Make every journey count.

The Legacy System gives your account another way to grow. Start by understanding what is shared and what each character chooses separately.

What is the Legacy System?

Blizzard describes account-wide progression built around Challenges, Perks, and Rewards. Completed challenges earn Legacy Points. Each non-Hardcore character can allocate those shared points independently.

How do you unlock it?

Access begins with your first Legacy Point. Announced routes include reaching level 25, reaching skill 150 in a non-gathering primary tradeskill, or exploring the entire world map. Once unlocked, the default shortcut is Y.

Do you need multiple characters?

Blizzard says you can unlock the character advantages on one character. The announced launch spending limit is 16 points per character, with perk areas called Professions, Adventure, and Resourcefulness.

Choose around the activities you enjoy

Before picking perks, describe what you expect to do in a normal session. A character that spends an evening gathering and crafting has different friction points from one traveling between quests or organizing a group.

Read the available perk descriptions in the current client and compare them with that routine. Choose one benefit you can actually notice, then observe whether it improves the activity you selected. Avoid building a plan around an unexplained ranking or a screenshot from an older test.

Keep a short record of what you chose and why. If the beta changes a description, you can revisit the reasoning without reconstructing the entire decision. Sharing that reasoning is also more useful to another player than presenting a choice as universally best.

What about Hardcore?

Hardcore is planned after launch and has separate progression rules. Do not assume non-Hardcore progress will transfer into it. Check Blizzard's dedicated section before using that assumption in a future character plan.

We have not tested an optimal perk order. This guide explains the announced structure and a way to evaluate your own choices, rather than prescribing a build.

Separate earning a point from allocating it

Think of the announced system in two stages. A completed challenge contributes to account progression; an eligible character makes its own perk choices from that progression. Keeping those stages separate helps explain why two characters can use shared progress differently.

For example, one character's routine might center on professions while another spends more time traveling and questing. That is a reason to inspect different perk descriptions, not evidence that a particular perk is best. The current client and the announced spending limit remain the boundaries of the decision.

A small perk evaluation record

• Activity: what you expect to do in an ordinary session.
• Friction: the specific interruption you want to reduce.
• Candidate: the current perk wording and its requirements.
• Observation: whether the benefit changed that activity in practice.
• Revisit trigger: a changed description, a new activity, or an official update.

Do not compare two sessions without noting other changes. New equipment, a different route, or more familiarity can change the experience even when the perk choice stays the same. A useful conclusion explains those limits.

Because this introduction is based on announcements, it does not verify reset costs, exact unlock completion times, or an optimal allocation. Check the current interface before spending and keep Hardcore planning separate from the non-Hardcore example above.