Badges in Drill to Earth’s Core are more than just collection items. Many of them reward players with Cores, which can be used to improve progression and unlock more options throughout the game. The badges cover everything from reaching deeper layers and mining materials to defeating enemies, upgrading equipment, and unlocking classes.
There are four main badge categories to work through: Progression, General, Enemies, and Class. Some badges are extremely easy to unlock, while others require major milestones such as reaching the Earth’s core multiple times or completing unusual challenges.
Progression Badges
Progression badges are tied to how far you travel underground. These are some of the most important badges to work toward because deeper layers provide increasingly larger Core rewards.
The layer badges and their rewards are:
- Grass Layer — 5 Cores
- Dirt Layer — 15 Cores
- Stone Layer — 30 Cores
- Clay Layer — 45 Cores
- Fossil Layer — 60 Cores
- Crystal Layer — 70 Cores
- Toxic Layer — 85 Cores
- Radioactive Layer — 100 Cores
- Abyss Layer — 125 Cores
- Void Layer — 175 Cores
The rewards become much larger when you reach the major depth milestones. Reaching the Core requires traveling 100,000 km and gives 300 Cores, while reaching 150,000 km gives 425 Cores.
Players who reach 200,000 km receive 575 Cores. The biggest depth milestone listed here is reaching the Heart of the Earth at 1,000,000 km, which rewards 1,000 Cores.
There is also the Veteran badge. This requires reaching the Core 10 times and gives a massive 1,750 Cores, making it one of the more valuable progression badges to work toward.
General Badges
General badges cover a much wider range of activities. Some can be obtained simply by playing the game, while others require specific actions, upgrades, or unusual challenges.
The basic account and social badges include:
- Welcome — Join the game for the first time — 5 Cores
- Welcome Back — Return for a second day — 30 Cores
- Power of Friendship — Play with a friend — 30 Cores
- Group Member — Join the game’s Roblox group — 30 Cores
- Content Creator — Join the Content Creator Program — Reward not listed
There are also badges connected to dying. Your first death gives the First Death badge for 5 Cores. Death Enthusiast requires 10 deaths and gives 30 Cores, while Death Connoisseur requires 100 deaths and rewards 85 Cores.
Mining Badges
Mining badges are earned by collecting different types of materials. These can naturally unlock as you explore deeper areas and encounter new resources.
The mining rewards are:
- Coal — 5 Cores
- Iron — 30 Cores
- Gold — 45 Cores
- Diamond — 60 Cores
- Emerald — 125 Cores
- Ruby — 175 Cores
- Hard Gem — 250 Cores
The Hard Gem badge is particularly valuable because mining a Hard Gem for the first time gives 250 Cores. If you are already exploring deeper areas, keep an eye out for new materials so you can progress through these badges without needing a separate farming session.
Armor Badges
Armor badges require you to obtain and equip a complete armor set. The reward increases as you progress toward better equipment.
Here are the armor badges and their Core rewards:
- Rusty Armor — 60 Cores
- Steel Armor — 125 Cores
- Gold Armor — 175 Cores
- Diamond Armor — 225 Cores
- Void Armor — 300 Cores
- Phoenix Armor — 350 Cores
- King’s Armor — 500 Cores
There is also the Excalibur badge, which is separate from the armor progression. Obtaining the Excalibur sword rewards 1,750 Cores.
Wall Damage Badges
Players who spend a lot of time drilling can also unlock badges based on wall damage. The requirements are fairly straightforward and can be completed while working through normal underground progression.
- Wall Damage I — Deal 10 wall damage — 45 Cores
- Wall Damage II — Deal 100 wall damage — 175 Cores
These badges should come naturally as you continue drilling through different layers.
Drill Upgrade Badges
Upgrading your drill is another way to earn badges and Cores. There are five milestones based on how many drill upgrades you complete.
- First Drill Upgrade — 15 Cores
- 10 Drill Upgrades — 60 Cores
- 25 Drill Upgrades — 125 Cores
- 50 Drill Upgrades — 175 Cores
- 100 Drill Upgrades — 225 Cores
If you are already investing resources into improving your drill, these badges can be collected alongside your normal progression.
Crafting Badges
Crafting follows a similar progression system. You can start by creating your first item and then continue unlocking higher crafting levels.
The rewards are:
- First Crafted Item — 15 Cores
- Crafting Level 2 — 60 Cores
- Crafting Level 3 — 125 Cores
- Crafting Level 4 — 175 Cores
- Crafting Level 5 — 225 Cores
Because crafting is already part of equipment progression, these badges should be relatively easy to combine with other objectives.
Combat Upgrade Badges
There are two badges focused on upgrading your combat damage during a single run. These require you to repeatedly improve a specific type of damage.
- Slice and Dice — Upgrade melee damage 10 times during one run — 300 Cores
- Lock and Load — Upgrade gun damage 10 times during one run — 300 Cores
Both provide 300 Cores, so they can be worthwhile targets if you are already planning a combat-focused run.
NPC Badges
Several badges can be unlocked simply by interacting with NPCs. If you encounter these characters during your journey, make sure to talk to them.
The following NPC interactions each reward 5 Cores:
- Blacksmith
- Mage
- Merchant
- Postmaster
- Crazy Zach
- Banker
- Shopkeeper
- Bounty Hunter
- Gibbles
Crazy Zach’s badge is called Local Lunatic. Since these badges only require talking to the relevant NPC, they are some of the easiest Cores to collect.
Unique General Badges
Some badges require a specific action rather than a normal progression milestone. These can be easy to miss if you do not know what to look for.
Here are the known requirements:
- Blood Fog — Witness the Blood Fog event — 85 Cores
- Hot Potato — Throw a stick of dynamite — 40 Cores
- Big Steppin — Equip Speed Boots — 45 Cores
- Engineer — Craft an item at the Crafting Shack — 40 Cores
- Rich Get Richer — Reach a balance of 10,000 coins
- Mr. Quacks — Sell an Evil Duck — 400 Cores
- Cosmic Blender — Create a Black Hole — 575 Cores
- Meat to Heat — Reach the Earth’s Core using only bodies as fuel — 1,150 Cores
- Armor Optional — Reach the Core without wearing armor
- Well Played — Make a wish — 30 Cores
- Full Pack Sack — Obtain a bigger bag — 30 Cores
Some of these are much more unusual than standard progression badges. Meat to Heat, for example, requires reaching the Earth’s Core while using only bodies as fuel and rewards 1,150 Cores.
Badges With Unconfirmed Requirements
There are several badges where the available information provides the reward but does not clearly explain the exact unlock condition. It is better not to guess these requirements, especially if you are trying to complete the collection efficiently.
The badges currently listed without confirmed conditions include:
- Attachment Issues — 50 Cores
- Happy Camper — 30 Cores
- Lightly Toasted — 30 Cores
- Participation Award — 60 Cores
- Slick Brick — 125 Cores
- Rusty to Riches — 300 Cores
- Smelt It Delta — 175 Cores
- Permanent Resident — 100 Cores
- Majority Shareholder — 150 Cores
- Plot Armor — 175 Cores
Their exact requirements may become clearer through future game updates or additional information, so players should avoid relying on unconfirmed methods.
Enemy Badges
Enemy badges are among the easiest to understand. You simply need to defeat the required enemy to unlock the corresponding badge.
The known enemy badges include:
- Goblin — 5 Cores
- Worm — 30 Cores
- Crazy Miner — 60 Cores
- Bandit Miner — 60 Cores
- Spider — 60 Cores
- Loot Goblin — 60 Cores
- Mimic — 60 Cores
- Bat Minion — 60 Cores
- Void Spider — 60 Cores
- Vampire — 125 Cores
- Goblin Lord — 175 Cores
- Mole Man — 175 Cores
There are also overall enemy defeat milestones. Defeating 100 enemies gives 60 Cores, while defeating 1,000 enemies gives 300 Cores. These should eventually unlock through normal exploration and combat.
Class Badges
The final group is made up of class badges. These are connected to the different classes available in Drill to Earth’s Core, so players can work on them while expanding their class collection.
Based on the available information, class badges do not provide additional Core rewards. However, they still count toward your overall badge collection and can be claimed from the badge menu after meeting their requirements.
If you are trying to collect every badge, unlocking different classes is therefore another part of completing the full badge list.
How to Farm Badge Cores Efficiently
You do not need to treat every badge as a completely separate objective. Many of them can be completed naturally by combining several activities during the same run.
A simple approach is to:
- Progress through deeper underground layers.
- Mine every new ore and gem you encounter.
- Upgrade your drill whenever possible.
- Increase your crafting level.
- Talk to NPCs whenever you encounter them.
- Defeat enemies during normal exploration.
- Work toward armor set milestones.
- Complete combat upgrades during dedicated runs.
- Keep an eye out for unique events and special items.
- Return to earlier areas if you are missing an easy badge.
This approach lets you collect Cores while continuing to progress through the game. Instead of stopping your run every few minutes to chase a single badge, you can allow many progression, mining, combat, and NPC badges to unlock naturally.
There are plenty of badges to collect in Drill to Earth’s Core, ranging from simple objectives like talking to NPCs to much bigger challenges such as reaching the Heart of the Earth or completing multiple Core runs.
For Core farming, progression, mining, armor, enemy, and upgrade badges can provide a steady stream of rewards as you play. The largest rewards are attached to some of the game’s more demanding objectives, including Veteran, Excalibur, Cosmic Blender, Meat to Heat, and several high-level progression milestones.
If your goal is to complete the entire badge collection, focus on normal progression first and pick up the easier objectives along the way. Once most of the natural badges are finished, you can start targeting the unusual challenges and any remaining requirements individually.