u/wentzelepsy

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Thanks to the positive response from folks, I'm sharing the blueprint code for my Rustic Draenei house - AgTJHNR4d3FOfom5KmHWuTgh

Budget:

• it's at the max exterior budget 350/350, so your house needs to be at level 7 (the build includes landscaping and other non-essential exterior decor which can be stripped out, but it'll still be above 250).

Special items:

• the Draenethyst Lamppost comes from Trader Caerel; the Shadowmoon Greenhouse and Spherical Draenic Topiary come from Vindacator Nuurem, both vendors in Stormshield.
• The Shadowmoon Open-Air Shed comes as a reward from doing the Alliance garrison questMissive: Assault on Socrethar's Rise.
• Sturdy Void Elf Barricade comes from Voidstorm.
• The Draenei Holo-Dais and Draenei Holo-Path come from the Auction House.
• the Dornogal Crystals come from Decor Duel in Silvermoon City.
• there's a non-essential Nightborne Merchant's Stall on the backside.

As someone else noted: different plots have different base orientations. On my plot, the entrance faces the cornerstone, but it may default to another direction on your plot.

Recently, I wondered about ways to encourage players to find Housing, the neighborhoods, and endeavors more engaging. I have a lot, but the main theme is to have more things occur outside the village center. Too much is located in those small areas, whereas there are plenty of interesting spots to explore at Founder's Point or Razorwind Shores.

For example...

• I thought the Dracthyr endeavor quests encouraged people to search different areas of the island and do activities related to the area.
• In contrast, the Ethereal endeavor has a single platforming game that runs through the village center only. Shorter platforming games of different skill levels distributed through the entire neighborhood would be more interesting IMO.

Shopping: Have random vendors pop up across the neighborhood at the spots where stalls are set up but no one can buy anything. Buy local!

Events: Hold events at the stage area at Founder's Point and seaside firepit at Razorwind Shores. Here are ideas I've lifted from other zones and events:

• listen to Lorewalker Cho tell a story like the anniversary celebration outside the Caverns of Times (although please have them be different stories than the ones we're far too familiar with :P)
• listen to a short set from a Darkmoon Faire band
• have the Dornogal Theatre Troupe show up and players can participate (also hopefully with different stories)
• have a dance-off with an NPC a la Darkmoon Faire
• have the mount matching game from the anniversary celebration

Weeklong seasonal events:

Spring:

• help a farmer plant seedlings, or round up domesticated animals that have gotten loose!
• have a wheelbarrow race (from Revendreth) along different neighborhood routes
• ride a bee mount to lead the swarm across the neighborhood to pollinate
• Occasionally hoppers/hoplings from Valley of the Four Winds show up and players fight them off.

Summer: Have a beach week on the coast of either island.

• Have an area along the beach to build sandcastles
• Have a surfing challenge
• help sea turtles get into the water (Tortollan quest from The Broken Isles);
• do some relaxing activities (relax on the beach, buy a goblin floatie and relax in the water, etc.)
• go on a gnome/goblin submarine ride to Naz'jatar
• Occasionally pirates or naga show up, and the beachgoers fight them off

Autumn:

• help harvest crops wherever crops are raised in the neighborhood
• enjoy cider and doughnuts NOT at the village center (e.g. Founder's Point water mill, somewhere on Razorwind Shores?) for 24-hour buffs
• hunt for ghosts across the neighborhood
• collect pumpkins and use gnome/goblin items to make jack o lanterns which are put on display NOT at the village center.

Winter:

• have a winter globe effect pop up and people can build snowmen, hold snowball fights, or ice skate
• send people to do penguin sled races in Boralus
• send people to Iskaara to help Kinook make soup
• send people somewhere in Northrend to do things there (has officially run out of seasonal ideas)

New achievements to encourage repeat tasks:

• Quicker Picker Upper - someone who cleans up stick piles X times
• No Stone Left Unturned - someone who fixes cobblestones X times
• The Postman - someone who does all of the postal routes per endeavor
• Fencing Champion - someone who repairs fences X times
• Beachcomber - someone who cleans up flotsam along the beaches X times (which means, have debris show up on sea shores)

One time achievements:

• Master Gardener - someone who devotes some % of their exterior build to floral decor
• Architect - someone who devotes some % ... to architectural decor
• Light Up the Night - someone who devotes some % .. to lighting decor (since that's being allowed in 12.0.7)

And two last random ideas that didn't fit anywhere else:

• Undermine endeavor - have a golf competition in the Undermine
• have rock climbing on both neighborhoods

What else would you add or recommend?