Legacy points explained

The short version

Legacy is an account-wide bonus system. Every account starts with 0 Legacy points.
You earn points by finishing Legacy challenges on any character. At launch there are up to 65 points to earn.
Each character can spend up to 16 of them. Blizzard has said the cap will go up later.
Points are shared by the whole account, but each character sets up its own trees. Your mage and your warrior can spend the same points in different ways.
Plan a build with the ONN Legacy calculator before you spend.

How you earn points

One point per challenge. Some challenge lists were not fully public when this was checked.

Challenge type	Examples
Classes	Reach level 25, 45 and 60 on a class: 1 point each, for each class
Tradeskills	Reach skill 150, 225 and 300 in a profession: 1 point each
Adventure	World goals such as long quest chains and exploring
Dungeons	Spelunker tiers: Novice, Experienced and Master
Raids	Defeating raid bosses such as Onyxia
PvP	PvP ranks and achievements (details not out yet)

In the beta

Beta accounts also start at 0, and points are slow to earn when the cap is level 30.
On October 1 Blizzard said it plans to give every tester 16 Legacy points in a future beta week, so the trees can be tested without a lot of grinding. The grant should stay until the beta ends.
Beta points and characters don't carry over to launch.

The three trees

Node names and numbers are from early guides and can change. Each tree can take up to 25 points, but the 16-point cap means you pick.

Tree	Good for	Example nodes
Professions	Crafting and gathering	Working Overtime (more skill-ups), Bountiful Harvest (20% more scarce materials), Master Chef, Luremaster, Bartering (5% cheaper vendors)
Adventure	Leveling and getting around	Well Rested (more rested experience), Talented (first talent point at level 9), Thrill of Adventure, Field Guide, Frequent Flier (50% cheaper flights, 20% faster)
Resourcefulness	Saving time and gold	Reagent Economy (no vendor reagents for class spells), Gourmand (food buffs last longer), Reinforce (less repair cost from dying), Diplomat (more reputation), For Great Honor

What to pick first

Leveling a new character: put points into Well Rested and Talented in Adventure. Frequent Flier pays for itself on long flights.
Gathering for gold: Bountiful Harvest and Working Overtime in Professions.
Playing a class that buys reagents (rogue poisons, mage teleports, priest candles): Reagent Economy saves gold all the way to 60. It also makes basic camp objects free (see Campfires and camp buffs).
Running a lot of camps: Field Guide (shorter camp cooldowns) and Permanence (camp and party buffs last 50% longer).
Your setup is per character, so a max-level main and a fresh alt can use very different builds.

The reward track

Points you earn past the spend cap still count. Your total points fill a cosmetic reward track with no gameplay power.
Rewards reported so far: a Replica Ironforge Air Rifle at 15 points, a Spectral Bear Cub pet at about 23 to 25, a Spectral Bear Tabard at 40 and the Reins of the Spectral Bear mount at 55.
Early guides say you claim them from Innkeeper Wiley in Ratchet.

Tips

Legacy points are shared across Normal, PvP and Roleplaying. Hardcore is handled on its own: Hardcore progress counts for your account, but points from other rulesets don't go into Hardcore. See Choosing a ruleset.
Leveling a second class to 25 is one of the quickest early points, and it pairs well with Well Rested.
Try builds in the Legacy calculator and share the link with your guild.

Sources

Written by ONN from the WoW: Forever beta and Blizzard's notes, last checked October 6, 2026. The beta is still changing, so details may be different at launch on November 4. Something wrong? Tell us in #help.

Type	Account-wide system
Trees	Professions, Adventure, Resourcefulness
Starting points	0 (earned from Legacy challenges)
Spend cap at launch	16 per character
Time	About 5 minutes to read