PEAK Badges List: All 64 Badges and How to Unlock Them

PEAK has 64 badges, the game's name for its achievements. Badges unlock cosmetics for your scout, and on Steam they double as Steam achievements. Below is every badge sorted by type, with what it asks for and the share of Steam players who have unlocked it.

Last checked: November 9, 2026. Unlock rates come from Steam's global achievement stats on that date and only cover the Steam version.

How badges work

64 in total. 32 launched with the game, the Mesa update added 10, the Dilly Dally mini-update 1, the Roots 11 and the Final Ascent the last 10. The developers say no more are coming.
Rewards. Badges unlock cosmetics, and you can check your collection in the Accolades menu.
Single-run vs. total. "In one expedition" means one run. Badges marked "adds up across runs" build over time.
Custom Runs don't count. Badges are disabled in Custom Runs and Mini Runs, and progress toward multi-run badges doesn't build up there either.
No transfer between platforms. Badges earned on Steam don't carry over to PS5, Xbox or Switch 2.

Climbing and biome badges

You earn each "climb past" badge by clearing that biome alive.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Beachcomber	Climb past the Shore	89%
Trailblazer	Climb past the Tropics	62.3%
Forestry	Climb past the Roots	32.8%
Alpinist	Climb past the Alpine	43.9%
Nomad	Climb past the Mesa	36.2%
Volcanology	Climb past the Caldera	45.8%
Wanderer	Climb past the Gloom	14.5%
Peak	Reach the summit	32.9%
High Altitude	Climb 5,000 m in total (adds up across runs)	47.7%
Endurance	Climb 50 m upward without touching the ground	28%
Arborist	Get to the top of a really big tree	31.1%

Biome challenge badges

Each of these asks for something specific inside one biome.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Cool Cucumber	Get past the Mesa without ever going over 10% Heat	12.2%
Bundled Up	Get past the Alpine without ever going over 20% Cold	7%
Tread Lightly	Get past the Roots without ever going over 25% spores	17.9%
Medieval History	Get past the Citadel without being hit by a single trap	3.8%
Bellringer	Ring 5 belltowers in the Gloom in one expedition	2.5%
Daredevil	Shoot across the Mesa canyon in a Scout Cannon	10%
24 Karat	Offer The Kiln a worthy sacrifice	5.2%

Full-run badges

These are checked when you escape, so one mistake anywhere can cost you the badge.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Lone Wolf	Escape the island on a solo expedition	10.5%
Hasty	Escape the island in under one hour	8.8%
Survivalist	Escape without ever losing consciousness	18.7%
Balloon	Escape without taking any fall damage	8.2%
Leave No Trace	Escape without placing anything on the mountain	6.3%
Naturalist	Escape without eating any packaged food	8.1%
Gourmand	Escape after cooking and eating a coconut half, a honeycomb, a yellow winterberry and an egg	4.8%
Bing Bong	Help Bing Bong escape the island	15.9%
Participation	Have a friend escape the island without you	27%

Teamwork and rescue badges

Most of these need at least one friend in the run.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
First Aid	Heal 100 points of injury on friends in one expedition	41.6%
Emergency Preparedness	Use an item to heal an unconscious friend before they die	28.6%
Clutch	Bring back 3 scouts in one expedition	21.9%
Disaster Response	Pull an unconscious friend 30 m with the Rescue Claw	3.6%
Applied Esoterica	Bring a friend back to life by "unholy means"	3.2%

Food, cooking and healing badges

See the tips below before you start eating everything you find.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Happy Camper	Get 5 Morale Boosts from campfires (adds up across runs)	59.5%
Cooking	Cook 20 meals at campfires (adds up across runs)	36.3%
Foraging	Eat 5 different berries in one expedition	36.2%
Mycology	Eat 4 different non-toxic mushrooms in one expedition	9.4%
Advanced Mycology	Try all 5 types of Shroomberry in one expedition	5.4%
Cryptogastronomy	Cook a Mandrake and eat it	3.4%
Competitive Eating	Eat 3 Hot Dogs within 5 seconds	4.8%
Well Rested	Consume The Early Worm	4.8%
Resourcefulness	Give in to your hunger	6.6%
Toxicology	Remove 200 poison in total by using items	13.7%
Calcium Intake	Block 100 damage in total with Fortified Milk	10.8%

Item and luggage badges

These revolve around finding and using specific gear.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Esoterica	Pick up a mystical item	74.4%
Plunderer	Open 15 pieces of luggage in one expedition	40.1%
Jester	Open 2 Clown Luggage in one expedition	4.9%
Bouldering	Place 10 pitons (adds up across runs)	12.2%
Knot Tying	Place 100 m of rope in one expedition	4.2%
Aeronautics	Achieve flight	10.4%
Hang Gliding	Fly 100 m with the Glider without touching the ground	5.4%
Ultimate	Catch a Flying Disc from 100 m away	6.9%
Mycoacrobatics	Bounce 40 m up off a mushroom	9.1%
Last Resort	Heal more than 75% damage at once with the Ritual Dagger	1.5%
Bookworm	Read the Scoutmaster's final journal entry	8.9%

Creature and hazard badges

These mostly mean surviving something unpleasant.

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Mentorship	Have a one-on-one with the Scoutmaster	21.8%
Animal Serenading	Play the bugle for a capybara	15.1%
Web Security	Escape a spider's web and survive	26.1%
Undead Encounter	Cure yourself of a zombie bite	14.3%
Megaentomology	Survive an Antlion attack	6.9%
Needlepoint	Get a lot of cactuses stuck to you	5.2%
Astronomy	Look a little too closely at the blazing sun	7.5%
Exorcist	Burn up the Ghost	3.9%
Archery	Pull 10 arrows out of yourself in one expedition	1.9%

Hidden badge

Badge	How to unlock it	Steam players
Rule Zero	Hidden on Steam. Tied to the secret ending added in the Final Ascent update.	6.7%

Tips for the trickier badges

Food badges (Gourmand, Foraging, Mycology)

Being fed counts. If a friend feeds you an item, it counts as you eating it.
Gourmand needs cooked food. The coconut half, honeycomb, yellow winterberry and egg must all be cooked before you eat them. Cook them at a campfire or with a Portable Stove.
Cooking makes poisonous berries safe. Since the Roots update, cooked poisonous berries are safe to eat, which makes the five different berries for Foraging much easier. Cooking does not remove poison from mushrooms, so Mycology still needs four non-toxic ones.
Shroomberry effects change daily. Each color's effect rerolls with the map, so eat them for Advanced Mycology somewhere safe.

Mentorship

The Scoutmaster shows up when one scout climbs far ahead of the group, or when someone blows the rare Scoutmaster's Bugle (the easier route solo). You can't fight him, so expect a fall.

Bookworm

Guidebook scrolls can spawn on any normal run, always in story order. Steam tracks eight entries, and reading only the final page doesn't count. A temporary shortcut for this badge was removed in October 2026.

Hasty and Lone Wolf

For Hasty, the run timer follows the host's clock, so the whole group gets it or nobody does. For Lone Wolf, remember that a few items, such as the Bugle of Friendship, don't spawn in solo runs.

Jester and Esoterica

Clown Luggage was added with the Final Ascent, and Jester only needs two of them in one run (it used to be three). Esoterica counts any mystical item, including the amulets such as Scout's Ambition.

Mycoacrobatics and Balloon

Bounce mushrooms launch you higher the farther you fall onto them, which helps you reach 40 m for Mycoacrobatics. For the Balloon badge, a fall that deals zero damage doesn't break the run, but any damage from a fall does.

Resourcefulness

This badge is tied to the optional cannibalism mechanic, which starts at 70% Hunger and adds Curse. Each player can switch cannibalism off on the main menu.

Biome-specific badges

Nomad, Forestry, Wanderer and the biome challenges need the right biome on the daily map. Our PEAK biomes guide explains how the rotation works. Team badges are easier with a full group, so see how to play PEAK with friends.

Frequently asked questions

How many badges are in PEAK?

There are 64 badges in PEAK. That includes one hidden badge, Rule Zero, and the 10 badges added in the Final Ascent update in August 2026, which the developers said was the last batch.

What is the rarest badge in PEAK?

On Steam, the rarest badge is Last Resort at 1.5% of players. It asks you to heal more than 75% damage at once with the Ritual Dagger. Archery (1.9%) and Bellringer (2.5%) are next.

Do badges unlock in Custom Runs?

No. Badges are disabled in Custom Runs and Mini Runs, and multi-run progress doesn't build up there either. Play a normal run when hunting badges.

How do you get the Mentorship badge in PEAK?

You need a one-on-one meeting with the Scoutmaster. He appears when a scout climbs far ahead of the group, or when someone uses the Scoutmaster's Bugle.

Do PEAK badges transfer from Steam to console?

No. There is no progress transfer between platforms, so a PS5, Xbox or Switch 2 copy starts with no badges.

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