Housing Exterior Decor Budget Increased to 250 at House Level 3

Posted 2025/12/09 at 10:23 AM by Archimtiros

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Maintenance is complete for this week, and we have two development notes for Housing.

Up

Almost immediately after the 11.2.7 patch went live, we saw players using keybinds to elevate houses off the ground, even though there weren’t UI controls for that. We quickly began work to enable the controls so that it would be easier to move a house upward.

We have two concerns, of course:

The underside of houses aren’t modeled or textured. Players who lift their houses may decide to hide that part behind other things.
If you lift your house up, clicking on the door could become difficult. You might want to consider building a ramp or a jumping puzzle or a mount landing spot, etc.

“I have just met you, and I love you.”

Inside Out

One of the biggest pieces of feedback we’ve gotten over the past few weeks was that the exterior decor budget felt too restrictive. The was intentionally set to 200 to address performance concerns.

Now that we have some data from live servers to look at, we’re happy to conclude that we can increase this limit by 25%. At House level 3, the exterior decor limit will increase from 200 to 250.

We’ll continue to monitor everything, keeping an eye on performance impacts (especially as other features are added to Housing) and adjust accordingly.

“She has great new friends, a great new house. Things couldn’t be better.”

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Comment by EoxxIt's a start but to make the outside decent the decor cost needs to come down or the limit needs to go up more. I don't get why boulders cost 5 and intricate items like fountains and big machinery cost 5 also.Comment by PatriciosI guess better than nothing, but I'd welcome outdoors budget at least 300-350.Comment by ArwahldThat's some pleasant news, still not enough but heading the right way :DComment by aeonisdawnwingNeeds to be higher for sure. ALSO PLEASE LET US USE LIGHTS OUTDOORS, I hate that I can't put lanterns on my patio :<Comment by BigoleWhy so freaking little? Always baby steps with Blizzard eh..Comment by GorshunWhy so freaking little? Always baby steps with Blizzard eh..Comment by jthm91300 or riotComment by FelStormWhy so freaking little? Always baby steps with Blizzard eh..Comment by AnimositasThat's a good first start, but like the other commentor said, the budget cost of many items need to be knocked down. Too many items are 4 and 5 cost. There should be only a few 5 cost items, ones that add a lot of server load like fountains should be 5, but fences, tees, and rocks costing 5 is ridiculous. Both fences and rocks should cost 1 or 2 and trees 2 or 3.Comment by TyneicNice, now I can have 62.5% of a fence instead of just 50%Comment by SpikeSplitterWhy so freaking little? Always baby steps with Blizzard eh..Comment by TheTorrentialWe will also need a bigger storage, I can see that becoming an issue as well.Comment by Tygera19Yay! Great news! I'm so glad they are willing to adjust based on performance metrics they have. I understand neighborhood load and all that clearly is impacted.

Yall have never played FFXIV housing and it shows. lolComment by DarkdefenderHell yeah! Hopefully they'll have even more ways to increase the limit in the future, but so far so goodComment by petooEU servers down in prime time, not even in the patch window, not even a wowhead news, sadge :DComment by freakinrobeAmazing, I'd been saying all week I could do so much with even just 50 more.

The limit forces some creativity and min maxing each decor, so I want it up more but I am kinda enjoying the limit. When I make something gorgeous it feels all the better that I did it in a limit instead of just doing it via decokakae.

Amazing WComment by Grissu1k too less. I used 1/10 of my plot and reached the cap already. I need like 2k limit, not 250.Comment by AnimositasWe will also need a bigger storage, I can see that becoming an issue as well.Comment by Samaramon11k too less. I used 1/10 of my plot and reached the cap already. I need like 2k limit, not 250.Comment by McitraNice, now I can have 62.5% of a fence instead of just 50%

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