BadgeGen
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General information
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 you have Ruby or higher you 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 Gem badges. Example using The Traditional Cacher.
Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | Diamond |
Requirements
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 | 45 | 90 | 120 | 180 | 270 | 300 | 350 | 360 |
The Attribute Cacher | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 103 |
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 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 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 | 25000 | 50000 | 80000 | 125000 | 175000 | 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 | 270[1] | 282[1] | 290[1] | 294[1] |
The Lab Cacher | 10 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 |
The Large Cacher | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 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 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 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 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1100 |
The Photogenic Cacher | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 40 |
The Regular Cacher | 100 | 150 | 200 | 300 | 500 | 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, you enable the possibility for loops, for some Badges. Once you have received twice the requirement for Diamond you will get a circle with number two in it in the top right corner. Some Badges aren't possible to loop at all, some have a loop-limit of 9, and others 99.
Addons
When achieving the status of a Gem badge you have 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 you have 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 you could work on after you had your Diamond. It was a concept aiming to please those who has been geocaching a lot, for a long time. The design was even to require a Diamond to show them.
When we started detailing it out more and more we figured 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's 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, we can not show them all on single Badge. No Badge can have all these Addons and the combinations shown below aren't possible.
The available 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, Geotour attribute
Badge | Loop | D/T | 366 | Leapday | FTF | Giga | L&F | Boat | Old-Virtual | CITO | FieldPuzzle | Partnership | Mega | Climb | GeoTour | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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.
History
BadgeGen was originally created and maintained by Kyle Mills, as a macro for GSAK. In Project-GC's early days we 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 wasn't 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
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The values for the Jasmer gem badges are dynamic, see the badge page for details.