Legacy system

Basics

• Opens with your first point: usually your first character reaching 25, or 150 in a non-gathering primary profession, or exploring the whole world map Live
• Open it with Y or the shield icon on the menu bar Live
• Points are account-wide; every character spends its own 16 independently Live
• One character can earn up to 29 (3 levelling, 6 professions, 12 PvP, 2 Adventure, 6 dungeons and raids), so 16 needs no alts Live
• Total points earned also unlock cosmetics (see Rewards) Live
• Hardcore (after launch): normal-ruleset challenges do not count there, but a challenge earned in Hardcore counts everywhere; 12 Hardcore-only challenges arrive with it Live
• Blizzard expects to add challenges, perks, higher spending caps, new columns and later new trees; new challenges come with each content update Live

The 65 challenges

• Classes (27): reach 25, 45 and 60 on each of the 9 classes
• Tradeskills (18): reach 150, 225 and 300 in each non-gathering primary profession
• PvP (12): honour ranks 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14; Exalted with each of the 4 battleground reputations (Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Warsong Gulch, Darkspear Islands); Field of Honor weeks 4, 7 and 10
• Adventure (2): explore the whole world map on one character; finish the Lord Valthalak questline
• Dungeons (3): kill the final boss of every dungeon in the 15-25, 26-45 and 46-60 ranges
• Raids (3): Onyxia; all 13 Hyjal Summit bosses; all 8 Barrow Deeps bosses
• The Field of Honor weeks are the season journey tasks; they stay open in later seasons, so you can catch up
• The 4 battlegrounds are named by Icy Veins and classicwowforever (beta data); Blizzard only says "each Battleground reputation"

Adventure tree

Ranks and gates are beta values (Icy Veins and classicwowforever agree unless flagged) Beta

• Well Rested (5 ranks, open): rested XP builds faster and caps higher, 4% per rank to 20%
• Thrill of Adventure (5, open): after a non-trivial kill, regain 1% per rank (to 5%) of health and mana over 10 s; not in instances or battlegrounds
• High Alert (2, 5 points in tree): stealth detection +1 / +2 levels, not in battlegrounds
• Talented (5, 5 points in tree): talent points unlock up to 5 levels earlier than normal ! sources differ on whether Well Rested must be maxed first
• Field Guide (3, 5 points): camp feature cooldown (1 h) cut by about 8 / 17 / 25%
• Field Medicine (2, 5 points): Recently Bandaged 5 / 10 s shorter; not in dungeons, raids or battlegrounds
• Frequent Flier (1, 10 points, needs Field Guide 3/3): flights cost 50% less and fly 20% faster

Professions tree Beta

• Working Overtime (5, open): better chance to gain skill in all tradeskills, including Lockpicking ! value differs between sources
• Bountiful Harvest (5, open): more Scarce materials from mining, herbalism and skinning, 20% per rank to 100%
• Bartering (2, 5 points): vendor prices 5 / 10% lower (not training or repairs)
• Performance Bonus (3, 5 points): 5 / 10 / 15% chance of double Merchant's Favor from the new trade factions
• Master Chef (5, 5 points): chance of extra results from cooking ! value differs between sources
• Luremaster (2, 5 points): 25 / 50% chance of extra fish with a lure on
• Dedicated Study (1, 10 points): 23 h cooldown, +1 skill to your lowest tradeskill, or Elemental Essences once all are at 300

Resourcefulness tree Beta

• Gourmand (3, open): food buffs last 33 / 67 / 100% longer
• The Quick and the Dead (2, open): +5 / 10% speed while dead; helpful spells cost nothing for 1 / 2 min after you res, or until combat. Built for wipe recovery
• Reinforce (5, open): less durability lost on death ! value differs between sources
• For Great Honor (5, 5 points): +2% honour per rank to 10%
• Permanence (2, 5 points): party, raid and camp buffs last longer
• Diplomat (5, 5 points): +2% reputation per rank to 10%
• Reagent Economy (1, 10 points): class spells need no vendor reagents; tier 1 camp features cost no materials

Rewards (account total)

• 15 points: Replica Ironforge Air Rifle (toy) · 25: Spectral Bear Cub (pet) · 40: Spectral Bear Tabard · 55: Reins of the Spectral Bear (mount) Beta
• Claimed from Innkeeper Wiley in Ratchet Beta
• The four items are Blizzard's; the thresholds and the NPC come from Icy Veins and classicwowforever

Respec

• Beta: reset at a city class trainer, from 1 silver, dearer each time, one step cheaper each hour. Launch price not announced Beta

What to pick first (speed levelling)

Our read of the perk text, not a Blizzard recommendation:

• Your first character gets its first point at 25 at the earliest, so Legacy mostly speeds up alts
• Alt opener: Well Rested 5/5 then Talented 5/5 (10 points, fits either reading of the Talented gate). Talented 5/5 starts talent points at level 5, so you stay 5 points ahead until you reach 51 at level 55
• Remaining 6 points: Thrill of Adventure 5/5 (less eating between pulls), or Field Guide 3/3 + Frequent Flier (4 points, cheaper and faster flights) plus High Alert 2/2
• High Alert matters on our PvP ruleset: it spots stealthed enemies as if you were 2 levels higher, outside battlegrounds
• Dungeon alts: put 2 of the remaining points in The Quick and the Dead for faster wipe recovery
• A Leatherworker's Camp Tent tops your rested XP up to 5% of a level (no effect if you already have more); handy on top of Well Rested
• Points earned on alts (25, 45 and 60 per class) feed every character, so levelling alts is itself Legacy progress

Sources Blizzard Legacy · Deep Dive · Camping · PvP · Beta dev notes · Icy Veins Legacy · classicwowforever · classicwow.gg