BadgeGen

General information

BadgeGen is included as a tab in the Profile Stats. There are 45 Badges in total, each with 8 different qualities. Most of them can also be "looped", ie getting "double Diamond" or more. Once the user have Ruby or higher they will unlock Addons.

Existing badges

The below examples are showing with the quality Diamond.

Qualities

Each badge exists in eight different qualities, starting with Bronze, ending with Diamond. The last four are so called Gembadges. Example using The Traditional Cacher.

Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Diamond

Requirements

Requirements per Badge/Quality

Badge	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Diamond
The Achiever	5	20	40	80	150	225	350	500
The Adventurous Cacher	1	2	3	5	8	12	18	30
The All Around Cacher	90	120	180	270	300	330	350	360
The Attribute Cacher	50	70	82	88	94	100	105	108
The Author	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
The Brainiac	2	4	6	10	15	30	50	100
The Busy Cacher	20	30	50	80	120	180	270	400
The Cache Owner	10	15	20	30	50	80	120	200
The Caching Veteran	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10
The Calendar Cacher	90	150	220	280	330	350	365	366
The Daily Cacher	7	14	30	60	122	183	274	365
The Diverse Cacher	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11
The Earth Cacher	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180
The Environmental Cacher	2	3	4	5	6	8	10	12
The Event Host	1	2	3	5	8	12	18	30
The Favorite Cacher	10000	30000	60000	100000	170000	250000	350000	500000
The Favorited Owner	25	40	60	90	150	210	320	500
The FTF Addict	15	20	30	50	80	120	180	300
The Geocacher	500	1000	2000	3000	5000	8000	12000	18000
The Giga Social Cacher	-	1	2	-	3	4	5	6
The GPS Maze Cacher	-	-	1	2	3	-	4	5
The High Altitude Cacher	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000	3500	4500
The Jasmer Cacher	36	72	144	216	269	281	289	293
The Lab Cacher	10	25	50	100	200	400	600	800
The Large Cacher	3	10	20	40	60	80	120	180
The Letterboxer	5	6	7	8	10	15	25	50
The Long-Distance Cacher	1000	1200	1500	2000	2900	4200	6400	10000
The Low Altitude Cacher	0	-1	-5	-10	-25	-40	-60	-100
The Matrix Cacher	25	35	50	60	70	78	80	81
The Mega Social Cacher	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	10
The Micro Cacher	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	3000	4500
The Multi Cacher	50	100	200	300	500	800	1000	1200
The Mysterious Cacher	50	100	200	300	500	800	1200	1800
The Odd-sized Cacher	75	125	200	300	450	600	800	1200
The Photogenic Cacher	2	3	5	8	12	18	25	40
The Regular Cacher	100	150	225	350	550	800	1200	1600
The Rugged Cacher	4	10	20	30	50	70	100	150
The Shutterbug	50	75	150	250	500	750	1500	2500
The Small Cacher	150	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	3000
The Social Cacher	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180
The Trackable Lover	50	100	200	300	500	800	1200	1800
The Traditional Cacher	400	1000	2000	3000	5000	7000	10000	14000
The Traveling Cacher	2	3	5	8	12	18	25	35
The Virtual Cacher	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180
The Wherigo Cacher	2	3	5	10	15	25	40	60

Loops

After reaching Diamond status, the user enables the possibility for loops, for some Badges. Once the user has received twice the requirement for Diamond they will get a circle with number two in it in the top right corner. Some Badges are not possible to loop at all, some have a loop-limit of 9, and others 99.

Addons

When achieving the status of a Gembadge the user has unlocked the possibility of Addons. Several Badges can have mini-badges added to them, these are called Addons. For example, The Traditional Cacher will get a nice 366-addon added to it if the user has logged a Geocache of the type Traditional on every date of the calendar.

The original idea with Addons was that they were supposed to be something the user could work on after they had their Diamond. It was a concept aiming to please those who have been geocaching a lot, for a long time. The design was even to require a Diamond to show them. When Project-GC started detailing it out more and more it became clear that some Addons will be fairly easy and others more or less impossible. The original idea was definitely aiming more for impossible than easy though. It is not meant that everyone should get every Addon, and even more so, not within a year or two.

The following placeholder Badges shows the available Addons. Since some of them share locations, they can not be shown on a single Badge. No Badge can have all these Addons and the combinations shown below are not possible.

The available generic addons are: D/T 81 matrix, 366 calendar days, leap day, FTF, Giga event, Lost & Found (L&F) Attribute, Boat attribute, Old Virtual (2005 or earlier), CITO, Field Puzzle attribute, Partnership attribute, Mega event, Climbing attribute.

Additionally The Geocacher can hold six other addons: Community Celebration, Ape, HQ, HQ Celebration, Blockparty, Locationless.

Loop/Addon matrix

Badge	Loop	D/T	366	Leapday	FTF	Giga	L&F	Boat	Old-Virtual	CITO	FieldPuzzle	Partnership	Mega	Climb	Others
Country Badges	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	See below
The Achiever	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Adventurous Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	✓	-	-	✓	-	-	✓	-
The All Around Cacher	99	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Attribute Cacher	99	-	-	✓	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-
The Author	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Brainiac	99	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-
The Busy Cacher	9	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Cache Owner	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Caching Veteran	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Calendar Cacher	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Daily Cacher	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Diverse Cacher	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Earth Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Environmental Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Event Host	99	-	✓	✓	-	✓	✓	-	-	✓	-	-	✓	-	-
The Favorite Cacher	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Favorited Owner	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The FTF Addict	99	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Geocacher	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	See below
The Giga Social Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The GPS Maze Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The High Altitude Cacher	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Jasmer Cacher	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Lab Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Large Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Letterboxer	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Long-Distance Cacher	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Low Altitude Cacher	-	-	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Matrix Cacher	99	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Mega Social Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Micro Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Multi Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Mysterious Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Odd-sized Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Photogenic Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Regular Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Rugged Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	✓	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	-	✓	-
The Shutterbug	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Small Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Social Cacher	99	-	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Trackable Lover	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Traditional Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Traveling Cacher	9	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Virtual Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Wherigo Cacher	99	✓	✓	✓	✓	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other addons

Country Badges have a unique All Counties addon, which is awarded for finding a cache in all counties of that country.

The Geocacher badge has six unique addons which apply to all levels, not just gemstones. These are Community Celebration, Ape, HQ, HQ Celebration, Blockparty, and Locationless.

Country Badges

These Badges are awarded for finding caches in a country. The quality of the badge is awarded based on the percentage of states/regions that the user has logged a cache in.

For more information, see: Country Badges

Belts

There is also a belt system. By finishing different tasks the user collects points. The total number of points awards the user with a certain belt.

For more information, see: BadgeGen Belts

History

BadgeGen was originally created and maintained by Kyle Mills, as a macro for GSAK. In the early days Project-GC had the license to make a similar implementation of it embedded in Project-GC. In year 2020, the ownership of BadgeGen was transferred to the owner of Project-GC. This was done since Kyle himself was not geocaching anymore, and both parts wished for the name of BadgeGen to live on. Alongside with the acquiring of the BadgeGen license the product went through a big overhaul, adding new badges, rebalancing, new features and a new badge design. The new design was created by Markus (clappy).

Kyle Mills maintained BadgeGen up until, and including, version 3.x. The new version owned by Project-GC became version 4, plain and simple.

Related: BadgeGen v3 vs v4

Badge Statistics

Badge Statistics is not the complete statistics of all Geocachers, but these meta-statistics might give the user an idea of how achievable a gembadge or addon is.