Overview
Personal Housing is a feature in Crimson Desert that gives the player a permanent home base within the game world. Rather than constructing a house from scratch, the player receives a pre-built residence as part of the Greymane storyline. The house serves as a personal space where players can display collectibles, arrange furniture, and eventually set up a crafting station for brewing elixirs and wines. Housing ties directly into character progression, evolving alongside the story as new features unlock over time.
How to Unlock Your House
Personal housing becomes available during Chapter 3 of the main story. As Kliff progresses through the Greymane questline, Marquis Serkis grants the Greymanes an area called Howling Hill, located south of the City of Hernand. This triggers the establishment of the Greymane Camp, and the player's personal house becomes accessible nearby.
The house itself is a small, three-room wooden structure positioned southeast of the main camp, across a ravine. It comes pre-furnished with basic items such as beds and a table. The structure is already standing when you arrive; there is no building or construction phase.
Reaching the House
To get to the house from the camp, you need to cross a ravine using Axiom Force. The steps are as follows:
From your tent in the Greymane Camp, look across the ravine to spot the small wooden home on the other side.
Approach one of the large trees on your side of the gap. Press the left stick to activate Axiom Force and aim the blue targeting circle at the top of the tree.
Latch onto the tree and rotate the right stick in a circle to slowly bend the tree downward.
When prompted, perform a high jump. This launches Kliff both forward and upward into the air.
Press the glide button (Square on PlayStation, X on Xbox) to glide across the gap and land near the house.
Once you have crossed the ravine, simply walk up to the house and enter through the unlocked door.
Unlocking the Decoration System
While the house itself becomes accessible during the Greymane camp setup, the ability to decorate it does not unlock immediately. The decoration feature is gated behind a short quest called Luke's Request, which is part of the Grounds of the Sunrise mission list from the Greymanes faction.
After you have secured resources for the camp, speak with Luke at the Howling Hill Greymane Camp. He will mention that he found a flower basket and asks you to place it inside your house as a display. This simple task serves as the tutorial for the decoration system.
Luke's Request Steps
Talk to Luke at the Greymane Camp to receive the flower basket.
Travel to your house on the hill southeast of the camp.
Enter the house and open the decoration mode by pressing Start. Select the flower basket from the installable items list and place it anywhere inside.
Return to Luke at the camp to report that you placed the basket.
Quest Rewards
Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
Medium Bag | 1 |
Luke's Trust | +50 |
+50 |
After completing this quest, the full Home Decoration feature becomes permanently available. You can return to your house at any time to rearrange or add new items.
Decoration Mode
To enter Decoration Mode, stand near or inside the house and press the Start button. The camera shifts to a bird's-eye view with the roof removed, giving you a clear overhead perspective of all three rooms. A list of installable items appears in the upper right corner of the screen.
Only items in your inventory that are marked with a house icon can be placed as decorations. These include collectibles, furniture, and decorative objects gathered through exploration, purchased from vendors, or obtained through quests. Items without the house icon cannot be used in decoration mode.
Decoration Controls
Action | Description |
|---|---|
Rotate | Spin the selected item to change its facing direction. |
Move Camera | Pan the overhead view to navigate between rooms. |
Drag | Pick up a placed item and reposition it within the house. |
Deploy | Confirm placement of an item at its current position. |
Stow | Remove a placed item and return it to your inventory. |
Undo | Reverse the most recent decoration action. |
Placement Rules
Each of the three rooms can hold multiple items. There is no strict per-room limit, but space is finite.
You cannot move an item that has another object placed on top of it. Remove the top item first, then move the one underneath.
Any unwanted item can be stowed back into your inventory at any time.
The Undo button only reverses the most recent action, so plan your layout carefully before confirming multiple placements.
Where to Find Furniture and Decorations
Decorative items come from several sources throughout Pywel. Some are purchased from vendors, while others are discovered during exploration or received as quest rewards.
Vendors
Vendor | Location | Items Sold |
|---|---|---|
Hernand Provisioner's Shop, City of Hernand | Kitchen tools, candles, lamps, collectibles, small decorative objects | |
Furniture Shop | Pywel (unlocks as story progresses) | Cabinets, chairs, beds, tables, and the Cauldron |
Greymane Camp Merchant | Camp-related furnishings (available as the camp develops) |
Alden is the earliest furniture vendor you can access. His shop is located near the center of Hernand, across the street from the blacksmith. He stocks a range of smaller items such as bowls, cups, lanterns, candles, and kitchen tools.
The Furniture Shop sells larger pieces of furniture including cabinets, chairs, and beds. It also sells the Cauldron, which is a significant purchase that transforms your home into a crafting station.
Exploration and Other Sources
World exploration: Decorative items with the house icon can be found scattered throughout Pywel. Keep an eye out for interactable objects in towns, dungeons, and wilderness areas.
Quest rewards: Certain side quests and faction missions reward furniture or collectibles that can be displayed in your home.
Stealing: Some decorative items can be stolen from homes and shops. Be aware that theft may trigger the crime system and result in a bounty.
The Cauldron: Home Crafting Station
One of the most practical items you can purchase for your house is the Cauldron, available from the Furniture Shop. Placing a Cauldron in your home turns it into a personal crafting station where you can brew wines and elixirs. This saves you from needing to travel to public cauldron locations scattered across the world.
The Cauldron requires a significant silver investment, so it is not typically an early-game purchase. Before you can afford one, there are two public cauldron locations available for crafting:
Location | Details |
|---|---|
Shadow's Whisper Cave | North of the City of Hernand, just west of Three Saints Falls. Enter through a narrow crack in the cliff face. |
Hernand Town (East Side) | A vacant building on the east side of Hernand, marked by a sign displaying a mortar and pestle. |
Elixirs brewed at a cauldron provide temporary buffs for your character. Wines and beverages primarily restore Stamina and can grant additional resistances. Having a Cauldron at home makes it convenient to craft these consumables between adventures without detouring to a public location.
Private Storage
While the house itself does not contain a storage chest, the nearby Greymane Camp provides access to a Private Storage box. This chest is located in the large tent area of the camp, behind the Quartermaster.
Feature | Details |
|---|---|
Capacity | 240 inventory slots |
Stacking | Consumable items stack up to 50 per slot; equipment uses one slot each |
Availability | Unlocks after establishing the Greymane Camp in Chapter 3 |
At the start of the game (before Chapter 3), a Private Storage box can be found in your personal tent at the Royal Trading Post outside Hernand. Once the Greymane Camp is established at Howling Hill, the storage relocates there permanently.
It is strongly recommended to store ore, crafting materials, food, and special gear in Private Storage. Be especially careful with keys; keeping them in your active inventory can cause you to accidentally use them by walking into doors.
Tips
You do not need to cross the ravine every time you visit. Once fast travel is unlocked at the Greymane Camp, reaching your house becomes much quicker.
Check vendor inventories regularly as you progress through the story. New decoration items may become available as you advance.
Plan your furniture layout before committing. While you can always stow and rearrange items, the Undo button only works on the most recent action.
Purchasing the Cauldron early can save time in the long run, as having a home crafting station eliminates trips to public cauldron locations for brewing elixirs and wines.
Explore thoroughly. Many collectible decoration items are hidden in out-of-the-way locations and can be easy to miss during main quest progression.