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Merit Badges
You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 135 merit badges, and any Scout, or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of these at any time.
NOTE:
The requirements posted here are the most current, accurate, and official. This will always be the best place to find the most up-to-date requirements.
Pick a Subject. Talk to your unit leader about your interests. Read the requirements of the merit badges you think might interest you, and pick one to earn. Your leader will give you the name of a person from a list of counselors. These individuals have special knowledge in their merit badge subjects and are interested in helping you.
Scout Buddy System. You must have another person with you at each meeting with the merit badge counselor. This person can be your parent or legal guardian, or another registered adult.
Call the Merit Badge Counselor. Get a signed Application for Merit Badge, No. 34124 or No. 34130, from your unit leader. Get in touch with the merit badge counselor and explain that you want to earn the badge. The counselor may ask to meet you to explain what is expected and to start helping you meet the requirements. You should also discuss work you have already started or possibly completed.
At the first meeting, you and your merit badge counselor will review and may start working on the requirements. In some cases, you may share the work you have already started or completed.
Unless otherwise specified, work on a requirement can be started at any time. Ask your counselor to help you learn the things you need to know or do. You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject. Many troops, schools, and public libraries have them.
Show Your Stuff. When you are ready, call the counselor again to make an appointment. When you go, take along the things you have made to meet the requirements. If they are too big to move, take pictures or have an adult tell in writing what you have done. The counselor will test you on each requirement to make sure you know your stuff and have done or can do the things required.
Get the Badge. When the counselor is satisfied you have met each requirement, he or she will sign your application. Give the signed application to your unit leader so your merit badge emblem can be secured for you.
Merit badge requirements are revised as needed to reflect updated information and technology. Refer to the latest Scouts BSA Requirements book for merit badge requirement updates. The current Scouts BSA Requirements book is available from your local Scouting merchandise distributor. It may also be ordered online at ScoutShop.org.
Requirements. You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less. You must do exactly what is stated in the requirements. If it says “show or demonstrate,” that is what you must do. Just telling about it isn’t enough. The same thing holds true for such words as “make,” “list,” “in the field,” and “collect,” “identify,” and “label.”
The requirements listed below are the current and official requirements of the Boy Scouts of America. Occasionally, the requirements will not match those in the printed Scout Handbook, the annual Scouts BSA Requirements book, or some merit badge pamphlets because of the timing of their printing schedules.
If a new edition of a merit badge pamphlet is introduced with updated requirements after the Scouts BSA Requirements book has been released, a Scout who is starting the badge may choose to follow either set of requirements until the end of the year. At the start of the new year, Scouts who are beginning must use only the new requirements.
If a Scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition of the pamphlet is introduced, they may continue to use the same pamphlet and fulfill the requirements therein to earn the badge. They need not start over again with the new pamphlet and revised requirements.
There is no time limit for starting and completing a merit badge, but all work must be completed by the time a Scout turns 18.
Requirements Updated 2022
Merit badge requirement updates from 2022 Scouts BSA Requirements (33216):
Archaeology (4b; requirements 8-11 reordered)
Citizenship in Society (new)
Collections (1, 5a, 5c, 5e, 5f; deleted 7; added 3d)
Digital Technology (5b)
Disability Awareness (1a, 1b)
Electricity (10)
Electronics (5c)
Fish and Wildlife Management (3)
Fishing (10)
Fly-Fishing (10, 11)
Health Care Professions (was Medicine)
Lifesaving (1, 2, 15, 16)
Medicine (now Health Care Professions)
Motorboating (1a, 2a, 3a, 4, 5a, 5c)
Photography (1a, 1b)
Public Health (1)
Rowing (2)
Sports (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 4)
Theater (5, added 3j)
Woodwork (7)
Merit Badge Requirements
American Business
Current
American Cultures
Current
American Heritage
Current
American Labor
Current
Animal Science
Current
Animation
Current
Archaeology
Current | Previous
Archery
Current
Architecture
Current
Art
Current
Astronomy
Current
Athletics
Current
Automotive Maintenance
Current
Aviation
Current
Backpacking
Current
Basketry
Current
Bird Study
Current
Bugling
Current
Camping
Current
Canoeing
Current
Chemistry
Current
Chess
Current
Citizenship in the Community
Current
Citizenship in the Nation
Current
Citizenship in Society
Counselor | Scouts
Citizenship in the World
Current
Climbing
Current
Coin Collecting
Current
Collections
Current | Previous
Communication
Current
Composite Materials
Current
Cooking
Current
Crime Prevention
Current
Cycling
Current
Dentistry
Current
Digital Technology
Current | Previous
Disabilities Awareness
Current | Previous
Dog Care
Current
Drafting
Current
Electricity
Current | Previous
Electronics
Current | Previous
Emergency Preparedness
Current
Energy
Current
Engineering
Current
Entrepreneurship
Current
Environmental Science
Current
Exploring Graphic
Exploration
Current
Family Life
Current
Farm Mechanics
Current
Fingerprinting
Current
Fire Safety
Current
First Aid
Current
Fish & Wildlife Management
Current | Previous
Fishing
Current | Previous
Fly Fishing
Current | Previous
Forestry
Current
Game Design
Current
Gardening
Current
Genealogy
Current
Geocaching
Current
Geology
Current
Golf
Current
Graphic Arts
Current
Health Care Professions
Current | Previous
Hiking
Current
Home Repairs
Current
Horsemanship
Current
Indian Lore
Current
Insect Study
Current
Inventing
Current
Journalism
Current
Kayaking
Current
Landscape Architecture
Current
Law
Current
Leatherwork
Current
Lifesaving
Current | Previous
Mammal Study
Current
Metalwork
Current
Mining in Society
Current
Model Design and Building
Current
Motorboating
Current | Previous
Moviemaking
Current
Music
Current
Nature
Current
Nuclear Science
Current
Oceanography
Current
Orienteering
Current
Painting
Current
Personal Fitness
Current
Personal Management
Current
Pets
Current
Photography
Current | Previous
Pioneering
Current
Plant Science
Current
Plumbing
Current
Pottery
Current
Programming
Current
Public Health
Current | Previous
Public Speaking
Current
Pulp and Paper
Current
Radio
Current
Railroading
Current
Reading
Current
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Current
Rifle Shooting
Current
Robotics
Current
Rowing
Current | Previous
Safety
Current
Salesmanship
Current
Scholarship
Current
Scouting Heritage
Current
Scuba Diving
Current
Sculpture
Current
Search and Rescue
Current
Shotgun Shooting
Current
Signs, Signals, and Codes
Current
Skating
Current
Small-Boat Sailing
Current
Snow Sports
Current
Soil and Water Conservation
Current
Space Exploration
Current
Sports
Current | Previous
Stamp Collecting
Current
Surveying
Current
Sustainability
Current
Swimming
Current
Textile
Current
Theater
Current | Previous
Traffic Safety
Current
Truck Transportation
Current
Veterinary Medicine
Current
Water Sports
Current
Weather
Current
Welding
Current
Whitewater
Current
Wilderness Survival
Current
Wood Carving
Current
Woodwork
Current | Previous
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Home > Programs > Scouts BSA > Advancement and Awards > Merit Badges
Merit Badges
You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 135 merit badges, and any Scout, or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of these at any time.
NOTE:
The requirements posted here are the most current, accurate, and official. This will always be the best place to find the most up-to-date requirements.
Pick a Subject. Talk to your unit leader about your interests. Read the requirements of the merit badges you think might interest you, and pick one to earn. Your leader will give you the name of a person from a list of counselors. These individuals have special knowledge in their merit badge subjects and are interested in helping you.
Scout Buddy System. You must have another person with you at each meeting with the merit badge counselor. This person can be your parent or legal guardian, or another registered adult.
Call the Merit Badge Counselor. Get a signed Application for Merit Badge, No. 34124 or No. 34130, from your unit leader. Get in touch with the merit badge counselor and explain that you want to earn the badge. The counselor may ask to meet you to explain what is expected and to start helping you meet the requirements. You should also discuss work you have already started or possibly completed.
At the first meeting, you and your merit badge counselor will review and may start working on the requirements. In some cases, you may share the work you have already started or completed.
Unless otherwise specified, work on a requirement can be started at any time. Ask your counselor to help you learn the things you need to know or do. You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject. Many troops, schools, and public libraries have them.
Show Your Stuff. When you are ready, call the counselor again to make an appointment. When you go, take along the things you have made to meet the requirements. If they are too big to move, take pictures or have an adult tell in writing what you have done. The counselor will test you on each requirement to make sure you know your stuff and have done or can do the things required.
Get the Badge. When the counselor is satisfied you have met each requirement, he or she will sign your application. Give the signed application to your unit leader so your merit badge emblem can be secured for you.
Merit badge requirements are revised as needed to reflect updated information and technology. Refer to the latest Scouts BSA Requirements book for merit badge requirement updates. The current Scouts BSA Requirements book is available from your local Scouting merchandise distributor. It may also be ordered online at ScoutShop.org.
Requirements. You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less. You must do exactly what is stated in the requirements. If it says “show or demonstrate,” that is what you must do. Just telling about it isn’t enough. The same thing holds true for such words as “make,” “list,” “in the field,” and “collect,” “identify,” and “label.”
The requirements listed below are the current and official requirements of the Boy Scouts of America. Occasionally, the requirements will not match those in the printed Scout Handbook, the annual Scouts BSA Requirements book, or some merit badge pamphlets because of the timing of their printing schedules.
If a new edition of a merit badge pamphlet is introduced with updated requirements after the Scouts BSA Requirements book has been released, a Scout who is starting the badge may choose to follow either set of requirements until the end of the year. At the start of the new year, Scouts who are beginning must use only the new requirements.
If a Scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition of the pamphlet is introduced, they may continue to use the same pamphlet and fulfill the requirements therein to earn the badge. They need not start over again with the new pamphlet and revised requirements.
There is no time limit for starting and completing a merit badge, but all work must be completed by the time a Scout turns 18.
Requirements Updated 2022
Merit badge requirement updates from 2022 Scouts BSA Requirements (33216):
Archaeology (4b; requirements 8-11 reordered)
Citizenship in Society (new)
Collections (1, 5a, 5c, 5e, 5f; deleted 7; added 3d)
Digital Technology (5b)
Disability Awareness (1a, 1b)
Electricity (10)
Electronics (5c)
Fish and Wildlife Management (3)
Fishing (10)
Fly-Fishing (10, 11)
Health Care Professions (was Medicine)
Lifesaving (1, 2, 15, 16)
Medicine (now Health Care Professions)
Motorboating (1a, 2a, 3a, 4, 5a, 5c)
Photography (1a, 1b)
Public Health (1)
Rowing (2)
Sports (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 4)
Theater (5, added 3j)
Woodwork (7)
Merit Badge Requirements
American Business
Current
American Cultures
Current
American Heritage
Current
American Labor
Current
Animal Science
Current
Animation
Current
Archaeology
Current | Previous
Archery
Current
Architecture
Current
Art
Current
Astronomy
Current
Athletics
Current
Automotive Maintenance
Current
Aviation
Current
Backpacking
Current
Basketry
Current
Bird Study
Current
Bugling
Current
Camping
Current
Canoeing
Current
Chemistry
Current
Chess
Current
Citizenship in the Community
Current
Citizenship in the Nation
Current
Citizenship in Society
Counselor | Scouts
Citizenship in the World
Current
Climbing
Current
Coin Collecting
Current
Collections
Current | Previous
Communication
Current
Composite Materials
Current
Cooking
Current
Crime Prevention
Current
Cycling
Current
Dentistry
Current
Digital Technology
Current | Previous
Disabilities Awareness
Current | Previous
Dog Care
Current
Drafting
Current
Electricity
Current | Previous
Electronics
Current | Previous
Emergency Preparedness
Current
Energy
Current
Engineering
Current
Entrepreneurship
Current
Environmental Science
Current
Exploring Graphic
Exploration
Current
Family Life
Current
Farm Mechanics
Current
Fingerprinting
Current
Fire Safety
Current
First Aid
Current
Fish & Wildlife Management
Current | Previous
Fishing
Current | Previous
Fly Fishing
Current | Previous
Forestry
Current
Game Design
Current
Gardening
Current
Genealogy
Current
Geocaching
Current
Geology
Current
Golf
Current
Graphic Arts
Current
Health Care Professions
Current | Previous
Hiking
Current
Home Repairs
Current
Horsemanship
Current
Indian Lore
Current
Insect Study
Current
Inventing
Current
Journalism
Current
Kayaking
Current
Landscape Architecture
Current
Law
Current
Leatherwork
Current
Lifesaving
Current | Previous
Mammal Study
Current
Metalwork
Current
Mining in Society
Current
Model Design and Building
Current
Motorboating
Current | Previous
Moviemaking
Current
Music
Current
Nature
Current
Nuclear Science
Current
Oceanography
Current
Orienteering
Current
Painting
Current
Personal Fitness
Current
Personal Management
Current
Pets
Current
Photography
Current | Previous
Pioneering
Current
Plant Science
Current
Plumbing
Current
Pottery
Current
Programming
Current
Public Health
Current | Previous
Public Speaking
Current
Pulp and Paper
Current
Radio
Current
Railroading
Current
Reading
Current
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Current
Rifle Shooting
Current
Robotics
Current
Rowing
Current | Previous
Safety
Current
Salesmanship
Current
Scholarship
Current
Scouting Heritage
Current
Scuba Diving
Current
Sculpture
Current
Search and Rescue
Current
Shotgun Shooting
Current
Signs, Signals, and Codes
Current
Skating
Current
Small-Boat Sailing
Current
Snow Sports
Current
Soil and Water Conservation
Current
Space Exploration
Current
Sports
Current | Previous
Stamp Collecting
Current
Surveying
Current
Sustainability
Current
Swimming
Current
Textile
Current
Theater
Current | Previous
Traffic Safety
Current
Truck Transportation
Current
Veterinary Medicine
Current
Water Sports
Current
Weather
Current
Welding
Current
Whitewater
Current
Wilderness Survival
Current
Wood Carving
Current
Woodwork
Current | Previous
RESOURCES
My Scouting
Scout Life Magazine
Scouting Magazine
Scoutbook
BSA Alumni
COVID 19
BSA COVID-19 Statement
COVID-19 FAQs
BSA INFO
About
Careers
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Donor Privacy
Contact Us
CONNECT WITH US
YouTube
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© 2022 Boy Scouts of America - All Rights Reserved
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