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Legacy System

Officially confirmed: Confirmed by an official Blizzard source.Coming soonLast verified October 2, 2026

An account-wide horizontal progression system: complete Legacy Challenges to earn points, spend them in per-character perk trees, and unlock cosmetic rewards.

Legacy Tree window showing the Resourcefulness tree and Reagent Economy tooltip
Legacy Perk trees, from the Deep Dive panel recap.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source

Details

Category
Progression

What Blizzard has confirmed

Access

2 confirmed
  • Unlocks with your first Legacy Point — for most players when a character reaches level 25, or by reaching 150 in a non-gathering primary tradeskill, or exploring the entire world map.[1] (confirmed)
  • Opened from the Legacy icon on the menu or the default hotkey Y.[1] (confirmed)

Legacy Challenges

7 confirmed
  • 65 challenges in six categories, each worth one point: Classes 27, Tradeskills 18, Player vs. Player 12, Adventure 2, Dungeons 3, Raids 3.[1] (confirmed)
  • Classes: For each class, reach level 25, 45 and 60.[1] (confirmed)
  • Tradeskills: For each non-gathering primary profession, reach 150, 225 and 300 skill.[1] (confirmed)
  • Player vs. Player: Reach ranks 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14; reach Exalted with each Battleground reputation; complete the week 4, 7 and 10 quests of the Field of Honor PvP Season’s Journey.[1] (confirmed)
  • Adventure: Explore the entire world map on one character; complete the Lord Valthalak dungeon set questline.[1] (confirmed)
  • Dungeons: Defeat the final boss in all level 15–25, 26–45 and 46–60 dungeons.[1] (confirmed)
  • Raids: Defeat Onyxia; defeat all 13 Hyjal Summit bosses; defeat all 8 Barrow Deeps bosses.[1] (confirmed)

Legacy Perks

6 confirmed1 unknown
  • Points are account-wide and shared by all non-Hardcore characters; each character spends them separately in the Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness trees.[1] (confirmed)
  • Spending cap: Up to 16 points per character at launch.[1] (confirmed)
  • Single character: A single character can earn up to 29 points, so alts are not required to reach the cap.[1] (confirmed)
  • Professions tree: Working Overtime, Bountiful Harvest, Bartering, Performance, Master Chef, Luremaster, Dedicated Study.[1] (confirmed)
  • Adventure tree: Well Rested, Thrill of Adventure, High Alert, Field Guide, Field Medicine, Talented, Frequent Flier.[1] (confirmed)
  • Resourcefulness tree: Gourmand, The Quick and the Dead, Reinforce, For Great Honor, Permanence, Diplomat, Reagent Economy.[1] (confirmed)
  • Exact numeric values of each perk. — Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.

Legacy Rewards

1 confirmed
  • Four launch rewards: Replica Ironforge Air Rifle (toy), Spectral Bear Cub (pet), Spectral Bear Tabard, Reins of the Spectral Bear (mount).[1] (confirmed)

Hardcore

1 confirmed
  • Challenges earned outside Hardcore do not appear in Hardcore, but challenges earned in Hardcore apply to all rulesets. Hardcore launches with 12 Hardcore-specific challenges.[1] (confirmed)

Future

1 confirmed1 unknown
  • Blizzard plans new challenges in every content release, new perks in the existing trees, and new trees in the future.[1] (confirmed)
  • When the per-character spending cap will rise. — Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.

More official images of Legacy System

  • Legacy Challenges window listing Classes, Tradeskills, Player vs. Player, Adventure, Dungeons and Raids
    Legacy Challenges window.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source
  • Legacy reward track at 30 points showing the air rifle, bear cub, tabard and bear mount
    The Legacy Rewards track.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source

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Change history

  1. · Added

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