Legacy progression, account perks and collection rewards

Current access: live since November 4 #

WoW Forever went live in all regions on November 4 at 3pm PST / 23:00 UTC. Blizzard closed the beta on October 23, and name reservations ended November 3. The dated beta instructions and observations below are historical, not a way to join the closed test or proof of launch behavior.

The former 16-point beta testing grant #

The October 8 build gives every beta player completion of the Legacy Challenge, awarding 16 Legacy Points for testing. This was a beta testing provision, not launch progress; the beta closed October 23.

During beta, the cheapest Legacy talent-point respec costs 1 silver. Its cost drops by one respec step each hour. Check the displayed price before confirming: Blizzard does not list every repeat-respec price or establish launch respec costs.

The grant lets beta players test allocations without following the normal launch earning route first. Keep those experiments separate from permanent account progress: Blizzard Support says beta progress will not carry into launch.

Unlock Legacy and open the panel #

Blizzard says Legacy becomes available when you earn your first point. Most players reach that at level 25; reaching skill 150 in a non-gathering primary tradeskill or exploring the entire world map are other announced ways. Open the shield-shaped Legacy menu icon or press the default Y hotkey.

You can earn and spend enough points for every launch character advantage on one character. Alts offer more ways to earn points and can make different perk choices, but are not required.

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0:13–0:33 · 20 sThe Legacy Tree window and its three trees

Shared points, individual character choices #

Each completed challenge grants one point to the Battle.net account-wide pool for non-Hardcore characters. Each character allocates points independently among three trees; spending on one does not reduce another’s allocation.

Hypothetical example: an account has earned six points. If one character spends two, it has four left to allocate; a second character still has its own six to allocate. The earned total remains six for collection progress. These numbers illustrate the distinction, not a real perk cost or reward threshold.

Where the 65 launch points come from #

The counts below are Blizzard’s announced challenge groups. A challenge gives one point when completed; a category total does not mean every point is available at the start of beta. The raid challenges include content scheduled after the November 4 launch.

A single character can earn up to 29 points across leveling, tradeskills, PvP, Adventure, dungeons and raids, according to Blizzard. The 16-point launch spending cap therefore does not require leveling an alt.

Choose a tree for this character #

Blizzard now names seven perks in each of Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness. Match a tree to how this character plays, then check the current client before allocating points. The article does not give each perk’s point cost, ranks, prerequisites or reset rules, so this is a choice directory rather than a build.

All 21 perks named by Blizzard #

The September 23 article names these 21 perks and describes their broad effects. Some have restrictions: High Alert excludes battlegrounds, and Field Medicine excludes dungeons, raids and battlegrounds. Blizzard has not published perk rank values or a recommended allocation.

Four named launch collection rewards #

Total Legacy Points earned also advance an account-wide collection track. Blizzard confirms four rewards for launch, separate from points spent in a character’s perk trees. The article does not provide the point threshold for each reward or a fastest unlock route.

• Replica Ironforge Air Rifle — toy.
• Spectral Bear Cub — companion pet.
• Spectral Bear Tabard — cosmetic tabard.
• Reins of the Spectral Bear — mount.

Hardcore points follow a one-way rule #

Hardcore is planned after launch. Challenges completed on non-Hardcore rulesets do not unlock points for Hardcore characters. A challenge completed in Hardcore also counts in the other rulesets.

Because PvP challenges cannot be completed in Hardcore, Blizzard plans 12 Hardcore-specific replacement challenges when that ruleset opens. More challenges, perks and rewards are planned in future content updates; their exact timing and values remain open.

How the level-cap report affects planning #

Wowhead reports that the cap remains 60 indefinitely. Treat that as attributed reporting until the wiki has matched the exact wording to an official transcript or documentation.

Blizzard now names Barrow Deeps as a maximum-level 10-player challenge and Hyjal Summit as 20-player raid encounters. The roadmap schedules new raids for December 9. Blizzard’s October 20 overview now announces Onyxia’s Drakefire Amulet requirement and faction quest chains; boss strategies, loot tables and exact opening hours remain unverified. The roadmap graphic also places 40-player Onyxia’s Lair in that opening.

Separate beta progress from your launch plan #

Beta testing began at level 20; the October 1 cap is 30. Neither covers the full level 1–60 journey or verifies every endgame Legacy reward.

Blizzard Support now explicitly states that beta progress will not carry over after official launch. The test is now closed; beta levels, equipment and Legacy progress are not secured launch progress.

The 65 launch challenges and 21 named perks still do not establish every perk prerequisite, rank value, collection threshold or a tested fastest route. October 8 supplies beta respec rules; launch respec costs remain unconfirmed.

What is on the roadmap after launch? #

The official graphic says content and timing can change. Use the named windows to decide what interests you; wait for an exact date and current requirements before setting a raid schedule or preparing a Hardcore character.

What happens after you earn your seventeenth point? #

At the announced launch cap, a character that has allocated 16 points cannot spend a seventeenth in its trees. Earning more still advances the separate reward track, up to the announced initial total of 65 earned points. An alt makes its own allocation from the shared pool, subject to the same spending cap.

Each named challenge awards one point. Choose milestones that overlap with what you enjoy; perk costs, launch reset rules and collection thresholds remain unpublished, so keep a flexible wishlist instead of committing to a purported fastest route.

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