The Mass Retrieval action is a Housing and Farming addition introduced in Patch 1.04.00. It pulls every furniture item placed through Housing mode in a single action, instead of forcing the player to walk through the residence and click each piece individually. The feature is the underlying mechanism behind the new Select House layout swap and the Pailune camp relocation furniture move.
How It Works
Open Housing mode and trigger Mass Retrieval from the housing UI. Every furniture item placed through Housing mode is collected into the retrieved-items pool in one action.
Stored contents are preserved. Container furniture such as the Sturdy Gatherables Chest and Wardrobe keep everything inside; only the furniture's placement on the lot is reset.
Items in the retrieved pool can be re-placed individually, dropped, or kept for later use.
When It Triggers Automatically
House layout swaps (Select House). When the player switches from one layout to another, the game runs a Mass Retrieval pass on the old layout before showing the new one.
Camp relocation. When the camp moves from Greymane Camp to Pailune, placed furniture is automatically retrieved and re-stocked in the new residence under the persistence rules added in Patch 1.04.02.
Manual cleanup. The player can also trigger Mass Retrieval at any time from the Housing menu.
See Also
Housing and Farming - housing system overview.
Select House - layout swap that uses Mass Retrieval automatically.
Patch 1.04.00 - introduced the feature.
Patch 1.04.02 - extended furniture persistence across camp moves.