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The permissions system for Housing in ESO is fairly versatile. In fact, you are able to set Permissions on each individual house! So, if you have the Cliffshade and Gardner houses, you can actually set them with completely different permissions if you like. Yes! You really can!

First, however, we are going to back up and start with the basics: How to actually see the current permissions set on your house so that you can change them or leave them at will.

Note 1: You cannot view the permissions on a house you do not own.

Note 2: Permissions that you set in one house pertain only to that house unless you Copy Permissions of a house (explained later).

1. You need to be inside the house at which you wish to see the permissions. Head there now!
   
   
2. Use the assigned keybinding to open the Housing Editor (named Show Housing Panel in your list of controls). The default keybind for keyboard and mouse users is 'F5'.
   
   
3. Press the assigned keybinding to Browse. The default keybind for keyboard and mouse users is 'R'.
   
   
4. On the right side of your screen, a Housing box will appear. At the top right of that box are several tabs, represented by icons (images). Click the Settings tab, which looks like two gears.
   
   
5. Here you have Six categories:
   
   
   
   
   • General - General house permissions
     
     
   • Occupants - The character names of anyone in your house at that time.
     
     
   • Visitors - Where you set special permissions for individual accounts
     
     
   • Banlist - Where you set bans on individual accounts
     
     
   • Guild Visitors - Where you set special permissions for entire guilds
     
     
   • Guild Banlist - Where you set bans on current members of entire guilds
     
     
6. For the time being, please select the "General" category. For each of the additional categories mentioned further below, this is how you get to them.
   
   

The General cateory of your House Settings window is where you are going to find the basic permissions for your house.

Primary Residence - This setting allows you to make the house you are standing in your Primary Residence. A person that has you in a Friends List or Guild List can right-click on your username and select 'Visit Primary Residence'. If the house is "open" ("open" is explained below), that person will be teleported into the house you marked as a Primary Residence. Hence the phrase that is sometimes asked, "Is the house your Primary?"

• If the house is not already marked as your Primary House, you will have an option here to 'Make Primary Residence' that you can click.
  
  
• If the house is already marked as your Primary House, the 'Make Primary Residence' option is grayed out.
  
  

Default Visitor Access - This setting is the default for All Visitors to your house. This setting can be overridden by specific permissions set within the Visitors, Banlist, Guild Visitors, and Guild Banlist categories mentioned above. More about that is covered under Adding Exceptions to House Permissions.

• No Access: This prevents Everyone from entering your house Except special permissions set in your Visitors and Guild Visitors categories. This is how you can "lock your house" if you prefer to while building, etc.
  
  
• Limited Visitor: Players can visit the house. They cannot turn lights on/off. They cannot use Crafting Stations. They cannot use furnishings you place into the house that have prompts to use them (open/close extra doors, use levers, etc.). However, if the property came with a door leading into a home on it, the visitor can still use that particular door. For example, the Cyrodilic Jungle House has one single door in it that leads into a house. Visitors would be able to use this door. However, if you placed a 'Markarth Door, Double' furnishing into the house as well, the visitor would not be able to use it.
  
  
• Visitor: Players can visit the house. They can interact with all lights, use crafting stations, and use interactable furnishings that you place into the house (such as doors and levers).
  
  
• Decorator: Players can visit the house and move your furniture around. They can interact with all lights, use crafting stations, and use all interactable furnishings that you place into the house. They cannot remove furniture from the house and place it into their inventories.
  
  

Restart All Paths - This particular setting pertains to Houseguests that you have placed into your house.

• If you have placed a Houseguest in your house and have set a Path for it to walk, clicking the 'Restart Paths' links here will put all Houseguests at the very start of their pathing.
  
  
• This setting is extremely helpful if you are trying to coordinate the pathing of one houseguest with another, making it easier for them to do things like cross paths without moving through each other.
  
  
• This setting is also helpful if you are testing the pathing of a houseguest to ensure that it is not, for example, walking through rocks and walls.
  
  

The Visitors category in your house permissions screen is used to give specific accounts permissions for a particular house. If the permissions you wish to give the individual match the general permissions of the house, you do not need to add an exception for that person. However, if the permissions you wish to give the individual differ from the general house permissions, this category is exactly where you add that account name.

To set individual permissions for an account, you need to first View House Permissions and select the Visitor category.

If you have no special permissions set, the Visitors category tells you that "You don't have any entries in this list.".

Any people that you give access to will be listed in this panel on the right side, along with individual permissions you set to those people.

Any exceptions that you add will, of course, only apply that individual house, or to houses that you later Copy Permissions to.

If you add the name of someone's account to the Visitors panel but they are a part of a guild to which you have also given permissions, all permissions set to the individual account in the Visitors panel will supercede the permissions in the Guild Visitors panel. For example, @Buddy is part of the XYZ guild. You have already given the XYZ guild permissions for Limited Visitor. However, @Buddy is your best friend and you want him to have more access. You add @Buddy to the Visitor permissions panel and set his permissions to Decorator. Now, any time someone in XYZ guild comes in, they will have only Limited Visitor permissions -- except @Buddy. @Buddy will be able to decorate your house.

If you wish to Make Changes to Permissions for guild visitors, it is in this panel that you should do so.

At the bottom of your screen you will have at least two options: Add Player and Load Permissions.

Add Player is used to add an account to the Visitors list for that specific house.

1. Use the assigned keybinding to Add Player to the visitor list. The default keybinding is 'R'. An Add Visitor box appears.
   
   
2. In the 'Enter character name or UserID' field, enter either the name of the character or the person's account name. Entering either of these will set permissions for any character on the other player's account.
   
   
3. In the Permissions box, choose the specific permissions setting that will apply to that other player. These permissions are almost identical to the ones covered under How to View House Permissions for Your House: Limited Visitor, Visitor, and Decorator. Only 'No Access' is left out, as that is covered under Banlist.
   
   
4. There is a checkmark box under the Permissions box that reads, "Apply to all Houses" By default, this box is checkmarked. If you wish these settings to apply only to this house, be certain to Uncheck that box.
   
   
5. Confirm your settings using the appropriate keybinding (default: 'E').
   
   

Load Permissions is covered under Copying Permissions From Another House in order to avoid monotonous repetition and to save space.

The Guild Visitors permissions allow you to 'open' a specific house to members of an entire guild, while remaining closed to anyone not in that guild or on an exception list. If the permissions you wish to give the guild match the general permissions of the house, you do not need to add an exception for that guild. However, if the permissions you wish to give the guild differ from the general house permissions, this category is exactly where you add the guild's name.

To set guild permissions for a house, you need to first View House Permissions and select the Guild Visitors category.

If you have no special permissions set, the Guild Visitors category tells you that "You don't have any entries in this list.".

Any guilds that you give access to will be listed in this panel on the right side, along with the guild-wide permissions you set to those guild members.

Any exceptions that you add will, of course, only apply that individual house, or to houses that you later Copy Permissions to.

If you add the name of a guild to the Guild Visitors but you also have a member of that guild in your Visitors permissions panel, all permissions set to the individual account on the Visitors panel will supercede the permissions in the Guild Visitors panel. For example, @Buddy is part of the XYZ guild. You have already given the XYZ guild permissions for Limited Visitor. However, @Buddy is your best friend and you want him to have more access. You add @Buddy to the Visitor permissions panel and set his permissions to Decorator. Now, any time someone in XYZ guild comes in, they will have only Limited Visitor permissions -- except @Buddy. @Buddy will be able to decorate your house.

If you wish to Make Changes to Permissions for guild visitors, it is in this panel that you should do so.

At the bottom of your screen you will have at least two options: Add Guild and Load Permissions.

Add Guild is used to add the name of a guild to the Guild Visitors list for that specific house.

1. Use the assigned keybinding to Add Guild to the guild visitors list. The default keybinding is 'R'. An Add Visitor box appears.
   
   
2. In the 'Enter guild name' field, enter the name of the guild.
   
   
3. In the Permissions box, choose the specific permissions setting that will apply to all members of that guild. These permissions are almost identical to the ones covered under How to View House Permissions for Your House: Limited Visitor, Visitor, and Decorator. Only 'No Access' is left out, as that is covered under Banlist.
   
   
4. There is a checkmark box under the Permissions box that reads, "Apply to all Houses" By default, this box is checkmarked. If you wish these settings to apply only to this house, be certain to Uncheck that box.
   
   
5. Confirm your settings using the appropriate keybinding (default: 'E').
   
   

Load Permissions is covered under Copying Permissions From Another House in order to avoid monotonous repetition and to save space.

The Banlist category in your house permissions screen is used to deny specific accounts access to a particular house. To deny a specific account access, you need to first View House Permissions and select the Banlist category.

This panel will give you two options at the bottom of your screen: Add Player and Load Permissions.

If you have not banned anyone from entering, the Banlist category tells you that "You don't have any entries in this list.".

Any individual accounts that you ban from that house will be listed in this panel on the right side, with an 'X' to the left of the name. Clicking that 'X' will remove the name from your banlist.

You may also Copy Permissions to add individual accounts to your banlist.

The Banlist will supercede all other permissions you have set for that particular house. Should an account on your Banlist be in a guild with you, and you have added that guild to your Guild Visitors list, that account on the banlist will still be unable to enter.

Load Permissions is covered under Copying Permissions From Another House in order to avoid monotonous repetition and to save space.

The Guild Banlist category in your house permissions screen is used to deny specific guilds access to a particular house. To deny a specific guild access, you need to first View House Permissions and select the Guild Banlist category.

This panel will give you two options at the bottom of your screen: Add Guild and Load Permissions.

If you have not banned a guild from entering, the Guild Banlist category tells you that "You don't have any entries in this list.".

Any guilds that you ban from that house will be listed in this panel on the right side, with an 'X' to the left of the name. Clicking that 'X' will remove the name from your banlist.

You may also Copy Permissions to add guilds to your banlist.

The Guild Banlist will supercede all other permissions you have set for that particular house, with one exception: If you wish to give someone in a banned guild access to the house, you must enter that account into your Visitors panel and give that account its permissions there.

Load Permissions is covered under Copying Permissions From Another House in order to avoid monotonous repetition and to save space.

The very first time you enter a house you have obtained, you will receive a message box on your screen asking you to set permissions for that house.

At this time you may do so, or you may close the box without doing so and set them later (if you have any to set, that is). You are not required to set permissions upon entry, nor at any time.

If you choose to set permissions right then, you must use the dropdown to select the house from which you wish to copy permissions and then Confirm your selection. This dropdown will only display the names of houses you own. All permissions from the house chosen in the dropdown box will then immediately apply to the one that you are standing in.

If you wish to load permissions from another house at a later date, you may easily do so:

1. After loading the panel to View House Permissions, use the assigned keybinding to Load Permissions to the visitor list (listed on the bottom of your screen). The default keybinding is 'F'. A Load Permissions box appears.
   
   
2. Using the dropdown box, select a house that you own. The house you select will need to have the permissions that you wish to copy to this house.
   
   
3. When you have made your decision and your selection, use the assigned keybinding to Confirm (default: 'E').
   
   
4. All permissions will immediately copy from that selected house to the house in which you stand.
   
   

In the Banlist and Guild Banlist categories, you can click the X beside the account name / guild name in order to remove it from the list.

For the Visitors and Guild Visitors categories, open the category in which you wish to make changes. When you right-click the username on that list, you have two options: Change Permissions [for their permissions in that house] or Remove [from the list for that house].

From there, it is a matter of choosing which option you wish and making any changes you wish to make.

You will need to be inside your own house for this to work:

1. If you wish to send the link to the chat in your guild or in a whisper, make certain that you first have that person's name set to whisper to, or that guild set to be talked to.
   
   
2. Use the assigned keybinding to open the Housing Editor (named Show Housing Panel in your list of controls). The default keybind for keyboard and mouse users is 'F5'.
   
   
3. Press the assigned keybinding to Browse. The default keybind for keyboard and mouse users is 'R'.
   
   
4. On the left side of your screen a House Information box appears. At the bottom of that box you can see the words, "Link Invite in Chat". Click that link!
   
   
5. When you click those words, you will see a colored link appear in your chat box prompt where you normally type things to send. It will look like this -- [@Username's House] -- where "@Username" is replaced with your username and "House" is replaced with the name of the house. For example: [@Bob's Cyrodilic Jungle House].
   
   
6. Simply typing these words into your chat using the same format will not link your house.
   
   
7. If permissions are not properly on the house so that another can enter it, they will be denied access.
   
   

You can be anywhere in the game and still link your house, as long as you are logged onto a character:

1. If you wish to send the link to the chat in your guild or in a whisper, make certain that you first have that person's name set to whisper to, or that guild set to be talked to.
   
   
2. Open your Collections menu using your assigned keybinding.
   
   
3. Select the Housing tab (the house icon) at the top of the box that appears.
   
   
4. Scroll through your list of houses under the Collected option until you find the house you wish to link. Select that house.
   
   
5. The image and information on the right side of the Collections box will change to show you the information for that house.
   
   
6. On the bottom of your Collections box you can see the words, "Link Invite in Chat". Click that link!
   
   
7. When you click those words, you will see a link appear in your chat box prompt where you normally type things to send. It will look like this -- [@Username's House] -- where "@Username" is replaced with your username and "House" is replaced with the name of the house. For example: [@Bob's Cyrodilic Jungle House].
   
   
8. Simply typing these words into your chat using the same format will not link your house.
   
   
9. If permissions are not set to allow others into the house, those without access that click the link will be denied access.
   
   

You can link someone else's house to others while you are inside it, such as for contests or to show off someone's house to a friend.

The steps for this are identical to Linking Your House While Inside Your House, except that you will use the exact same keybinding to enter Inspection Mode instead of the Housing Editor.

There is a special script that ZOS uses to teleport you to a house. This script, when typed into a chat box prompt and sent to the chat, will automatically teleport the user to the house. For some of you, this may be familiar. For others, this may be new.

What this script offers you, though, is the chance to give a link to a house without having to travel to it, even if it is not your own house.

If permissions are not set to allow others into the house, those without access that click the link will be denied access.

The first thing that you will need to do is to gather the following information: @Username, House Name, and House ID.

• The @Username is the easy part. That is the person's account name, which you should already know if you plan to link to their house.
  
  
• The House Name is also an easy part. How else can you link to a house if you do not know to which house you wish to link to? Be aware that this is not the nickname someone gives to a house (such as "Bob's Villa") but the official name assigned to it (i.e., Black Vine Villa, The Observatory Prior, Cyrodilic Jungle House, etc.).
  
  
• Each house in the game has a unique House ID assigned to it. You will use the name of the house to find it. The good news is, I have those House IDs for you! Check the House List, above, for its proper House ID.
  
  

When ready, type the following into your chat box prompt in the game: /script JumpToSpecificHouse("@Username", house_ID)

1. Substitute the @Username for the username of the individual whose house you are linking to.
   
   
2. Substitute the words house_ID at the end of that code with the actual House ID.
   
   

For example, if I want to link to @Bob's Cyrodilic Jungle House, I would type: /script JumpToSpecificHouse("@Bob", 25). When I press the Enter key on my keyboard, if I have permission to enter the house, I will immediately be teleported to that house.

You can also safely send this script via an in-game mail to another party. Though they will not be able to copy it from the mail and paste it into their chat prompt, they can certainly type it into their chat prompt themselves.

If you send this via an in-game whisper or chat, be absolutely certain to place something in front of that / symbol, followed by a space. Many people use periods, such as . /script blahblah. This prevents you from accidentally teleporting to the house but allows you to send the message.

You may have seen peoples' houses linked in a Guild Message of the Day or in an in-game mail. You can do this also if you are sending a mail or have edit permissions on a Guild MotD!

1. If sending the message to a chat or whisper, simply send the message once you have the link in your chat prompt. This can be used with any of the aforementioned methods of linking to a house.
   
   
2. If sending the message to a Guild MotD or via a mail: Highlight the link in your chat prompt and Copy It (Ctrl+C for PC, Command+C for Mac). Open your mail or edit the Guild MotD and Paste (Ctrl+V for PC, Shift+Command+V for Mac) where you wish the link to appear. You Will Not be able to right-click to Copy or Paste in-game.
   
   

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