Legacy
65 challenges, one point each, earned once for the whole account. Each character spends its points in three trees. Hotkey Y.
How it opens
The first point unlocks the system for the account. Three ways to get it.
Level 25
The usual first point: a character reaches 25.
Skill 150
Or 150 in a primary profession that is not a gathering skill.
The whole map
Or explore every zone.
The challenges
65 across six categories. Each is worth one point.
Classes 27 challenges Reach level 25, 45 and 60 on each of the nine classes.
Tradeskills 18 challenges Skill milestones across the professions.
PvP 12 challenges Ranks 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14, Exalted with each battleground, and the season journey at weeks 4, 7 and 10.
Dungeons 3 challenges The final boss of every dungeon in the 15–25, 26–45 and 46–60 bands.
Raids 3 challenges Onyxia, all thirteen bosses of Hyjal Summit, all eight of the Barrow Deeps.
Adventure 2 challenges The explorer's share.
Three trees
Points are spent per character. The same account can build each character differently.
Professions
- Working Overtime
- Bountiful Harvest
- Bartering
- Performance
- Master Chef
- Luremaster
- Dedicated Study
- Field Guide: shorter camp-feature cooldowns
- Permanence: longer camping buffs
Adventure
- Well Rested
- Talented: talent points up to five levels early
- Frequent Flier
Resourcefulness
- Reagent Economy: class abilities need no bought reagents
- For Great Honor
Legacy perks are changed at a class trainer in a major city, like talents.
The reward track
- Replica Ironforge Air Rifle, a toy
- Spectral Bear Cub, a pet
- Spectral Bear Tabard
- Reins of the Spectral Bear, a mount
Hardcore
- Challenges from other rulesets do not appear in Hardcore.
- A challenge earned in Hardcore counts everywhere.
- PvP challenges cannot be completed in Hardcore.
- Twelve Hardcore-only challenges arrive with that ruleset.
Where the points come from
The pages that track the challenges.
Talent planner Talented gives points early Profession ladders To 150, then to the cap 
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