Which badge should new players chase first?

Start with entry, crafting, and early trial badges before attempting rare mastery goals.

Survive the Backrooms Badges | Survive the Backrooms Guide

Lost In the Backrooms

Use it as a simple account marker that shows the player has joined the survival maze at least once.

Use it as a baseline badge before tracking harder goals.

Crafter

Use it as proof that you interacted with crafting, a core system for turning scavenged resources into safer runs.

Use it to confirm that your route includes crafting, not only raw looting.

You saved a survivor

Use it as the main signal that your trial planning is working and your run is moving toward completion.

Use it to track your first meaningful rescue goal.

You saved all survivors

Use it as a major completion marker because saving all survivors is one of the cleanest long-run goals.

Use it as a high-value progression target for serious runs.

Wisdom I

Use it as an approachable puzzle milestone before attempting harder Wisdom tiers or full rescue runs.

Use it as a starter Wisdom target when your group can slow down.

Agility I

Use it to confirm you can manage sprint timing and movement routes before attempting higher tiers.

Use it as an early movement benchmark for chase practice.

Strength I

Use it as a combat-readiness check after you have basic gear, healing, and a safe return plan.

Use it to measure whether your combat setup is ready.

Materialist

Use it as a rare mastery goal after you understand crafting, scavenging routes, and supply buffers.

Use it to test whether your material planning supports advanced progression.