Last Chapter Notes 4/20/26

 A House Divided

There are now weekly housing quests for you to do.  I hadn't noticed them before last week when this popped up:

 

So easy, right? Get the homeowner and four other people in your house at the same time and lots of goodies are yours.

Everyone visited but not at the same time.  Here's my son. How I do love him.

 

 

I thought we had all month, but it was just for the week.  That's a good thing.  Somehow trying to get five of us together in one place for five minutes was way to much for our little family group.  

There was Guild Drama.

There was Family Drama.

Too icky. 

I'm happily back to treasure hunting for recipe ingredients for my profession decor, and puttering about moving furniture around.

You can shrink anything down to 20% of it's original size, which makes it fun to find things to use as game pieces on your game table. I need two more pieces.

 

So you think you grab a little ore and herbs, and voila, a new couch?  Noooo.  I'm working on making all of the profession decor for the Classic era.  My Blacksmith and Enchanter both need ingredients from the one place that has them:   The Molten Core.

I've never been in it before today.  So, ya, I couldn't find the entrance for anything because I didn't read the quest text that said transport me to the Molten Core.  Doh.

 

Once in, what a nice greeting committee.

 

Cool monsters everywhere, and they dropped the elemental items I needed, but not enough.  I'm going to have to go back.  Then, equipped with an odd assortment of things, I need to find an NPC in Blackrock Depths to teach me how make Dark Iron Bars.  Decor Hunting isn't for the weak.

Last Chapter Notes 4/13/26

 Here's my favorite new character, a Harandir Druid.  I love two of her forms and am horrified by the third.

Regular Form

 

Adorable Feral Form

 

Totally Creepy Flight Form

 

She's going to use a Silvermoon Sweeper like everyone else when flying. 

 

The 12.05 Content Patch is coming April 21. 

https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24266871 

As I'm going deeper into the Voidstorm daily with my main character, I'm sure not looking forward to it leaking into Silvermoon and Zul'Aman (but not Harandar?) 

You'd think I'd enjoy the Decor Hide and Seek but that is really not remotely appealing.  We will say no more.

What does look fun is:

 

Screenshot Saturday 4 /11/26

 Atherne, my main character has finally reached the Voidstorm Zone.

There's a new group of companions, including Alleria Windrunner, who is still all about her friend Twinkle Toes, and Lothraxion, who I don't know at all, but he seems pretty inflexible.

 

The same old void creatures populate the place, but they strive to give them cute new names.

 

Are these head huggers or what?  Or flying crabs!

 

 Scenic, Voidstorm is not.  I knew I wouldn't like the area, but I just want to get through it as quickly as possible.

 

Last Chapter Notes 4 /8 /26

 These notes can appear on any day but Saturday, is the beauty of it.   

My brother in law invited me to visit his Wow house over the weekend.    It was easy to visit though I didn't have a character on his server. I created a level 1 character, had him invite me, voila, "View Homes" and I was in his yard in a trice.

You can't appreciate a place via screenshots as you can walking through someone's yard and house.  I got so many ideas, and asked for a screenshot of his layout.  

I tried versions of that layout and some other things, and decided I'd like the bottom floor to be like my Alliance house in size.

Original Blood Elf  Kitchen, also known as the "first room". 

 

I picked up every object in the house and removed every room I'd placed, then removed the first room so all I had was an entry.  Then, add a medium room, stone floors, and vault the ceiling...

 Don't worry I've dyed the chairs all the same color.  Same room, but better!  This open airy room made me want to go ahead and add on to my Alliance house.  The first floor is the same layout but I've moved all of the bedroom furniture out.

Now there's a long hall with a view to the bedroom and beyond.

 The bath area of the bedroom is nice I think.

 

I figured out how to get the Daylight Circle Room Placed (it's finicky as to where you place it). It's a big room with a dome of sky.  I have plans to make paths that lead to the tree, and I'll fill the center of the room with an obscuring garden of sorts.

 

At the tree, some sort of cool area, perhaps with a tree house.  Lots to do everywhere now.   I'm back decor treasure hunting again now that I have lots more space.

 Here's a video of another player's Daylight Circle Room so you can get an idea of the possibilities.

 

Screenshot Saturday 4 4 26

 Harried in Harandar

My main character Atherne has finished most of Harandar.   I've sent her onward to do Arator's Journey, but will return to finish all the things at some point.  Harandar is a lush, pretty zone.

 With odd creatures.

 And a number of painting puzzles.

 

Getting to level 90 opened the Arcantina. It's a big cozy bar with occasional quests given by easily recognizable NPCs  from your many years of playing in Azeroth.  These quests appear to be all set in parts of the old world, and the NPC opens a portal to get you there immediately.

 The Arcantina

 

Atherne's next stop is Zul'Aman, as you have to complete every zone before getting to the Void Storm.  Of keen interest here is an old friend in a snazzy new suit.  Check out the zipper in the back and the little hearts.  Sooo cute.

 

My Blood Elf house is moving along.  Now that I have tons of space, I need to buy lots of furniture and rugs and paintings, and I finally brought out my dye kits.  I'm going to make her a set of plushies.  

I went with the Left Stairwell room, which gives you not only a staircase to climb, but you see it as soon as you look in the stairwell room, which is also the library.  Everything is a work in progress.

 

Landing

 

Here's the top of the stairs, a substantial area for hanging paintings, and making into an office or just a living room type area.  Possibilities.

I don't see people including hallways in their floor plans much, but it's another great place for displaying paintings.

 And here's the bedroom.  Needs lots of work.  I've left one wall open where I hope to add one more hall, then a large room that can feature alchemy, engineering, and other craft areas.  I'm going to work on what I've got here first, as the Alliance house is next up for a remodel now I see how it works.

 

 

Last Chapter Notes 3/30/26

 

 

Apparently, visiting another player's house isn't so easy.  Unless you're Battlenet Friends or in a Guild, or Friends who form a Party and can be summoned.  In theory they are working to make it easier. Not there!

My sister, who is in the BWR Guild was able to visit.  She said "Very Nice", followed by "You know you can add more rooms, right?"     My brother in law looking over her shoulder said "Very Cool."   

It is getting a little crowded, which is why I'm looking into how to add on floors and rooms without messing with my perfecto Alliance house.  I love my house.

It occurred to me that many Wow players who have adopted the housing system also probably played The Sims, or Minecraft, maybe even Everquest's Landmark. Building up and over and out must be so familiar.  I've never played any of those, and the concepts aren't there.  Working on it, but it feels like three dimensional thinking which isn't my forte.

 

My next goal is to get to level 90 with either my Druid or Warlock.  Both are 88. It is slow going though.  I'm no huge fan of either Harandar or Zul'Aman after spending time in each.  Harandar wins somewhat because of the decor, but I haven't seen a decor quest reward for awhile, and there are dozens of quests to go before leaving the area.

That's all I've got this week. 

Open House!

 Here you go, Redbeard buddy.  I've made my Alliance House public so you or anyone can take a look.  There are plenty of snacks, so make yourself comfy.  I'll change back to only having the yard space open Monday April 6, 2026.   How you get to the house, dunno.  Think you can select the neighborhood if you have the address?