Overview
- Blizzard's shop, which listed the Cozy Treehouse Retreat bundle Thursday, prices it at 7,500 Hearthsteel ($75) with two treehouse-style exteriors and decor.
- Hearthsteel is a premium currency sold on Battle.net in fixed packs, so the 4,000 needed for a single exterior is listed at $40 yet often requires a $50 purchase tier.
- Only four other exteriors exist in game and they are faction-locked to two per character, while the paid designs are more detailed and avoid some item placement limits.
- Players and commentators called the pricing egregious and out of touch, with frustration sharpened by recent buggy updates that prompted an apology from Blizzard.
- Blizzard previously said Hearthsteel would mainly streamline small, inexpensive buys and that most housing would come from gameplay, and it cut housing prices in March after pushback, leaving open whether it will adjust again.