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🏴☠Housing CONTEST✨Pirates, Thieves or Treasure🦜DECEMBER 8TH🏠Beginners welcome👑45M Gold already!
Lilarna
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- 🦜 Enter our annual housing contest! Pirates, Thieves or Treasure! 🏴☠
🔨 New to housing contests? No worries—there’s a Beginner category made just for you! ⚙️ Seasoned builders who often place high can test themselves in Challenge mode. 🏘️ Regular entrants compete in three separate house size groups to keep things even.
- 🎁 P R I Z E S 🎁
🏠 5 x Grand Prizes: a house of choice that's currently in the crown store
👑 30,000 Crowns in codes
👑 10 × 30-Day ESO Plus (that grant 1650 Crowns)
💰 45 million gold already!
🌸 20 × Apprentice's Flower Trick emotes 🐛 20 × Pink Torchbug pets
A heartfelt thank you to Bethesda for their incredible support, our deepest gratitude to our very generous partner Azura's Atelier, a German-speaking social guild from PC EU (you can find them at https://discord.gg/Wc8zhtc3NH) for their 25 million gold donation & a warm appreciation to the charming Kalamon for their fantastic codes donation.
- 🗂️ C A T E G O R I E S * 🗂️
🔹 Regular mode, Smaller Houses (100/200)
🔹 Regular mode, Medium Houses (400)
🔹 Regular mode, Large Houses (600/700)
🔹 Challenge mode
Note: categories are subject to change depending on the turnout of the entries. *
- 🪒 J U D G I N G . P A N E L 🪒
- 📜 C O N D I T I O N S 📜
🔸 Set visitor permissions to open access (limited visitor or visitor) by the deadline.
"Limited visitor" permissions allow people to interact with built-in doors but prevents trolls from tampering with lights and player-placed doors. We advise you use this setting and create "reveal" effects with placed doors or items rather than interactable doors, but "Visitor" permission is of course allowed and the choice is yours.
🔸 House does not need to be set as primary.
🔸 Any house size is accepted.
🔸 Each person can only enter 1 house.
🔸 Entry is your own unique work. (no copy of other people's homes, or commissioned designs)
🔸 House can have participated or placed in previous contests.
🔸 House can be participating in other ongoing contests.
🔸 No editing of the house whatsoever after the deadline. If an issue blocks visits, contact @Lilarna in DMs.
🔸 EHT FX will not be judged.
🔸 "Beginner mode" is for players who have never won or placed in top #5 in a housing contest yet. On top of that, beginners can only have participated in 2 housing contests maximum prior to entering this contest. (screenshot contests do not count)
🔸 "Challenge mode" is for experienced players who do really well in contests and win or place high regularly.
🔸 If you're uncertain which category to enter, please contact @Lilarna in DMs.
- ⚖️ J U D G I N G . C R I T E R I A ⚖️
🔹 Visitor Experience: Overall layout of the house, flow of the build. The pathway through the design is intuitive and/or immersive. (0 to 10)
🔹 Atmosphere: Lighting, colour, texture, clutter, storytelling & landscaping come together to set the tone. (0 to 10)
🔹 Theme Interpretation: Build aligns with theme clearly or cleverly. Abstract or symbolic takes are welcome. (0 to 10)
🔹 Complexity: Creative cobbles or structures. Original house used cleverly or well transformed. (0 to 10)
🔹 Technique: Seamless, polished, no unintended clipping or floating items. (0 to 10)
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- 📝 E N T R Y . F O R M 📝
- 📰 D A T E S 📰
🔎 Round of preliminary judging: Monday, 8 December 2025 18:00 CET to Thursday, 11 December 2025 12:00 CET
🔎 Judging: Thursday, 11 December 2025 17:00 CET to Tuesday, 30 December 2025 12:00 CET
📢 Results reveal date: to be announced
Please note: the above dates are anticipated, but are subject to change.- 👾 HOUSING COMMUNITY THE REAL ENDGAME 👾
- Happy building @everyone!
Edited by Lilarna on 18 November 2025 17:490 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Hiya, a question about the theme: how abstract can we be with our interpretation? For instance, would a seaside resort (where a pirate might go to spend their ill-gotten gain) might be considered pushing it? Thanks!1 -
Lilarna✭✭✭Hiya, a question about the theme: how abstract can we be with our interpretation? For instance, would a seaside resort (where a pirate might go to spend their ill-gotten gain) might be considered pushing it? Thanks!
Hi there Jaimeh!
Well, I would say that the most important with that is that the house needs to have a visible connection to the theme.
Judges will take this into consideration for the following criteria (that counts for 10 out of 55 points total):
🔹 Theme Interpretation: Build aligns with theme clearly or cleverly. Abstract or symbolic takes are welcome. (0 to 10)
It will also be taken into consideration for the round of preliminary judging.
For example, an abstract take to Treasure could be a place with gold trinkets floating all around, Pirates could be a giant sheet of paper with the Pirate Code, I don't know.
If your seaside resort contains clear elements indicating that Pirates come there often, if there's pirate flags, if there's lore books that touch on piracy (there's a few listed here: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Shalidor%27s_Library), if there's a bar with barrels and fish nets and a shark trophy and "Bottles o' Rum", and more indicators like that, then the judges will see the connection. These are all just examples of course and the house doesn't necessarily need to have that "touch" all around.
Also, usually just writing down the connection in the text description in the form will not be enough to "convince" the judges if it doesn't really show in the house.
I hope I've answered, do let me know if you need any clarifications.
PS : the Theme is "Pirates, Thieves OR Treasure" so it can be just one of those three themes of course.Edited by Lilarna on 9 November 2025 12:521 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Thank you very much for the comprehensive reply, it was super helpful and clear!1 -
Lilarna✭✭✭
- 🏴☠ Pirates, Thieves or Treasure! 💰
🏠 We've had amazing news very recently! Jump in on an incredible chance at winning one of the 5 grand prizes: a crown store house of your choice!
🦜 Get ready for an exhilarating adventure in creativity! This contest invites you to craft a space bursting with the spirit of thrill, whether capturing the wild freedom of the open sea, the rush of planning a daring heist, or the magic of discovering hidden treasures. Let your imagination run wild! Design a pirate’s hideaway, a secret thieves den, or a glittering cavern of riches— bring your bold, unique vision to life with passion and flair!
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🔨 New to housing contests? No worries—our Beginner category is here to help you take those exciting first steps! Skilled creators who love a test can dive into the Challenge category. And for everyone else, competing across 3 house size categories keeps the experience thrilling and rewarding for all!
ˑ- P R I Z E S
👑30,000 Crowns in codes 🪙 45 million gold total
👑10 × 30-Day ESO Plus (that grant 1650 Crowns)
🌸 20 × Apprentice's Flower Trick emotes 🐛 20 × Pink Torchbug pets
A heartfelt thank you to Bethesda for their incredible support, our deepest gratitude to our very generous partner Azura's Atelier https://discord.gg/Wc8zhtc3NH for their 25 million gold donation & a warm appreciation to the charming Kalamon for their fantastic codes donation.
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MORE INFO HERE on the Real Endgame server: https://discord.gg/8A9XByfhxV
📨 Enter this form: https://forms.gle/VAwLBn5Vce3KZFn86 before: Monday, 8 December 2025 11:59 CET!
Happy building! 🦜☠️0