There are more than 135 merit badges. Scouts can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges Click each subject to see the requirements for that merit badge. We’ll start with the Eagle Required Merit Badges.
List of current Merit Badges
The following are all the Merit Badges currently offered by the Boy Scouts of America:
Note: This table contains editable Word and PDF document links.
| Eagle Required Merit Badges |
| 1 | Camping | August, 2019 | Camping | Camping |
| 2 | Citizenship in the Community | May, 2017 | Cit-Comm | Cit-Comm |
| 3 | Citizenship in the Nation | May, 2017 | Cit-Nation | Cit-Nation |
| 4 | Citizenship in the World | May, 2017 | Cit-World | Cit-World |
| 5 | Communication | June, 2019 | Communication | Communication |
| 38 | Cooking | January, 2020 | Cooking | Cooking |
| 39 | Cycling | May, 2017 | Cycling | Cycling |
| 6 | Emergency Preparedness | April, 2019 | Emerg-Prep | Emerg-Prep |
| 7 | Environmental Science | January, 2020 | Env-Science | Env-Science |
| 129 | Family Life | March, 2019 | Family-Life | Family-Life |
| 8 | First Aid | March, 2019 | First-Aid | First-Aid |
| 61 | Hiking | June, 2017 | Hiking | Hiking |
| 9 | Lifesaving | April, 2019 | Lifesaving | Lifesaving |
| 10 | Personal Fitness | January, 2020 | Pers-Fitness | Pers-Fitness |
| 11 | Personal Management | April, 2019 | Pers-Manage | Pers-Manage |
| 152 | Sustainability | January, 2020 | Sustainability | Sustainability |
| 14 | Swimming | June, 2017 | Swimming | Swimming |
| All Current Merit Badges in Alphabetical Order |
| 15 | AMERICAN BUSINESS | February, 2020 | Am-Business | Am-Business |
| 17 | AMERICAN CULTURES | May, 2017 | Am-Culture | Am-Culture |
| 16 | AMERICAN HERITAGE™ | January, 2020 | Am-Heritage | Am-Heritage |
| 121 | AMERICAN LABOR | March, 2019 | Am-Labor | Am-Labor |
| 28 | ANIMAL SCIENCE | January, 2020 | Animal-Science | Animal-Science |
| 158 | ANIMATION | May, 2017 | Animation | Animation |
| 132 | ARCHAEOLOGY | January, 2018 | Archaeology | Archaeology |
| 19 | ARCHERY | March, 2019 | Archery | Archery |
| 20 | ARCHITECTURE | May, 2017 | Architecture | Architecture |
| 21 | ART | May, 2017 | Art | Art |
| 22 | ASTRONOMY | March, 2018 | Astronomy | Astronomy |
| 23 | ATHLETICS | January, 2018 | Athletics | Athletics |
| 127 | AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE | August, 2018 | Auto-Maint | Auto-Maint |
| 25 | AVIATION | April, 2019 | Aviation | Aviation |
| 26 | BACKPACKING | May, 2017 | Backpacking | Backpacking |
| 27 | BASKETRY | May, 2017 | Basketry | Basketry |
| 29 | BIRD STUDY | March, 2019 | Bird-Study | Bird-Study |
| 32 | BUGLING | January, 2020 | Bugling | Bugling |
| 1 | CAMPING | August, 2019 | Camping | Camping |
| 33 | CANOEING | January, 2018 | Canoeing | Canoeing |
| 34 | CHEMISTRY | January, 2020 | Chemistry | Chemistry |
| 147 | CHESS | May, 2017 | Chess | Chess |
| 2 | CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY | May, 2017 | Cit-Comm | Cit-Comm |
| 3 | CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION | May, 2017 | Cit-Nation | Cit-Nation |
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD | May, 2017 | Cit-World | Cit-World |
| 133 | CLIMBING | May, 2017 | Climbing | Climbing |
| 35 | COIN COLLECTING | January, 2018 | Coin-Collect | Coin-Collect |
| 128 | COLLECTIONS | May, 2017 | Collections | Collections |
| 5 | COMMUNICATION | June, 2019 | Communication | Communication |
| 137 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS | May, 2017 | Composite-Mat | Composite-Mat |
| 38 | COOKING | January, 2020 | Cooking
| Cooking
|
| 131 | CRIME PREVENTION | January, 2020 | Crime-Prev | Crime-Prev |
| 39 | CYCLING | May, 2017 | Cycling | Cycling |
| 40 | DENTISTRY | May, 2017 | Dentistry | Dentistry |
| 154 | DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY and
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip | February, 2020 | Digital-Tech | Digital-Tech |
| 60 | DISABILITIES AWARENESS | March, 2019 | Disability-Aware | Disability-Aware |
| 41 | DOG CARE | May, 2017 | Dog-Care | Dog-Care |
| 42 | DRAFTING | July, 2017 | Drafting | Drafting |
| 43 | ELECTRICITY | May, 2017 | Electricity | Electricity |
| 44 | ELECTRONICS | January, 2018 | Electronics | Electronics |
| 6 | EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS | April, 2019 | Emerg-Prep | Emerg-Prep |
| 45 | ENERGY | January, 2018 | Energy | Energy |
| 46 | ENGINEERING | May, 2017 | Engineering | Engineering |
| 134 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP | June, 2017 | Entrepreneur | Entrepreneur |
| 7 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | January, 2020 | Env-Science | Env-Science |
| 159 | EXPLORATION | June, 2017 | Exploration | Exploration |
| 129 | FAMILY LIFE | March, 2019 | Family-Life | Family-Life |
| 48 | FARM MECHANICS | June, 2017 | Farm-Mech | Farm-Mech |
| 49 | FINGERPRINTING | DOCX: June, 2017
PDF: December, 2018 | Fingerprinting | Fingerprinting |
| 50 | FIRE SAFETY | November, 2017 | Fire-Safety | Fire-Safety |
| 8 | FIRST AID | March, 2019 | First-Aid | First-Aid |
| 51 | FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | June, 2017 | Fish-and-Wildlife | Fish-and-Wildlife |
| 52 | FISHING | June, 2017 | Fishing | Fishing |
| 136 | FLY FISHING | March, 2019 | Fly-Fishing | Fly-Fishing |
| 54 | FORESTRY | March, 2019 | Forestry | Forestry |
| 151 | GAME DESIGN | June, 2017 | Game-Design | Game-Design |
| 55 | GARDENING | February, 2018 | Gardening | Gardening |
| 56 | GENEALOGY | June, 2017 | Genealogy | Genealogy |
| 145 | GEOCACHING | May, 2019 | Geocaching | Geocaching |
| 58 | GEOLOGY | January, 2020 | Geology | Geology |
| 59 | GOLF | March, 2019 | Golf | Golf |
| 122 | GRAPHIC ARTS | April 2017 | Graphic-Arts | Graphic-Arts |
| 61 | HIKING | June, 2017 | Hiking | Hiking |
| 62 | HOME REPAIRS | June, 2017 | Home-Repair | Home-Repair |
| 63 | HORSEMANSHIP | June, 2017 | Horsemanship | Horsemanship |
| 64 | INDIAN LORE | June, 2017 | Indian-Lore | Indian-Lore |
| 65 | INSECT STUDY | January, 2018 | Insect-Study | Insect-Study |
| 144 | INVENTING | June, 2017 | Inventing | Inventing |
| 66 | JOURNALISM | May, 2019 | Journalism | Journalism |
| 149 | KAYAKING | January, 2020 | Kayaking | Kayaking |
| 67 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | June, 2017 | Landscape-Arch | Landscape-Arch |
| 68 | LAW | March, 2019 | Law | Law |
| 69 | LEATHERWORK | June, 2017 | Leatherwork | Leatherwork |
| 9 | LIFESAVING | April, 2019 | Lifesaving | Lifesaving |
| 71 | MAMMAL STUDY | June, 2017 | Mammal-Study | Mammal-Study |
| 130 | MEDICINE | January, 2018 | Medicine | Medicine |
| 74 | METALWORK | June, 2017 | Metalwork | Metalwork |
| 155 | MINING IN SOCIETY | June, 2017 | Mining-in-Society | Mining-in-Society |
| 75 | MODEL DESIGN AND BUILDING | January, 2020 | Model-Design | Model-Design |
| 76 | MOTORBOATING | April, 2019 | Motorboating | Motorboating |
| 156 | MOVIEMAKING | June, 2017 | Moviemaking | Moviemaking |
| 77 | MUSIC | June, 2017 | Music | Music |
| 78 | NATURE | August, 2018 | Nature | Nature |
| 24 | NUCLEAR SCIENCE | June, 2017 | Nuclear-Science | Nuclear-Science |
| 79 | OCEANOGRAPHY | June, 2017 | Oceanography | Oceanography |
| 80 | ORIENTEERING | June, 2017 | Orienteering | Orienteering |
| 81 | PAINTING | January, 2020 | Painting | Painting |
| 10 | PERSONAL FITNESS | January, 2020 | Pers-Fitness | Pers-Fitness |
| 11 | PERSONAL MANAGEMENT | April, 2019 | Pers-Manage | Pers-Manage |
| 82 | PETS | June, 2017 | Pets | Pets |
| 83 | PHOTOGRAPHY and
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip | February, 2020 | Photography | Photography |
| 84 | PIONEERING | June, 2017 | Pioneering | Pioneering |
| 85 | PLANT SCIENCE | January, 2018 | Plant-Science | Plant-Science |
| 86 | PLUMBING | June, 2017 | Plumbing | Plumbing |
| 87 | POTTERY | June, 2017 | Pottery | Pottery |
| 153 | PROGRAMMING and
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip | February, 2020 | Programming | Programming |
| 89 | PUBLIC HEALTH | May 2019 | Public-Health | Public-Health |
| 90 | PUBLIC SPEAKING | June, 2017 | Public-Speaking | Public-Speaking |
| 91 | PULP AND PAPER | July, 2017 | Pulp-and-Paper | Pulp-and-Paper |
| 93 | RADIO | January, 2018 | Radio | Radio |
| 94 | RAILROADING | April, 2019 | Railroading | Railroading |
| 95 | READING | January, 2020 | Reading | Reading |
| 96 | REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN STUDY | April, 2019 | Reptile-Amphibian | Reptile-Amphibian |
| 123 | RIFLE SHOOTING | April, 2019 | Rifle-Shooting | Rifle-Shooting |
| 146 | ROBOTICS
| June, 2017 | Robotics
| Robotics |
| 98 | ROWING | March, 2019 | Rowing | Rowing |
| 12 | SAFETY | January, 2020 | Safety | Safety |
| 99 | SALESMANSHIP | June, 2017 | Salesmanship | Salesmanship |
| 100 | SCHOLARSHIP | June, 2017 | Scholarship | Scholarship |
| 143 | SCOUTING HERITAGE | March, 2019 | Scouting-Heritage | Scouting-Heritage |
| 138 | SCUBA DIVING | June, 2017 | Scuba | Scuba |
| 101 | SCULPTURE | January, 2018 | Sculpture | Sculpture |
| 150 | SEARCH AND RESCUE | March, 2019 | Search-Rescue | Search-Rescue |
| 124 | SHOTGUN SHOOTING | June, 2017 | Shotgun-Shooting | Shotgun-Shooting |
| 157 | SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND CODES | June, 2017 | Signs-Signals-and-Codes | Signs-Signals-and-Codes |
| 103 | SKATING | January 2019 | Skating | Skating |
| 105 | SMALL-BOAT SAILING | June, 2017 | Small-Boat-Sailing | Small-Boat-Sailing |
| 135 | SNOW SPORTS | June, 2017 | Snow-Sports | Snow-Sports |
| 106 | SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION | April, 2019 | Soil-Water | Soil-Water |
| 107 | SPACE EXPLORATION | January, 2020 | Space-Explore | Space-Explore |
| 13 | SPORTS | July, 2017 | Sports | Sports |
| 108 | STAMP COLLECTING | June, 2017 | Stamp-Collecting | Stamp-Collecting |
| 109 | SURVEYING | June, 2017 | Surveying | Surveying |
| 152 | SUSTAINABILITY | January, 2020 | Sustainability | Sustainability |
| 14 | SWIMMING | June, 2017 | Swimming | Swimming |
| 110 | TEXTILE | June, 2017 | Textile | Textile |
| 111 | THEATER | March, 2019 | Theater | Theater |
| 112 | TRAFFIC SAFETY | January, 2020 | Traffic-Safety | Traffic-Safety |
| 113 | TRUCK TRANSPORTATION | June, 2017 | Truck-Transport | Truck-Transport |
| 114 | VETERINARY MEDICINE | June, 2017 | Vet-Medicine | Vet-Medicine |
| 115 | WATER SPORTS | June, 2017 | Water Sports | Water Sports |
| 116 | WEATHER | January, 2018 | Weather | Weather |
| 148 | WELDING | March, 2019 | Welding | Welding |
| 125 | WHITEWATER | January, 2020 | Whitewater | Whitewater |
| 117 | WILDERNESS SURVIVAL | February, 2018 | Wilderness-Survival | Wilderness-Survival |
| 118 | WOOD CARVING | June, 2017 | Wood-Carving | Wood-Carving |
| 119 | WOODWORK | March, 2019 | Woodwork | Woodwork |
