Blackwood PTS housing megathread: houses, furniture (now with images!), companions, etc (updated)

bluebird

Edit: PTS came online today, so updated the post with videos and pictures, some in a separate post below.
Edit 2: UPDATED WITH FURNITURE, now that they added them to the Editor.

Hi everyone, Blackwood is coming to the PTS, so here's the Housing content that we have to look forward to in this year's Chapter! I'll update the post with more pictures as soon as I can (PTS will go online tomorrow PTS is up now woohoo), and as usual I'll try to compile all the housing info here in one thread for a convenient overview. Hope you find it useful and will have something to look forward to and be excited about!

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NEW HOUSES

Pilgrim’s Rest: Inn Room - via quest or for ingame gold
"Every year, hundreds of Zenithar's worshipers journey to Leyawiin, desperate for a glimpse of St. Kaladas's architectural marvel: The Great Chapel of Zenithar. This suite offers a welcome respite from the road's perils."


Water's Edge: Large house - for ingame gold (after completing the Blackwood Grand Adventurer achi) or Crowns
"Those seeking a taste of river life without all the flooding can find everything they need in this cozy bridge home. With both the Outlaws Refuge and Leyawiin Castle just a brief walk away, it's the perfect spot for nobles and lowlifes alike."


https://youtu.be/6IfODK5kP4I

Pantherfang Chapel: Manor - for Crowns
"The embattled clergy of the Quenching Grail established Pantherfang Chapel in the First Era as a bastion of faith. Part cathedral, part citadel, this edifice still stands as an immortal reminder of Aedric strength. Allows use of the Pledge of Mara."

Sounds like this will be a special feature of this house, that you can marry inside the house without needing a Shrine of Mara in the open world. I foresee a lot of wedding chapel builds here. Some more info about this house: "Pantherfang Chapel is a Notable Home with everything you‘d want in a castle of your own. It has two main buildings, a chapel and a fort. You can reach it by boat and arrive at your very own dock."


https://youtu.be/JxMYXWFL-pw

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NEW FURNITURE

See the following comment below for the full list, they didn't all fit into the main post here:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7231096/#Comment_7231096

A whole bunch of craftable Furniture - in the new Leyawiin and Deadlands styles
The Leyawiin plans are from the zone itself as usual, and the plans for the 10 Deadlands furniture can drop from Daedric Portals, which are Blackwood's version of dolmens/dragons/harrowstorms.



New Home Goods Furniture & Achievement Furniture from their vendors
Including windowboxes with flowers!



New Painting drops from Treasure Chests in the Blackwood zone

Replica Zenithar Adytum Gate
Can be acquired by collecting and combining Inscribed Shards from the Zenithar Abbey Public Dungeon.


4 new Antiquity Furnishings
- Kothringi Tidal Canoe
- Z'en Idol

- Blackwood Tapestry

- Antique Map of Blackwood

Furniture from the Rockgrove trial
- Undaunted trophy & Undaunted bust: Xalvakka


Chapel of Zenithar Furniture Bundle
Wooow so pretty!


Music Boxes - 'The Mire Frog's Hymn' & 'The White Stallion's Ride'



ESO+ Statuettes: Kynareth & Syrabane
Hopefully we'll get proper sized statues of these too!



Painting: Leyawiin Awaits


Deadlands Cage, Bladed; Deadlands Chandelier, Bladed; Deadlands Sconce, Horned
(I would guess these will come from the Iron Atronach Crown Crates)




Houseguests: Erilthel, Narboth, Stibbons

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OTHER FURNITURE AND QoL UPDATES

Houseguest versions of the 2 new Companions - Mirri and Bastian

After completing the 2nd Companion-quest (which unlocks after reaching a certain level of rapport with the Companion), we will unlock a Houseguest collectible of the Companion, which will work the same way as other Houseguests.

Firstly, it seems odd to me that Companions aren't immediately place-able in our homes like Assistants, Pets, Mounts and Houseguests are, but instead apparently have 2 versions - a Houseguest and a Companion version. From the way they put this, this may also mean that we can't place our own customised Companions in our homes, but only the default Houseguest versions It's nice of course that we will get a Houseguest version of the Companion without having to buy a Houseguest at extra charge, but I fail to see why it's even necessary to jump through extra hoops and have 2 versions, rather than just placing the Companions...

Updated Precision Edit function
"You can now precision edit furniture items and path nodes from the Housing Editor's Retrieve menu, without first having to pick them up. This also allows you to make precise tweaks to objects that are embedded in other objects, or which are otherwise difficult to select normally." Nice change, being able to adjust embedded items without having to place them again!

Endeavors will allow earning Crown Crate furniture through gameplay
With the upcoming Endeavor system, we'll be able to earn 'Seals of Endeavor' for completing certain ingame activities. These Seals will be exchangeable for items currently available in Crown Crates. So during the Ayleid Crown Crate season for example, we would be able to exchange these ingame-earned seals for the Ayleid furniture from the current Crates. This will give players another option to buy Crown Crate contents without having to gamble, exchange gold for Crowns or buying Crowns. We don't know the prices of items yet, but overall this seems to be a really nice change! There's more detail about Endeavors themselves elsewhere, just wanted to highlight how the Seals will impact us Housing fans since ZOS keep putting furniture into Crown Crates.

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What are your thoughts? Are you excited for anything in particular? Got some build ideas for the new houses already?
I'm disappointed by the Companion-Houseguest divide, but really looking forward to trying out all the new Furniture!

Alurria

This is all spectacular news, seems to be a fun update! I wish for more house furnishing quests everyday added to all zones. But this seems like it will be fun for us.

RemanCyrodiil_I

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FluffWit

I'm waiting impatiently for the youtubers to show me the houses and furniture!

korbel05

I hoped in some argonian house... huge dissapointment here.

FluffWit

korbel05 wrote: »

I hoped in some argonian house... huge dissapointment here.

I agree they've settled on a formula where we get an Inn room (ugh) and a house in the main city we can buy with gold each dlc. And that's it. ☹

Anything else goes into the limited time crown store only category. We probably will get something Argonian but my expectations are very low.

Lugaldu

I'm really excited to get that "Water´s Edge" house.

What I don't like is when Mirri is walking around at home with a backpack (she has one on in the picture) - who does that? It's enough for Phedre to walk around the house with a backpack, but okay, she's a little confused too.

But another question is whether we can finally get more slots for houseguests and pets? That would be really necessary.

bluebird

FluffWit wrote: »

I'm waiting impatiently for the youtubers to show me the houses and furniture!

PTS isn't up yet (if all goes well according to Gina, it will go up in the morning Eastern Time, which is still several hours away), but the client was updated already, so I updated the main post with datamined pictures in the meantime. Most of those furniture will come from the Crown Store or Crown Crates, as those are the items that usually get individual background images. But it also included the backgrounds for the Houses, so we can get more of a sneak-peek at them!

RemanCyrodiil_I wrote: »

It will be a long wait for Pantherfang Chapel! Hopefully it will release in August like Greymoor's notable house instead of the much longer wait seen with Stone Eagle Aerie.

By the looks of it, that house will be an instant purchase for me! They chose the most boring stained glass for the windows I think (compared to more interesting patterns already ingame), but that fortified keep inside the walls is giving me liiife (a proper castle, yaaaaay)!!! And the Zenithar Furnishing Bundle will look gorgeous in the chapel for sure!


And yeah I totally hope it comes out this summer, and not half a year from now!

RemanCyrodiil_I

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carly

OMG...the new Water's Edge house and the new furniture...just WOW! I'm touring it now, ZOS have outdone themselves!

ZAD1ST

Please post the furniture 😍

emilyhyoyeon

Why do the Leyawiin style furnishings look really similar to Vvardenfell stuff???

The long benches have recolored cushions and wood (as seen in the Zenithar furnishing pack image). As I'm looking on PTS, the tables and chairs have that swirly style in the legs that Vvardenfell stuff has. Even the beds are the same shape as the Vvardenfell beds (other than Telvanni obviously)

The furnishings are incredibly beautiful overall but some of them are just baffling with how similar they are to Vvardenfell for some reason.

I'm hesitant to post images because this isn't the PTS section.

ZAD1ST

@emilyhyoyeon good point. I’ll head to the pts section. It’s really all the names I’m looking for

bluebird

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

Why do the Leyawiin style furnishings look really similar to Vvardenfell stuff???

The long benches have recolored cushions and wood (as seen in the Zenithar furnishing pack image). As I'm looking on PTS, the tables and chairs have that swirly style in the legs that Vvardenfell stuff has. Even the beds are the same shape as the Vvardenfell beds (other than Telvanni obviously)

The furnishings are incredibly beautiful overall but some of them are just baffling with how similar they are to Vvardenfell for some reason.

My guess is that recycling models makes it easier to make 'new' furniture, and since they were going for a similar look with Leyawiin style, they didn't want to start from scratch. The Vvardenfell bench styles already looked particularly Imperial, so much so that I often used them in lieu of other options in my Imperial homes. So it makes sense that they wanted to keep the same silhouette for the actual Leyawiin items (since honestly, if any bench should look like this shape, it should be Imperial, and shouldn't have been the Dunmer ones in the first place).

bluebird

Water's Edge

https://youtu.be/6IfODK5kP4I

Situated on a bridge in Leyawiin. Can be bought Unfurnished for gold (after earning the Blackwood Grand Adventurer achi), or Furnished for Crowns. The house includes two three-storey buildings, which are connected by a walkway. It has 2 entrances on the bridge level, 2 doors on the connecting upper walkway, and one door on the top floor patio.

TheImperfect

All amazing stuff. I forsee Stibbons helping a lot of people. Homes and furniture look terrific

bluebird

Pantherfang Chapel

https://youtu.be/JxMYXWFL-pw

A fortress with a chapel and a keep. You enter by boat and land in a private dock under the chapel crypts. From here, you can access the Chapel through the stairs, or go through the flooded corridor to enter the fort itself, or exit into the garden. The castle has 3 floors, a main hall with 2 side rooms, a mezzanine/balcony overlook above that, and a room on the top floor. The top floor also has access to the Ramparts on top of the castle, including two towers. The chapel on the opposite side is your typical Imperial chapel, and has stained glass windows which feature the signs of the divines! The stairs below the chapel take you back to the crypts with the boat where you enter the house.

Lugaldu

When I see Water´s Edge with the furniture now, I think it's even more awesome. I really need to have that.

bluebird

So, they forgot to enable the new furniture in the Housing Editor, so I can't buy and show all the new items yet. In the meantime, I hope you can see some of the furniture in the housing previews.

I updated the main post with the other furniture I could get my hands on (Achievements, Home Goods, Collectibles, etc). Here are the details for those who are wondering:

Home Goods vendor:

Leyawiin Windowbox, Yellow Daisies
Leyawiin Windowbox, Irises
Leyawiin Wheel, Splintered Axle
Leyawiin Trousers, Strewn
Leyawiin Socks, Pair
Leyawiin Rug, Worn
Leyawiin Palisade, Reinforced
Leyawiin Carpet, Threadbare
Leyawiin Carpet, Small Worn
(also 3 trees which I didn't take a screenshot of)
Tree, Forked Blackwood Elm
Tree, Branching Blackwood Pine
Tree, Bent Blackwood Elm

Achievement Furniture vendor:

Entwined Snakes, Crystal Holder
Xi-Tisi Stone Idol
Deadlands Tormentor, Chained
Seal of the Ambitious
Inert Oblivion Gate
Banner of Leyawiin
Banner, Tattered Mehrunes Dagon
Deadlands Chandelier, Caged
Deadlands Podium of Ruination
Deadlands Pillar, Tall Inscribed

Leogon

Water's Edge is by far my favorite. Pantherfang Chapel is awesome too but way too big for the furniture limit.

Vehlir

Fantastic work as always blue!

Love how your videos/images not only show various angles but also convey a sense of scale as well compared to other items. Really helps get a feel for whether an item/home is good for you!

Water's Edge is definitely a fantastic highlight of this bunch! The split home layout is really interested and that wraparound porch is extraordinary!

Panther's Fang is really creatively laid out & well done but I can't help but admit the first thing I think when I see it is "Yup, I could decorate about 50% of that place before hitting Furnishing Cap" lol. Still though, really liking the design work of those two, especially how rooms are divided with actual doorways and hallways instead of one giant interior space.

Liking the lighter tones of alot of the woods as well as the brighter colors for the tapestries & rugs this batch. Also tons of great "Smaller" items like meal pieces and those window planters are awesome. Could see them attached to a wall inside, atop one another like an Alchemist's shelf as well.

Thanks for all this info, good stuff!

FluffWit

Yay! Thank you Bluebird!

FluffWit

Omg.... the chapel..... omg

Not gonna lie, theres already things that bug me about the house. But the chapel.... omg

TeruKisuke

@bluebird I was fooled too because we couldn’t see editor, but there are Blackwood documents in inventory on a template character, and we can preview furnishing documents now so we can see what’s available. Just can’t craft and place in our homes without the materials, since they’re plans...

bluebird

TeruKisuke wrote: »

@bluebird I was fooled too because we couldn’t see editor, but there are Blackwood documents in inventory on a template character, and we can preview furnishing documents now so we can see what’s available. Just can’t craft and place in our homes without the materials, since they’re plans...

Thanks, I know, but those are only the craftable plans which aren't a complete list. There are usually many other items in the Housing Editor that aren't craftable, such as Paintings which we know will drop from Treasure Chests in the zone and which are usually sold for Crowns too, and likely other Crowns-only furnishing items in addition to that. So I'll probably post the full set when they make them all purchasable.

In the meantime, Zypheran posted a helpful video for people who'd like to see what we got for now:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/570776/pts-preview-craftable-furniture-achievement-furniture#latest

dcam86b14_ESO

Please zos drop that chapel on day one, I have crowns saved up please

B0SSzombie

bluebird wrote: »

Achievement Furniture vendor:

Entwined Snakes, Crystal Holder
Xi-Tisi Stone Idol
Deadlands Tormentor, Chained
Seal of the Ambitious
Inert Oblivion Gate
Banner of Leyawiin
Banner, Tattered Mehrunes Dagon
Deadlands Chandelier, Caged
Deadlands Podium of Ruination
Deadlands Pillar, Tall Inscribed

And now the question is: Which of those lovely items is locked behind a Veteran Trial achievement? That seems to be the new trend...

Lugaldu

bluebird wrote: »

In the meantime, Zypheran posted a helpful video for people who'd like to see what we got for now:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/570776/pts-preview-craftable-furniture-achievement-furniture#latest

I have to say that this elegant Roman-inspired furniture really is the coolest thing of all, the most beautiful so far. I can't wait to collect the crafting plans for it.

Alurria

B0SSzombie wrote: »

bluebird wrote: »

Achievement Furniture vendor:

Entwined Snakes, Crystal Holder
Xi-Tisi Stone Idol
Deadlands Tormentor, Chained
Seal of the Ambitious
Inert Oblivion Gate
Banner of Leyawiin
Banner, Tattered Mehrunes Dagon
Deadlands Chandelier, Caged
Deadlands Podium of Ruination
Deadlands Pillar, Tall Inscribed

And now the question is: Which of those lovely items is locked behind a Veteran Trial achievement? That seems to be the new trend...

I hope not, I don't want to do vet anything in this game. Unless it's with my guild. I am a casual player I don't want ESO to become a full time job. I'm older and don't have the reflexes that someone 40 years younger than me has. Yes I'm that old. Housing is my refuge, questing and occasional trials, dungeons etc with my guild. I belong to a fishing guild I have for years we run around and fish together. I hope they don't keep locking furnishings behind vet content. 😔

emilyhyoyeon

I'm not really expecting anyone to know, but does anyone think we'll get the furnishings in the editor in an upcoming PTS patch? I want to try decorating these but I'd much rather get them from the editor instead of learn the plans and craft manually.


Also finally took a look at all the new furnishings. The food items are amazing. I love the corn, tomatoes, and the lobster stuff. Still kind of annoyed that the benches and stools don't really stand out from the Vvardenfell ones but everything looks incredible. I'm kind of blown away. Didn't expect to be this happy with everything.

B0SSzombie

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

I'm not really expecting anyone to know, but does anyone think we'll get the furnishings in the editor in an upcoming PTS patch? I want to try decorating these but I'd much rather get them from the editor instead of learn the plans and craft manually.


Also finally took a look at all the new furnishings. The food items are amazing. I love the corn, tomatoes, and the lobster stuff. Still kind of annoyed that the benches and stools don't really stand out from the Vvardenfell ones but everything looks incredible. I'm kind of blown away. Didn't expect to be this happy with everything.

All the Seafood dishes are a nice addition to the housing aspect of the game. I love that you can make a crazy diverse banquet using all the different kinds of Meals you can make furnishings of.

I imagine that in the next PTS update next week they'll fix the items missing from the Housing Editor.