BadgeGen Belts

Belt system

The Belt system is based on a points: points are awarded based on various criteria and the sum of all points determines your overall belt level. There are 36 possible belts.

• If you have less than 30 points, you will receive the White belt.
• At 30 points, a Yellow belt will be awarded.
• Every ten/twelve* points after that will give you an extra stripe on your belt.
• After 4 stripes**, you will be awarded a new color belt.
• At 400 points, the Golden Black Belt (the highest ranking) is awarded.
• after 220 points, 12 points are required per level, with the exception of the black belt.

Points

Points are awarded based on the following conditions.

• 1 point per 100 caches found.
• 2 points per event hosted, maximum of 30 points.
• 0.5 points per difficulty/terrain combination found in excess of 40 combinations.
• 10 points for completing the Difficulty/Terrain matrix.
• 20 points for either finding caches in 15 distinct states or 5 distinct countries. 40 points are not awarded if both conditions are satisfied.
• 10 points per 50 caches found on day with most finds, maximum of 40 points.
• 0.5 points per 7 consecutive days with finds in largest streak. 10 point bonus at 366 days.
• 0.1 points per favorite point on owned caches.
• 2 points per distinct cache type on day with most distinct types found.
• 2 points per distinct cache type hidden.
• 2 points per distinct cache size hidden.
• 0.5 points per FTF, maximum of 30 points.
• 1 point per 5/5 Difficulty/Terrain cache found, maximum 5 points.
• 1 point per gemstone badge (excluding country badges).
• 2 points for every year since your first cache find.
• 0.08 points per calendar day cached on. No points awarded if distinct days is less than 100. The year is negligible.
• 0.05 points per Trackable moved/discovered (maximum 25 points).
• 0.1 points per photo uploaded to found logs (maximum 25 points).

Belts

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