Advancement

Merit Badges

The following are all the Merit Badges currently offered by the Boy Scouts of America (click on the name to go to the details page of meritbadge.org for that badge):

• Note: Merit badges shown in bold italics are Eagle-required merit badges.

1. American Business

2. American Cultures

3. American Heritage

4. American Labor

5. Animal Science

6. Animation

7. Archaeology

8. Archery

9. Architecture

10. Art

11. Astronomy

12. Athletics

13. Automotive Maintenance

14. Aviation

15. Backpacking

16. Basketry

17. Bird Study

18. Bugling

19. Camping

20. Canoeing

21. Chemistry

22. Chess

23. Citizenship in the Community

24. Citizenship in the Nation

25. Citizenship in the World

26. Climbing

27. Coin Collecting

28. Collections

29. Communication

30. Composite Materials

31. Cooking

32. Crime Prevention

33. Cycling

34. Dentistry

35. Digital Technology

36. Disabilities Awareness

37. Dog Care

38. Drafting

39. Electricity

40. Electronics

41. Emergency Preparedness

42. Energy

43. Engineering

44. Entrepreneurship

45. Environmental Science

46. Exploration

47. Family Life

48. Farm Mechanics

49. Fingerprinting

50. Fire Safety

51. First Aid

52. Fish and Wildlife Management

53. Fishing

54. Fly-Fishing

55. Forestry

56. Game Design

57. Gardening

58. Genealogy

59. Geocaching

60. Geology

61. Golf

62. Graphic Arts

63. Hiking

64. Home Repairs

65. Horsemanship

66. Indian Lore

67. Insect Study

68. Inventing

69. Journalism

70. Kayaking

71. Landscape Architecture

72. Law

73. Leatherwork

74. Lifesaving

75. Mammal Study

76. Medicine

77. Metalwork

78. Mining in Society

79. Model Design and Building

80. Motorboating

81. Moviemaking

82. Music

83. Nature

84. Nuclear Science

85. Oceanography

86. Orienteering

87. Painting

88. Personal Fitness

89. Personal Management

90. Pets

91. Photography

92. Pioneering

93. Plant Science

94. Plumbing

95. Pottery

96. Programming

97. Public Health

98. Public Speaking

99. Pulp and Paper

100. Radio

101. Railroading

102. Reading

103. Reptile and Amphibian Study

104. Rifle Shooting

105. Robotics

106. Rowing

107. Safety

108. Salesmanship

109. Scholarship

110. Scouting Heritage

111. Scuba Diving

112. Sculpture

113. Search and Rescue

114. Shotgun Shooting

115. Signs, Signals, and Codes

116. Skating

117. Small-Boat Sailing

118. Snow Sports

119. Soil and Water Conservation

120. Space Exploration

121. Sports

122. Stamp Collecting

123. Surveying

124. Sustainability

125. Swimming

126. Textile

127. Theater

128. Traffic Safety

129. Truck Transportation

130. Veterinary Medicine

131. Water Sports

132. Weather

133. Welding

134. Whitewater

135. Wilderness Survival

136. Wood Carving

137. Woodwork