Legacy system

Legacy is Forever’s account-wide progression layer. You earn points once per Battle.net account by doing things you were going to do anyway (level a class, max a profession, clear a raid) and every non-Hardcore character spends the shared pool in its own copy of three small perk trees. It is the only system in Forever that rewards playing an alt, and it is deliberately capped so nobody has to. For a friends-and-family guild, the two questions that matter are which perks to buy with 16 points and who takes which tree.

How it works

Blizzard’s own description: “Players earn Legacy Points by completing Legacy Challenges across several categories, with examples including leveling a specific class or reaching a particular skill milestone.” “At launch, each character can spend up to 16 points in their Legacy Trees.” “Players can still continue completing challenges beyond that spending limit and earn up to 65 Legacy Points at the start.” “Legacy Points are shared across all alts, while each character spends those points separately in their own trees.” verified

Three rules to remember:

Points are earned once per account. A second Warrior to 60 gives nothing. verified
Points are spent per character. Your Mage and your Priest each pick their own 16 from the same pool. verified
The reward track counts points earned, not spent. The 16 cap does not gate the mount. verified

Blizzard’s stated reasons for the cap: new players never fall far behind, and alts are optional because one character alone can earn 3 (leveling) + up to 6 (two tradeskills) + 12 (PvP) + 2 (Adventure) + 6 (dungeons and raids) = 29 points, well past 16. verified

The 65 challenges by category

Blizzard’s Legacy post and two beta-client readings (classicwowforever.com, wowforeverbuilds.com) agree on the totals. The per-challenge detail comes from the beta client and can change. verified totals unverified detail

Category	Points	How you earn them
Classes	27	Reach level 25 (Novice), 45 (Experienced), and 60 (Master) on each of the 9 classes. 3 per class
Tradeskills	18	Reach 150, 225, and 300 skill in each of the 6 crafting professions (Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Leatherworking, Tailoring). Gathering and secondary professions give none
Player vs Player	12	Honor ranks 3, 7, 10, 13, 14 (5 points), Exalted with 4 battleground factions (4 points), Field of Honor weeks 4, 7, 10 (3 points)
Dungeons	3	Novice, Experienced, and Master Spelunker: defeat final bosses in sets of 2, 3, and 3 dungeons across three level brackets. Which dungeons is not listed
Raids	3	Defeat the end bosses of The Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, and Onyxia’s Lair
Adventure	2	Explore the entire world map; complete the Lord Valthalak questline

Two things fall out of that table. First, the PvP category is the single biggest pile a non-alt player can reach (12 points), and it needs a Field of Honor season to exist, so nobody caps from PvP in week one. Second, the “4 battleground factions” line means a fourth battleground reputation exists beyond Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and Alterac Valley. Darkspear Islands is the obvious candidate. See Endgame PvP. unverified

A realistic first-two-months count

For a casual player with one character: 3 (one class to 60) + up to 6 (two crafts to 300) + 2 to 3 (dungeon sets) + 1 (exploration) = roughly 12 to 13 points. The 16 cap only binds for people who level alts or grind PvP rank. Raids open 2026-12-09, so the 3 raid points arrive after that. See Raids overview.

The three trees, all 21 implemented perks

Every character has its own copy of the three trees. Gates work two ways: some perks need 5 or 10 points already spent in the same tree, and some need a specific neighbor perk first. Six slots across the trees read “not yet implemented” in the beta client. The names below match Blizzard’s Legacy post; the rank counts, values, and gates come from beta-client readings (classicwowforever.com, zockify.com) and are subject to tuning. verified names unverified values

Professions tree

Perk	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Gate
Working Overtime	5	+20% chance to skill up any primary, secondary, or class tradeskill	open
Bountiful Harvest	5	+100% “Scarce” materials from Mining, Herbalism, Skinning (Scarce is a new rarity flag on gathering drops)	open
Master Chef	5	50% chance Cooking makes an extra item	5 points in tree
Bartering	2	Vendor items cost 10% less	5 points in tree
Performance Bonus	3	15% chance a crate hand-in gives double Merchant’s Favor	5 points + Bountiful Harvest
Luremaster	2	50% chance of an extra fish while a lure is active	5 points in tree
Dedicated Study	1	25 sec cast, 23 h cooldown: +1 skill to your lowest tradeskill, or 2 to 4 random Elemental Essence if everything is maxed	10 points + Bartering

Blizzard’s post calls Performance Bonus simply “Performance.” Same perk. Whether Bartering’s discount applies to riding trainers is unknown. See Professions overview for Merchant’s Favor and the Scarce flag.

Adventure tree

Perk	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Gate
Well Rested	5	Rested XP accrues 20% faster and the rested cap is 20% higher	open
Thrill of Adventure	5	A killing blow restores 5% of max health and mana over 10 sec (not in instances or battlegrounds)	open
High Alert	2	Detect stealth as if 2 levels higher (not in battlegrounds)	5 points in tree
Talented	5	First talent point at level 5 instead of 10 (still capped at 51 total)	5 points + Well Rested
Field Guide	3	Camp object cooldown reduced 8 / 17 / 25%	5 points in tree
Field Medicine	2	“Recently Bandaged” shortened by 5 / 10 sec (not in instances or battlegrounds)	5 points in tree
Frequent Flier	1	Flight paths cost 50% less and fly 20% faster	10 points + Field Guide

Resourcefulness tree

Perk	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Gate
Gourmand	3	Food buffs last 100% longer	open
The Quick and the Dead	2	Move 10% faster while dead; after a resurrection, helpful spells cost nothing for 2 min or until combat	open
Reinforce	5	40% less durability loss on death	open
For Great Honor	5	+10% Honor	5 points in tree
Permanence	2	Long-duration class buffs on party and raid members last 100% longer; camp rest benefits also last longer per Wowhead	5 points + Gourmand
Diplomat	5	+10% reputation gains	5 points in tree
Reagent Economy	1	Class abilities need no vendor reagents; Tier 1 camp objects cost no reagents	10 points + The Quick and the Dead

Reward track

Cosmetic only, unlocked by total points earned across the account, not gated by the 16 spending cap. Blizzard: rewards are “special cosmetic or prestige rewards, such as the Spectral Bear Cub, without providing a competitive gameplay advantage.” Four rewards at launch, more promised with each content update. verified

Total points earned	Reward
15 (zockify says 10)	Replica Ironforge Air Rifle (toy)
25	Spectral Bear Cub (pet)
40	Spectral Bear Tabard
55	Reins of the Spectral Bear (mount)

Thresholds are from beta-client readings with one conflict on the first step. unverified

Respec

Blizzard’s Legacy post does not address resetting points. Wowhead’s Legacy article, read through a proxy, says you “can unlearn your Legacy Tree talent points at a class trainer for 10” gold per point. An earlier beta report (allthings.how) said 10 gold flat. Treat it as “10 gold, per point or flat unknown, at a class trainer.” unverified

Practical consequence: with a 16-point cap, a full respec costs at most 160 gold on the per-point reading, or 10 gold on the flat reading. Either way it is cheaper than a talent respec chain, so buying leveling perks first and swapping to raid perks at 60 is a sane plan.

Hardcore

Non-Hardcore challenges do not count inside Hardcore. Hardcore completions do count everywhere else. verified
Blizzard will add 12 Hardcore-specific challenges when Hardcore ships (post-launch, no date). verified
PvP challenges are unavailable in Hardcore. verified

See Rulesets for how the Hardcore wall works.

How the guild should spend points

Points are per character, so spend by role, not by guild. These are recommendations built from the perk values above; every number is beta data. unverified

Crafter or gatherer main (16 points): Working Overtime 5 first (it saves the most materials over 1 to 300 and works on First Aid and Cooking), then Bountiful Harvest 5 if you gather, then Bartering 2 (10% off threads, vials, spices, and every vendor item is real gold at launch), then Dedicated Study 1 once you have 10 in the tree. That is 5 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 13, with 3 spare for Master Chef or Luremaster.

Raider who does not craft: Reinforce 5 (wipes cost less), Gourmand 3, then Permanence 2 (Fortitude, Mark of the Wild, Arcane Intellect, and camp buffs last twice as long), then Reagent Economy 1 at 10 points. That is 11, leaving 5 for Diplomat.

Leveler on launch night: Well Rested 5, then Talented 5 (first talent at level 5), then Thrill of Adventure. Frequent Flier needs 10 in the tree plus Field Guide; do not buy it before you can afford the gate. Riding at 40 matters more than a flight discount.

Guild-level plan: the perks that help a group are Field Guide and Permanence (camp buffs) and Bountiful Harvest (materials for the guild crafters). Make sure the designated gatherers take Bountiful Harvest and the designated cook takes Master Chef. See Camping and the profession supply chain.

Roadmap

Blizzard promises “new Legacy Challenges in every new content release,” plus more perks, trees, and rewards. The published roadmap slots a specific “Professions and Legacy system updates” item in Summer 2027. See Roadmap. verified

Unknown as of 2026-09-24

Exact perk values at launch; every number above is from the beta client.
Respec cost: 10 gold per point or 10 gold flat.
The first reward-track threshold: 15 or 10.
Which dungeons form the Novice, Experienced, and Master Spelunker sets.
Which fourth battleground faction counts for the PvP challenges.
What fills the six unimplemented tree slots.
Whether Bartering applies to riding trainers.
Whether the 12 Hardcore challenges ship with the Hardcore mode or later.