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WoW Forever beta: three perk trees, likely for Legacy Points
Three classless perk trees in the WoW Forever beta client build 1.60.1.70009 that we read as the Legacy Points trees: every perk, its ranks and its tooltip.
The WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70009, carries three small talent trees that do not belong to any class. They share one currency, and achievements in the same client hand out "Legacy Points". This post lists what is in those trees. Linking the trees to Legacy Points is our reading of the data, and the next paragraph explains why.
A note on names first. The client does not print "Legacy Points" on the trees themselves. What it does show is this: 130 achievement rows (65 different achievements) in the beta client have the reward text "Earn 1 Legacy Point.", and three trees with no class attached all spend the same currency, which caps at 16. The perks inside are account and quality of life effects, not combat talents. We are reading these three trees as the Legacy Points perk trees. If a later build proves otherwise, we will correct it.
How you earn them
Every Legacy Point reward in the beta client is worth exactly 1 point. The 65 achievements fall into a few groups:
- Class milestones. Novice, Experienced and Master for each class, for reaching level 25, 45 and 60 "for the first time" on that class. For example, Master Warrior reads "Reach level 60 for the first time on a Warrior."
- Profession milestones. Journeyman, Expert and Artisan for each profession. Journeyman Alchemist is 150 skill, Artisan Alchemist is 300.
- Dungeons and raids. Novice, Experienced and Master Spelunker, each for completing a set of dungeons. Conqueror of the Lair ("Defeat Onyxia."), Conquerer of the Wilds (encounters in Hyjal Summit) and Conquerer of the Deeps (encounters in the Barrow Deeps).
- Battleground reputation. Master of Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Warsong Gulch and Darkspear Islands, each for exalted reputation with that battleground's factions.
- A questline. Lord Valthalak Laid to Rest, for the chain that starts with An Earnest Proposition and ends with Saving the Best for Last.
- PvP. Honor rank achievements (Rank 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14) and Field of Honor at weeks 4, 7 and 10.
- Exploration. Explorer.
The three trees
Each tree is on a small grid with 9 nodes. Two of the nine in every tree are placeholders named "Unknown" with the text "To be added in a future update." Each tree also has two point gates, at 5 and 10 points spent. The currency cap in this build is 16.
The tree names below are ours. The client leaves the tree titles blank.
Tree 1: professions and gathering
| Perk | Max ranks | Tooltip in the beta client |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Study | 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 3 of a random Elemental Essence. |
| Bartering | 2 | Reduces the gold price of items from all vendors by 10%. |
| Master Chef | 5 | Your cooking recipes have a 30% chance to create an extra result. |
| Working Overtime | 5 | Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 10%. |
| Bountiful Harvest | 5 | You discover 100% more Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning. |
| Performance Bonus | 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 | 2 | While fishing with a Lure active, you have a 50% chance to catch an extra fish. |
Tree 2: leveling and travel
| Perk | Max ranks | Tooltip in the beta client |
|---|---|---|
| Talented | 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 | 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. |
| Frequent Flier | 1 | You receive a 50% discount on all flight paths, and your flight path mount flies 20% faster. |
| Well Rested | 5 | Your rested experience accumulates 20% faster and your rested experience cap is increased by 20%. |
| Field Medicine | 2 | Reduces the duration of the Recently Bandaged effect by 10 sec when you use a bandage. Ineffective in dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds. |
| Field Guide | 3 | Reduces your cooldown on adding Camp features by 25% |
| High Alert | 2 | Increases your ability to detect nearby targets with Stealth as if your level were increased by 2. Ineffective in Battlegrounds. |
Tree 3: utility and PvP
| Perk | Max ranks | Tooltip in the beta client |
|---|---|---|
| Reagent Economy | 1 | Your class abilities no longer require reagents purchaseable from vendors. |
| Gourmand | 3 | Increases the duration of beneficial effects from eating food by 100%. |
| Diplomat | 5 | Increases your reputation gains by 10%. |
| The Quick and the Dead | 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. |
| Permanence | 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. |
| Reinforce | 5 | You take 20% less durability loss when you die. |
| For Great Honor | 5 | Increases Honor Points gained by 10%. |
Things to keep in mind
- The tooltip numbers are what the client prints. For a multi-rank perk we cannot tell from the text alone whether the number is per rank or the total at max rank.
- The trees hold 7 real perks each, 21 in total, with 65 ranks across them (23, 19 and 23). With a cap of 16 points in this build, you cannot take everything.
- Talented is the only perk that touches talent points. It keeps the 51 point ceiling from the class trees.
- Two perks mention systems that do not exist in Classic Era: Camp features (Field Guide, and Permanence mentions resting at a camp) and crate turn-ins for Merchant's Favor (Performance Bonus). The client names them but we have not found their full data yet.