House of Shokoti was originally written as just one part, but Larry DiTillio's script was deemed too expensive to produce, owing to several new models and a lot of light and shadow work. Producer Hal Sutherland suggested that costs could be cut by making it a two-part story. DiTillio's first draft became part 2, and he wrote a story leading up to it which became part 1, primarily using stock footage from earlier episodes. As such, Part 1 was written months after Part 2.
A lengthy scene was omitted that featured Ram Man being grabbed by a giant Bat Snake, with He-Man and Battle Cat in pursuit. Near the end, Ram Man can be still heard referring to this deleted scene when he mentions 'a snake thingie'.
The moral segment features footage that was deleted from the final episode: Stanlan holds up his torch to what he believes to be Shokoti's floating face, only to reveal several Darklings instead. When the scene was shown earlier in the actual story, there were no Darklings visible.
The interior backgrounds of Shokoti's lair would be seen again in The Cat and the Spider (1984) and The Ancient Mirror of Avathar (1985).
Shokoti's throne room and the Darklings were reused in Three Courageous Hearts (1985), also story-boarded by Robert Lamb.