WoW Forever Legacy System: Points, Perks and Rewards
November 9, 2026 · 7 min read
On this page
- How to unlock the Legacy System
- How Legacy Points work
- All 65 Legacy Challenges
- Class challenges (27 points)
- Tradeskill challenges (18 points)
- PvP challenges (12 points)
- Dungeon challenges (3 points)
- Raid challenges (3 points)
- Every Legacy Perk
- Professions
- Adventure
- Resourcefulness
- Which perks to pick first
- Legacy Rewards
- How Hardcore will work with Legacy
- What's next for the system
- Frequently asked questions
- How do you unlock the Legacy System in WoW Forever?
- How many Legacy Points can you spend in WoW Forever?
- Do you need alts for the Legacy System?
- How many Legacy Challenges are there?
- What rewards does the Legacy System give?
- Do Legacy Points work in Hardcore?
The Legacy System is WoW Forever's account-wide progression. You complete Legacy Challenges to earn Legacy Points, each character spends those points on Legacy Perks, and your account total unlocks Legacy Rewards such as a mount and a pet. It's horizontal progression: the perks make life easier and give you options instead of raw power. You don't need alts to get the most out of it at launch.
Last checked: November 9, 2026.
How to unlock the Legacy System
The system opens as soon as you earn your first Legacy Point. Most players get it when their first character reaches level 25. Two other ways also count:
- Reach skill 150 in a crafting profession (gathering professions don't count)
- Explore the entire world map on one character
Open it with the shield icon on the menu bar, or press Y.
How Legacy Points work
- Each completed challenge gives one Legacy Point.
- Points are shared across your Battle.net account and work on all your characters except Hardcore ones.
- Each character spends points separately. One character's choices don't affect another's, so you can give each one different perks.
- There's a spending cap of 16 points per character at launch.
The cap exists for two reasons, according to Blizzard. New players shouldn't fall too far behind veterans, and one character can reach the cap alone. A single character can earn up to 29 points without making an alt: 3 from leveling its class, up to 6 from professions, 12 from PvP, 2 from Adventure and 6 from dungeons and raids.
All 65 Legacy Challenges
There are 65 challenges in six categories.
| Category | Points | How to earn them |
|---|---|---|
| Classes | 27 | Reach level 25, 45 and 60 with each of the nine classes |
| Tradeskills | 18 | Reach skill 150, 225 and 300 in each of the six crafting professions |
| Player vs. Player | 12 | PvP ranks, battleground reputations and seasonal PvP quests |
| Adventure | 2 | Explore the whole world map on one character; finish the Lord Valthalak dungeon set questline |
| Dungeons | 3 | Defeat the final boss of every dungeon in three level bands |
| Raids | 3 | Defeat Onyxia; all 13 Hyjal Summit bosses; all 8 Barrow Deeps bosses |
Class challenges (27 points)
Each of the nine classes has three challenges: reach level 25, 45 and 60. Leveling one character to 60 earns 3 points. Leveling every class to 60 earns all 27.
Tradeskill challenges (18 points)
These cover the six crafting professions: Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Leatherworking and Tailoring. Each has three challenges, for skill 150, 225 and 300. Herbalism, Mining and Skinning don't have challenges. Since one character can have two primary professions, one character can earn up to 6 points here.
PvP challenges (12 points)
- Reach PvP ranks 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14 (5 points)
- Reach Exalted with each battleground reputation (4 points)
- Complete the week 4, week 7 and week 10 quests in the Field of Honor PvP Season's Journey (3 points)
Blizzard says the seasonal quests that give Legacy Points stay available in later seasons, so you don't lose them if you miss a season.
Dungeon challenges (3 points)
- Defeat the final boss in every dungeon from level 15 to 25
- Defeat the final boss in every dungeon from level 26 to 45
- Defeat the final boss in every dungeon from level 46 to 60
Those bands include the new dungeons, listed in our WoW Forever dungeons guide.
Raid challenges (3 points)
The raids open on December 9. See our WoW Forever raids guide for sizes and the Onyxia attunement.
Every Legacy Perk
Perks are split into three trees. Blizzard hasn't published how many points each perk costs or how many ranks it has, so check the in-game tree before spending.
Professions
| Perk | What it does |
|---|---|
| Working Overtime | Better chance to gain a skill point in all tradeskills, including class skills like Lockpicking |
| Bountiful Harvest | Find extra Scarce resources when mining, picking herbs or skinning |
| Bartering | Lower gold prices at vendors |
| Performance Bonus | Sometimes earn extra Merchant's Favor from the Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance) or Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde) |
| Master Chef | Chance for cooking recipes to make extra food |
| Luremaster | Chance to catch extra fish |
| Dedicated Study | A daily cooldown that speeds up tradeskill leveling, or gives free Elemental Essences once your skills are all at 300 |
Adventure
| Perk | What it does |
|---|---|
| Well Rested | Higher rested XP cap, and rested XP builds faster |
| Thrill of Adventure | Get back a little health and mana after each kill that isn't trivial |
| High Alert | Better stealth detection outside battlegrounds |
| Field Guide | Shorter one-hour cooldown for placing camping features |
| Field Medicine | Shorter Recently Bandaged debuff (not in dungeons, raids or battlegrounds) |
| Talented | Unlock talent points up to 5 levels earlier than normal |
| Frequent Flier | Cheaper and faster flights |
Resourcefulness
| Perk | What it does |
|---|---|
| Gourmand | Food buffs last longer |
| The Quick and the Dead | Faster corpse runs, and free party and raid buffs after you resurrect |
| Reinforce | Less durability loss when you die |
| For Great Honor | More Honor from PvP |
| Permanence | Party, raid and camping buffs last longer |
| Diplomat | More reputation gains |
| Reagent Economy | Class abilities stop using vendor-bought reagents, and tier 1 camping features need no materials |
Which perks to pick first
Blizzard doesn't recommend a build, and it depends on what you do most. A few general pointers:
- Leveling an alt? Adventure perks like Well Rested, Talented and Frequent Flier speed up the trip to 60.
- Raiding? The Quick and the Dead speeds up recovery after a wipe, and Permanence and Gourmand make buffs last longer.
- Crafting for gold? Working Overtime and Dedicated Study level professions faster, and Bartering cuts vendor costs.
- PvP? For Great Honor raises Honor gains.
Because each character spends its own points, your raider and your crafter can have completely different setups.
Legacy Rewards
Your account's total points also unlock cosmetic rewards. At launch there are four:
- Replica Ironforge Air Rifle, a toy gun that stuns other players in a shootout and keeps score
- Spectral Bear Cub, a pet based on the Dwarf Hunter's companion in Forever's cinematic
- Spectral Bear Tabard
- Reins of the Spectral Bear, a spectral mount
All four are exclusive to the Legacy System. Blizzard plans to add more with each content update.
How Hardcore will work with Legacy
The Hardcore ruleset isn't out yet, but Blizzard has explained the rules ahead of time:
- Challenges completed on other rulesets don't count in Hardcore.
- Challenges completed in Hardcore do count everywhere else.
- PvP challenges can't be done in Hardcore, so Hardcore will launch with 12 Hardcore-only challenges instead.
What's next for the system
Blizzard calls the Legacy System "in its infancy." The plan is to add new challenges with every content release, add perks to the existing trees and later new trees, and grow the rewards track. Hardcore-specific challenges and perks are planned too.
For the bigger picture of Forever, read What is WoW Forever?, and for leveling basics see the WoW Forever beginner guide.
Frequently asked questions
How do you unlock the Legacy System in WoW Forever?
Earn your first Legacy Point. For most players that happens when their first character reaches level 25, but reaching 150 in a crafting profession or exploring the whole world map also works. Then press Y or click the shield icon on the menu.
How many Legacy Points can you spend in WoW Forever?
Each character can spend up to 16 Legacy Points at launch. Points are shared across your account, but every character spends them separately.
Do you need alts for the Legacy System?
No. One character can earn up to 29 points by leveling, crafting, PvP, exploring and running dungeons and raids, which is more than the 16-point cap. Alts just give you more ways to earn points.
How many Legacy Challenges are there?
There are 65 at launch: 27 for classes, 18 for tradeskills, 12 for PvP, 2 for Adventure, 3 for dungeons and 3 for raids. Blizzard plans to add more with future content updates.
What rewards does the Legacy System give?
At launch, it unlocks four cosmetics: the Replica Ironforge Air Rifle toy, the Spectral Bear Cub pet, the Spectral Bear Tabard and the Reins of the Spectral Bear mount. More are planned.
Do Legacy Points work in Hardcore?
Not from other rulesets. Hardcore won't count challenges you completed elsewhere, but challenges you complete in Hardcore will count on every ruleset. Hardcore will also get 12 challenges of its own.
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