Race to 100 badges

[Intermipants]

Chatting about this with a friend - if you rolled a new toon and your objective was to get to 100 badges as quickly as possible - what would you do and how quickly do you think you could bring up the century?

 

I’m thinking travel powers and knowing the streets well would be crucial (plus vidiot maps and popmenu for badges). 

[Scarlet Shocker]

I think you get about 10 just for creating a new character and logging in. Villains get an explore badge in the old start mission - then some explore badges and Pocket D - Ouro - Entrusted with the Secret and the explore badge there. also Echo Galaxy then Kings Row and Perez Park gives you the Pupil badge with the Plaques as well as explore badges. Atlas gives you 5 in no time at all.

 

Visit the START and you can get around fast so there's no real limitation to how fast you can explore

[Snarky]

you can get them super fast by getting location badges.  Lackey to a 50 to do all zones (almost all) for 500 approx including zone accolades and history.

 

Edited May 4 by Snarky

[Intermipants]

Switching alignment at Null gets about 5-10, AE badge missions gets another 5-10. Think it could be done in under 30 mins?  I’m gonna try it this afternoon

[lemming]

Looks like seven badges get awarded on creating a new character.

VIP (always) & Cheers (this month)

Then there are five AE badges that are global for your account if you got them with another char. (Customizer, Ticket Taker, Author, Recognized, and Early Bird)

 

As Scarlet Shocker says, you can get a travel power from the START vendor, though the free one at level 2 should be enough.

At least 9 badges per zone and you'll get the badges for how many badges you have and a few others, so maybe 8-10 zones if you just do explore badges.

[TheMoneyMaker]

29 minutes ago, Snarky said:

you can get them super fast by getting location badges.  Lackey to a 50 to do all zones (almost all) for 500 approx including zone accolades and history.

 

If you play a stalker, you don't even need to join with a 50.

[twozerofoxtrot]

Focus the Echo zones, they're pretty pacified so a level 1 can go through no problem to explore. 

you get a bonus badge for getting all of Atlas and Echo Atlas badges

PvP zones youre sidekicked up to the level rank, so no worries about getting sniped by an NPC.

every zone you clear all explore badges will give an accolade. So that's 9 per zone... might be hard to clear each one in 3 minutes... so possibly not the route to go? Will certainly be a challenge to get 100 in 30mins going that route.

[Scarlet Shocker]

48 minutes ago, TheMoneyMaker said:

If you play a stalker, you don't even need to join with a 50.

 

I didn't see that coming!

[Intermipants]

37 mins 27 seconds.  I made a mistake going to Kings Row - badges are too spread out - and didn't think to go to the Night Ward for the 3 badges you get in the Midnighter club until the very end. 

 

Sub 30 mins is possible.

 

Love the advice about going stalker!

 

Got it to 35:25.  No multi-boxing, and I invited my cannonballer toon to the SG before beginning the run.  It's tricky.

Edited May 4 by Intermipants

[RCU7115]

A quick 20 Anniversary Badges just in ouro along with the explore badges for 21.

[Intermipants]

40 minutes ago, RCU7115 said:

A quick 20 Anniversary Badges just in ouro along with the explore badges for 21.

 

Cool idea, but unfortunately they're 100 merits each and so unattainable for a new toon.

[RCU7115]

Damn !! I forgot about that..

[mistagoat]

Click the little ooze guy (I forget his name but he follows you around PD if you click him) in Pocked D behind Null until he eats you for another quick badge in Pocket D.

[gameboy1234]

I always grab the explore badge in RWZ that you get in the base, it's easy and gives you one more for LRT.  Aside from that, really good advice here, I wouldn't have thought of using Null to switch sides and grab more badges.  If you're grabbing powers from START, don't forget the free Jetpack, the vertical can be really handy getting around.

 

[Scarlet Shocker]

5 hours ago, mistagoat said:

Click the little ooze guy (I forget his name but he follows you around PD if you click him) in Pocked D behind Null until he eats you for another quick badge in Pocket D.

 

I do not know of this person

 

 

I rolled a toon about 24 hours ago, ran to about 83 badges last night (admittedly I was up late) but then today a Synapse and couple of other minor detours got me to 101 so easy.

 

I didn't spec this out or plan it in any way so I'm thinking you could do this in about 90 minutes if you were totally serious.

[Intermipants]

I got it to 32 mins earlier today and was killed going for a cheeky echo rwz badge grab which cost me about a minute. I’m gonna give it a go tonight, got it planned out with consignment badges in the mix and the paragon dance party featuring. I gotta break 30 mins. 

[Intermipants]

Also sewer badges are great because they’re super close to the entrance

[Vanden]

On 5/4/2025 at 4:09 PM, Intermipants said:

Cool idea, but unfortunately they're 100 merits each and so unattainable for a new toon.

 

If you're allowed to sidekick or join a premade SG for the challenge, why not have a few dozen Transcendent Merits waiting in email to claim?

Edited May 5 by Vanden

[Snarky]

but how low a level can you hit 1000?  you can do it sub 30, possibly sub 20.  my 29 corruptor is about 20 shy of 1000 and left quite a few on the table that could be gotten with some work.

[Scarlet Shocker]

2 minutes ago, Snarky said:

but how low a level can you hit 1000?  you can do it sub 30, possibly sub 20.  my 29 corruptor is about 20 shy of 1000 and left quite a few on the table that could be gotten with some work.

 

You lead the team Snarkster and I'll join it!

[Snarky]

21 minutes ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

 

You lead the team Snarkster and I'll join it!

my project is soloing every contact for ALL content, red/blue/gold.  thats enough crazy pie on my plate for this year.  through that i am just naturally picking up a lot of badges.  and of course i join ANY team that might get me a badge i do not have.  +all available zones etc.  500+ is doable at level 1.  probably take less than a day with enough coffee or ritalin...

[Intermipants]

30 minutes ago, Vanden said:

 

If you're allowed to sidekick or join a premade SG for the challenge, why not have a few dozen Transcendent Merits waiting in email to claim?

Fair point. I’ve been doing it solo. I alt invite to my SG, and then I drop an ouro, log on my level 1 and go for it.  It’d be fun to get a few people trying it for a cannonball run type race - a prize to whoever makes it back first to the top of Atlas with 100 badges. 

[Intermipants]

Just now, Snarky said:

my project is soloing every contact for ALL content, red/blue/gold.  thats enough crazy pie on my plate for this year.  through that i am just naturally picking up a lot of badges.  and of course i join ANY team that might get me a badge i do not have.  +all available zones etc.  500+ is doable at level 1.  probably take less than a day with enough coffee or ritalin...

Blimey, the lowest level for 1000 badges, and this sound so good.  I’m gonna go for my sub 30min century of badges and then start thinking about the marathon challenges!

[Snarky]

29 minutes ago, Intermipants said:

Blimey, the lowest level for 1000 badges, and this sound so good.  I’m gonna go for my sub 30min century of badges and then start thinking about the marathon challenges!

the fattest parts will be location, history, invention, then consignment, day jobs, AE.  all of this is level 1 stuff.  there are 500+ before day jobs.  then defeats.  for this, of course, sidekicking to an alt acct murder machine.  while staying level 1.  with a LOT of hunting you are now in the 700 range.  starting to get hard.  Events, lackeying to someone for mission badges.  non ouro, so the set up is hard.  some pvp badges.  i think it may be possible to hit 1000 but 800 looks damn hard at level 1.  

[Intermipants]

I’ve seen plenty of 50s with 30 badges. I’m laughing at the idea of seeing a level 1 join a DFB with 800 badges!  Badge run?