Overview
Badges are unique unlockable challenge based achievements (not to be confused with regular achievements) that can be acquired from playing The Long Dark.
As their name implies, Badges are awarded as commemorative status symbols, and are earned after accomplishing certain in game tasks. They do not, however, provide any active gameplay benefits, unlike Feats. Most Badges are acquired from simply completing Survival Mode Challenge scenarios, whereas others require the player to perform specific tasks to unlock them, similar to Feats. Some Badges are acquired through exclusive timed events, and are thus impossible to unlock once the event passes.
Badges can be viewed in Survival Mode main menu, under the Challenges and Badges menu, alongside Feats. They can also be viewed in the Badges section of the in-game pause menu while in Survival Mode.
List of Badges
| Badge | Badge Name | Unlock Requirements |
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Hopeless Rescue | Awarded upon completion of the Hopeless Rescue Challenge. |
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The Hunted, Part One | Awarded upon completion of the "The Hunted, Part One" Challenge |
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The Hunted, Part Two | Awarded upon completion of the "The Hunted, Part Two" Challenge |
| TBA | The Hunted, Part Three | Awarded upon completion of the "The Hunted, Part Three" Challenge |
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Whiteout | Awarded upon completion of the Whiteout Challenge |
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Nomad | Awarded upon completion of the Nomad Challenge |
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Archivist | Awarded upon completion of the Archivist Challenge |
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As The Dead Sleep | Awarded upon completion of the "As The Dead Sleep" Challenge |
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Escape The Darkwalker | Complete the Escape The Darkwalker Challenge (collect all 10 Survivor Notes and banish the entity). |
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Escape The Darkwalker -- Deadly Dreamer Badge | Collect 6 (of 10) Survivor Notes within the Escape The Darkwalker Challenge. |
Survival Feats
| Badge | Badge Name | Unlock Requirements |
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Tales: Signal Void | Awarded upon completion of the Tale Signal Void. |
| Tales: Buried Echoes | Awarded upon completion of the Tale Buried Echoes. | |
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Tales: Last Horizon | Awarded upon completion of the Tale Last Horizon |
| Badge | Badge Name | Unlock Requirements | Availability |
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4DON Twilight Badge (2018) | Survived for 2 nights within the 4 Days Of Night Event Challenge
[Must survive for 2 real world hours each day of the event for badge progress to accumulate*] |
27 October 10 PM PST- November 10 AM PST 2018 |
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4DON Midnight Badge (2018) | Survived all 4 nights within the 4Days Of Night Event Challenge
[Must survive for 2 real world hours each day of the event for badge progress to accumulate*] |
27 October 10 PM PST- November 10 AM PST 2018 |
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4DON Twilight Badge (2019) | Survived for 2 nights within the 4 Days Of Night Event Challenge
[Must survive for 2 real world hours each day of the event for badge progress to accumulate*] |
27 October 10 PM PST- November 10 AM PST 2019 |
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4DON Midnight Badge (2019) | Survived all 4 nights within the 4 Days Of Night Event Challenge
[Must survive for 2 real world hours each day of the event for badge progress to accumulate*] |
27 October 10 PM PST- November 10 AM PST 2019 |
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Winter's Embrace Canadian Feast Badge (2020) | Consume 25 bottles of Maple Syrups and 25 bags of Ketchup Chips within the Winter's Embrace Event Challenge | June 29th-July 31st 2020 |
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Winter's Embrace Winter In July Badge (2020) | Survived for 25 days within the Winter's Embrace Event Challenge | June 29th-July 31st 2020 |
Trivia
- It is entirely possible to miss the 4DON Twilight and Midnight Badges (2018 or 2019) despite meeting the requirements of surviving 2 to 4 days in game. The player has a Journel Objective that tracks the remaining survival time progress each day of the event (starting at 2 real world hours), yet the game does not autosave once the allotted time has passed (despite showing a check mark in the Objective). This requires the player to remember to force an autosave (sleeping, walking through transition doors), or else they will miss earning the Badges.
- Escape The Darkwalker was originally a two week seasonal event for Halloween 2020 from October 29th to November 12th. A month later it was added added as a permanent Challenge mode.
- The victory condition for the original (Halloween) version of Escape The Darkwalker was surving for 60 minutes (real-time) in a single game, this was changed with the Challenge version of Escape the Darkwalker to banishing the entity.
Gallery
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Old version of the Whiteout Badge -
Old version of the Nomad Badge -
The image displayed for a locked Badge -
A small selection of unlocked badges
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