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.

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.