Scouts BSA Star Merit Badge Requirement Helps and Documents

Scouts who are working on their Star rank need to start earning merit badges. They may count merit badges they earned as new Scouts. At least four of the badges for this requirement must be from the merit badges required for the rank of Eagle Scout.

Earn six merit badges, including any four from the required list for Eagle. You may choose any of the 17 merit badges on the required list for Eagle to fulfill this requirement. See Eagle rank requirement 3 for this list.

Helps for this requirement are listed below.

Merit Badge Check Off List

This checkoff list could be used by a scribe to keep track of which Scouts have earned which merit badges or could be used by an individual Scout.

Scouts BSA Star Rank Helps and Documents

Star is the Scouts BSA rank earned after First Class. With Star, the focus shifts from scout skills to leadership, service, and merit badges.

Scouts BSA Eagle Scout Merit Badge Requirement Helps and Documents

A Scout must earn a total of 21 merit badges to attain the rank of Eagle Scout. 13 of these must be from the list below. The rest are electives which can be chosen by the Scout.