Mark your calendars: World of Warcraft will finally have player housing after 21 years when The War Within's final patch arrives next month

A promotional screenshot of World of Warcraft: The War Within. Two elves stand next to each other on a cliff's edge looking out at a full moon in the night sky.

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The lull before a new expansion hits World of Warcraft has been dragged out for months in the past, but this time Blizzard isn't going to hold back the new stuff for very long. A patch is coming on December 2 that will act as a prologue to the Midnight expansion, and it'll mark the long, long-awaited arrival of player housing to the MMO.

Patch 11.2.7, The Warning, is described as a prologue in Blizzard's announcement blog post. This is your opportunity to catch up on the events of The War Within and to refresh yourself on the big players in Midnight.

If the Midnight beta is any indication though, player housing will be the real draw of the patch. Anyone who has preordered Midnight will have access to housing a little early. It won't have everything available that's coming with the expansion, but you'll be able to start hunting for decorations and using them in your home. Endeavors, the events that let players spruce up their neighborhoods together, won't be around until Midnight is here.

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Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. He regularly spends time playing and reporting on games like Diablo 4, Elden Ring, Overwatch 2, and Final Fantasy 14. While his specialty is in action RPGs and MMOs, he's driven to cover all sorts of games whether they're broken, beautiful, or bizarre.

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