Scout Archive Update - 2026-07-12

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-07-12
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (33):

• Athletics
• Backpacking
• Bird Study
• Collections
• Communication
• Cooking
• Cybersecurity
• Cycling
• Digital Technology
• Environmental Science
• Fingerprinting
• Fishing
• Graphic Arts
• Hiking
• Horsemanship
• Lifesaving
• Mining in Society
• Multisport
• Nuclear Science
• Oceanography
• Personal Fitness
• Personal Management
• Pets
• Programming
• Scouting Heritage
• Search and Rescue
• Skating
• Snow Sports
• Space Exploration
• Stamp Collecting
• Surveying
• Swimming
• Wilderness Survival

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-07-12
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

No changes detected in requirements

Scout Archive Update - 2026-06-21

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-06-21
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (3):

• Cybersecurity
• Fingerprinting
• Sewing & Needlework

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-06-21
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

No changes detected in requirements

Scout Archive Update - 2026-05-24

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-05-24
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (27):

• American Heritage
• Automotive Maintenance
• Climbing
• Coin Collecting
• Collections
• Drafting
• Electricity
• Engineering
• Fishing
• Insect Study
• Mammal Study
• Metalwork
• Model Design and Building
• Moviemaking
• Multisport
• Pets
• Plant Science
• Plumbing
• Programming
• Radio
• Reptile and Amphibian Study
• Robotics
• Scholarship
• Search and Rescue
• Signs, Signals, and Codes
• Surveying
• Welding

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-05-24
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

No changes detected in requirements

Scout Archive Update - 2026-05-17

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-05-17
Archived 150 merit badges

No changes detected in requirements

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-05-17
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

Updated requirements (8):

• Arrow of Light: Duty to God (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Bear: Fellowship (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Lion’s Pride (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Circles (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Webelos: My Family (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Bobcat Wolf (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Champions for Nature Wolf (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Footsteps (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)

Scout Archive Update - 2026-05-10

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-05-10
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (144):

• American Business
• American Cultures
• American Heritage
• American Indian Culture
• American Labor
• Animal Science
• Animation
• Archaeology
• Archery
• Architecture
• Art
• Artificial Intelligence
• Astronomy
• Athletics
• Automotive Maintenance
• Aviation
• Backpacking
• Basketry
• Bird Study
• Bugling
• Camping
• Canoeing
• Chemistry
• Chess
• Citizenship in Society
• Citizenship in the Community
• Citizenship in the Nation
• Citizenship in the World
• Climbing
• Coin Collecting
• Collections
• Communication
• Competitive Gaming
• Composite Materials
• Cooking
• Crime Prevention
• Cybersecurity
• Cycling
• Dentistry
• Digital Technology
• Disabilities Awareness
• Dog Care
• Drafting
• Electricity
• Electronics
• Emergency Preparedness
• Energy
• Engineering
• Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Science
• Exploration
• Family Life
• Farm Mechanics
• Fingerprinting
• Fire Safety
• First Aid
• Fish & Wildlife Management
• Fishing
• Fly Fishing
• Forestry
• Game Design
• Gardening
• Genealogy
• Geocaching
• Geology
• Golf
• Graphic Arts
• Health Care Professions
• Hiking
• Home Repairs
• Horsemanship
• Insect Study
• Inventing
• Journalism
• Kayaking
• Landscape Architecture
• Law
• Leatherwork
• Lifesaving
• Mammal Study
• Metalwork
• Mining in Society
• Model Design and Building
• Motorboating
• Moviemaking
• Multisport
• Music
• Nature
• Nuclear Science
• Oceanography
• Orienteering
• Painting
• Personal Fitness
• Personal Management
• Pets
• Photography
• Pioneering
• Plant Science
• Plumbing
• Pottery
• Programming
• Public Health
• Public Speaking
• Pulp and Paper
• Radio
• Railroading
• Reading
• Reptile and Amphibian Study
• Rifle Shooting
• Robotics
• Rowing
• Safety
• Salesmanship
• Scholarship
• Scouting Heritage
• Scuba Diving
• Sculpture
• Search and Rescue
• Sewing & Needlework
• Shotgun Shooting
• Signs, Signals, and Codes
• Skating
• Small-Boat Sailing
• Snow Sports
• Soil and Water Conservation
• Space Exploration
• Sports
• Stamp Collecting
• Surveying
• Sustainability
• Swimming
• Textile
• Theater
• Traffic Safety
• Truck Transportation
• Veterinary Medicine
• Water Sports
• Weather
• Welding
• Whitewater
• Wilderness Survival
• Wildland Fire Management
• Wood Carving
• Woodwork

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-05-10
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

Updated requirements (11):

• Arrow of Light: Swimming (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Bobcat Tiger (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Fish On (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Tiger: Floats and Boats (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Good Knights (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Safe and Smart (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Sky is the Limit (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Tiger: Tech All Around (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger-iffic! (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tigers in the Wild (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger’s Roar (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)

Scout Archive Update - 2026-05-04

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-05-04
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (150):

• American Business
• American Cultures
• American Heritage
• American Indian Culture
• American Labor
• Animal Science
• Animation
• Archaeology
• Archery
• Architecture
• Art
• Artificial Intelligence
• Astronomy
• Athletics
• Auctioneering
• Automotive Maintenance
• Aviation
• Backpacking
• Basketry
• Bird Study
• Bugling
• Camping
• Canoeing
• Chemistry
• Chess
• Citizenship in Society
• Citizenship in the Community
• Citizenship in the Nation
• Citizenship in the World
• Climbing
• Coin Collecting
• Collections
• Communication
• Competitive Gaming
• Composite Materials
• Cooking
• Crime Prevention
• Cybersecurity
• Cycling
• Dance
• Dentistry
• Digital Technology
• Disabilities Awareness
• Dog Care
• Drafting
• Electricity
• Electronics
• Emergency Preparedness
• Energy
• Engineering
• Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Science
• Exploration
• Family Life
• Farm Mechanics
• Fingerprinting
• Fire Safety
• First Aid
• Fish & Wildlife Management
• Fishing
• Fly Fishing
• Forestry
• Game Design
• Gardening
• Genealogy
• Geocaching
• Geology
• Golf
• Graphic Arts
• Health Care Professions
• Hiking
• Home Repairs
• Horsemanship
• Insect Study
• Inventing
• Journalism
• Kayaking
• Landscape Architecture
• Law
• Leatherwork
• Life Skills
• Lifesaving
• Mammal Study
• Metalwork
• Military Service & Veterans
• Mining in Society
• Model Design and Building
• Motorboating
• Moviemaking
• Multisport
• Music
• Nature
• Nuclear Science
• Oceanography
• Orienteering
• Painting
• Personal Fitness
• Personal Management
• Pets
• Photography
• Physics
• Pioneering
• Plant Science
• Plumbing
• Pottery
• Programming
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Public Speaking
• Pulp and Paper
• Radio
• Railroading
• Reading
• Reptile and Amphibian Study
• Rifle Shooting
• Robotics
• Rowing
• Safety
• Salesmanship
• Scholarship
• Scouting Heritage
• Scuba Diving
• Sculpture
• Search and Rescue
• Sewing & Needlework
• Shotgun Shooting
• Signs, Signals, and Codes
• Skating
• Small-Boat Sailing
• Snow Sports
• Soil and Water Conservation
• Space Exploration
• Sports
• Stamp Collecting
• Surveying
• Sustainability
• Swimming
• Textile
• Theater
• Traffic Safety
• Truck Transportation
• Veterinary Medicine
• Water Sports
• Weather
• Welding
• Whitewater
• Wilderness Survival
• Wildland Fire Management
• Wood Carving
• Woodwork

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-05-04
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

Updated requirements (130):

• Arrow of Light: Bobcat Arrow of Light (+8 reqs, -8 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Champions for Nature AOL (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Citizenship (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Cycling (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Duty to God (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Engineer (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Estimations (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: First Aid (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Fishing (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: High Tech Outdoors (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Into the Wild (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Into the Woods (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Knife Safety (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Outdoor Adventurer (+8 reqs, -8 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Paddle Craft (+8 reqs, -8 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Personal Fitness (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Race Time AOL (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Summertime Fun AOL (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Arrow of Light: Swimming (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Bear: A Bear Goes Fishing (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Bear: Balancing Bears (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Baloo the Builder (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Bear Habitat (+9 reqs, -9 reqs)
• Bear: Bear Strong (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Bear: Bears Afloat (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Bear: Bears on Bikes (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Bear: Bobcat Bear (+8 reqs, -8 reqs)
• Bear: Champions for Nature Bear (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Bear: Chef Tech (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Bear: Critter Care (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Fellowship (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Forensics (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Let’s Camp Bear (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Bear: Marble Madness (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Bear: Paws for Action (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Race Time Bear (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Bear: Roaring Laughter (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Salmon Run (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Bear: Standing Tall (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Bear: Summertime Fun Bear (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Bear: Whittling (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Bobcat Lion (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Build It Up, Knock It Down (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Champions for Nature Lion (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Count On Me (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Everyday Tech (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Fun on the Run (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Gizmos and Gadgets (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Lion: Go Fish (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: I’ll Do It Myself (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: King of the Jungle (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Let’s Camp Lion (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Lion’s Pride (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Lion’s Roar (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Mountain Lion (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: On Your Mark (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: On a Roll (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Pick My Path (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Race Time Lion (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Lion: Ready, Set, Grow (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Lion: Time to Swim (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Tiger: Bobcat Tiger (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Tiger: Champions for Nature Tiger (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Designed by Tiger (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Tiger: Fish On (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Floats and Boats (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Good Knights (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Tiger: Let’s Camp Tiger (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Race Time Tiger (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Rolling Tigers (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Tiger: Safe and Smart (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Tiger: Sky is the Limit (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Stories in Shapes (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Summertime Fun Tiger (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Team Tiger (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Tech All Around (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Bites (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Circles (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Tag (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger-iffic! (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Tiger: Tigers in the Water (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Tiger: Tigers in the Wild (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger’s Roar (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Webelos: Aquanaut (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Webelos: Art Explosion (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Webelos: Aware and Care (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Webelos: Bobcat Webelos (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Webelos: Build It (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Webelos: Catch the Big One (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Webelos: Champions for Nature Webelos (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Webelos: Chef’s Knife (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Webelos: Earth Rocks (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Webelos: Let’s Camp Webelos (+9 reqs, -9 reqs)
• Webelos: Math on the Trail (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Webelos: Modular Design (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Webelos: My Community (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Webelos: My Family (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Webelos: My Safety (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Webelos: Paddle Onward (+8 reqs, -8 reqs)
• Webelos: Pedal Away (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Webelos: Race Time Webelos (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Webelos: Stronger, Faster, Higher (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Webelos: Summertime Fun Webelos (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Webelos: Tech on the Trail (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Webelos: Webelos Walkabout (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Webelos: Yo-yo (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Wolf: A Wolf Goes Fishing (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Wolf: Adventures in Coins (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Wolf: Air of the Wolf (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Bobcat Wolf (+7 reqs, -7 reqs)
• Wolf: Champions for Nature Wolf (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Code of the Wolf (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Computing Wolves (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Council Fire (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Wolf: Cubs Who Care (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Digging in the Past (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Wolf: Finding Your Way (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Wolf: Footsteps (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Germs Alive! (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Wolf: Let’s Camp Wolf (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Paws for Water (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Wolf: Paws of Skill (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Wolf: Paws on the Path (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Wolf: Pedal With the Pack (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Wolf: Race Time Wolf (+5 reqs, -5 reqs)
• Wolf: Running With the Pack (+6 reqs, -6 reqs)
• Wolf: Safety in Numbers (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Spirit of the Water (+4 reqs, -4 reqs)
• Wolf: Summertime Fun Wolf (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)

Scout Archive Update - 2026-05-03

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-05-03
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (7):

• Archery
• Citizenship in the Community
• Environmental Science
• Fire Safety
• Fish & Wildlife Management
• Inventing
• Space Exploration

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-05-03
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

Updated requirements (29):

• Arrow of Light: Duty to God (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Lion: Lion’s Pride (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Let’s Camp Tiger (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Race Time Tiger (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Tiger: Rolling Tigers (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Tiger: Safe and Smart (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Sky is the Limit (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tech All Around (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Bites (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Circles (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tiger Tag (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Tiger: Tigers in the Wild (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: A Wolf Goes Fishing (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Adventures in Coins (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Air of the Wolf (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Bobcat Wolf (+3 reqs, -3 reqs)
• Wolf: Champions for Nature Wolf (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Computing Wolves (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Council Fire (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Cubs Who Care (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Footsteps (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Wolf: Let’s Camp Wolf (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)
• Wolf: Paws for Water (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Paws of Skill (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Paws on the Path (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Pedal With the Pack (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Race Time Wolf (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Running With the Pack (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Wolf: Safety in Numbers (+2 reqs, -2 reqs)

Scout Archive Update - 2026-04-05

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-04-05
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (2):

• Bugling
• Shotgun Shooting

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-04-05
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

Updated requirements (2):

• Tiger: Let’s Camp Tiger (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)
• Webelos: My Family (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)

Scout Archive Update - 2026-03-29

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-03-29
Archived 150 merit badges

Updated requirements (19):

• Animal Science
• Archery
• Basketry
• Citizenship in the Community
• Dentistry
• Electronics
• Energy
• Forestry
• Home Repairs
• Horsemanship
• Mammal Study
• Metalwork
• Multisport
• Public Speaking
• Pulp and Paper
• Salesmanship
• Skating
• Truck Transportation
• Veterinary Medicine

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-03-29
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

No changes detected in requirements

Scout Archive Update - 2026-03-22

Merit Badge Changes

Change report: 2026-03-22
Archived 150 merit badges

New badges (2):

• Competitive Gaming
• Military Service & Veterans

Updated requirements (1):

• Life Skills

Cub Adventures Changes

Cub Scout Adventures change report: 2026-03-22
Archived 131 Cub Scout adventures

Updated requirements (1):

• Tiger: Race Time Tiger (+1 reqs, -1 reqs)