Badges-of-DeviantART

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Badges are icons that can be added to your personal profile. Below are listed all the known types of badges, including how to obtain them. Not all badges are publicly available and some have been discontinued.

All badges (except llama and cake) are given by devart, a DeviantART System Bot. Because devart is not a human that account can't answer to your questions about the different badges. Also DeviantART admins can give some other badges than just llamas and cakes. This group can't give any badges because we are not DeviantART admins. Badges can be removed from your account if you contact the help desk.

Your 5 newest badges are featured on the Home tab of your profile. If you arranged your badge order before the 2020 Eclipse, those will be your featured badges. Your newest badge will push your right most featured badge out if you earn any new badges (even if you arranged them).

If you want to remove all badge notifications go to www.deviantart.com/settings/ge… and choose 'Disable message center notifications for badges'.

A group can have badges besides llamas and cakes if it was converted from a regular DA account using convertaclub before July 4th, 2010. Click here for proof.

Cake badges can be given to groups using deviantart.com/GROUP-NAME-HERE/badges/cake/
Llama badges can be given to groups using deviantart.com/GROUP-NAME-HERE/badges/llama/

Click here to give this group a llama. Click here to create a link like this for yourself. Go through the steps and when you are asked to find "gmi-gruser_id", look for "userid" instead because of site changes since the link creator was made.

Click on each badge image for an example.

Llama
(Llamas are awesome!)
Introduced April 1st, 2010
Available to everyone
Llamas can be given to other users through the Give menu found at the top of the user profile. To give one to a group, click here for how to give that first important llama out. Give llamas with only one click using this tool.

Llama is achieved after 1 llama badge
Super Llama is achieved after 10 llama badges
Albino Llama is achieved after 50 llama badges
Super Albino Llama is achieved after 100 llama badges
Ninja Llama is achieved after 500 llama badges
Fancy Llama is achieved after 1000 llama badges
King Llama is achieved after 2500 llama badges
Spartan Llama is achieved after 5000 llama badges
Wizard Llama is achieved after 7500 llama badges
Golden Llama is achieved after 10000 llama badges
Runaway Llamas is achieved after 25000 llama badges

All DeviantART users can collect up to 100,000 llamas, with the exception of glitches.

If you have any questions about the llama badges the best place to ask them is llamalist. If you'd like to learn more about llama badges, please click here.

Also available:
Sunglasses for 80
Bowtie for 40
You can take off the sunglasses and the bowtie or put them on back to your llama.

Not available, but still made by DA:
??? (Mystery Llama) is a placeholder in your badge's page for the next level you haven't achieved. It applies to all badges with levels, the exception being cake. Click here for proof.
Proud Llama is not an official llama level
Hulk Llama is not an official llama level
Emo Llama is not an official llama level
Robo Llama is not an official llama level

Cake
(My, that's a delicious cake)
Introduced June 14th, 2010
Available to everyone
Cakes can be purchased through the Give menu found at the top of the user profile for 80 . Hover over each cake image for its accompanying quote.

If you'd like to learn more about cake badges, please click here.

Delicious Cake is achieved after 1 cake badge
Double Delicious Cake is achieved after 2 cake badges
Half-Moon Cake is achieved after 3 cake badges
Painter's Palette Cake is achieved after 4 cake badges
Pac-Man Cake is achieved after 5 cake badges
Not A Lie Cake is achieved after 6 cake badges
Piggyback Cake is achieved after 7 cake badges
Tugboat Cake is achieved after 8 cake badges
Blank Stare Cake is achieved after 9 cake badges
Fortune Cookie Cake is achieved after 10 cake badges
Hungry Hungry Pacman Cake is achieved after 11 cake badges
Double Decker Cake is achieved after 12 cake badges
Steve Cake is achieved after 13 cake badges
Om Nom Cake is achieved after 14 cake badges
Tux cake is achieved after 15 cake badges
Fancy Cake is achieved after 16 cake badges
Paint The Town Red Cake is achieved after 17 cake badges
Sparkly Cake is achieved after 18 cake badges
Sparklerific Cake is achieved after 19 cake badges
Super Fantastic Golden Platter Cake is achieved after 20 cake badges

birthdAy '14
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Birthday '15
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Twist Fate
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May the 4th
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DeviantArt Originals
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#PluralityOfPride
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Khush
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30 Days of Pride
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Birthday '19
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Stupid Powers
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Hoofs
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StartWithLove
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Pride2020
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Getting Started
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Birthday20
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Share Your Appreciation Badges
(Share your appreciation by awarding a badge)
Introduced November 9th, 2020 / Heart - February 1st, 2022 / Gold Coin – March 14th, 2022 / Hype - May 24th, 2022 and Reintroduced August 4th, 2022 / Snowball - December 1st, 2022
Available to everyone
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Heart Badge: Costs 2 fragments and expired on February 28th, 2022 so it's no longer available
Gold Coin Badge: Costs 2 fragments and expired on March 31st, 2022 so it's no longer available
Snowball Badge: Costs 3 fragments and the recipient received 2 fragments and expired on December 21st, 2022 so it's no longer available
Quartz Badge: Costs 10 Fragments and the recipient will also receive 1 fragment
Emerald Badge: Costs 100 fragments and the recipient also receives 10 fragments
Hype Badge: Costs 100 fragments and the recipient also receives 10 fragments. It originally expired on June 13th, 2022 but was reintroduced again on August 4th, 2022 and expired again on August 25th, 2022.
Diamond Badge: Costs 300 fragments and the recipient receives 100 fragments and a one-month Core Membership for free if the recipient isn’t already a Core Member

Black History Month 2021
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DeviantArt Tutorials Eye
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021
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DeviantArt Tutorials Hand
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DeviantArt Tutorials Landscape
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DeviantArt Tutorials Spider-Man
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Trap Heals
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Birthday21
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DeviantArt Tutorials Dragon
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DeviantArt Tutorials Fire
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DeviantArt Tutorials Creature Wing
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Hispanic Heritage Month 2021
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DeviantArt Tutorials Cat
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DeviantArt Tutorials Jack-O-Lantern
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DeviantArt Tutorials Zatz
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Day of the Deviant
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DeviantArt Tutorials Pikachu
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DeviantArt Tutorials Rose
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DeviantArt Tutorials Superhero Profile
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DeviantArt Tutorials Wolf
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DeviantArt Tutorials Mermaid
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DeviantArt Tutorials Unicorn
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DeviantArt Tutorials Tiger
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Birthday22
(Celebrated DeviantArt's 22nd birthday)
Introduced August 4th, 2022
Available to everyone
You partied with Fella and friends! This badge is given to everyone who participates in DeviantArt's Birthday Challenge and includes the tag #FourEveningsAtFellas
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DeviantArt Tutorials Raven
(Participated in DeviantArt Tutorials Draw a Raven)
Introduced August 15th, 2022
Available to everyone
This badge is given to deviants who watch the tutorial by DanKendi then create their own Raven and submit it as a deviation with the tag #DATutorialRaven.
www.deviantart.com/team/journa…

DeviantArt Tutorials Witch
(Participated in DeviantArt Tutorials Draw a Witch)
Introduced September 12th, 2022
Available to everyone
This badge is given to deviants who watch the tutorial by simoneferriero then create their own Witch and submit it as a deviation with the tag #DATutorialWitch.
www.deviantart.com/team/journa…

DeviantArt Tutorials Fantasy Weapon
(Participated in DeviantArt Tutorials Fantasy Weapon)
Introduced November 7th, 2022
Available to everyone
This badge is given to deviants who watch the tutorial by Tofusenshi then create their own Fantasy Weapon and submit it as a deviation with the tag #DATutorialWeapon.
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Drean Llama
(Participated in the DreamUp Llama Challenge)
Introduced November 11th, 2022
Available to everyone
This badge is given to deviants who enter any prompt with a llama as the subject in DreamUp, DeviantArt’s new AI art generator, and see what the artificial intelligence dreams up for you then submit it as a deviation with the tag #DreamUpLlamas.
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Mystery Egg and Blob Badges
(Submitted your first deviations)
Introduced May 2022
Not available to anyone with an existing gallery
Available ONLY to anyone who has no deviations in their gallery but people with an existing gallery can get these badges following a certain method
IMPORTANT NOTE: Even though it seems that these Mystery Egg and Blob Badges are only available to anyone with no deviations in their gallery, it is possible for anyone with an existing gallery to get these new badges. ShiroDrawz found the solution in obtaining them. You can read those instructions here:
www.deviantart.com/comments/4/…

Mystery Egg: You submitted your 1st deviation, amazing! But what's this...? Something has magically appeared.
Baby Blob: Achievement unlocked! Your 2nd deviation made the Mystery Egg hatch.
Bouncing Blob: Your 5th deviation's making it jump for joy!
Disco Blob: Groovy, baby! Your 10th deviation unlocked the funk.

Subscriber Badges
(Getting subscribers)
Introduced June 2022
Not publicly available
Available ONLY to CORE members (including DA Staff, Volunteers & Seniors)
All CORE members get access to DeviantART subscriptions and earn a monthly income. Create tiers and offer fans access to monthly drops of exclusive content and insights into your process.
www.deviantart.com/team/journa…

Scored 1st Subscriber: Congrats on getting your first-ever subscriber!
Landed 5 Subscribers: You're on a roll! 5 deviants think you're awesome.
Reached 10 Subscribers: Keep up the good work!
Reached 50 Subscribers: You've made it to the big leagues!


Paranoid
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Priv: Blind to Pageviews
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birthdAy '09
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Halloween
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Charitable
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birthdAy '10
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Fella 'round the World
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Greatest Pelican In The World
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Whiskers
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Brush Lover
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BlackBerry
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Clapperboard
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Two Scoops
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I Heart DeviantART Gear
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truth® Artist Collective
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BlackBerry
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birthdAy '13
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thoughtART
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I've Seen It
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Birthday '16
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Planet of the Apes
(Participated in Planet of the Apes Challenge)
Introduced October 6th, 2016
Awarded December 21st, 2016
No longer publicly available
Chimpanzee (level 1 Ape badge)
Orangutan (level 2 Ape badge)
Bonobo (level 3 Ape badge)
Gorilla (level 4 Ape badge)
Cesar (level 5 Ape badge)
This badge was given to users who entered one or more times to the Planet of the Apes challenges. Each challenge you participated in unlocked a new level for your badge. For example, if you entered three individual challenges, you earned the level 3 badge. You can choose which of the unlocked Ape badge level is featured in your profile. Here is the link to the original challenge: go.deviantart.com/journal/Plan…

Biting Pear of Salamanca
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Birthday '17
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The Fan Art Mashup Challenge
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Birthday '18
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Bunny the Red Panda
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Show Your Heart
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Glass Heroes vs. Villains
(Voted in the Glass Heroes vs. Villains Community Battle)
Introduced April 9th, 2019
Awarded April 30th, 2019
No longer publicly available
The Villain badge was given to everyone who voted in the Glass Heroes Vs. Villains Poll. www.deviantart.com/go/journal/… There were two different badges (Hero and Villain) and the Villain badge was the winner of the poll: www.deviantart.com/go/journal/…
If Hero would have won the badge would have looked like this.

Deviant Visions
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Share the Love
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Creature Week
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Magic Week
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Arcade Week  
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Retro Week  
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Valentine's Day Card Creation Badge
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Art Fortunes
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Create With Pride
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Generous Gifter
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Cupid
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Pot of Gold
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MonaLisaFixed
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Arc is Long
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Shimmering Snowball
(Joined the Great Snowball Fest of 2022)
Introduced December 1st, 2022
No longer publicly available
This badge was adjacent to the Snowball Badge. The snow may be seasonal, but if you throw 25 snowballs, you’ll get perennial snow in the form of a Shimmering Snowball badge for your profile. This badge expired on December 21st, 2022 and is no longer availble.
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Original Staff Merit badges "badges started out as merit badges for DeviantART staff. They were only available to staff for special accomplishments like merit badges for the boy scouts. We started making them available to members by way of special events like our 10th birthday bash and hidden pageviews. They gained a lot of popularity about 3 years ago with the introduction of the llama badge system for our annual April fools prank. The rest is history, you guys can't seem to get enough of them. "
- Ikue
FAQ #324: What do the Staff Merit Badges stand for?

Former Staff Member
(Former Staff Member badges...)
Introduced in 2010
Not publicly available
Only for former DeviantART staff

Distinguished Service
(Awesome person)
Introduced in 2010
Not publicly available
Only for DeviantART staff

Priv
(I have an unhealthy interest in the internals of DeviantART)
Introduced April 1st, 2010
Not publicly available
This badge is specifically for DEVlANT for exploiting a glitch in the llama system. Also other DEVlANT's accounts have that badge, for example logon.
"Got because I broke the llama system and gave myself a broken badge which kemayo changed to a picture of my emote" - DEVlANT

Helpdesk Hero
(In recognition of handling 250,000 moderation desk tickets)
Introduced May 12th, 2010
Not publicly available
In recognition of handling 250,000 moderation desk tickets

MN@
(The Golden @ward)
Introduced May 12th, 2010
Not publicly available
Given for being an MN@ Project Manager

Bughunter
(Bug hunting specialist)
Introduced May 12th, 2010
Not publicly available
A merit badge given to staff members who specialize in bridging between the Help Desk and deviousTechnology

Sleep Flag
(Slept with a flag up)
Introduced September 10th, 2010
Not publicly available
A merit badge given to staff members who go to sleep with the sleep flag enabled. The DA development system has a setting so that when a sleep flag is enabled (eg, when a developer is testing/fixing code and doesn't want outside interference), no other developers can introduce new code to the site. This badge is given to developers who do not disable the flag before they go to sleep at night (and thus no new code can be tested/fixed that night). There is also a "King of Sleep Flags" badge, for earning the Sleep Flag badge 20 or more times.

Alpha Tester
(Ultimate Bug Squisher)
Introduced July 27th, 2011
Introduced again April 2nd, 2013
Not publicly available
This badge is specifically for @devbug Alpha Testers, celebrating two years of operation. In April 2013 the new Alpha Testers also got those badges. @devbug also has this badge.
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Raccoon Tamer
(Participated in the 2011 dT Army Barracks Raccoon-Con)
Introduced July 31st, 2011
Not publicly available
DeviantART staff had a raccoon problem in their dt meeting July 2011: dt.deviantart.com/journal/DT-2…

Fromage Connoisseur
(Participated in the 2012 dT offsite in France)
Introduced Jun 18th, 2012
Not publicly available
deviantart staff had a meeting in France: danlev.deviantart.com/journal/…

Grave Digger
(Killed the site)
Introduced August 14th, 2012
Not publicly available
Given to staff who presumably have broken the site

Master Plumber
(Awarded for bravery above and beyond the call of duty)
Introduced Aug 13th, 2013
Not publicly available
Only for DeviantART staff

Customer Service Expert
(Pretty awesome)
Unknown day introduced
Not publicly available
Only for DeviantART staff

Leadership
(A commendable quality)
Unknown day introduced
Not publicly available
Only for DeviantART staff

DeviantArt Collective
(Member of DeviantArt Collective)
Introduced May 3rd, 2021
Not publicly available
Only for members of the DeviantArt Collective


Other badges that are only for DeviantART staff
Former Volunteer
(Former Volunteer badges...)
Unknown day introduced
Not publicly available
Only for former Gallery Moderators and Message Network Admins

Dead Fella
(Broke DeviantART)
Unknown day introduced
Not publicly available
Given to users who demonstrate a significant bug in DeviantART's design. These badges don't stack so instead of displaying only one badge multiple Dead Fellas are displayed separately.
"Given to me by randomduck for the lolz in the hope that it would stop me from breaking any more of deviantART" - DEVlANT
"No One Loves IE 7 Received this badge for breaking all JavaScript in IE7... It only took a month to realize something was wrong" - DEVlANT

Security Warrior
(Stop telling us that Worf got beaten up all the time)
Unknown day introduced
Not publicly available
This badge is specifically for DEVlANT for exposing security holes in the groups system
"Given to me by fourteenthstar for the lols because I kept on finding security holes when alpha-testing the groups system" - DEVlANT