Quick answer: For leveling, take Talented, Well Rested and Frequent Flier. For professions, take Working Overtime, Dedicated Study and Bountiful Harvest. For raids, take Reagent Economy and Permanence. For PvP, take For Great Honor.
World of Warcraft: Forever gives every character a small pool of Legacy Points to spend on account-earned perks. The cap is low, so each point needs to save you time on whatever you are doing with that character. Each build below (our picks) spends the full 16 points a character can use.
Best Legacy talents by goal
| Goal | Spend the 16 points on (ranks) |
|---|---|
| Leveling | Talented (1), Well Rested (5), Frequent Flier (1), Thrill of Adventure (5), Reagent Economy (1, for classes that use reagents), Gourmand (3) |
| Professions and gold | Working Overtime (5), Dedicated Study (1), Bountiful Harvest (5), Bartering (2), Performance Bonus (3) |
| Dungeons and raids | Reagent Economy (1), Permanence (2), Gourmand (3), Reinforce (5), Diplomat (5) |
| PvP | For Great Honor (5), The Quick and the Dead (2), High Alert (2), Reagent Economy (1), Permanence (2), Gourmand (3), Frequent Flier (1) |
Leveling
- Talented (1)
- Well Rested (5)
- Frequent Flier (1)
- Thrill of Adventure (5)
- Reagent Economy (1, for classes that use reagents)
- Gourmand (3)
Talented lets you spend talent points beginning at level 5 rather than level 10, giving your character an earlier boost for one point. Well Rested speeds up rested experience accumulation and increases its storage limit. Frequent Flier cuts flight-path fares in half and makes the trip faster. Thrill of Adventure restores Health and Mana when you land a killing blow in the open world, reducing downtime between pulls.
Professions and gold
- Working Overtime (5)
- Dedicated Study (1)
- Bountiful Harvest (5)
- Bartering (2)
- Performance Bonus (3)
Working Overtime and Dedicated Study increase skill gains across all tradeskills. At rank one, Bountiful Harvest makes Scarce materials twice as likely to turn up through Mining, Herbalism and Skinning. Bartering lowers vendor prices. Performance Bonus benefits crate turn-ins to the Azeroth Commerce Authority and Durotar Supply and Logistics, two factions that provide a major source of new tradeskill activities.
Dungeons and raids
- Reagent Economy (1)
- Permanence (2)
- Gourmand (3)
- Reinforce (5)
- Diplomat (5)
Reagent Economy removes vendor reagents from your class abilities, so you stop restocking before every run. Permanence makes your long party and raid buffs last 100% longer and stretches camp rest benefits by 50%. Gourmand extends food buffs, Reinforce cuts durability loss on wipes, and Diplomat speeds up reputation gains.
PvP
- For Great Honor (5)
- The Quick and the Dead (2)
- High Alert (2)
- Reagent Economy (1)
- Permanence (2)
- Gourmand (3)
- Frequent Flier (1)
For Great Honor increases the Honor you earn, the core resource for PvP. The Quick and the Dead helps you return to combat sooner after dying, while your helpful spells cost nothing for a brief time after resurrection. High Alert helps reveal Stealth targets in the open world, but has no effect in Battlegrounds.
Professions tree
The Professions tree offers perks for crafting, gathering and vendors: Master Chef, Working Overtime, Bartering, Dedicated Study, Bountiful Harvest, Performance Bonus and Luremaster. At rank one, Master Chef gives cooking recipes a 30% chance to yield one additional result. When a Lure is active, Luremaster gives you a 50% chance of landing one extra fish. Once you have 300 skill in both Primary Tradeskills and all three Secondary Tradeskills, Dedicated Study grants 2 to 4 of a randomly selected Elemental Essence instead of a skill point.
| Perk | Row | Max ranks | Effect (first rank) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Master Chef | 1 | 5 | Your cooking recipes have a 30% chance to create an extra result. |
 Working Overtime | 2 | 5 | Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 10%. |
 Bartering | 2 | 2 | Reduces the gold price of items from all vendors by 10%. |
 Dedicated Study | 2 | 1 | Increases your skill by 1 in your lowest tradeskill among your Primary and Secondary tradeskills. If you have already reached 300 skill in your two current Primary Tradeskills and all three Secondary Tradeskills, you will gain 2 to 4 of a random Elemental Essence. |
 Bountiful Harvest | 3 | 5 | You are 100% more likely to discover Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning. |
 Performance Bonus | 3 | 3 | You have a 15% chance to receive 100% increased Merchant's Favor when you turn in a crate to the Azeroth Commerce Authority or Durotar Supply and Logistics. |
 Luremaster | 4 | 2 | While fishing with a Lure active, you have a 50% chance to catch an extra fish. |
Adventure tree
Questing and travel are the focus of the Adventure tree, whose perks are High Alert, Well Rested, Talented, Thrill of Adventure, Field Guide, Frequent Flier, and Field Medicine. At rank one, Field Guide cuts the wait to add Camp features again by 25%. Applying a bandage while Field Medicine is active removes 10 seconds from the Recently Bandaged timer. Thrill of Adventure and Field Medicine do not work in dungeons, raids, or battlegrounds. Talented leaves the total talent-point cap at 51.
| Perk | Row | Max ranks | Effect (first rank) |
|---|---|---|---|
 High Alert | 1 | 2 | Increases your ability to detect nearby targets with Stealth as if your level were increased by 2. Ineffective in Battlegrounds. |
 Well Rested | 2 | 5 | Your rested experience accumulates 20% faster and your rested experience cap is increased by 20%. |
 Talented | 2 | 1 | You gain talent points every level starting at level 5 instead of starting at level 10, but you still may not have more than 51 total talent points. |
 Thrill of Adventure | 3 | 5 | You gain 5% of your maximum Health and Mana over 10 sec each time you deliver the killing blow to a non-trivial enemy. Ineffective in dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds. |
 Field Guide | 3 | 3 | Reduces your cooldown on adding Camp features by 25% |
 Frequent Flier | 3 | 1 | You receive a 50% discount on all flight paths, and your flight path mount flies 20% faster. |
 Field Medicine | 4 | 2 | Reduces the duration of the Recently Bandaged effect by 10 sec when you use a bandage. Ineffective in dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds. |
Resourcefulness tree
Resourcefulness covers upkeep expenses, buffs, Honor and reputation. Its perks include For Great Honor, Gourmand, Permanence, The Quick and the Dead, Reagent Economy, Reinforce and Diplomat. Gourmand’s first rank makes food buffs last twice as long; Reinforce’s first rank cuts durability lost on death by 20%, and Diplomat’s first rank gives 10% more reputation. Reagent Economy also waives the crafting cost of tier 1 camping features. Perks with multiple ranks become more powerful as you invest in them throughout all three trees.
| Perk | Row | Max ranks | Effect (first rank) |
|---|---|---|---|
 For Great Honor | 1 | 5 | Increases Honor Points gained by 10%. |
 Gourmand | 2 | 3 | Increases the duration of beneficial effects from eating food by 100%. |
 Permanence | 2 | 2 | Your class abilities which grant long-duration stat or attribute benefits to all party or raid members last 100% longer, and the benefits you gain from resting at a camp last 50% longer. |
 The Quick and the Dead | 3 | 2 | Increases movement speed while dead by 10% and your helpful spells and abilities cost no resources for 2 min after being resurrected or until you enter combat. |
 Reagent Economy | 3 | 1 | Your class abilities no longer require reagents purchaseable from vendors. |
 Reinforce | 4 | 5 | You take 20% less durability loss when you die. |
 Diplomat | 4 | 5 | Increases your reputation gains by 10%. |
How Legacy Points work
You earn Legacy Points across your whole account by completing Legacy Challenges. There are 65 challenges, and each one is worth one point. Every non-Hardcore character can use these points, but each character spends them separately across the Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness trees. The Legacy system in WoW Forever caps each character at 16 spent points at launch.
Your account total also unlocks cosmetic rewards at these milestones:
- 15 points: Replica Ironforge Air Rifle toy
- 25 points: Spectral Bear Cub pet
- 40 points: Spectral Bear Tabard
- 55 points: Reins of the Spectral Bear mount
FAQ
Can you reset Legacy perks?
Yes. Right-click any learned perk to unlearn it, then spend the point somewhere else.
What is the best single Legacy perk for leveling?
Talented is the best value because it takes only one rank. Well Rested is the other strong choice if you log off often enough to build rested experience.
