Merit Badges on Required List for Eagle

Cloth badges with silver border, Boy Scout, right sleeve, position 4 limited to six, merit badge sash no limit. See list of merit badges for specific number.

  • Camping - No. 10302
  • Citizenship in the Community - No. 10303
  • Citizenship in the Nation - No. 10304
  • Citizenship in the World - No. 10305
  • Communications - No. 10306
  • Cycling - No. 10527
  • Emergency Preparedness - No. 10307
  • Environmental Science - No. 10308
  • Family Life - No. 10316
  • First Aid - No. 10309
  • Hiking - No. 10548
  • Lifesaving - No. 10310
  • Personal Fitness - No. 10312
  • Personal Management - No. 10311
  • Swimming - No. 10315

Optional Merit Badges

Cloth badges with green border, Boy Scout, right sleeve, position 4 limited to six, merit badge sash no limit. See accompanying list of merit badges for specific number.

  • American Business - No. 10502
  • American Cultures - No. 10503
  • American Heritage - No. 10504
  • American Labor - No. 10554
  • Animal Science - No. 10505
  • Archaeology No. 10614
  • Archery - No. 10506
  • Architecture No. 10507
  • Art - No. 10508
  • Astronomy - No. 10509
  • Athletics - No. 10510
  • Auto Mechanics No. 10609
  • Aviation - No. 10512
  • Backpacking No. 10513
  • Basketry - No. 10514
  • Bird Study - No. 10516
  • Bugling - No. 10518
  • Canoeing - No. 10519
  • Chemistry - No. 10520
  • Cinematography No. 10521
  • Climbing - No. 10522
  • Coin Collecting - No. 10523
  • Collections No. 10610
  • Composites No. 10623
  • Computers No. 10526
  • Cooking - No. 10525
  • Crime Prevention - No. 10613
  • Dentistry - No. 10528
  • Disabilities Awareness No. 10547
  • Dog Care - No. 10529
  • Drafting - No. 10530
  • Electricity - No. 10531
  • Electronics - No. 10532
  • Energy - No. 10533
  • Engineering No. 10534
  • Entrepreneurship No. 10620
  • Farm Mechanics No. 10535
  • Fingerprinting No. 10536
  • Fire Safety - No. 10537
  • Fish and Wildlife Management No. 10539
  • Fishing - No. 10538
  • Fly Fishing - No. 10579
  • Forestry - No. 10540
  • Gardening No. 10541
  • Genealogy No. 10542
  • Geology - No. 10543
  • Golf - No. 10545
  • Graphic Arts No. 10546
  • Home Repairs No. 10549
  • Horsemanship No. 10550
  • Indian Lore No. 10551
  • Insect Study No. 10552
  • Journalism - No. 10553
  • Landscape Architecture No. 10555
  • Law - No. 10556
  • Leatherwork No. 10557
  • Mammal Study - No. 10559
  • Medicine - No. 10612
  • Metalwork - No. 10562
  • Model Design and Building No. 10563
  • Motorboating No. 10564
  • Music - No. 10565
  • Nature - No. 10566
  • Nuclear Science - No. 10621
  • Oceanography No. 10567
  • Orienteering No. 10568
  • Painting - No. 10569
  • Pets - No. 10570
  • Photography No. 10571
  • Pioneering - No. 10572
  • Plant Science No. 10573
  • Plumbing - No. 10574
  • Pottery - No. 10575
  • Public Health No. 10576
  • Public Speaking - No. 10578
  • Pulp and Paper - No. 10577
  • Radio - No. 10580
  • Railroading No. 10581
  • Reading - No. 10582
  • Reptile and Amphibian Study No. 10500
  • Rifle Shooting No. 10584
  • Rowing - No. 10585
  • Safety - No. 10313
  • Salesmanship No. 10586
  • Scholarship No. 10587
  • Sculpture - No. 10588
  • Shotgun Shooting - No. 10589
  • Skating - No. 10591A
  • Small-Boat Sailing - No. 10593
  • Snow Sports No. 10592A
  • Soil and Water Conservation No. 10594
  • Space Exploration No. 10595
  • Sports - No. 10314
  • Stamp Collecting - No. 10596
  • Surveying - No. 10597
  • Textile - No. 10598
  • Theater - No. 10599
  • Traffic Safety No. 10600
  • Truck Transportation No. 10601
  • Veterinary Medicine - No. 10602
  • Waterskiing No. 10603
  • Weather - No. 10604
  • Whitewater No. 10605
  • Wilderness Survival - No. 10606
  • Wood Carving No. 10607
  • Woodwork - No. 10608