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WoW Forever Legacy Challenges and Points

The Legacy system is the account-wide progression of WoW Forever. Every Legacy Challenge you finish gives your account 1 Legacy Point, 65 in all and 55 of them open on launch day. Each character spends up to 16 of them on comfort perks in three Legacy trees, and your total unlocks four cosmetic rewards.

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How the Legacy system works

Blizzard built it from what the team likes about Hardcore: there, death sends you back to level 1, so the low-level zones stay full. Legacy gives you the same reason to level alts, without the permadeath.

How do you earn Legacy Points?

From Legacy Challenges, goals the game tracks for your account: level 60 with a class, skill 300 in a profession or the final boss of a row of dungeons. Most players get the first point when their first character hits level 25, a crafting profession at 150 can bring it earlier.

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All 65 in the checklist

Per account or per character?

Both. You earn the points for the whole account, and every character spends up to 16 of them on its own, without taking any from your alts. Blizzard keeps the cap low on purpose, so nobody feels forced to finish every challenge and new or returning players catch up.

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Plan your 16 points in the Legacy Calculator

What do the points unlock?

Perks in three Legacy trees: more rested experience, more Scarce materials, cheaper flights, longer food buffs. None of them adds combat stats. Your account's total also fills the reward track with four cosmetic rewards from 15 to 55 points, the last one Reins of the Spectral Bear.

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Legacy Points

0/16 usable per character

Reward track15 more to Replica Ironforge Air Rifle

Classes0/27

Level 25, 45 and 60 with every class

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Professions0/18

Skill 150, 225 and 300 in six crafts

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Dungeons0/4

The boss that counts in 33 dungeons

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Raids0/3

Onyxia, Hyjal Summit, Barrow Deeps

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PvP0/12

Ranks, battleground reputation, weeks

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PvP ranks

  • Rank 3

    Reach PvP rank 3: Sergeant for the Alliance, Sergeant for the Horde.

  • Rank 7PvP season, stage 4

    Reach PvP rank 7: Knight-Lieutenant for the Alliance, Blood Guard for the Horde.

  • Rank 10PvP season, stage 7

    Reach PvP rank 10: Lieutenant Commander for the Alliance, Champion for the Horde.

  • Rank 13PvP season, stage 9

    Reach PvP rank 13: Field Marshal for the Alliance, Warlord for the Horde.

  • Rank 14PvP season, stage 10

    Reach PvP rank 14: Grand Marshal for the Alliance, High Warlord for the Horde.

Battleground reputation

  • Master of Alterac Valley

    Reach Exalted with the faction of Alterac Valley: Stormpike Guard for the Alliance, Frostwolf Clan for the Horde. Your own side is enough.

  • Master of Arathi Basin

    Reach Exalted with the faction of Arathi Basin: The League of Arathor for the Alliance, The Defilers for the Horde. Your own side is enough.

  • Master of Warsong Gulch

    Reach Exalted with the faction of Warsong Gulch: Silverwing Sentinels for the Alliance, Warsong Outriders for the Horde. Your own side is enough.

  • Master of Darkspear Islands

    Reach Exalted with the faction of Darkspear Islands: Theramore Expeditionary Force for the Alliance, Darkspear Raiders for the Horde. Your own side is enough.

Field of Honor

  • Field of Honor: Week 4PvP season, week 4

    Finish week 4 of the Field of Honor, the weekly quest line of the PvP season.

  • Field of Honor: Week 7PvP season, week 7

    Finish week 7 of the Field of Honor, the weekly quest line of the PvP season.

  • Field of Honor: Week 10PvP season, week 10

    Finish week 10 of the Field of Honor, the weekly quest line of the PvP season.

Exploration0/1

Uncover all 43 zones on one character

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  • Explorer

    Uncover the map of all 43 zones of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor on one character.

The three Legacy trees

Every rank costs 1 point. The second row of a tree opens once you have spent 5 points in it, its last perk after 10. Each tree holds 23 ranks, so 16 points never fill one, and every character picks a direction. Each perk shows what it gives at full rank.

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Professions

Gathering, crafting, fishing and cooking.
7 perks · 23 ranks

Open from the start

  • Working Overtime5 ranks+10% chance for a skill-up in every tradeskill
  • Bountiful Harvest5 ranks100% more likely to find Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism and Skinning

After 5 points in the tree

  • Performance Bonus3 ranks15% chance for double Merchant's Favor on supply crates
  • Luremaster2 ranks50% chance for an extra fish while a lure is active
  • Master Chef5 ranks30% chance for an extra result when you cook
  • Bartering2 ranks10% lower gold prices for items from every vendor, not for training or repairs

After 10 points in the tree

  • Dedicated Study1 rankOnce a day: +1 skill in your lowest tradeskill, Elemental Essences once everything is at 300

Adventure

Leveling, rested experience and travel.
7 perks · 23 ranks

Open from the start

  • Well Rested5 ranksRested experience builds 20% faster and holds 20% more
  • Thrill of Adventure5 ranks5% of your Health and Mana back over 10 sec after a kill, outside instances

After 5 points in the tree

  • Talented5 ranksTalent points from level 5 instead of 10, still 51 in total
  • High Alert2 ranksSpot Stealth as if you were 2 level higher, not in battlegrounds
  • Field Guide3 ranks25% shorter cooldown for adding Camp features
  • Field Medicine2 ranksRecently Bandaged lasts 10 sec less, outside instances

After 10 points in the tree

  • Frequent Flier1 rankFlight paths 50% cheaper and your flight 20% faster

Resourcefulness

Reagents, repairs, reputation, honor and camps.
7 perks · 23 ranks

Open from the start

  • The Quick and the Dead2 ranks10% faster while dead, helpful spells free for 2 min after you come back
  • Reinforce5 ranks20% less durability loss when you die
  • Gourmand3 ranksFood buffs last 100% longer

After 5 points in the tree

After 10 points in the tree

  • Reagent Economy1 rankNo vendor reagents for class abilities, Tier 1 camp features cost no reagents

Ready builds to start from

Five builds of 16 points each for the usual ways to play. Each one opens in the Legacy Calculator, where you can change it.

65 points and when they open

Blizzard names 65 challenges, one point each, and no number for launch day. Counting what opens when gives 55 from November 4, the rest comes with the raids on December 9 and the later stages of the PvP season.

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  1. 55Launch, November 4Classes, professions, dungeons, Explorer, Lord Valthalak, battleground reputation and Rank 3
  2. +3December 9Onyxia, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Deeps
  3. +2PvP season, stage 4Rank 7 and Field of Honor week 4
  4. +2PvP season, stage 7Rank 10 and Field of Honor week 7
  5. +1PvP season, stage 9Rank 13
  6. +2PvP season, stage 10Rank 14 and Field of Honor week 10

Launch and December 9 are fixed. Blizzard has not said when the PvP season starts or how long a stage lasts, so the 55 count Rank 3 as open from day one.

One character or many

Without alts one character reaches about 29 points: 3 from its class, 6 from two crafting professions, 12 from PvP, 2 from Adventure and 6 from dungeons and raids. The other 36 need more characters, because every class and every profession counts once per account.

Hardcore

Hardcore keeps its own copy of the list. What you finish on any other ruleset does not count there, but a Hardcore challenge counts on the other realms too. PvP is not possible in Hardcore, so Blizzard plans 12 challenges of its own for it.

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What comes later

Blizzard plans to grow the system after launch: new Legacy Challenges with every content update, new perks, a higher cap than 16 points per character and maybe whole new trees.

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FAQ

What are Legacy Challenges in WoW Forever?

The achievements of WoW Forever. Each one tracks a goal for your account, like level 60 with a class, skill 300 in a profession or the final bosses of a dungeon bracket, and pays 1 Legacy Point. Every non-Hardcore character on the account can spend it on Legacy perks.

How many Legacy Challenges are there?

65 in total in six groups, 55 of them open on launch day: Classes 27, Tradeskills 18, Player vs. Player 12, Dungeons 3, Raids 3 and Adventure 2. Blizzard plans more with later content.

Which Legacy Challenges can I not finish at launch?

10 of them: the three raid challenges wait for the raids on December 9, 2026, and PvP ranks 7, 10, 13 and 14 plus Field of Honor weeks 4, 7 and 10 wait for their stage of the PvP season. That leaves 55 points open on launch day.

How many Legacy Points can one character earn alone?

About 29: 3 from its class, 6 from two crafting professions, 12 from PvP, 2 from Adventure and 6 from dungeons and raids. The rest needs more characters, because every class and every profession counts once per account.

Do Legacy Challenges give titles or items?

No, only Legacy Points. Cosmetics come from the reward track for all the points your account has earned: an air rifle at 15, a pet at 25, a tabard at 40 and the Spectral Bear mount at 55.

How do Legacy Challenges work on Hardcore realms?

Hardcore keeps its own list. What you finish on any other ruleset does not count there, but a challenge finished in Hardcore counts on the other realms too. PvP is not possible in Hardcore, so Blizzard plans 12 Hardcore challenges of their own.

Can I respec my Legacy Points?

Yes, at your class trainer. As with talents, the price climbs with every reset. In the beta the cheapest reset cost 1 silver and the price dropped one step every hour. That was a beta setting, the launch prices are not out yet.

Do the 16 beta Legacy Points carry over to launch?

No. From October 8 to the end of the beta every beta account had a beta-only Legacy Challenge done that paid 16 points, enough for one full build, so the system could be tested without leveling many classes first. Blizzard granted it for the beta only. On the live realms your points come from the 65 challenges on this page.

As of Oct 19, 2026.

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  • Bountiful Harvest raises the chance to find Scarce materials, twice as likely at rank 5, it does not make stacks bigger.

  • What Blizzard plans next for Legacy, how to respec Legacy Points and why the 16 beta points do not carry over.

  • All 21 perks of the three Legacy trees at full rank, plus five ready builds that open in the Legacy Calculator.

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