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Awards and Recognition. Order of the Arrow. Party Goods. All of the Merit Badge pamphlets were reissued, with new publication numbers, on August 1, As indicated in the "Merit Badge Library" listing in the current Scouts BSA Requirements booklet, there is only one merit badge with a pamphlet with a copyright date earlier than - Surveying.

For that 2 badge, the old and new pamphlets are interchangeable, with the only difference being the color illustrations. So, in general, with that exception, Scouts should no longer use the old black and white pamphlets. As new pamphlets are issued, when they contain new requirements, Scouts have the option of starting with the new requirements as soon as the pamphlets are issued, or they may start work using the old requirements until the next edition of Scouts BSA Requirements is issued.

In any case, once a boy starts with a set of requirements he can continue using them until he completes the badge or turns If he started using the old requirements, he also has the option of switching to the new requirements which may in fact mean starting over in some cases. So long as he meets all of the requirements either old or new he can earn the badge. However, he can't use, for example, old requirements 1, 3, and 5 and new requirements 2, 4, and If you find a pamphlet with a later publication or copyright date or a stock SKU number higher than what we have listed below, please write us , with the Merit Badge name, BSA publication and stock SKU numbers e.

If it just says Copyright , Printing, that just means it's a new printing with no changes to the text. That category included the majority of the books reissued in the new color format in August If the booklet also has revised requirements, a copy of those requirements would also be appreciated so we can update this site.

The Requirements Revision Dates in the tables below reflect the year the revisions first appear in Scouts BSA Requirements, which is frequently the year after revised requirements appear in a new edition of the merit badge pamphlet. The contents of all of the pamphlets are copyright by BSA, and they use the proceeds from the sale of the pamphlets to defray the cost of revising them periodically. If you do find a copy on line in PDF form, it was scanned and posted illegally. However, many of the merit badge pamphlets and a number of other BSA handbooks and guides are available for purchase as Kindle books, through Amazon.

However, those digital interactive versions are no longer available. Always check the current edition of Scouts BSA Requirements, or this site, when starting a merit badge, to be sure you have the most up to date requirements, as they may have changed since the pamphlet was printed.

Architecture and Landscape Architecture, which are separate Merit Badges, with separate requirements, are now covered in a single pamphlet - Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Prior to , there were separate pamphlets for each badge. Music and Bugling, while separate Merit Badges, with separate requirements, are also covered in one pamphlet - Music and Bugling.

The information on current requirements in the tables below reflects requirements issued through January 1, The SKU numbers are based on the listing on Scoutshop. Spanish versions of all of the 17 Eagle Required merit badges were published a number of years ago, but only six Camping, Citizenship in the Community, Communication, Family Life, Hiking, and Personal Fitness are currently listed on Scoutshop.

Kindle versions in English of all but two of the current Merit Badge pamphlets are now available based on the listing on Amazon.