ESO Update 52 furnishing limits are increasing for Classic and Notable homes, giving decorators more room for furniture, collectible displays and special items. The biggest jump is for Notable properties, where the traditional furnishing allowance doubles from 350 to 700 without ESO Plus, or 700 to 1,400 with it.
These are the numbers being tested on the Public Test Server in November 2026, not the limits available in the live game today. Update 52 is scheduled for 19 January 2027. Here is the complete comparison, including what the new Furniture Streaming system actually changes for players on PC and consoles.
ESO Update 52 furnishing limits for Classic homes
Classic houses get modest increases across all four categories under the ESO Update 52 furnishing limits. The common traditional category gains 50 spaces, or 100 for an ESO Plus subscriber. Special and collectible allowances rise as well, so a room filled with pets, assistants or display pieces will not depend solely on the traditional furnishing counter.
| Category | Current (standard / ESO Plus) | Update 52 PTS (standard / ESO Plus) |
|---|---|---|
| Traditional furnishings | 250 / 500 | 300 / 600 |
| Special furnishings | 4 / 8 | 5 / 10 |
| Collectible furnishings | 25 / 50 | 30 / 60 |
| Special collectibles | 4 / 8 | 5 / 10 |
For example, a Classic home currently sitting at 250 ordinary furnishings without a subscription would have space for another 50 under these PTS rules. That does not automatically raise the limits on every other category: each has its own counter, and your house cannot use unused collectible capacity as extra traditional-furnishing space.
ESO Update 52 furnishing limits for Notable homes
For Notable homes, ESO Update 52 furnishing limits make a much bigger difference to Notable homes. The PTS is doubling the four listed categories, including 700 traditional items for standard accounts and 1,400 with ESO Plus. This is the change that most strongly affects elaborate gardens, multi-level builds and large furnished estates.
| Category | Current (standard / ESO Plus) | Update 52 PTS (standard / ESO Plus) |
|---|---|---|
| Traditional furnishings | 350 / 700 | 700 / 1,400 |
| Special furnishings | 5 / 10 | 10 / 20 |
| Collectible furnishings | 55 / 110 | 110 / 220 |
| Special collectibles | 5 / 10 | 10 / 20 |
That increase applies to the Notable category rather than every home with a large-looking courtyard. Check the classification of the property itself. Staple home caps are not given the same announced increases, and the official notes do not establish an exception-free promise about every individual house.
How ESO Plus affects the new housing caps
ESO Plus continues to double the usual furnishing allowances. It does not create a second, separate pile of furniture on top of the numbers in the table. A Notable home with ESO Plus is planned to reach 1,400 traditional slots in total, not 1,400 plus the standard 700. If the subscription lapses, the higher placement capacity is no longer available for adding more items.
Remember that the different types of collectibles remain separate from ordinary furnishings. The new allowances make it easier to decorate with a mix of props and placed collection items, but each object still counts in its own category. A furnishing recipe does not increase the home’s capacity just because it produces an item you craft yourself.
What is Furniture Streaming in ESO Update 52?
Furniture Streaming is what allows ESO Update 52 furnishing limits to increase without drawing every object at once. Rather than drawing every object in a densely decorated property at once, the game can display objects according to factors such as distance, size, complexity, visual effects and available device memory. That is a rendering decision, not a reduction in the number of furnishings saved to the house.
On PC, the developer expects little or no visible difference for most players. On consoles, particularly older hardware in full Notable homes, some models may appear progressively after entering or moving around the property. Furniture that has not visually loaded is not supposed to lose its collision, and usable objects such as crafting stations remain interactable.
This distinction matters when judging the ESO Update 52 furnishing limits. Seeing a chair appear a moment after entering does not mean that chair was removed from the house or has started using an extra slot. The game is simply choosing when to draw it. Exact memory thresholds and performance on every device are not published.
Combat target dummies have a separate limit
The ESO Update 52 furnishing limits also introduce a separate combat restriction for target dummies: five can be active at once in Staple homes, 15 in Classic homes and 25 in Notable homes. This is a simultaneous combat cap, not a cap on how many target dummies can physically be positioned around a property.
For guild halls and training builds, that difference is important. You can still arrange multiple dummies as furnishings, while the system restricts how many become active combat targets together. Do not confuse the target-dummy restriction with the ordinary furnishing counter or assume it reduces your number of slots.
When do the ESO Update 52 furnishing limits become available?
ESO Update 52 furnishing limits are due on 19 January 2027, subject to the final testing results and release schedule. You can preview the changes on the PC/Mac PTS, but they will not show on a standard live character in November. Final housing allowances should be checked against the release notes and the Housing Editor after launch.
The new Shimmerfrost Vale Notable home is also being tested, but the PTS doesn’t confirm a final sale date or price. For planning today, the useful numbers are the Classic and Notable tables above. You can arrange a build around the proposed caps without treating every test-server value as permanent.
Official source: ZeniMax Online Studios Update 52 PTS patch notes.
