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Every rank, adventure, merit badge, and award, with tips, examples, and questions to help you take the next step. Free for scouts, families, and leaders.
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Scout skills
The Scout Oath and Law, first aid, knots step by step, and the flag.
Scouts BSA
Ages 11–17 · Scout to Eagle
Ranks
- Scout, Rank · 7 requirements
- Tenderfoot, Rank · 11 requirements
- Second Class, Rank · 12 requirements
- First Class, Rank · 13 requirements
- Star, Rank · 8 requirements
- Life, Rank · 8 requirements
- Eagle Scout, Rank · 7 requirements
Merit badges · 142
- American Business, Merit Badge · Careers · 6 requirements
- American Cultures, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 5 requirements
- American Heritage, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 6 requirements
- American Indian Culture, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 5 requirements
- American Labor, Merit Badge · Careers · 9 requirements
- Animal Science, Merit Badge · Nature · 7 requirements
- Animation, Merit Badge · Arts · 5 requirements
- Archaeology, Merit Badge · STEM · 11 requirements
- Archery, Merit Badge · Sports · 5 requirements
- Architecture, Merit Badge · Careers · 5 requirements
- Art, Merit Badge · Arts · 7 requirements
- Artificial Intelligence, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Astronomy, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Athletics, Merit Badge · Sports · 7 requirements
- Automotive Maintenance, Merit Badge · Trades · 12 requirements
- Aviation, Merit Badge · STEM · 5 requirements
- Backpacking, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 11 requirements
- Basketry, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 3 requirements
- Bird Study, Merit Badge · Nature · 13 requirements
- Bugling, Merit Badge · Arts · 6 requirements
- Camping, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 10 requirements
- Canoeing, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 9 requirements
- Chemistry, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Chess, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Citizenship in the Community, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 8 requirements
- Citizenship in the Nation, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 8 requirements
- Citizenship in the World, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 7 requirements
- Climbing, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 13 requirements
- Coin Collecting, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Collections, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Communication, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 9 requirements
- Competitive Gaming, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Composite Materials, Merit Badge · STEM · 6 requirements
- Cooking, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 7 requirements
- Crime Prevention, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 11 requirements
- Cybersecurity, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Cycling, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 6 requirements
- Dentistry, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 7 requirements
- Digital Technology, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Disabilities Awareness, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 7 requirements
- Dog Care, Merit Badge · Nature · 10 requirements
- Drafting, Merit Badge · Trades · 8 requirements
- Electricity, Merit Badge · STEM · 11 requirements
- Electronics, Merit Badge · STEM · 6 requirements
- Emergency Preparedness, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 10 requirements
- Energy, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Engineering, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Entrepreneurship, Merit Badge · Careers · 6 requirements
- Environmental Science, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Nature · 11 requirements
- Exploration, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 9 requirements
- Family Life, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 7 requirements
- Farm Mechanics, Merit Badge · Trades · 7 requirements
- Fingerprinting, Merit Badge · STEM · 6 requirements
- Fire Safety, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 10 requirements
- First Aid, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 15 requirements
- Fish and Wildlife Management, Merit Badge · Nature · 8 requirements
- Fishing, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 10 requirements
- Fly Fishing, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 11 requirements
- Forestry, Merit Badge · Nature · 8 requirements
- Game Design, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Gardening, Merit Badge · Nature · 9 requirements
- Genealogy, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 9 requirements
- Geocaching, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 9 requirements
- Geology, Merit Badge · STEM · 6 requirements
- Golf, Merit Badge · Sports · 2 requirements
- Graphic Arts, Merit Badge · Arts · 7 requirements
- Health Care Professions, Merit Badge · Careers · 9 requirements
- Hiking, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 5 requirements
- Home Repairs, Merit Badge · Trades · 7 requirements
- Horsemanship, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 12 requirements
- Insect Study, Merit Badge · Nature · 9 requirements
- Inventing, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Journalism, Merit Badge · Arts · 5 requirements
- Kayaking, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 8 requirements
- Landscape Architecture, Merit Badge · Careers · 5 requirements
- Law, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 11 requirements
- Leatherwork, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 5 requirements
- Lifesaving, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 17 requirements
- Mammal Study, Merit Badge · Nature · 7 requirements
- Metalwork, Merit Badge · Trades · 5 requirements
- Mining in Society, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Model Design and Building, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 6 requirements
- Motorboating, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 5 requirements
- Moviemaking, Merit Badge · Arts · 4 requirements
- Multisport, Merit Badge · Sports · 8 requirements
- Music, Merit Badge · Arts · 6 requirements
- Nature, Merit Badge · Nature · 7 requirements
- Nuclear Science, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Oceanography, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Orienteering, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 10 requirements
- Painting, Merit Badge · Trades · 8 requirements
- Personal Fitness, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 8 requirements
- Personal Management, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 10 requirements
- Pets, Merit Badge · Nature · 5 requirements
- Photography, Merit Badge · Arts · 8 requirements
- Pioneering, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 9 requirements
- Plant Science, Merit Badge · Nature · 9 requirements
- Plumbing, Merit Badge · Trades · 7 requirements
- Pottery, Merit Badge · Arts · 8 requirements
- Programming, Merit Badge · STEM · 6 requirements
- Public Health, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 8 requirements
- Public Speaking, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 5 requirements
- Pulp and Paper, Merit Badge · Trades · 8 requirements
- Radio, Merit Badge · STEM · 9 requirements
- Railroading, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Reading, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Reptile and Amphibian Study, Merit Badge · Nature · 10 requirements
- Rifle Shooting, Merit Badge · Sports · 3 requirements
- Robotics, Merit Badge · STEM · 7 requirements
- Rowing, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 9 requirements
- Safety, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 9 requirements
- Salesmanship, Merit Badge · Careers · 7 requirements
- Scholarship, Merit Badge · Citizenship · 5 requirements
- Scouting Heritage, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 9 requirements
- Scuba Diving, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 6 requirements
- Sculpture, Merit Badge · Arts · 3 requirements
- Search and Rescue, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 8 requirements
- Shotgun Shooting, Merit Badge · Sports · 3 requirements
- Signs, Signals, and Codes, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 10 requirements
- Skating, Merit Badge · Sports · 2 requirements
- Small-Boat Sailing, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 9 requirements
- Snow Sports, Merit Badge · Sports · 7 requirements
- Soil and Water Conservation, Merit Badge · Nature · 7 requirements
- Space Exploration, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Sports, Merit Badge · Sports · 6 requirements
- Stamp Collecting, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 8 requirements
- Surveying, Merit Badge · STEM · 8 requirements
- Sustainability, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Nature · 9 requirements
- Swimming, Eagle-required, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 9 requirements
- Textile, Merit Badge · Arts · 6 requirements
- Theater, Merit Badge · Arts · 5 requirements
- Traffic Safety, Merit Badge · Health & Safety · 8 requirements
- Truck Transportation, Merit Badge · Careers · 10 requirements
- Veterinary Medicine, Merit Badge · Careers · 7 requirements
- Water Sports, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 6 requirements
- Weather, Merit Badge · STEM · 12 requirements
- Welding, Merit Badge · Trades · 7 requirements
- Whitewater, Merit Badge · Aquatics · 12 requirements
- Wilderness Survival, Merit Badge · Outdoors · 10 requirements
- Wildland Fire Management, Merit Badge · Nature · 11 requirements
- Wood Carving, Merit Badge · Hobbies · 7 requirements
- Woodwork, Merit Badge · Trades · 7 requirements
Awards · 9
- 50-Miler Award, Award · 4 requirements
- Eagle Palm, Award · 3 requirements
- Firem'n Chit, Award · 8 requirements
- Historic Trails Award, Award · 3 requirements
- Interpreter Strip, Award · 4 requirements
- Mile Swim Award, Award · 4 requirements
- Paul Bunyan Award, Award · 7 requirements
- Totin' Chip, Award · 6 requirements
- World Conservation Award, Award · 4 requirements
Cub Scouts
Kindergarten–5th grade · Lion to Arrow of Light
Ranks
- Lion, Rank · 7 requirements
- Tiger, Rank · 7 requirements
- Wolf, Rank · 7 requirements
- Bear, Rank · 7 requirements
- Webelos, Rank · 7 requirements
- Arrow of Light, Rank · 7 requirements
Lion adventures · 20
- Bobcat, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Fun on the Run, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- King of the Jungle, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Lion's Pride, Required, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Lion's Roar, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Mountain Lion, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Build It Up, Knock It Down, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Champions for Nature, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Count on Me, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Everyday Tech, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Gizmos and Gadgets, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Go Fish, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- I'll Do It Myself, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Let's Camp, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- On a Roll, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- On Your Mark, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Pick My Path, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Race Time, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Ready, Set, Grow, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Time to Swim, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
Tiger adventures · 23
- Bobcat, Required, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Team Tiger, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Tiger Bites, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Tiger Circles, Required, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Tiger's Roar, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Tigers in the Wild, Required, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Champions for Nature, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Designed by Tiger, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Fish On, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Floats and Boats, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Good Knights, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Let's Camp, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Race Time, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Rolling Tigers, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Safe and Smart, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Sky Is the Limit, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Stories in Shapes, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Summertime Fun, Elective, Adventure · 1 requirement
- Tech All Around, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Tiger Tag, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Tiger-iffic!, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Tigers in the Water, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
Wolf adventures · 23
- Bobcat, Required, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Council Fire, Required, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Footsteps, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Paws on the Path, Required, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Running with the Pack, Required, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Safety in Numbers, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- A Wolf Goes Fishing, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Adventures in Coins, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Air of the Wolf, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Champions for Nature, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Code of the Wolf, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Computing Wolves, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Cubs Who Care, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Digging in the Past, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Finding Your Way, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Germs Alive!, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Let's Camp, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Paws for Water, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Paws of Skill, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Pedal with the Pack, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Race Time, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Spirit of the Water, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Summertime Fun, Elective, Adventure · 1 requirement
Bear adventures · 23
- Bear Habitat, Required, Adventure · 9 requirements
- Bear Strong, Required, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Bobcat, Required, Adventure · 8 requirements
- Fellowship, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Paws for Action, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Standing Tall, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- A Bear Goes Fishing, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Balancing Bears, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Baloo the Builder, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Bears Afloat, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Bears on Bikes, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Champions for Nature, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Chef Tech, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Critter Care, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Forensics, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Let's Camp, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Marble Madness, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Race Time, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Roaring Laughter, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Salmon Run, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Summertime Fun, Elective, Adventure · 1 requirement
- Super Science, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Whittling, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
Webelos adventures · 23
- Bobcat, Required, Adventure · 7 requirements
- My Community, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- My Family, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- My Safety, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Stronger, Faster, Higher, Required, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Webelos Walkabout, Required, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Aquanaut, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Art Explosion, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Aware and Care, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Build It, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Catch the Big One, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Champions for Nature, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Chef's Knife, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Earth Rocks!, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Let's Camp, Elective, Adventure · 9 requirements
- Math on the Trail, Elective, Adventure · 3 requirements
- Modular Design, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Paddle Onward, Elective, Adventure · 9 requirements
- Pedal Away, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Race Time, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Summertime Fun, Elective, Adventure · 1 requirement
- Tech on the Trail, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Yo-Yo, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
Arrow of Light adventures · 19
- Bobcat, Required, Adventure · 8 requirements
- Citizenship, Required, Adventure · 2 requirements
- Duty to God, Required, Adventure · 3 requirements
- First Aid, Required, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Outdoor Adventurer, Required, Adventure · 8 requirements
- Personal Fitness, Required, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Champions for Nature, Elective, Adventure · 6 requirements
- Cycling, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
- Engineer, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Estimations, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Fishing, Elective, Adventure · 7 requirements
- High Tech Outdoors, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
- Into the Wild, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Into the Woods, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Knife Safety, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Paddle Craft, Elective, Adventure · 9 requirements
- Race Time, Elective, Adventure · 5 requirements
- Summertime Fun, Elective, Adventure · 1 requirement
- Swimming, Elective, Adventure · 4 requirements
Venturing
Ages 14–20 · Venturing to Summit
Ranks
- Venturing, Rank · 4 requirements
- Discovery, Rank · 10 requirements
- Pathfinder, Rank · 11 requirements
- Summit, Rank · 10 requirements
Awards · 9
- National Outdoor Badge: Adventure, Award · 3 requirements
- National Outdoor Badge: Aquatics, Award · 5 requirements
- National Outdoor Badge: Camping, Award · 4 requirements
- National Outdoor Badge: Conservation, Award · 4 requirements
- National Outdoor Badge: Hiking, Award · 4 requirements
- National Outdoor Badge: Riding, Award · 3 requirements
- Quest Award, Award · 6 requirements
- Ranger Award, Award · 4 requirements
- TRUST Award, Award · 6 requirements
Guides & Resources
Short guides for scouts, families, and leaders.