Badge

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Phineas as Scout Master

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A player receiving the Dreamer badge

Badges are achievements that can be earned in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. They are given out by Phineas, who takes on the role of a scout master, to the player when the player does such tasks as catching fish or hunting for bugs. When a player earns a badge, it is automatically saved onto the Town Pass Card. There are 72 badges (bronze, silver, gold) in 24 different categories.

List of badges

Balloon badges

• Balloon Badge - Awarded to players who have shot down a high number of present balloons flying over town.

Shoot down 30 presents

Shoot down 100 presents

Shoot down 200 presents

Bell badges

• Avid Bell Saver - Awarded to players who have saved many bells in their bank account.

Save 1,000,000 Bells

Save 10,000,000 Bells

Save 100,000,000 Bells

• Turnip/Tradesman Badge - Awarded to players have have made heavy profit from buying and selling turnips from Joan when she comes to town.

Profit 500,000 Bells

Profit 3,000,000 Bells

Profit 10,000,000 Bells

• Shopper Badge - Awarded to players who spend a lot of bells on items.

Spend 500,000 Bells

Spend 2,000,000 bells

Spend 5,000,000 Bells

Bug badges

• Bug Catcher Badge - Awarded to players who have caught many bugs, regardless of type.

Catch 500 bugs

Catch 2,000 bugs

Catch 5,000 bugs

• Insect Maniac- Awarded to players who have caught a large variety of bugs, based on how much of their encyclopedia has been completed from donating to the museum.

Complete 50% of the bug encyclopedia (36 species)

Complete 80% of the bug encyclopedia (58 species)

Complete 100% of the bug encyclopedia

Catalog badges

• Collector Badge - Awarded to players who have completed a high percentage of their catalog.

Complete 20% of the catalog

Complete 50% of the catalog

Complete 80% of the catalog

Diving badges

• Diver Badge - Awarded to players who have caught a large quantity of deep sea creatures, regardless of type.

Catch 500 deep sea creatures

Catch 2,000 deep sea creatures

Catch 5,000 deep sea creatures

• Seafood Maniac - Awarded to players who have caught a large variety of deep sea creatures, based on how much of their encyclopedia has been completed from donating to the museum.

Complete 50% of the deep sea creature encyclopedia (15 species)

Complete 80% of the deep sea creature encyclopedia (24 species)

Complete 100% of the deep sea creature encyclopedia

Fishing badges

• Angler Badge - Awarded to players who have caught many fish, regardless of type.

Catch 500 fish

Catch 2,000 fish

Catch 5,000 fish

• Fish Maniac - Awarded to players who have caught a large variety of fish, based on how much of their encyclopedia has been completed from donating to the museum.

Complete 50% of the fish encyclopedia (36 species)

Complete 80% of the fish encyclopedia (58 species)

Complete 100% of the fish encyclopedia

Gardening badges

• Backyard Gardener Badge - Awarded to players who have planted many flowers and trees in their town.

Plant 100 trees and/or flowers

Plant 250 trees and/or flowers

Plant 500 trees and/or flowers

• Weed Badge - Awarded to players who have pulled many weeds in their town.

Pull 500 weeds

Pull 2,000 weeds

Pull 5,000 weeds

Mailing badges

• Mail-Man Badge - Awarded to players who send a lot of mail.

Send 50 letters

Send 100 letters

Send 200 letters

Music badges

• Fan Badge - Awarded to players who listen to K.K. Slider play music on many occasions.

Have Slider play 20 songs

Have Slider play 50 songs

Have Slider play 100 songs

Remaking

• Remaker Badge - Awarded to players who have Cyrus remake many items.

Have Cyrus remake 30 items

Have Cyrus remake 100 items

Have Cyrus remake 200 items

Remodeling badges

• Remodeler Badge - Awarded to players who earn a high number of points from the Happy Home Academy.

Earn >50,000 points from the HHA

Earn >100,000 points from the HHA

Earn >150,000 points from the HHA

Samaritan badges

• Samaritan Badge - Awarded to players who help their villagers.

Help 50 villagers

Help 100 villagers

Help 300 villagers

Time badges

• Village Representative - Awarded to players who have accumulated a lot of playtime.

Play for 50 hours

Play for 200 hours

Play for 500 hours

Tour badges

• Medalist Badge - Awarded to players who have earned many medals in Island tours.

Earn 300 medals

Earn 1,500 medals

Earn 5,000 medals

Traveling badges

• Traveler Badge - Awarded to players who have visited many towns.

Visit 100 towns

Visit 250 towns

Visit 500 towns

• Host Badge - Awarded to players who have many players visit their town.

Host 50 visitors

Host 200 visitors

Host 500 visitors

• Dreamer Badge - Awarded to players who visit many towns through the Dream Suite.

Visit 50 towns through dreaming

Visit 200 towns through dreaming

Visit 500 towns through dreaming

Walking badges

• Walker Badge - Awarded to players who have StreetPassed with many other players.

StreetPass 100 times

StreetPass 300 times

StreetPass 1,000 times

References

• "Animal Crossing New Leaf Badges Guide" - Bidoof Crossing on Tumblr.com