ESO Update 52 furnishing plans bring 66 new crafting recipes to The Elder Scrolls Online, spread across vendors, daily rewards, Antiquity excavations and ordinary loot. There is no single new merchant selling the entire collection, so knowing which activities award plans will save a lot of fruitless searching.
The 66-plan breakdown comes from the Update 52 Public Test Server notes. The additions are being tested in November 2026 ahead of the planned 19 January 2027 update, which means players on live servers should not expect every new plan to be obtainable yet. The guide below separates crafting recipes from completed furniture you buy directly.
ESO Update 52 furnishing plans: all eight sources
The easiest way to tackle ESO Update 52 furnishing plans is to group them by source. The eight groups add up to 66. Some are vendor purchases, while others are rewards or bonus loot, and those sources are not interchangeable.
| PTS source for a furnishing plan | Number of plans |
|---|---|
| Monsters and containers throughout Tamriel | 22 |
| Glenumbra Thieves Guild daily coffers and Nowhere Vault chests | 12 |
| Grocer merchants across Tamriel | 10 |
| Craglorn Yokudan daily reward coffers | 7 |
| Alchemy merchants across Tamriel | 5 |
| Antiquity bonus loot: Alik’r, Hew’s Bane, Stros M’Kai, Bangkorai and Craglorn | 4 |
| Antiquity bonus loot: Western Skyrim and The Reach | 3 |
| Regional monsters and containers: Alik’r, Hew’s Bane, Stros M’Kai, Bangkorai and Craglorn | 3 |
| Total | 66 |
These numbers are counts of new plans by source, not guaranteed drops. The PTS notes do not publish a fixed percentage chance for each container or excavation. Not getting a plan on the first attempt doesn’t mean the listed source is wrong.
Where to farm ESO Update 52 furnishing plans from loot
Twenty-two ESO Update 52 furnishing plans come from enemies and containers across Tamriel. This is the broadest pool, so you are not restricted to a single Skyrim farming loop. A separate group of three plans is tied to enemies or containers in Stros M’Kai, Alik’r Desert, Bangkorai, Craglorn and Hew’s Bane.
For the region-specific three, keep your looting inside one of those named zones. For the wider 22, choose an activity you would already be doing rather than inventing a best-in-slot chest route. No official information guarantees that a particular delve, boss or barrel has a better drop rate.
Nowhere Vault and Thieves Guild recipe sources
Twelve structural plans are associated with Glenumbra Thieves Guild daily reward coffers and chests in the Nowhere Vault. These are two separate activities that share a set of recipes. The daily coffers matter if you regularly complete the related Thieves Guild work; the Vault route matters for players who already have Wondrous Nowhere Keys.
Check our linked Nowhere Vault guide for the entrance and key requirements. Its rooms are randomised, so don’t expect the same chest room on every run. Opening reward chests while pursuing your ordinary Vault goals makes more sense than assuming one named room is the only source of ESO Update 52 furnishing plans.
ESO Update 52 furnishing plans sold by merchants
Fifteen of the new recipes have straightforward vendor sources. Ten are carried by Grocer merchants across Tamriel, and five are sold by Alchemy merchants. These are plans you can purchase and learn, not necessarily finished objects you can put straight into a house.
After the update reaches live servers, check both vendor types before farming for random drops. If you cannot find a recipe in November 2026, remember that these are PTS additions, not evidence that a particular merchant has been permanently missed in your version of the game.
Craglorn dailies and Antiquity excavation plans
Seven ESO Update 52 furnishing plans come from Craglorn daily rewards, specifically the Yokudan Coffer of Merit, Yokudan Coffer of Humility and Yokudan Coffer of Distinction. The coffers are the reward containers to look for; the notes do not support claiming that a particular quest grants one named recipe every time.
The Antiquities system adds another seven plans through bonus loot during excavation at intermediate difficulty or higher. Four are linked to Alik’r Desert, Hew’s Bane, Stros M’Kai, Bangkorai and Craglorn. Three more belong to Western Skyrim and The Reach. Excavating something trivial below the required difficulty is not the same activity.
For ESO Update 52 furnishing plans from Antiquities, make sure the excavation is in the correct group of zones and meets the difficulty requirement. The published source lists do not provide a specific Lead name or drop percentage for each recipe, so avoid farming an unverified Lead on the strength of someone else’s isolated drop.
38 vendor furnishings are not part of the 66 plans
Alongside ESO Update 52 furnishing plans, there are 38 new finished furnishings planned for Home Goods Furnishing Vendors. These are physical objects sold by merchants, not 38 extra furnishing plans. The distinction matters when you are trying to learn every crafting recipe or decide whether you need materials to make an item.
| Home Goods Furnishing Vendor | New finished items |
|---|---|
| Yatava in Rimmen and Zadraska in Senchal | 17 |
| Rohzika in Daggerfall Covenant areas and Abah’s Landing | 15 |
| Maladdiq in Aldmeri Dominion areas and Haggler’s Bluff | 3 |
| Masela in Solitude | 3 |
ZeniMax additionally lists two achievement furnishings from Listens-to-Sea in Ebonheart Pact areas and Abah’s Landing. These sit outside both the 66-plan collection and the 38 regular Home Goods items. The final stock, purchase conditions and prices need checking once the update launches.
How to prepare for ESO Update 52 furnishing plans
If you want the new recipes quickly after launch, you can prepare by getting comfortable with Thieves Guild dailies, saving time for Nowhere Vault chest runs, and making sure you can excavate intermediate-or-higher Antiquities in the appropriate zones. Check your chosen home’s furnishing cap as well, since collecting plans does not add more placement space.
Use the table as a guide to the current PTS sources, not as an item-by-item list of named recipes. The official summary has not given every recipe name or the final drop rate. When the January release notes confirm any changes, those details should replace PTS assumptions rather than being bolted onto an invented complete list.
Official source: ZeniMax Online Studios Update 52 PTS patch notes.
