Badges

Overview

Badges are rewards for accomplishing certain tasks in City of Heroes. They track the accomplishments of the character through the game, and some of them do additional things.

Uses

Badges do a number of different things.

• One badge at a time can be "worn" by the character. This places the badge title right below the player's name for everyone else to see.
• Some badges give extra things to the character. Most of these badges are called Accolades, and there are different lists for each alignment.
  • Some Accolades, earned by collecting specific sets of other badges, grant the character stat boosts or Temporary Powers.
  • Other Accolades unlock costume pieces.
  • Still other Accolades grant rewards that can be used to purchase items in-game.
• Some badges related to the Invention System grant additional storage of salvage and recipes
• Some badges related to selling on the Auction House also increase your transaction slots
• Some badges unlock contacts, stores, or access to special areas of the game world.
• Gladiator badges unlock gladiators. A bit like collecting Pokémon, gladiators can be used in duels against other players' gladiators in the Arena.
• And finally, badges are a sub-game in and of themselves. They appeal to the completist through the "Gotta get 'em all" mentality, the same sort of mentality of people who collect stamps or baseball cards.

Levels

The vast majority of badges are character-specific. Character-level badges are earned separately for each character and track separately what individual characters have accomplished. A few Architect Entertainment badges (listed here) are earned on an account-wide basis.

Personal Badges

There are many types of Badges available

Badge Type	Alignment
Exploration    Earned by visiting certain important locations through the game.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
History    Earned by studying the game's lore.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Accomplishment    Earned by completing tasks assigned by special contacts.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Achievement    Earned by reaching certain milestones in your career.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Accolade    Earned by completing truly special accomplishments.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Gladiator    Earned by accomplishing specific tasks that unlock creatures to assist you in the arena.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Veteran    Earned by gaining veteran levels, which are levels above level 50.	Combined
PvP    Earned by completing activities related to PvP.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Invention    Earned by completing activities related to the Invention System.	Combined
Defeat    Earned by defeating certain critters in the game.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Event    Earned by participating in special events.	Combined
Ouroboros    Earned by completing Flashback content.	Combined
Consignment    Earned by selling items at the Auction House.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Day Job    Earned by logging out in specific locations.	Hero	Villain	Praetorian
Architect Entertainment    Earned by completing activities related to Mission Architect.	Combined

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in Homecoming: City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

Prior to Issue 25, Supergroups could also earn badges, most of which provided benefits to the Supergroup's base or members which are now available automatically. There were four types of Supergroup Badges available:

• Exploration Badges - Earned by visiting certain important locations throughout the game zones while in Supergroup mode.
• Achievement Badges - Earned by reaching certain milestones as a Supergroup.
• PVP Badges - Earned by defeating players as a Supergroup.
• Defeats Badges - Earned by defeating NPCs as a Supergroup.

See Also

• Most Recent Badges
• Closest to Completion Badges
• Badges by Issue