Issue 6 Badges

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

Overview

Issue 6 opened up many existing badges for Villains, as well as introducing many new ones. For Heroes, it added 11 Exploration badges, 16 Achievement Badges, 1 Accolade badge and 42 Gladiator badges. In total, 70 badges were introduced for Heroes upon the release of Issue 6. An additional 6 Achievement badges, 5 Accolade badges and 8 Gladiator badges were added later, for a grand total of 89 Hero badges during Issue 6.

For Villains, Issue 6 added 40 Exploration badges, 3 History badges, 97 Achievement badges, 18 Accomplishment badges, 5 Accolade badges and 43 Gladiator badges. In total, 206 badges were introduced for Villains upon the release of Issue 6. An additional Exploration badge, 5 Achievement badges, 5 Accolade badges and 4 Gladiator badges were added later, for a grand total of 221 Villain badges during Issue 6.

Finally, Supergroup badges were also added for the first time in Issue 6, totalling 21 badges for Heroes and 20 badges for Villains.

NOTE: Issue 13 introduced a massive resorting and reorganizing of the badge system. Consequently, many, if not most, of this issue's badges may no longer be in the categories in which they are listed below. Please refer to the individual badge category listings for current information.

NOTE: Issue 16 reduced the requirements for obtaining several of the Achievement badges listed below. Please refer to the individual badge pages for current information.

Exploration Badges

Bloody Bay

There were four badges added to Bloody Bay.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Ghoulish / Ghoulish	Bloody Bay	9165360[Copy]
Hungry / All Consuming	Bloody Bay	-11930-742[Copy]
Imploding / Imploding	Bloody Bay	18831301338[Copy]
Lobbyist / Crooked Politician	Bloody Bay	2264137-832[Copy]

Breakout

There was one badge added to Breakout.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Jail Bird	Breakout	-2323-120960[Copy]

Cap au Diable

There were five badges added to Cap au Diable.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Egghead	Cap au Diable	94098-1440[Copy]
Media Junky	Cap au Diable	-872248-1464[Copy]
Sparky	Cap au Diable	-2432294-1248[Copy]
Steamed	Cap au Diable	-2426224-471[Copy]
Sweet Tooth	Cap au Diable	-2200-2136[Copy]

Mercy Island

There were six badges added to Mercy Island.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Cesspool	Mercy Island	-32268-2656[Copy]
Chum	Mercy Island	-40477-1854[Copy]
Fortified	Mercy Island	-2496303-439[Copy]
Snake Charmer	Mercy Island	-38542-1712[Copy]
The Next Big Thing	Mercy Island	-1215239-152[Copy]
Widower / Widow	Mercy Island	-3890407354[Copy]

Nerva Archipelago

There were five badges added to Nerva Archipelago.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Locked and Loaded	Nerva Archipelago	32861263644[Copy]
Nerva Wreck	Nerva Archipelago	1388102877[Copy]
Primal Instinct	Nerva Archipelago	2305-110798[Copy]
Tree Hugger	Nerva Archipelago	-16712-180[Copy]
Watcher on the Knoll	Nerva Archipelago	-92855433[Copy]

Port Oakes

There were four badges added to Port Oakes.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Driller	Port Oakes	103181982[Copy]
Powder Monkey	Port Oakes	-3742237-1132[Copy]
Scurvy Dog	Port Oakes	-2852821216[Copy]
Washed Up	Port Oakes	-389412-1368[Copy]

Sharkhead Isle

There were four badges added to Sharkhead Isle.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Forged by Hellfire	Sharkhead Isle	197164-193[Copy]
Freak of Nature	Sharkhead Isle	122790-2183[Copy]
Pit Viper	Sharkhead Isle	149-3781496[Copy]
Razor Toothed	Sharkhead Isle	461-151653[Copy]

Siren's Call

There were four badges added to Siren's Call.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Broad Shoulders / Broad Shoulders	Siren's Call	363-64-258[Copy]
Hangman/Hangwoman / Hangman/Hangwoman	Siren's Call	-1195-1651135[Copy]
Piratical / Piratical	Siren's Call	-867-1441630[Copy]
Politician / Politician	Siren's Call	9610-663[Copy]

St. Martial

There were four badges added to St. Martial.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Camel Snot	St. Martial	-18855962048[Copy]
Crimelord	St. Martial	-89510-1496[Copy]
Deuces Wild	St. Martial	-3325-29-435[Copy]
Stonekeeper	St. Martial	-25601203007[Copy]

Warburg

There were three badges added to Warburg.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Triumphant / Triumphant	Warburg	22827432[Copy]
Tunnel Rat / Tunnel Rat	Warburg	-12170144[Copy]
Weapon Inspector / Weapon of Mass Destruction	Warburg	-7681440[Copy]

History Badges

There were three Villain-only History badges added with Issue 6.

	Lorekeeper
	Swashbuckler
	Technofreak

Achievement Badges

There were 16 Hero/Villain Achievement badges added with Issue 6.

	Agent Provocateur	Complete a buff mission in a PvP zone
	Disruptor	Achieve a PvP reputation of 400
	Forward Observer	Achieve a PvP reputation of 100
	Grand Lanista	Win ten rated Gladiator matches in the Arena
	Gunner	Deactivate a firebase in Bloody Bay
	Irradiated	Spend five hours in Bloody Bay
	Lanista	Win one Gladiator match in the Arena
	Man in Black / Woman in Black	Defeat 100 Shivans
	Reformed / Villain	Defeat 1000 Longbow
	Reinforcement	Defeat 20 Heroes/Villains in a PvP Zone
	Risk Taker / Most Wanted	Complete a patrol mission in a PvP zone
	Rocketman / Rocketwoman	Launch the Warburg rocket ten times
	Siren's Song / Raider	Spend five hours in Siren's Call
	Spider Smasher	Defeat 200 Arachnos Wolf Spiders
	Vigilante / Wanted	Complete a debuff mission in a PvP zone
	Web Master	Spend five hours in Warburg

There were 81 Villain-only Achievement badges added with Issue 6.

	Banisher	Defeat 200 Banished Pantheon 'Spirit of's
	Bling	Earn 1,000,000 Infamy
	Bonecrusher	Defeat 50 Skulls Bone Daddies
	Caged	Be mezzed for 40 hours total
	Captain	Achieve Threat Level 40
	Coldhearted	Defeat 250 CoT Hordlings or Hellfrosts
	Comrade	Have a sidekick for 4 hours total
	Confined	Be mezzed for 20 hours total
	Dazed and Confused	Be mezzed for 10 hours total
	Deathless	Pay off 1,200,000 XP debt
	Devourer of Earth	Defeat 500 Devouring Earth emanators
	Doc	Heal 1,000,000 ally hit points
	Drill Instructor	Have a lackey for 8 hours total
	Electrician	Defeat 200 Gremlins
	Empath	Heal 1,000,000,000 ally hit points
	Epitome	Have a lackey for 20 hours total
	Exalted	Pay off 10,000,000 XP debt
	Finder	Defeat 100 The Lost bosses
	Fixer	Heal 250,000 ally hit points
	Fort Knox	Defeat 200 Gold Bricker Rocketmen
	Gangbuster	Defeat 200 Marcone Bosses
	Gearsmasher	Defeat 100 Clockwork gears
	Gravedigger	Defeat 100 Vahzilok Embalmed
	Hammer Down	Defeat Ghost of Scrapyard
	Hammerhead	Defeat 200 of Ghost of Scrapyard's followers
	Hard Case	Take 500,000 points of damage
	HellBane	Defeat Caleb
	Hellspawned	Defeat 50 Hellions Damned
	Illusionist	Defeat 500 Illusionists summoned by Carnival of Shadows Master Illusionists
	Immortal	Take 1,000,000,000 points of damage
	Infiltrator	Defeat 200 Crey Paragon Protectors
	Insider	Achieve Threat Level 20
	Invulnerable	Take 500,000,000 points of damage
	Ironman / Ironwoman	Take 1,000,000 points of damage
	Jailed	Be mezzed for 80 hours total
	Kill Skuls	Defeat 500 Skulls
	Legionnaire	Defeat 100 Warriors bosses
	Mad Scientist	Heal 2,000,000 ally hit points
	Medical Specialist	Heal 10,000,000 ally hit points
	Medicine Man / Medicine Woman	Heal 50,000,000 ally hit points
	Midas Touch	Accumulate 20,000,000 Infamy
	Monkeywrencher	Defeat 50 Malta Zeus Class Titans
	Mr. Big / Mrs. Big	Accumulate 10,000,000 Infamy
	Native	Earn 25 badges
	Nigh Indestructible	Take 100,000,000 points of damage
	Obsessed	Earn 50 badges
	Paradigm	Have a lackey for 24 hours total
	Pathfinder	Collect 100 badges
	Pirate	Trap 10 Ghosts in Fort Hades, Port Oakes
	Popular	Accumulate 1,000,000,000 Infamy
	Privateer	Defeat 100 Sky Raiders Sky Skiffs
	Punch Drunk	Pay off 100,000 XP debt
	Regenerator	Defeat 100 Trolls bosses
	Relentless	Pay off 800,000 XP debt
	Role Model	Have a lackey for 16 hours total
	Slacker	Be mezzed for 30 minutes total
	Sleepy	Be mezzed for 2 hours total
	Soldier	Achieve Threat Level 10
	Soul Binder	Defeat 100 Circle of Thorns mages
	Spectral	Trap 100 Ghosts in Fort Hades, Port Oakes
	Stoic	Take 100,000 points of damage
	Strike Buster	Defeat 200 Scrapyarders
	Surging	Defeat Deathsurge
	Svengali	Have a lackey for 12 hours total
	Tank Buster	Defeat 100 Freakshow bosses
	The Mongoose	Defeat 50 Snakes
	The Silver Bullet	Defeat 100 Council Warwolves
	The Slayer	Defeat 100 Council Vampyri
	Tracer	Defeat 100 Tsoo Sorcerers
	Trailblazer	Earn 200 badges
	Trendsetter	Accumulate 100,000,000 Infamy
	Leader	Accumulate 2,000,000,000 Infamy
	Unbreakable	Take 10,000,000 points of damage
	Unbroken	Pay off 400,000 XP debt
	Undying	Pay off 2,000,000 XP debt
	Untouchable	Defeat 100 Family bosses (not Marcone)
	Visitor	Earn 10 badges
	Weatherman / Weathergirl	Defeat 100 Outcasts bosses
	Weed Whacker	Defeat 100 CoT Succubus or Hellfrosts
	Wiseguy / Wisegal	Achieve Threat Level 30
	Zookeeper	Defeat 1,000 Rikti Monkeys

Accomplishment Badges

There were 18 Villain-only Accomplishment badges added with Issue 6.

	Agent of Discord	Complete the Take out negotiator and witnesses mission
	Air Pirate	Complete Silver Mantis' Strike Force
	Bad Luck	Complete the The Unlucky Artifacts mission
	Binder of Beasts	Complete Virgil Tarikoss's Strike Force
	Bone Collector	Complete the Retrieve Loa Bone mission
	Crystal Keeper	Complete Ice Mistral's Strike Force
	Exterminator	Complete the Eliminate Kit'Vul mission
	Leviathan	Complete Operative Renault's Strike Force
	Mask Maker	Complete the Steal samples of the Facemaker's chemicals mission
	Paragon of Vice	Complete the Defeat all Arachnos Personnel mission
	Plague Carrier	Complete the Steal Outbreak from Lost mission
	Portal Hopper	Complete the Attack Longbow portal base mission
	Seaweed	Complete the Take Down Sea Witch mission
	Skip Tracer	Complete the Catch the Freakshow debtor before he skips town mission
	Slag Reaper	Complete the Retrieve the shipment for Crash mission
	Soul Taker	Complete the Offer soul of Akarist mission
	Stone Cold	Complete the Deal with Niles Worthington mission
	Strikebreaker	Complete the Bust the Dockworkers Strike mission

Accolade Badges

There was one Hero/Villain Accolade badge added with Issue 6.

Bug Hunter

Find and report a serious and game-breaking bug to the Developers

There were four Villain-only Accolade badges added with Issue 6.

	Destined One	Purchase the City of Heroes Collector's Edition DVD
	Passport	Transfer a character from a US server to a European server
	Thorn Robber	Complete the first Tree of Thorns Respecification Trial
	Thorn Thief	Complete the second Tree of Thorns Respecification Trial

Gladiator Badges

There were 23 Hero/Villain Gladiator badges added with Issue 6.

	7th Generation Paragon Protector	Earn the Infiltrator Badge
	Anathema	Earn the Finder Badge
	Avalanche Shaman	Earn the Banisher Badge
	Bladegrass	Defeat 300 Devouring Earth tree creatures
	Caliban	Earn the Regenerator Badge
	Cog	Earn the Gearsmasher Badge
	Crane Enforcer	Earn the Tracer Badge
	Crey Power Tank	Defeat 100 Crey Tanks
	Fungoid	Earn the Protectorate Badge or Devourer of Earth Badge
	Hercules Titan	Earn the Grand Lanista Badge
	Ink Man	Defeat 125 Blue Ink Men
	Kaolin Legacy of Earth	Earn the Collector Badge or Native Badge
	Longbow Nullifier	Earn the Lanista Badge
	Longbow Spec-Ops	Earn the Reformed Badge or Villain Badge
	Longbow Warden 2	Earn the Disruptor Badge
	Omega Wolf	Earn the The Silver Bullet Badge
	Outcast Slugger	Earn the Weatherman / Weathergirl Badge
	Raider Engineer	Defeat 100 Force Field Generators summoned by Sky Raiders
	Shivan Destroyer	Earn the Irradiated Badge
	Smasher Elite	Earn the Legionnaire Badge
	Steel Strongman	Earn the Illusionist Badge
	Swift Steel	Defeat 300 Ancestor Spirits
	Tank Smasher	Earn the Tank Buster Badge

There were 19 Hero-only Gladiator badges released with Issue 6.

	Abomination	Earn the Synapse's Cohort Badge
	Arch-Mage of Agony	Earn the Archmage Badge
	Behemoth Overlord	Earn the Demon Slayer Badge
	Boulder	Earn the Liberator Badge
	Button Man Gunner	Earn the Keeper of Peace Badge
	Chief Swiper	Earn the Pwnz Badge
	Fire Thorn Caster	Earn the Defender of Truth Badge
	Wraith	Earn the Haunted Badge
	Hydra Protean	Earn the Charmer Badge
	Meson	Earn the Dimensional Warder Badge
	Mob Specialist	Defeat 100 Prisoners
	Nebula Elite Buckshot	Earn the Protector of Innocents Badge
	Nemesis Soldier	Earn the Corrupter Badge
	Pariah Anchorite	Earn the Intellectual Badge
	Penubra Elite Adjutant	Earn the Super Spy Badge
	Research Assistant	Earn the Crey Havoc Badge
	Rikti Drone	Earn the Savant Badge
	Warhulk	Earn the Meteorologist Badge
	Zenith Warcry Mk I	Earn the Burkholder's Bane Badge

There were 20 Villain-only Gladiator badges added with Issue 6.

	Arachnobot	Earn the Agent of Discord Badge
	Cobra	Earn the Snake Charmer Badge
	Coralax Blue Hybrid	Defeath 100 Coralax
	Ember Legacy of Flame	Defeat 100 Legacy Chain Minions
	Gremlin	Earn the Electrician Badge
	Hellfrost	Earn the Coldhearted Badge
	Hordeling Lasher	Defeat 100 Hordeling Lashers
	Juicer	Earn the Watcher on the Knoll Badge
	Longbow Rifleman	Earn the Locked and Loaded Badge
	Lucent Legacy of Light	Defeat 100 Legacy Chain Lieutenants
	Mook	Earn the Washed Up Badge
	Mook Capo	Earn the Stone Cold Badge
	Mu Guardian	Defeat 100 Mu Guardians
	Night Haunt	Earn the Pirate Badge
	Night Widow	Earn the Wiseguy / Wisegal Badge
	Red Hand	Earn the Spectral Badge
	Slag Pile	Earn the Slag Reaper Badge
	Wailer	Earn the Stonekeeper Badge
	Wailer Queen	Earn the Dazed and Confused Badge
	Wolf Spider Enforcer	Earn the Soldier Badge

Supergroup Badges

There were 14 Hero/Villain Supergroup badges released with Issue 6.

	Analyzer Base Defense	Take 20,000,000 points of damage
	Auto Doc Plans	Heal 5,000,000 points of damage
	Autonomous Expert System Plans	Deal 50,000,000 points of damage to foes
	Benedict Dr Turret Plans	Complete 200 Circle of Thorns missions
	Benedict Dr-2 Turret Plans	Earn 1,000,000 Prestige
	Benedict Dr-3 Turret Plans	Earn 10,000,000 Prestige
	Combat Log Plans	Heal 100,000,000 points of damage
	Emergency Capacitor Plans	Pay off 2,000,000 points of debt
	Gas Trap Base Defense	Accumulate 30 hours of mez
	Improved Igniter	Defeat 4000 flamethrowing enemies
	Mega Monitor Plans	Collect five Supergroup badges
	Repulsor Base Defense	Pay of 1,000,000 points of debt
	Robo Surgery Plans	Heal 25,000,000 points of damage
	Supercomputer	Have a sidekick or lackey for five hours

There were seven Hero-only Supergroup badges released with Issue 6.

	Boomtown Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Boomtown
	Crey's Folly Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Crey's Folly
	Dark Astoria Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Dark Astoria
	Faultline Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Faultline
	Hollows Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in The Hollows
	Perez Park Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Perez Park
	Striga Isle Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Striga Isle

There were six Villain-only Supergroup badges released with Issue 6.

	Cap au Diable Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Cap au Diable
	Mercy Isle Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Mercy Isle
	Nerva Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Nerva Archipelago
	Port Oakes Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Port Oakes
	Sharkhead Isle Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Sharkhead Isle
	St. Martial Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in St. Martial

Later Badges

Exploration Badges

There was one Villain-only mission map Exploration badge added after Issue 6 was released.

Shady

Achievement Badges

There were nine Achievement badges added after Issue 6 was released.

	Cold Warrior	Defeat 100 Winter Horde during the Winter Event 2005	Villain-only
	Coldblooded	Defeat 250 CoT Hordelings or Hellfrosts during the Valentine's Day Event 2006	Hero-only
	Weed Whacker	Defeat 100 CoT Succubus or Hellfrosts during the Valentine's Day Event 2006	Hero-only
	Handsome / Beautiful	Complete both missions from Ganymede and Scratch during the Valentine's Day Event 2006	Hero/Villain
	Toothbreaker	Defeat Snaptooth during the Valentine's Day Event 2006	Hero/Villain
	Cap Buster	Defeat 333 Red Caps during the Valentine's Day Event 2006	Villain-only
	Goon Squad	Defeat 333 Cage Consortium Guards	Villain-only
	Firebase Zulu Security Detail	Spend approximately three minutes in Firebase Zulu	Hero-only
	Troll Task Force Member	Spend approximately one hour in The Hollows	Hero-only

Accolade Badges

There were five Hero/Villain Accolade badges added after Issue 6 was released.

	Longbow Reservist / Jet-Setter	Log in during the Winter Event 2005
	Holiday Spirit / Scrooge	Complete a mission during the Winter Event 2005
	Toy Collector	Open 200 gifts during the Winter Event 2005
	Heart of Light / Heart of Darkness	Log in during the Valentine's Day Event 2006
	Reveler	Log in during the month of May, 2006

Gladiator Badges

There were eight Gladiator badges added after Issue 6 was released.

	Snowbeast	Earn the Toy Collector Badge	Hero/Villain
	Hellfrost	Earn the Coldblooded Badge	Hero-only
	Hordeling Lasher	Defeat 100 Hordeling Lashers	Hero-only
	Red Cap	Earn the Toothbreaker Badge	Hero/Villain
	Fortunata Seer	Defeat 100 Fortunatas	Hero/Villain
	Longbow Warden 1	Earn the Politician Badge	Hero/Villain
	Mu Guardian	Defeat 100 Mu Guardians	Hero-only
	5th Columnist	Earn the Celebrant Badge and the Reveler Badge	Hero-only

Inactive Badges

The following badges were added with Issue 6, but never activated.

Accomplishment Badges

	Dreamwalker / Dreamkiller	Complete Barracuda's Task Force	You have faced the Sleeping God and lived.
	Taskmaster	Complete Ghost Widow's Task Force	You have passed Lord Recluse's test. He expects much of you now. Do not fail him.
	The Crystal Keeper	Complete Scirocco's Task Force	You command rare magicks, powers men would destroy for!
	Ex-Member of the Scorpion Clan / Member of the Scorpion Clan	Complete Silver Mantis' Task Force	Black Scorpion does not forget those who help him.

Achievement Badges

	Tempus Fugitive / Destroyer of Worlds	Convert Recluse's Victory to your side five times	The future is now! Every time your side claims a victory here, it makes this reality that much more likely. You've now fought the future and won five times!
	Eradicator	Defend your base against a raid	So long as you're around, your base is secure.
	Shock Trooper	(Unknown requirement)	Supergroups and Leagues fear your name!

Accolade Badges

Recluse's Betrayer / Recluse's Right Hand

(Unknown requirement)

You are the most villainous of villains and I, Lord Recluse, am proud of you!

Gladiator Badges

Tellus Legacy of Earth

(Unknown requirement)

The ancients bow to you.

Supergroup Badges

Improved Energy Turret

Complete the Cathedral of Pain Trial 20 times in SG/VG mode

See Also

• Badges by Issue
• Issue 6