Merit Badge Requirements & Links
There are more than 130 merit badges. Any Boy Scout may earn a merit badge at any time. You don’t need to have had rank advancement to be eligible. The current requirements for Eagle Scout includes earning 21 merit badges 13 from a required list.
Eagle Scout Required Merit Badges
All Merit Badges
- AMERICAN BUSINESS
- AMERICAN CULTURES
- AMERICAN HERITAGE
- AMERICAN LABOR
- ANIMAL SCIENCE
- ANIMATION
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ARCHERY
- ARCHITECTURE
- ART
- ASTRONOMY
- ATHLETICS
- ATOMIC ENERGY has been changed to NUCLEAR SCIENCE
- AUTO MECHANICS has been changed to AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE
- AVIATION
- BACKPACKING
- BASKETRY
- BIRD STUDY
- BUGLING
- CAMPING
- CANOEING
- CHEMISTRY
- CHESS
- CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY
- CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION
- CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD
- CLIMBING
- COIN COLLECTING
- COLLECTIONS
- COMMUNICATION
- COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- COOKING
- CRIME PREVENTION
- CYCLING
- DENTISTRY
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- DISABILITIES AWARENESS
- DOG CARE
- DRAFTING
- ELECTRICITY
- ELECTRONICS
- EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
- ENERGY
- ENGINEERING
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- EXPLORATION
- FAMILY LIFE
- FARM MECHANICS
- FINGERPRINTING
- FIRE SAFETY
- FIRST AID
- FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
- FISHING
- FLY FISHING
- FORESTRY
- GAME DESIGN
- GARDENING
- GENEALOGY
- GEOCACHING
- GEOLOGY
- GOLF
- GRAPHIC ARTS
- HIKING
- HOME REPAIRS
- HORSEMANSHIP
- INDIAN LORE
- INSECT STUDY
- INVENTING
- JOURNALISM
- KAYAKING
- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- LAW
- LEATHERWORK
- LIFESAVING
- MAMMAL STUDY
- MEDICINE
- METALWORK
- MINING IN SOCIETY
- MODEL DESIGN AND BUILDING
- MOTORBOATING
- MOVIEMAKING
- MUSIC
- NATURE
- NUCLEAR SCIENCE
- OCEANOGRAPHY
- ORIENTEERING
- PAINTING
- PERSONAL FITNESS
- PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
- PETS
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- PIONEERING
- PLANT SCIENCE
- PLUMBING
- POTTERY
- PROGRAMMING
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- PUBLIC SPEAKING
- PULP AND PAPER
- RADIO
- RAILROADING
- READING
- REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN STUDY
- ROBOTICS
- RIFLE SHOOTING
- ROWING
- SAFETY
- SALESMANSHIP
- SCHOLARSHIP
- SCOUTING HERITAGE
- SCUBA DIVING
- SCULPTURE
- SEARCH AND RESCUE
- SHOTGUN SHOOTING
- SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND CODES
- SKATING
- SMALL-BOAT SAILING
- SNOW SPORTS
- SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
- SPACE EXPLORATION
- SPORTS
- STAMP COLLECTING
- SUSTAINABILITY
- SURVEYING
- SWIMMING
- TEXTILE
- THEATER
- TRAFFIC SAFETY
- TRUCK TRANSPORTATION
- VETERINARY MEDICINE
- WATERSKIING has been changed to WATER SPORTS
- WEATHER
- WELDING
- WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
- WOOD CARVING
- WOODWORK
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