List of Foursquare Badges

In the Foursquare service, badges are rewards players can earn for checking-into various places. Once a badge is earned by a player, it will remain on that user's profile indefinitely.

The Foursquare staff are very secretive about how to unlock many badges. There are a handful of introductory badges that are earned as milestones in usage. Some badges are tied to venue "tags" and the badge earned depends on the tags applied to the venue. Other badges may be specific to a city, venue, event, or date. Some badges utilize identical icons, but are earned differently. There are a few known badges that are named similarly, but applied differently, specifically Far Far Away, Trifecta and I'm on a Boat.

Known Badges

Badges are listed below, ordered by the incremental identifier reported by the foursquare system.

id	name	active	message	notes
0	BFF	No	♫ The only one for me is you, and you for me ♫ 10 checkins togeeetthhherrrr! ♫
1	Newbie	Yes	Congrats on your first check-in!
2	Adventurer	Yes	You've checked into 10 different venues!
3	Explorer	Yes	You've checked into 25 different venues!
4	Superstar	Yes	You've checked into 50 different venues!
5	Bender	Yes	That's 4+ nights in a row for you!
6	Crunked	Yes	That's 4+ stops in one night for you!
7	Local	Yes	You've been at the same place 3x in one week!
8	Super User	Yes	That's 30 checkins in a month for you!
9	Player Please!	Yes	Look at you, checking-in with 3 members of the opposite sex! Player, please!
10	School Night	Yes	Checking-in after 3am on a school night? Well done!
11	Far Far Away	Yes	Welcome to the world above 59th Street!	geo-specific
12	Brooklyn 4 Life	Yes	That's 25+ checkins in Brooklyn for you!	geo-specific
13	Photogenic	Yes	You found 3 places with a photobooth!
14	Gossip Girl	Yes	Spotted: A true foursquare socialite. Chuck Bass would be impressed. xoxo
15	Douchebag	Yes	Double pop that collar, son!
16	Animal House	Yes	Off the Wagon appreciates your business. COLLEGE!
17	Socialite	Yes	Keep this up and you're going to end up on Valleywag with Julia Allison
23	Far Far Away		Well done escaping downtown Austin - though $5 bucks says you're at Salt Lick :)	SxSW 2009
25	Panel Nerd		Three days at the Convention Center before noon! Your boss would be so proud!	SxSW 2009
26	Slut		Three different hotels! You're like the Paris Hilton / Bret Michaels of SX!	SxSW 2009
27	Redford		Nice job sneaking off to see some films (one of the best parts of SXSWi). Gold Badges unite!	SxSW 2009
28	Porky		Oink oink, you filthy little BBQ lover!	SxSW 2009
29	Trifecta		Name-Brand Party Trifecta! You hit 3 of the big 6: Frog / Digg / Facebook / Goog / 32-Bit / The Decider	SxSW 2009
30	Entourage		Look at you, checking-in with 10 of your friends in tow! You so popular!	SxSW 2009
31	PV Bender		Three late-nights at the PV House! You working on that Slut badge?	SxSW 2009
32	Overshare	Yes	10+ checkins in 12 hours! Next up: tweeting that you unlocked this Overshare badge?
33	Survival		However-many-days you were at SX, you survived. Well played and see you next year!	SxSW 2009
34	Digg Shindigg		Welcome to the Digg Party. I bet the... OMG!!! KEVIN ROSE JUST TOUCHED MY SHIRT!!!	SxSW 2009
35	Karaoke RV!		You found the Karaoke RV! Now go queue up some GnR! "You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby!"	SxSW 2009
36	Party Crasher		What else did you expect checking-in with foursquare at the Brightkite party? Anyone down for a dance off?	SxSW 2009
55	Thriving Ivory		You've checked-in at Thriving Ivory's Fillmore show. Head to the merchandise table and show your TI badge to score some free swag!	venue & date specific
56	Internetz Week		Welcome to internet week! Five new badges for the next five days! What, wait.. no free drinks here? NEXT PARTY!	Internet Week
57	Dot Com Baller		Look at you in your fancy suit up on that fancy roof! You're the Young Jeezy of the NY Tech scene!	Internet Week
58	Trifecta		Name-Brand Party Trifecta! You hit 3 of the big 5: Ignite / Yelp / Digg/ Thrillist / College Humor / Webutante Ball!	Internet Week
59	I'm on a Boat		♫ I'm riding a dolphin doing flips and shit / This dolphin's splashing, getting everybody all wet / But this ain't Seaworld, this is as real as it gets / I'm on a boat, motherf***er, don't you ever forget! ♫	Internet Week
60	Webby		A wise microcelebrity once said: 'I won a Webby' is the new 'I have a website.' You may not have be named King or Queen tonight, but please accept this Webby as a token of just how special we think you are.	Internet Week
61	Ziggy's Wagon	Yes	Waffles and tacos and dumplings and BBQ and... looks like you've found 3 of your city's legendary food trucks. Enjoy!
62	Don't Stop Believin'	Yes	♫ Just a small town girl / Living in a lonely world / She took the midnight train going anywhere! ♫ That's 3 karaoke field trips in a month! Treat yourself by slaying a lil' Bon Jovi.
63	Gym Rat	Yes	10x trips in 30 days? Go reward yourself to the nastiest double cheeseburger you can find (bonus points for cheesy fries and milkshakes). And ps: you look nice today!
64	Mr. Bill		Oh nooo! Mr. Bill! (and happy bday from Eris + team foursquare!)	venue & date specific
65	Trainspotter	Yes	Driving around SF is soooo 2008, hence the special shoutout for your 10th BART checkin. Public transportation is the new Prius!	geo-specific
66	Boxee Fan		You took the L train to Brooklyn to attend a software party! Pretty hardcore.	venue & date specific
67	Road Warrior	Yes	You're making the world a mappier place one checkin at a time!	client specific
69	Intel Insider		Intel would like to welcome you to CES! Remember, what happens in Vegas ends up on Foursquare, Twitter and Facebook. Drinks on us!	CES 2010
70	Intel - All Ears		Shhhhhhhhh! Otellini speaks! Intel + CES 2010 FTW!	CES 2010
71	Intel - Work It		Thanks for joining Intel at CES! Exercise that Core!	CES 2010
72	CES 2010		Congrats! Your checkin to the Las Vegas Convention Center just unlocked the CES Badge. Welcome to the world's largest and coolest tech show!	CES 2010
73	JetSetter	Yes	Hopping around the world one airport at a time... congrats on your 5th airport checkin and safe travels!
74	16 Candles	Yes	Treat yourself to another cupcake - that's 5 birthday shoutouts from you!
75	Zoetrope	Yes	That brings you to 10 movie theater checkins! Now, can you pick us up a large popcorn while you're up?
76	Pizzaiolo	Yes	This badge is reserved only for the true pizza connoisseur: slices from 20 different pizza places. Well done!
77	Jobs	Yes	3 Apple Store checkins! Show this badge to the hipster at the Genius Bar to redeem your new Apple Hoverboard! (... or not)
78	Warhol	Yes	That sure is a nice collection of art gallery checkins (10 different galleries!)
79	Babysitter	Yes	Forget those "Bender" and "Crunked" badges - you've conquered the playground circuit! (10 checkins!)
80	Swarm	Yes	50+ people are also checked-in here - it's a foursquare flashmob!
83	Super Mayor	Yes	A special shoutout for holding down 10 mayorships at once!
84	I'm on a boat!	Yes	♫ This ain't Seaworld, this is as real as it gets / I'm on a boat, MF'er, don't you ever forget! ♫
85	Yard Bird	Yes	Congrats on mastering Harvard Yard on Foursquare! You're looking (and acting) smarter all the time.	geo-specific
86	Metro	Yes	Thanks for Waking up with the Metro! You've checked in near Metro pickup locations on 3 different mornings!	geo-specific
87	Journal Métro	Yes	Merci d'être matinal avec Métro! Félicitations! Vous avez déverrouillé le badge Métro.	geo-specific
88	Bravo Newbie	Yes	Congratulations! You've taken your first step into the BRAVO world. (It's not as scary as it sounds!)
89	Real Housewife	Yes	Way to drink, eat, shop, and spa like a Real Housewife!
90	Top Chef	Yes	You wear the term "foodie" as a badge of honor, and now have BRAVO's Top Chef Badge to prove it.
92	Fashionista	Yes	You've found the key to BRAVO's Launch My Line insignia. Now, go find us some sales!

Unconfirmed Badges

These badges have not yet been confirmed "in the wild", but their existence is indicated by placeholders that appeared in the official foursquare iPhone app on Feb 1 2010. These badges are related to a deal with [Bravo] TV.

id	name	active	message	notes
	Hair Aware	Yes	Message unknown, filename related to the Bravo show Shear Genius	Released 2/1/2010
	Lookin' for Love	Yes	Message unknown, filename related to the Bravo show Millionaire Matchmaker	Released 2/1/2010