List of Foursquare Badges

In the Foursquare service, badges are rewards players can earn for checking-into various places. Most badges are tied to venue "tags" and the badge earned depends on the tags applied to the venue. The Foursquare staff are very secretive about how to unlock many badges.

General Badges
These badges can be earned in any city.

City-Specific Badges
Some cities have city-specific badges that can only be earned in a specific city. Foursquare has, however, changed the way they handle badges, and now when a user gains a badge, he or she has the same badges across all cities.

Austin
Many Austin badges are actually specific to the SxSW conferences.