighting carries no such restriction, so interior scenes keep their full flexibility.

Layouts: Save, Share, and Import Your Builds

Layouts are the standout addition. A Layout saves the decor and configuration of a space so you can load it again later, hand it to a friend, or use it as a starting point for a fresh design. A Layout covers a few jobs decorators kept asking for:

1. Holiday sets: store a seasonal decoration set and switch back to your normal layout without redoing the work each time.
2. A save point: export the room before a major redesign so you can revert if it goes wrong.
3. Alt setups: keep distinct layouts for different characters and swap between them.
4. Sharing a design: hand a Layout to another player so they can study how you built it.

Layouts work at three scales at launch: room by room, an exterior plot, or an entire house. Blizzard has said finer-grained options are still being explored, so the room-level granularity may improve over time. Importing a Layout does not require owning every decor item in it; the rooms or houses involved need to be unlocked, and any decor you do not own is simply left out of the import.

If building a house from an empty plot is not how you want to spend your time, you can skip the decor grind entirely and have a finished design handled for you.

Layout Sharing Stays Private by Default

Sharing a Layout is an explicit choice and rests entirely with the house owner. Even players who have been granted access rights to your house cannot view or import your Layouts unless you give them permission. Nothing you build is shared until you choose to share it, and house access rights do not include Layout access.

Pets Move Into Your House

A future update lets you place pets as part of your decor. You add a pet bed or a similar item, then use a customization menu to choose which collected pet appears and whether it stays put or wanders the room. Interior pathing is ready at launch, while exterior pathing needs more development before pets can roam outdoor plots.

Pets use a placement limit that is kept separate from the core decor cap, so adding companions does not eat into the space you have for furniture. A small number of pets may be unplaceable for technical reasons, but the large majority of a collection will work.

Showcases, Visitor Codes, and the Guest Book

Three community-facing features round out the update. Showcases, which Blizzard describes as being in early stages, let you submit a house to timed or themed events where visitors upvote their favorites and the top-voted homes earn a trophy decor item.

Visitor codes are further along. You generate a time-limited code that lets others visit your house, and generating it takes a snapshot of the current state. Guests browse that separate shared instance, which means you can keep redecorating your real house without anyone watching the remodel. Blizzard is also experimenting with a guest book, where visitors leave pre-written notes that the owner sees on their next login.

For decorators, the two changes that land first are the storage increase and Layouts: more room to build and a way to save what you built. Showcases and the guest book are further out and still taking shape, so expect those to move before they settle.

FAQ

What is the current decor storage limit in WoW housing?

The decor storage cap is 5,000 items. Blizzard plans to raise it by around 50% in the weeks ahead, which lands near 7,500, though the team frames that as an approximate increase rather than an exact figure.

Can I import another player's house Layout?

Yes, if they share it. Layout sharing is private by default, so a Layout is only importable when the owner chooses to share it. You do not need to own every decor item in an imported Layout, but the rooms or houses it uses must be unlocked.

Do I need to own all the decor in a Layout to import it?

No. Importing a Layout only requires that the rooms or houses involved are unlocked. Any decor item you do not own is left out of the import rather than blocking it.

Can I put pets in my house?

A future update adds pets as placeable decor. You place a pet bed, then pick a collected pet through a customization menu and choose whether it stays still or wanders. Interior pathing works at launch, and pets use a placement limit separate from the core decor cap.

How do visitor codes work?

You generate a time-limited visitor code that lets others visit your house. Generating the code snapshots the house, so visitors browse a separate shared instance while you continue redecorating your real house in private.

Why was exterior lighting disabled, and is it coming back?

Exterior lighting was turned off during development for performance reasons. It returns with a proximity restriction that prevents two outdoor light sources from sitting too close together. Indoor lighting has no such limit.

Last reviewed 2026-05-21 against the Midnight housing dev update. Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.