Badge Descriptions, Criteria, and Stuff

Some badges and what’s needed to get them.
 
If you think yourself or someone else qualifies for one of these, please post in the Badges Thread. A note: we’ve not counted in anon uploads into this (given anon); if you want those to be, please let us know know. Other note: if you’ve changed accounts, also let us know.
 
 
 
Fine Arts  
-> 200+ images that fall under the following criteria:

 
 
Perfect Pony Plot Provider  
-> 10+ images that fall under the following criteria:

 
 
Da Magicks!  
-> Given to artists who upload 200+ of their own works that fall under the following criteria. Given in addition to the Fine Arts badge:

 
 
Hard Work  
-> Given to artists who upload 10+ of their own works that fall under the following criteria. Given in addition to the Perfect Pony Plot Provider badge:

 
 
Best Artist  
-> For providing quality, Derpibooru exclusive artwork. Given to artists who upload 5+ of their own works that fall under the following criteria:  

 
 
Magnificence  
-> Given to verified artists with a public link who have 100+ images rated Safe/Suggestive with a upvotes of over 100, and 5+ images rated questionable/explicit with a upvotes over 350, regardless of who uploaded the images.
 
 
Since the Beginning  
-> Registered between the launch of the site and PB going read-only, and were still active users as of June 2014.
 
 
 
The End wasn’t The End  
-> Registered in the two weeks after PB went down and have some form of account activity.
 
 
 
Mystery Badge #1  
-> IT IS A MYSTERY
 
 
 
Speaking Fancy  
-> Helping with translating images from other languages.
 
 
 
Thread Starter  
-> Start a thread that reaches 100 pages of replies.
 
 
 
Artist  
-> Given to verified artists with public link(s); doesn’t count for exploitable memes and the like.
 
 
An Artist Who Rocks / A Really Classy Artist / A Really Hyper Artist / Chaotic Little Trees  
-> Given to verified artists with a public link who have a total of 100/250/500/1000 images (respectively) under their artist tag, regardless of who uploaded the images. These badges accumulate instead of “upgrade”, so an artist who has drawn 1000 images on this site will have all four badges, for example. The images must fall under the following criteria:  

 
 
 
Magnificent Metadata Maniac / Cool Crow  
-> Given to users who volunteer their time to upkeep the site’s standards for tagging. Awarded for having around 3,000/10,000 metadata updates (respectively) that are chiefly correct and helpful in nature. These badges accumulate instead of “upgrade”, so a user who has 10,000 quality updates will have both badges, for example. Users may not receive these badges if their metadata contributions are not of quality, or if they are known to frequently inflate their metadata count artificially.
 
 
Notoriously Divine Tagger  
-> Consistently uploads images above and beyond the minimum tag requirements. And/or additionally, bringing over the original description from the source if the image has one. Does NOT apply to the uploader adding several to a dozen tags after originally uploading with minimum to bare tagging.
 
 
The 1%  
-> Given to users who have uploaded 1% or more of the site’s images. Once acquired this badge does not go away, even if your upload count falls below 1% due to the ever-increasing number of total images on the site.
 
 
 
The Power Of Love  
-> Given to a publicly verified artist with an image under their artist’s tag that falls under the following criteria:  

 
 
A Perfectly Normal Pony  
-> Given to regulars of the derpibooru IRC.
 
 
 
Responsible Disclosure  
-> Given to users who discover a major site bug (e.g. security hole) and report it quietly and responsibly to a moderator or administrator.
 
 
 
Emerald / Ruby / Sapphire / Diamond / Heart Gem / Element of Generosity  
-> Given for donating to the site. Type of gem corresponds to total of donations given to the site. (75, 125, 200, 350, 500)
 
 
 
Happy Derpy / Bronze Patron / Silver Patron / Gold Patron / Platinum Patron  
-> Given to users who support the site via Patreon. Type of badge corresponds to the amount pledged per month. Counts toward monthly and total donation amounts (for bit and gem badges). Derpy badge is given in addition to the Patreon badges.
 

Friendship, Art, and Magic (5 Years) / (6 Years) / (7 Years) / (8 Years) / Twinkling Balloon / Elements of Harmony
-> Given to users that had their OC featured in the Derpibooru Community collaboration. (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 respectively)
 

 
Friendly Griffon / Helpful Owl / Toola Roola / The Magic of Friendship Grows / Philomena / Tree of Harmony  
-> Given to users that drew somebody else’s OC for the Derpibooru Community Collaboration (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 respectively)
 
 
Birthday Cake / A Tale For The Ages / Dream Come True! / Ten years of changes / Kinship Through Differences / A Lovely Nightmare Night  
-> Given to users who participated in the MLP anniversary event. (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 respectively)
 
 
Magical Inkwell  
-> “Wrote MLP fanfiction consisting of at least around 1.5k words, and has a verified link to the platform of their choice.”
 
 
Duck  
-> Given to users with a history of misbehaving, being banned, or generally acting unpleasant.  
(You don’t want this one)
 
There are a few extra that are joke badges, unique and/or unobtainable.
 
Yes we’ll be adding more.

 
Not a Llama: April Fools’ Day 2017 - Found the hidden link to activate the badge.
 
 
Equality and Condensed Milk: April Fools’ Day 2018 - Supported or opposed the communist takeover.
 
 
Investor and Economist: April Fools’ Day 2019 - Spent or hoarded Derpibucks.
 
 
My Little Pony and Best Art Program Ever: April Fools’ Day 2020 - Commented on or drew art for Nostalgia Booru.

Preenhub and Verified Pegasus: April Fools’ Day 2021 - Commented in the Preenhub thread, and drew preening art during the event.

Non-Fungible Trixie: April Fools’ Day 2022 - Minted your very own Derpthereum-based NFT at OpenBooru.