Issue 7 Badges

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

Overview

Issue 7 expanded the badges for Villains into the Level 40+ range. For Heroes, it added 4 Exploration badges, 15 Achievement Badges, 1 Accolade badges and 1 Gladiator badge. In total, 21 badges were introduced for Heroes upon the release of Issue 7. An additional 2 Achievement badges and 2 Accolade badges were added later, for a grand total of 25 Hero badges during Issue 7.

For Villains, Issue 7 added 17 Exploration badges, 1 History badge, 31 Achievement badges, 5 Accomplishment badges, 10 Accolade badges and 5 Gladiator badges. In total, 69 badges were introduced for Villains upon the release of Issue 7. An additional 8 Achievement badges, 2 Accolade badges and one Gladiator badge were added later, for a grand total of 80 Villain badges during Issue 7.

Supergroup badges were expanded in Issue 7, totalling 14 badges for Heroes and 2 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

Grandville

There were four badges added to Grandville.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x z y )
Guttersnipe	Grandville	2861	-475	2310
Master / Mistress of the Airwaves	Grandville	2730	734	1042
Overlord	Grandville	1356	-441	-597
Sewer Dweller	Grandville	2681	-443	-730

Recluse's Victory

There were four badges added to Recluse's Victory.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x z y )
Globetrotter	Recluse's Victory	128	16	-247
Last Stand	Recluse's Victory	1081	0	-135
Ragnarok	Recluse's Victory	-861	-15	-356
Temporal Fighter / Dark Victory	Recluse's Victory	1027	42	-1419

Mayhem Missions

There were nine badges added to Mayhem Missions.

Badge	Zone	Location ( x z y )
Global Threat	Atlas Park	1542	0	660
King Maker	Kings Row	-252	-42	-2514
Road Raged	Skyway City	-645	-42	-4029
Steel Worker	Steel Canyon	-4599	0	1497
Tyrannical	Independence Port	-1211	-24	-2701
Talon of Talos	Talos Island	-1438	160	6876
Brickhouse	Brickstown	-161	0	-147
Anarchist	Founders' Falls	3801	4	2687
Gate Crasher	Peregrine Island	-1153	0	-3079

History Badges

There was one Villain-only History badge added with Issue 7.

Arachnos Rising

Achievement Badges

There were nine Hero/Villain Achievement badges added with Issue 7.

	Back from the Future	Take over 1000 pillboxes in Recluse's Victory
	Power Liberator / Master Thief	Complete a base raid to steal an Item of Power
	Somewhere in Time	Take over 100 pillboxes in Recluse's Victory
	Temporal Agent	Control 10 heavies in Recluse's Victory
	Temporal Soldier	Control 250 heavies in Recluse's Victory
	Temporal Spy	Control 50 heavies in Recluse's Victory
	Time Machinist	Take over 10 pillboxes in Recluse's Victory
	Time Traveler	Spend five hours in Recluse's Victory
	Venomous	Defeat 200 Toxic Tarantulas

There were six Hero-only Achievement badges added with Issue 7.

	Arachnophobic	Defeat Lord Recluse in Recluse's Victory
	Justiciar	Defeat all five Signature Villains in Recluse's Victory
	Poltergeist	Defeat Ghost Widow in Recluse's Victory
	Sandblasted	Defeat Scirocco in Recluse's Victory
	Shark Hunter	Defeat Captain Mako in Recluse's Victory
	Wrangler	Defeat Black Scorpion in Recluse's Victory

There were twenty-two Villain-only Achievement badges added with Issue 7.

	Annihilator	Defeat the future Freedom Phalanx in the Lord Recluse Strike Force
	Archvillain	Defeat Statesman during the Lord Recluse Strike Force
	Blackguard	Defeat all six Signature Heroes in Recluse's Victory
	Breakneck	Defeat Synapse in Recluse's Victory
	Dead-eye	Defeat Manticore in Recluse's Victory
	Demon Slayer	Defeat Baphomet during a mission
	Destroyer	Defeat Positron in Recluse's Victory
	Firebug	Complete 10 Arson side missions during Mayhem Missions
	Heat Seeker	Defeat the Arachnos Flier, a monster that spawns in Grandville
	Hero Slayer	Defeat 100 Heroes in Mayhem Missions
	Impounder	Destroy 200 cars in Mayhem Missions
	Interrogator	Defeat Sister Psyche in Recluse's Victory
	Made	Achieve Threat Level 50
	Master / Mistress of Olympus	Defeat Kronos Class Titan during the Lord Recluse Strike Force
	Oppressor	Defeat Statesman in Recluse's Victory
	Outlaw	Defeat 1000 Paragon Police (all kinds) in Mayhem Missions
	Safecracker	Destroy 10 Vault Doors in Mayhem Missions
	Unveiler	Defeat 100 Nemesis Fake Nemesis robots
	Uppercut	Defeat Back Alley Brawler in Recluse's Victory
	Usurper	Defeat Lord Recluse in the second Patron story arc.
	Vandal	Destroy 25 Hydrants, 25 Mailboxes, 25 Newspaper stands, and 25 Pay Phones in Mayhem Missions
	Visionary	Defeat 100 Rularuu Overseers

Accomplishment Badges

There were five Villain-only Accomplishment badges added with Issue 7.

	Couch Potato	Complete the Destroy books for Television mission from Television
	Efficiency Expert	Complete all of Efficiency Expert Pither's timed missions successfully
	Mage Hunter	Complete the Defeat Selestar mission from Mage-Killer Zuhkara
	Party Crasher	Complete the Steal Alloy from Silver Mantis mission from Dr. Forrester
	Servant of Recluse	Complete the Lord Recluse Strike Force: Future of Freedom

Accolade Badges

There was one Hero-only Accolade badge added with Issue 7.

Task Force Commander

Earn the Citadel's Assistant, Manticore's Associate, Numina's Compatriot, Positron's Ally, Sister Psyche's Comrade, and Synapse's Cohort badges

There were ten Villain-only Accolade badges added with Issue 7.

	Bloodletter	Complete Captain Mako's Patron story arc
	Born in Battle	Earn the Exterminator, Lanista, Pirate, Primal Instinct, Raider, Triumphant, Swashbuckler, and Unbreakable badges
	Demonic	Earn the Coldhearted, Forged by Hellfire, Lorekeeper, Overlord, and Soul Taker badges
	Force of Nature	Earn the Firebug, Hero Slayer, Impounder, Outlaw, Safecracker, Vandal, and Villain badges
	Headline Stealer	Earn the Couch Potato, Crimelord, Crooked Politician, Electrician, Master of the Airwaves, Strike Buster, and Surging badges
	High Pain Threshold	Earn the Bad Luck, Deathless, Freak of Nature, Gangbuster, Locked and Loaded, Spider Smasher, and Technofreak badges
	Invader	Earn the Anarchist, Brickhouse, Gate Crasher, Global Threat, King Maker, Road Raged, Steel Worker, Talon of Talos, and Tyrannical badges
	Marshal	Earn the Annihilator, Arachnos Rising, Paragon of Vice, The Mongoose, The Next Big Thing, and Weapon of Mass Destruction badges
	Megalomaniac	Earn the Crystal Keeper, Last Stand, Man in Black, Strikebreaker and Triumphant badges
	Mirage	Complete Scirocco's Patron story arc
	Spider's Kiss	Complete Ghost Widow's Patron story arc
	The Stinger	Complete Black Scorpion's Patron story arc
	Thorn Usurper	Complete the level 44-50 Tree of Thorns Respecification Trial from Ractespriel

Gladiator Badges

There was one Hero/Villain Gladiator badge added with Issue 7.

Tarantula

Earn the Venomous Badge

There were four Villain-only Gladiator badges added with Issue 7.

	Arachnoid	Earn the Sewer Dweller Badge
	Behemoth Overlord	Earn the Demon Slayer Badge
	Sorcerer	Earn the Mage Hunter Badge
	Wolf Spider Tac Ops	Earn the Insider Badge

Supergroup Badges

There were fourteen Hero-only Supergroup badges added with Issue 7.

	Atlas Park Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Atlas Park
	Brickstown Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Brickstown
	Croatoa Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Croatoa
	Eden Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Eden
	Founders Falls Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Founders' Falls
	Galaxy City Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Galaxy City
	Independence Port Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Independence Port
	Kings Row Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Kings Row
	Peregrine Island Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Peregrine Island
	Rikti Plasma Turret	Defeat Lanaru the Mad five times
	Skyway City Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Skyway City
	Steel Canyon Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Steel Canyon
	Talos Island Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Talos Island
	Terra Volta Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Terra Volta

There were two Villain-only Supergroup badges added with Issue 7.

	Grandville Beacon	Visit the exploration badges in Grandville
	Scorpion's Surprise	Defeat Lord Recluse five times

Later Badges

Achievement Badges

There were two Hero/Villain Achievement badges added after Issue 7 was released.

	Ghost Touched	Defeat 20 of the Unseelie Court during the Halloween Event 2006
	Iron Warrior	Defeat Jack in Irons during the Halloween Event 2006

There were six Villain-only Achievement badges added after Issue 7 was released.

	Buster	Defeat 20 Spirits during the Halloween Event 2006
	Dead Head	Defeat 50 Zombies during the Halloween Event 2006
	Hallow Spirit	Defeat Eochai during the Halloween Event 2006
	Hunter	Defeat 20 Vampires during the Halloween Event 2006
	Malleus	Defeat 75 Witches during the Halloween Event 2006
	Shifter	Defeat 15 Werewolves during the Halloween Event 2006