Cottage Wizard

A wizard's nook for homely adventures in Azeroth and beyondFeatured Build

DISSECTING WOW HOUSING STYLES

Sharing my notes on what sets the housing styles of Warcraft's playable races apart from each other. These are just a fan's observations based on the in-game visuals, not rules. They're meant to spark ideas, help people with racial housing builds by analyzing aesthetics, and offer some keywords for searching further inspiration!The sheets may be revisited as time goes by, you can find the latest versions here on my Carrd.I plan to eventually cover all the playable races. If you'd like notifications on when new style sheets are published, you can join my free Patreon membership!

ELWYNN

GILNEAS

BRONZEBEARD DWARF

NIGHT ELF

DRAENEI

GNOME & MECHAGNOME

GOBLIN

FORSAKEN

BLOOD ELF

NIGHTBORNE

ORC

TAUREN

HARANIR

Blueprints

Here you can find my available blueprints! If you use them, please credit me for the base template if you show the build around, given these took me a lot of time to create. Do not sell or make profit off of these blueprints. I'd love to see how you decorated and customized my templates, so feel free to tag me on social media!For shopping lists, I encourage you to check out an AddOn called BlueprintBazaar, which provides the shopping list for any active code.

Recolorable 2-Floor Home Template
AgMhm3IwqPtLDKH4s6fFfr78Notes: Only uses Neighborhood vendor decor. Budget about 2250, two floors built inside a single medium square room + entrance closet. Blueprint type: Interior. Due to using hundreds of precisely placed columns, tiles, and rugs, this build may be subject to the ongoing rotation bug, slightly off-setting some decor from their original axis. Sometimes relogging/leaving the house fixes this without correcting the rotation manually.You can preview the blueprint at the end of this video:

World Tree Deck View
AgJu6TZ+TQ5Ce7kpD6L1joqtNotes: Uses only Neighborhood vendor decor and items that can be crafted or bought from the Auction House. Budget 500 placement points. Blueprint type: Room. Requires the Evening Circle Room unlocked at house level 5. This design looks best with Hearthlight Armillary: Midnight setting, unlocked at house level 6.If you wish to spice up the design further with additional light effects, check out my World Tree Speedbuild video!We're also getting new tree decor soon; might be fun to explore how the world tree looks swapped to the other tree models!

FAQ

Aren't wizards male only?
The origin of the word is gender neutralWhere do you play?
On the EU, though I'm able to make alts on the US servers to tour other people's houses there if needed!Do you roleplay the cottage wizard?
While storytelling is something I enjoy thinking about with many of my builds, I don't roleplay the character on any serverWhat inspired you to do housing guides?
I've played WoW since Vanilla, and in most of my housing builds I like focusing on visual storytelling and capturing the aesthetic styles found in the Warcraft setting - creating spaces you could imagine existing on Azeroth. I'm a big fan of creating highly customized builds through kitbashing!
I've enjoyed player housing in some other MMORPGs such as Ultima Online and FF14. When I initially got into housing in FF14, I found it super helpful other people had posted housing videos and tips online, which inspired me to do likewise for the WoW community.