AQWorlds
Beleen
| Tuesday, February 25, 2025
When it comes to player housing in AQWorlds, some heroes go above and beyond… and today’s spotlight is no exception! Meet Sylveon, fellow adventurer who has spent nearly 1.5 years and countless hours crafting one of the most meticulously designed homes we have seen! This isn’t some typical decorated map though; it’s a total transformation of the Akumi House, built with incredible attention to detail, layering, stacking, and creativity.
Before:
After:
“This house was created solo, starting with the ‘Underwater’ styled room after I saw the murals added in the Voice in the Depths saga of AQW,” says Sylveon. “When stacked on top of each other, they make for a nice, rocky cliff kind of design that completely changes the feel of the house.”
And that was only the beginning. Once Sylveon mastered this creative technique, she set out to redesign every room… each one with a completely different theme!
Starting with the Akumi Ship House, Sylveon painstakingly covered up nearly every part of the original house design 👀 An extremely difficult feat, to say the least!
“You either need very, very large items to do it or a bunch of small items that can cleanly mesh together to create a convincing background,” Sylveon explains. “The hardest room to do was definitely my Fantasy Forest room, because even today, we don’t have enough wall items in the style I want to completely cover up the top half of the screen.”
And yet… Sylveon found a way. Many ways, in fact! So let’s take a tour of the incredible rooms inside this one-of-a-kind home!
Items Used: 174
Theme: An eerie, sunken ocean landscape
Inspiration: Voice in the Depths saga
This was the first scene built and set the foundation for the entire house. By layering the underwater murals just right, Sylveon created the illusion of a rocky ocean cliffside, making the house feel entirely different from its original form.
But the real flex? The tiny pile of bones beneath the leftmost blue mushroom.
“Each bone is a 1% drop, and there are 13 of them in that tiny pile,” Sylveon reveals. “That was probably the most time-consuming decoration to obtain.” 😱
Items Used: 30
Theme: A minimalist, haunting Darkon-inspired space
Inspiration: Darkon Saga
A stark contrast to the underwater room, this area embraces an ominous aesthetic, using just 30 well-placed items to maximize atmosphere (and, as we all know, atmosphere is ~very~ hard to come by in outer space, which is where the Akumi Ship House is stationed).
The Darkon room may feature fewer items, but sometimes less is more – and Sylveon totally nailed it! Every choice here was intentional, making this a perfectly balanced and eerie tribute to Darkon and his insane Saga.
Items Used: 43
Theme: A high-tech aquatic research station
Inspiration: Sci-fi deep-sea exploration
This futuristic lab has a secret detail you might not notice at first…
“The reason for my nameplate being visible in this room is because I wasn’t happy with any position of the leftmost hanging blue light,” Sylveon states.
“So to deal with it, I used my nameplate as the attachment point, and it looks more natural.”
Well this certainly shows a true designer's talent: using GUI in unexpected ways to enhance the overall ambience of the room!
Items Used: 118
Theme: A whimsical, magical forest
Inspiration: Enchanted nature
Sylveon saved the best for last – and reveals it was the most difficult room to complete, too! This lush, vibrant space features layered clouds, glowing mushrooms, and dense greenery, but covering up the original house design was a major challenge.
“With the limited cloud quantity that exists at the moment, this was the densest cloud coverage I was able to do,” Sylveon shares. “I think it turned out pretty good for the limited resources I had.”
And tucked away in this enchanted forest is a hidden surprise:
the smallest house item in the ~entire~ game!
“If you look super closely under the chest, there’s a tiny bird—placing it was a nightmare because the editor buttons actually cover it up. So I had to blindly guess and check until it was in a position I was happy with.”
Talk about totally winging it! With patience, precision, and an eagle’s eye for detail, Sylveon managed to nest the tiniest item in AQW history – truly a tweet-worthy triumph! 🕊️
Sylveon’s house is an impressive home transformation that just goes to show how AMAZING ourcommunity is! With a mix of patience, creativity, and insane attention to detail, Sylveon turned a standard house into an immersive, multi-themed experience.
Which room is YOUR favorite? Let us know in the comments below, and be sure to stop by Sylveon’s home to see her Total Transformation House in person!
Battle on!
Beleen, Sylveon, and the AQ3D team
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