Issue 6 Badges

This article contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes. It is provided for historical purposes.

Overview

Issue 6 opened up many existing badges for Villains, as well as introducing many new ones. For Heroes, it added 11 Exploration badges, 16 Achievement Badges, 1 Accolade badge and 42 Gladiator badges. In total, 70 badges were introduced for Heroes upon the release of Issue 6. An additional 6 Achievement badges, 5 Accolade badges and 8 Gladiator badges were added later, for a grand total of 89 Hero badges during Issue 6.

For Villains, Issue 6 added 40 Exploration badges, 3 History badges, 97 Achievement badges, 18 Accomplishment badges, 5 Accolade badges and 43 Gladiator badges. In total, 206 badges were introduced for Villains upon the release of Issue 6. An additional Exploration badge, 5 Achievement badges, 5 Accolade badges and 4 Gladiator badges were added later, for a grand total of 221 Villain badges during Issue 6.

Finally, Supergroup badges were also added for the first time in Issue 6, totalling 21 badges for Heroes and 20 badges for Villains.

NOTE: Issue 13 introduced a massive resorting and reorganizing of the badge system. Consequently, many, if not most, of this issue's badges may no longer be in the categories in which they are listed below. Please refer to the individual badge category listings for current information.

NOTE: Issue 16 reduced the requirements for earning several of the Achievement badges listed below. Please refer to the individual badge pages for current information.

Exploration Badges

Bloody Bay

There were four badges added to Bloody Bay.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Ghoulish	Bloody Bay	9165360[Copy]
Hungry / All Consuming	Bloody Bay	-11930-742[Copy]
Imploding	Bloody Bay	18831301338[Copy]
Lobbyist / Crooked Politician	Bloody Bay	2264137-832[Copy]

Breakout

There was one badge added to Breakout.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Jail Bird	Breakout	-2323-120960[Copy]

Cap au Diable

There were five badges added to Cap au Diable.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Egghead	Cap au Diable	94098-1440[Copy]
Media Junky	Cap au Diable	-872248-1464[Copy]
Sparky	Cap au Diable	-2432294-1248[Copy]
Steamed	Cap au Diable	-2426224-471[Copy]
Sweet Tooth	Cap au Diable	-2200-2136[Copy]

Mercy Island

There were six badges added to Mercy Island.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Cesspool	Mercy Island	-32268-2656[Copy]
Chum	Mercy Island	-40477-1854[Copy]
Fortified	Mercy Island	-2496303-439[Copy]
Snake Charmer	Mercy Island	-38542-1712[Copy]
The Next Big Thing	Mercy Island	-1215239-152[Copy]
Widower / Widow	Mercy Island	-3890407354[Copy]

Nerva Archipelago

There were five badges added to Nerva Archipelago.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Locked and Loaded	Nerva Archipelago	32861263644[Copy]
Nerva Wreck	Nerva Archipelago	1388102877[Copy]
Primal Instinct	Nerva Archipelago	2305-110798[Copy]
Tree Hugger	Nerva Archipelago	-16712-180[Copy]
Watcher on the Knoll	Nerva Archipelago	-92855433[Copy]

Port Oakes

There were four badges added to Port Oakes.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Driller	Port Oakes	103181982[Copy]
Powder Monkey	Port Oakes	-3742237-1132[Copy]
Scurvy Dog	Port Oakes	-2852821216[Copy]
Washed Up	Port Oakes	-389412-1368[Copy]

Sharkhead Isle

There were four badges added to Sharkhead Isle.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Forged by Hellfire	Sharkhead Isle	197164-193[Copy]
Freak of Nature	Sharkhead Isle	122790-2183[Copy]
Pit Viper	Sharkhead Isle	149-3781496[Copy]
Razor Toothed	Sharkhead Isle	461-151653[Copy]

Siren's Call

There were four badges added to Siren's Call.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Broad Shoulders	Siren's Call	363-64-258[Copy]
Hangman / Hangwoman	Siren's Call	-1195-1651135[Copy]
Piratical	Siren's Call	-867-1441630[Copy]
Politician	Siren's Call	9610-663[Copy]

St. Martial

There were four badges added to St. Martial.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Camel Snot	St. Martial	-18855962048[Copy]
Crimelord	St. Martial	-89510-1496[Copy]
Deuces Wild	St. Martial	-3325-29-435[Copy]
Stonekeeper	St. Martial	-25601203007[Copy]

Warburg

There were three badges added to Warburg.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x y z )
Triumphant	Warburg	22827432[Copy]
Tunnel Rat	Warburg	-12170144[Copy]
Weapon Inspector / Weapon of Mass Destruction	Warburg	-7681440[Copy]

History Badges

There were three Villain-only History badges added with Issue 6.

	Lorekeeper
	Swashbuckler
	Technofreak

Achievement Badges

There were sixteen Hero/Villain Achievement badges added with Issue 6.

	Agent Provocateur	Complete a buff mission in a PvP zone (Bloody Bay, Siren's Call, or Warburg)
	Disruptor	Achieve a PvP reputation of 400 in a PVP zone
	Forward Observer	Achieve a PvP reputation of 100 in a PVP zone
	Grand Lanista	Win ten rated Gladiator matches in the Arena
	Gunner	Deactivate a firebase in Bloody Bay
	Irradiated	Spend five hours in Bloody Bay   (Irradiated requirement changed to one hour in Bloody Bay during Issue 25)
	Lanista	Win one Gladiator match in the Arena
	Man / Woman in Black	Defeat 200 Shivans
	Reformed / Villain	Defeat 1000 Longbow
	Reinforcement	Defeat 20 Heroes/Villains in a PvP Zone by your own hand
	Risk Taker / Most Wanted	Complete a patrol mission in a PvP zone
	Rocketman / Rocketwoman	Launch the Warburg rocket ten times
	Siren's Song / Raider	Spend five hours in Siren's Call   (Siren's Song / Raider requirement changed to one hour in Siren's Call during Issue 25)
	Spider Smasher	Defeat 200 Arachnos Wolf Spiders
	Vigilante / Wanted	Complete a debuff mission in a PvP zone
	Web Master	Spend five hours in Warburg   (Web Master requirement changed to one hour in Warburg during Issue 25)

There were eighty-one Villain-only Achievement badges added with Issue 6.

	Banisher	Defeat 200 Banished Pantheon Spirit Masks
	Bling	Earn 1,000,000 infamy
	Bonecrusher	Defeat 50 Skulls Bone Daddies
	Caged	Be held for 40 hours
	Captain	Reach level 40
	Coldhearted	Defeat 250 Circle of Thorns cold demons, including Hordelings, Hellfrosts and Blade Princes
	Comrade	Lackey another villain for 4 hours
	Confined	Be held for 20 hours
	Dazed and Confused	Be held for 10 hours
	Deathless	Pay off 1,200,000 Debt
	Devourer of Earth	Defeat 500 Devouring Earth emanators
	Doc	Heal others for 1,000,000 hit points
	Drill Instructor	Lackey another villain for 8 hours
	Electrician	Defeat 200 Gremlins
	Empath	Heal others for 1,000,000,000 hit points
	Epitome	Lackey another villain for 20 hours
	Exalted	Pay off 10,000,000 Debt
	Finder	Defeat 100 The Lost bosses
	Fixer	Heal others for 250,000 hit points
	Fort Knox	Defeat 200 Gold Bricker Rocketmen
	Gangbuster	Defeat 200 Marcone Bosses
	Gearsmasher	Defeat 100 Clockwork gears
	Gravedigger	Defeat 100 Vahzilok embalmed corpses
	Hammer Down	Defeat the Ghost of Scrapyard, a monster that spawns in Sharkhead Isle
	Hammerhead	Defeat 200 Ghost of Scrapyard's followers
	Hard Case	Endure 500,000 points of damage
	HellBane	Defeat Caleb, a monster that spawns in Nerva Archipelago   (HellBane badge renamed to Hell Bane during Homecoming, likely Issue 25)
	Hellspawned	Defeat 50 Hellions Damned
	Illusionist	Defeat 500 Illusionists summoned by Master Illusionists
	Immortal	Endure 1,000,000,000 points of damage
	Infiltrator	Defeat 200 Crey Paragon Protectors
	Insider	Reach level 20
	Invulnerable	Endure 500,000,000 points of damage
	Ironman / Ironwoman Badge	Endure 1,000,000 points of damage
	Jailed	Be held for 80 hours
	Kill Skuls	Defeat 500 Skulls of any type
	Leader	Earn 2,000,000,000 infamy
	Legionnaire	Defeat 100 Warrior bosses
	Mad Scientist	Heal others for 2,000,000 hit points
	Medical Specialist	Heal others for 10,000,000 hit points
	Medicine Man / Woman	Heal others for 50,000,000 hit points
	Midas Touch	Earn 20,000,000 infamy
	Monkeywrencher	Defeat 50 Malta Group Zeus Titan robots
	Mr. Big / Ms. Big	Earn 10,000,000 infamy
	Native	Earn 25 badges
	Nigh Indestructible	Endure 100,000,000 points of damage
	Obsessed	Earn 50 badges
	Paradigm	Lackey another villain for 24 hours
	Pathfinder	Earn 100 badges
	Pirate	Trap 10 ghosts in Fort Hades, Port Oakes
	Popular	Earn 1,000,000,000 infamy
	Privateer	Defeat 100 Sky Raiders Sky Skiffs
	Punch Drunk	Pay off 100,000 Debt
	Regenerator	Defeat 100 Trolls bosses
	Relentless	Pay off 800,000 Debt
	Role Model	Lackey another villain for 16 hours
	Slacker	Be held for 30 minutes
	Sleepy	Be held for 2 hours
	Soldier	Reach level 10
	Soul Binder	Defeat 100 Circle of Thorns mages
	Spectral	Trap 100 ghosts in Fort Hades, Port Oakes
	Stoic	Endure 100,000 points of damage
	Strike Buster	Defeat 200 Scrapyarders (Sharkhead Isle)
	Surging	Defeat Deathsurge, a monster that spawns in Cap au Diable
	Svengali	Lackey another villain for 12 hours
	Tank Buster	Defeat 100 Freakshow tanks
	The Mongoose	Defeat 50 Snakes
	The Silver Bullet	Defeat 100 Council Warwolves
	The Slayer	Defeat 100 Council Vampyri
	Tracer	Defeat 100 Tsoo sorcerers
	Trailblazer	Earn 200 badges
	Trendsetter	Earn 100,000,000 infamy
	Unbreakable	Endure 10,000,000 points of damage
	Unbroken	Pay off 400,000 Debt
	Undying	Pay off 2,000,000 Debt
	Untouchable	Defeat 100 The Family bosses (not Marcone)
	Visitor	Earn 10 badges
	Weatherman / Weathergirl	Defeat 100 Outcasts bosses
	Weed Whacker	Defeat 100 Circle of Thorns Succubi or Hellfrosts
	Wiseguy / Wisegal	Reach level 30
	Zookeeper	Defeat 1000 Rikti monkeys

Accomplishment Badges

There were eighteen Villain-only Accomplishment badges added with Issue 6.

	Agent of Discord	Complete the Take out negotiator and witnesses mission from Operative Kirkland
	Air Pirate	Complete the Silver Mantis Strike Force: Pirates of the Sky
	Bad Luck	Complete the The Unlucky Artifacts mission from Hard Luck
	Binder of Beasts	Complete the Virgil Tarikoss Strike Force: The Beast Beneath the Mountain
	Bone Collector	Complete the Retrieve Loa Bone mission from Mr. Bocor
	Crystal Keeper	Complete the Ice Mistral Strike Force: The Crystal of Serafina
	Exterminator	Complete the Eliminate Kit'Vul mission from Timothy Raymond
	Leviathan	Complete the Operative Renault Strike Force: The Temple of the Waters
	Mask Maker	Complete the Steal samples of the Facemaker's chemicals mission from Dr. Shelly Percey
	Paragon of Vice	Complete the Defeat all Arachnos Personnel mission from Willy Wheeler
	Plague Carrier	Complete the Steal Outbreak from Lost mission from The Radio
	Portal Hopper	Complete the Attack Longbow portal base mission from Technician Naylor
	Seaweed	Complete the Take Down Sea Witch mission from the Lorenz Ansaldo
	Skip Tracer	Complete the Catch the Freakshow debtor before he skips town mission from Basse Croupier
	Slag Reaper	Complete the Retrieve the shipment for Crash mission from Vince Dubrowski
	Soul Taker	Complete the Offer soul of Akarist mission from Archmage Tarixus
	Stone Cold	Complete the Deal with Niles Worthington mission from Angelo Vendetti
	Strikebreaker	Complete the Bust the Dockworkers Strike mission from Lorenz Ansaldo

Accolade Badges

There was one Hero/Villain Accolade badge added with Issue 6.

Bug Hunter

Have a Developer recognize a game-breaking bug that you discovered and reported

There were four Villain-only Accolade badges added with Issue 6.

	Destined One	Purchase the City of Heroes Collector's Edition DVD
	Passport	Transfer an account from the US servers to the EU servers (disabled)
	Thorn Robber	Complete the level 24-33 Tree of Thorns Respecification Trial from Sparcetriel
	Thorn Thief	Complete the level 34-43 Tree of Thorns Respecification Trial from Trepsarciel

Gladiator Badges

There were twenty-three Hero/Villain Gladiator badges added with Issue 6.

	7th Generation Paragon Protector	Earn the Infiltrator Badge
	Anathema	Earn the Finder Badge
	Avalanche Shaman	Earn the Banisher Badge
	Bladegrass	Defeat 300 Devouring Earth tree-creatures
	Caliban	Earn the Regenerator Badge
	Cog	Earn the Gearsmasher Badge
	Crane Enforcer	Earn the Tracer Badge
	Crey Power Tank	Defeat 100 Crey Tanks
	Fungoid	Earn the Protectorate Badge or Devourer of Earth Badge
	Hercules Titan	Earn the Grand Lanista Badge
	Ink Man	Defeat 125 Blue Ink Men
	Kaolin Legacy of Earth	Earn the Collector Badge or Native Badge
	Longbow Nullifier	Earn the Lanista Badge
	Longbow Spec-Ops	Earn the Reformed Badge or Villain Badge
	Longbow Warden 2	Earn the Disruptor Badge   (Longbow Warden 2 badge renamed to Longbow Defender during Issue 25)
	Omega Wolf	Earn the The Silver Bullet Badge
	Outcast Slugger	Earn the Weatherman / Weathergirl Badge
	Raider Engineer	Defeat 100 Force Field Generators summoned by Sky Raider Engineers
	Shivan Destroyer	Earn the Irradiated Badge
	Smasher Elite	Earn the Legionnaire Badge
	Steel Strongman	Earn the Illusionist Badge
	Swift Steel	Defeat 300 Ancestor Spirits
	Tank Smasher	Earn the Tank Buster Badge

There were nineteen Hero-only Gladiator badges released with Issue 6.

	Abomination	Earn the Synapse's Cohort Badge
	Arch-Mage of Agony	Earn the Archmage Badge
	Behemoth Overlord	Earn the Demon Slayer Badge
	Boulder	Earn the Liberator Badge
	Button Man Gunner	Earn the Keeper of Peace Badge
	Chief Swiper	Earn the Pwnz Badge
	Fire Thorn Caster	Earn the Defender of Truth Badge
	Hydra Protean	Earn the Charmer Badge
	Meson	Earn the Dimensional Warder Badge
	Mob Specialist	Defeat 100 Prisoner Bosses
	Nebula Elite Buckshot	Earn the Protector of Innocents Badge
	Nemesis Soldier	Earn the Corrupter Badge
	Pariah Anchorite	Earn the Intellectual Badge
	Penumbra Elite Adjutant	Earn the Super Spy Badge
	Research Assistant	Earn the Crey Havoc Badge
	Rikti Drone	Earn the Savant Badge
	Warhulk	Earn the Meteorologist Badge
	Wraith	Earn the Haunted Badge
	Zenith Warcry Mk I	Earn the Burkholder's Bane Badge

There were twenty Villain-only Gladiator badges added with Issue 6.

	Arachnobot	Earn the Agent of Discord Badge
	Cobra	Earn the Snake Charmer Badge
	Coralax Blue Hybrid	Defeat 100 Coralax
	Ember Legacy of Flame	Defeat 200 Legacy Chain Minions
	Gremlin	Earn the Electrician Badge
	Hellfrost	Earn the Coldhearted Badge
	Hordeling Lasher	Defeat 100 Hordelings
	Juicer	Earn the Watcher on the Knoll Badge
	Longbow Rifleman	Earn the Locked and Loaded Badge
	Lucent Legacy of Light	Defeat 100 Legacy Chain Lieutenants
	Mook	Earn the Washed Up Badge
	Mook Capo	Earn the Stone Cold Badge
	Mu Guardian	Defeat 100 Mu Guardians
	Night Haunt	Earn the Pirate Badge
	Night Widow	Earn the Wiseguy / Wisegal Badge
	Red Hand	Earn the Spectral Badge
	Slag Pile	Earn the Slag Reaper Badge
	Wailer	Earn the Stonekeeper Badge
	Wailer Queen	Earn the Dazed and Confused Badge
	Wolf Spider Enforcer	Earn the Soldier Badge

Supergroup Badges

There were fourteen Hero/Villain Supergroup badges released with Issue 6.

	Analyzer Base Defense	Take 20,000,000 points of damage
	Auto-Doc Plans	Heal 5,000,000 points of damage
	Autonomous Expert System Plans	Deal 50,000,000 points of damage to foes
	Benedict DR Turret Plans	Complete 200 Circle of Thorns missions
	Benedict DR-2 Turret Plans	Earn 1,000,000 Prestige
	Benedict DR-3 Turret Plans	Earn 10,000,000 Prestige
	Combat Log Plans	Heal 100,000,000 points of damage
	Emergency Capacitor Plans	Pay off 2,000,000 points of debt
	Gas Trap Base Defense	Accumulate 30 hours of mez
	Improved Igniter	Defeat 4000 flamethrowing enemies
	Mega Monitor Plans	Collect five Supergroup badges
	Repulsor Base Defense	Pay of 1,000,000 points of debt
	Robo-Surgery Plans	Heal 25,000,000 points of damage
	Supercomputer	Have a sidekick or lackey for five hours

There were seven Hero-only Supergroup badges released with Issue 6.

	Boomtown Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Boomtown
	Crey's Folly Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Crey's Folly
	Dark Astoria Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Dark Astoria
	Faultline Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Faultline
	The Hollows Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in The Hollows
	Perez Park Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Perez Park
	Striga Isle Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Striga Isle

There were six Villain-only Supergroup badges released with Issue 6.

	Cap au Diable Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Cap au Diable
	Mercy Isle Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Mercy Isle
	Nerva Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Nerva Archipelago
	Port Oakes Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Port Oakes
	Sharkhead Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Sharkhead Isle
	St. Martial Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in St. Martial

Later Badges

Exploration Badges

There was one Villain-only mission map Exploration badge added after Issue 6 was released.

Shady

Achievement Badges

There were nine Achievement badges added after Issue 6 was released.

	Cold Warrior	Defeat 100 of the Winter Horde	Villain-only
	Coldblooded	Defeat 250 Circle of Thorns Hordelings or Hellfrosts during a Valentine's Event	Hero-only
	Weed Whacker	Defeat 50 Circle of Thorns Succubi or Hellfrosts during a Valentine's Event	Hero-only
	Handsome / Beautiful	Complete retrieving the Girdle of Aphrodite for Ganymede and destroying a mystical cauldron for Scratch once during a Valentine's Day Event	Hero/Villain
	Toothbreaker	Defeat Snaptooth 5 times	Hero/Villain
	Cap Buster	Defeat 333 Red Caps during the Valentine's Day Event	Villain-only
	Goon Squad	Defeat 333 Cage Consortium Guards	Villain-only
	Firebase Zulu Security Detail	Spend 3 minutes in the Shadow Shard	Hero-only
	Troll Task Force Member	Spend 1 hour in The Hollows	Hero-only

Accolade Badges

There were five Hero/Villain Accolade badges added after Issue 6 was released.

	Longbow Reservist / Jet-Setter	Log in during the Winter Event 2005
	Holiday Spirit / Scrooge	Complete a mission during the Winter Event 2005
	Toy Collector	Open 200 presents during the Winter Event
	Heart of Light / Heart of Darkness	Log in during the Valentine's Day Event 2006
	Reveler	Log in during the month of May, 2006

Gladiator Badges

There were eight Gladiator badges added after Issue 6 was released.

	Snowbeast	Earn the Toy Collector Badge	Hero/Villain
	Hellfrost	Earn the Coldblooded Badge	Hero-only
	Hordeling Lasher	Defeat 100 Hordeling Lashers	Hero-only
	Red Cap	Earn the Toothbreaker Badge	Hero/Villain
	Fortunata Seer	Defeat 100 Fortunata Seers	Hero/Villain
	Longbow Warden 1	Earn the Politician Badge	Hero/Villain   (Longbow Warden 1 badge renamed to Longbow Warden during Issue 25)
	Mu Guardian	Defeat 100 Mu Guardians	Hero-only
	5th Columnist	Earn the Celebrant Badge and the Reveler Badge	Hero-only

Inactive Badges

The following badges were planned to be added with Issue 6, but were never activated.

Accomplishment Badges

	Dreamkiller	Complete Barracuda's Task Force	You have faced the Sleeping God and lived.
	Underachiever / Taskmaster	Complete Ghost Widow's Task Force	You have passed Lord Recluse's test. He expects much of you now. Do not fail him.
	The Crystal Keeper	Complete Scirocco's Task Force	You command rare magicks, powers men would destroy for!
	Ex-Member of the Scorpion Clan / Member of the Scorpion Clan	Complete Silver Mantis' Task Force	Black Scorpion does not forget those who help him.

Achievement Badges

	Tempus Fugitive / Destroyer of Worlds	Convert Recluse's Victory to your side five times	The future is now! Every time your side claims a victory here, it makes this reality that much more likely. You've now fought the future and won five times!
	Eradicator	Defend your base against a raid	So long as you're around, your base is secure.
	Shock Trooper	Complete a raid against another base	Supergroups and Leagues fear your name!

Accolade Badges

	Recluse's Betrayer / Recluse's Right Hand	(Unknown requirement)	You are the most villainous of villains and I, Lord Recluse, am proud of you!
	Brave / Sinister	(Unknown requirement, but likely intended to be tied to the launch of the Korean version of the game, City of Hero)
	Beta Tester	Participate in the City of Villains beta

Gladiator Badges

Tellus Legacy of Earth

Defeat an unknown number of Legacy Chain bosses

The ancients bow to you.

Supergroup Badges

Improved Energy Turret

Complete the Cathedral of Pain Trial 20 times in SG/VG mode

See Also

• Badges by Issue
• Issue 6