Video Guide

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Introduction

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This thread will guide you through on how to get any official badge you could possibly think of, and also how to group each badge into sets.

NOTE: Nintendo's servers have officially "shutdown" as of the 8/4/2024 and the downloading part of Allbadge Tool may stop working any day since it still relies on said servers. Replacing the links with mirrors that lead to the same files could be a way to go, but until the servers are fully down, we'll have to wait.

Setup

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Before starting, you're going to need a few things:

• A modded 3DS with boot9strap
• Simple Badge Injector (CIA)
• Allbadge Tool
• Advanced Badge Editor
• A way to read your SD card

Assumptions

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This guide assumes the following:

• You followed the 3ds.hacks.guide step by step to mod your 3ds, or update your modded 3ds.
• You know some basic understanding of transferring files from your 3DS's SD card to your PC and vice versa.
• Your 3DS has a Nintendo Network account associated (despite it possibly not being needed).

Getting the arm9 bootrom

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This will be needed for the allbadge tool, as it is required for decrypting some files.

• Boot your 3DS holding Start. This should open GodMode9
• Move to [M:] MEMORY VIRTUAL and press A
• Move to boot9.bin and press A
• Move to Copy to 0:/gm9/out and press A
• While holding R, press Start to turn your 3DS off

Your boot9.bin file should now be on your SD card inside of /gm9/out.

Getting the badges

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Having obtained the arm9 bootrom, you can now use the Allbadge Tool.

• Make sure your boot9.bin is in the same folder as allbadge_tool.exe
• Open allbadge_tool.exe
• Select the versions you wish to download ex.: EUR v131
• Click the begin button
  
  • Wait until everything is done
  • If any error occurs, make sure to read what the error says. If it's something you can solve manually, do it so. Report any other weird errors to me
• Once done, you should have zip files for the badges you want inside a data folder
• You may want to extract the folders for the sets you want

With this step done, we now have all the badges.

Spoiler: EXTRA: Getting badge data from the Nintendo Badge Arcade updates

This is not usually needed, but may include badges that are otherwise missing on the other files.

• Move this GodMode9 script to the /gm9/scripts folder on your SD card
• Boot your 3DS holding Start. This should open GodMode9
• Press the HOME button
• Nagivate to Scripts... > BadgeExtractTool
• Select the desired options from here
• Select Exit and press A once you're done
• While holding R, press Start to turn your 3DS off
• Take any pc_REGION.sarc file from the /gm9/out folder on your SD card and move them to the data folder of the Allbadge Tool
• Running the Allbadge Tool, you can now make use of the pc REGION options to extract their contents

With this step done, we now have ALL the badges (specially if you extracted the Japanese sarc).

Installing Simple Badge Injector and knowing your NNID

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To inject any badges, you will need to know your NNID.

• Move the SimpleBadgeInjector.cia to your SD card
• Boot your 3DS with the SD card inside
• Open FBI
• Install the SimpleBadgeInjector.cia
• Close FBI
• Open Simple Badge Injector
• Your NNID should be displayed, take note of it on your PC
• You can shutdown your 3DS

Preparations are complete, let's get these badges.

Creating badge data

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To actually import the extracted badges, you will need to use Advanced Badge Editor.

• Open Advanced_badge_editor.exe
• Go to File > New data
• Type your NNID in the respective field
  
  • An alternative to this process could involve using the Simple Badge Injector to dump your own BadgeData.dat and BadgeMngFile.dat files
  • In that case, use File > Open data and select the folder where those files are
• Go to Import > Entire set data (*.prb and *.cab)
• Select the set's .cab file
• Select the set's .prb files (you can select multiple)
• Click 255 of each badge for essentially all the badges you need
• Go to File > Save data to...
• Select a folder to save the badge files to
• You can close the app

Now you should now have seemling legit BadgeData.dat and BadgeMngFile.dat files.

Injecting the badge data

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Finally, to use your badges, you're going to need to inject them.

• Move the BadgeData.dat and BadgeMngFile.dat files to /3ds/SimpleBadgeInjector relative to the SD card's root
• Open Simple Badge Injector on your 3DS
• Select Dump badge data. This will backup any badge data you might have (optional)
• Select Create ExtData archive 0x14D1 and press A
• Select Inject custom badge data and press A
  
  • In case any unexpected errors occur, please report them to me
• Return to the home menu

You should now have injected a generous amount of official badges!

Credits

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This guide would not have been possible without a lot of research done by other people:

• 3DBrew for documenting most of data I had to deal with
• Custom Mario Kart Wiki for having information on Yaz0 compressed files
• SciresM's BadgeArcadeTool for code on reading and extracting SARC archives
• yellows8's boot9_tools for having a lot of information on the ARM9 Bootrom's AES keys

Please report any issues here, or on this repository!

Spoiler: Outdated tutorial here

Introduction​

This thread will guide you through on how to get ANY OFFICIAL badge you could possible think of, and also how to group each badge into sets!

Setup​

Before starting, you will need a few things:

• Nintendo Badge Arcade. (optional)
• A 3DS system with CFW (Preferably with Boot9strap)
• GodMode9 v1.2.7 (Read the "Quick start guide". aeskeydb.bin, seeddb.bin and encTitlekeys.bin are not needed)
• A Tool Pack I made for this guide
• Nintendo Badge Arcade's latest update installed or as CIA. (optional)
• An SD card reader

Make sure that you have GodMode9.firm inside the "luma/payloads" folder on your SD card, and that you have FBI installed!

Get the official badge data and get the arm9 bootrom file​

This is the first thing you will need to do if you want to get anything at all.

• Boot your 3DS while holding Start + Select + X. (you need to stop holding them if you want to boot normally)
• Turn your 3DS off.
• Un-zip the Tool Pack.zip you downloaded.
• Run "download data.bat" and select the data you want to download. (the data will be downloaded to the "gm9" folder)
  • If you want every single badge, then download the Japanese badge data. (They have all the badges -.-)
• Insert your 3DS's SD card in your computer.
• Copy the boot9.bin file from the boot9strap folder on the root of your SD card to the Tool Pack folder.

There exists some extra badge data, but that is located inside of the Nintendo Badge Arcade files. This part is optional, and you can do it after downloading the BOSS encrypted ("allbadge_[VERSION]_[REGION].sarc") files:

• Copy the gm9 folder from the Tool Pack folder to the root of your SD card.
• Insert your SD card back in your 3DS and boot your 3DS while holding Start.
• If you have the CIA file of the latest Nintendo Badge Arcade update:
  • Make sure the CIA file is inside the gm9 folder (on your SD card) and that it's named NBA Update [REGION].cia (replace [REGION] with the region of the CIA)
  • Boot your 3DS while holding start to launch GodMode9
  • Press the Home button
  • Select the following options: More... > Scripts... > BadgeData CIA [REGION] (select the one with the region of the CIA)
• If you have the latest Nintendo Badge Arcade updateinstalled:
  • Boot your 3DS while holding start to launch GodMode9
  • Press the Home button
  • Select the following options: More... > Scripts... > BadgeData Title [REGION] (select the one with the region of the installed title, usually the region of your console)
• Turn off your 3DS by holding R + Start.
• Insert your 3DS's SD card back into your computer.

Extract and decompress the compressed badges and sets​

Now that you have the encrypted boss files (allbadge_[VERSION]_[REGION].dat) (and optionally, the badge_data_[REGION].sarc, which isn't BOSS encrypted), you will have to decrypt the boss encrypted files and extract the badges and sets within them:

• Move the badge_data_[REGION].sarc (if you have it) file from the gm9 folder on your SD card to the Tool Pack folder on your computer.
• Run the extract badge data.bat batch file inside Tool Pack
• You should now have all of the badge data!
• Additional information:
  • The badge data was extracted to the decompressed folder.
  • The badges and set files are located in their respective set folder.
  • This Pastebin has the names of all of the sets you can get from the European and American data (The Japanese data has more badges and sets)

Edit it your own badge data (for the users that have badges, either from Nintendo Badge Arcade or customized)​

Now that you have the decompressed badges and sets, you might want to add some to your own badge data. But first, you will need to extract it...

• Insert your SD card back in your 3DS and boot it up normally.
• Launch FBI
• Go to TitleDB and look for Simple Badge Injector. Install it.
  • If for some reason you can't install it, then install it with the SimpleBadgeInjector.cia inside of the Tool Pack folder.
• Exit FBI
• Launch Simple Badge Injector
• Select the Dump badge data option, and wait...
• Exit the app
• Shutdown your 3DS and insert the SD card back into your computer.
• Inside of the Tool Pack, open Advanced badge editor
• Select File > Open data. Next, browse for your badge files folder (Select This PC > <Your SD card> > Dumped Badge Files)
• Repeat the following steps to add new sets:
  • Select Import > Entire set data (*.prb and *.cab)
  • Open the decompressed folder and choose a set folder.
  • Select the set file inside of the set folder.
  • Select all of the badges inside of that set folder.
• You can give yourself 255 of each badge by clicking the 255 of each badge button
• Select File > Save data to... and navigate to the root of your SD card and create a new folder called Badge Files (if it doesn't exist). Select it and click ok
• Close Advanced badge editor and insert your SD card back into your 3DS
• Boot your 3DS.
• Launch Simple Badge Injector
• Select the Inject custom badge data option, and wait...
• Exit the app
• Enjoy your new badges

Create badge data (for the users that never used Nintendo Badge Arcade and don't have badges)​

This will let you create your own badge data without needing Nintendo Badge Arcade

• Inside of the Tool Pack, open Advanced badge editor
• Next, select File > New Data. You will now have to find your NNID if you want your badge data to work (which is explained here).
• Insert your SD card back in your 3DS and boot it up normally.
• Launch FBI
• Go to TitleDB and look for Simple Badge Injector. Install it.
  • If for some reason you can't install it, then install it with the SimpleBadgeInjector.cia inside of the Tool Pack folder.
• Exit FBI
• Launch Simple Badge Injector
• Copy the NNID number that is displayed on your 3DS to the NNID box in the Advanced badge editor application.
• Exit the Simple Badge Injector app
• Shutdown your 3DS and insert the SD card back into your computer.
• Repeat the following steps to add new sets:
  • Select Import > Entire set data (*.prb and *.cab)
  • Open the decompressed folder and choose a set folder.
  • Select the set file inside of the set folder.
  • Select all of the badges inside of that set folder.
• You can give yourself 255 of each badge by clicking the 255 of each badge button
• Select File > Save data and navigate to the root of your SD card and create a new folder called Badge Files (if it doesn't exist). Select it and click "Ok"
• Close Advanced badge editor and insert your SD card back into your 3DS
• Boot your 3DS.
• Launch Simple Badge Injector
• Select the Create ExtData archive 0x14D1 option, and wait...
• Select the Inject custom badge data option, and wait...
• Exit the app
• Enjoy your new badges

Credits​

Here comes the part that everyone loves! Right?

• Information about *.prb and *.cab files and links to the badge data files - @redunka
• CTRAesEngine and SARC.cs (used to make BadgeExtract) - @SciresM
• BadgeExtract - @TheMachinumps
• Advanced Badge Editor V1.3.1 - The one and only, @TheMachinumps
• Simple Badge Injector - Once again, @TheMachinumps
• FBI - @Steveice10
• GodMode9 - dok3 (on GitHub)

Help​

Have any questions? Just ask me, and I will try to answer them =)

You cannot get banned by getting official badges this way (at least I don't think having them effects you in any way, I might be wrong though). If you get banned, that might be because you were caught using unauthorized software, in which case I recommend you use Luma3DS's (if you have it of course) "masking" feature to load Homebrew Launcher with a system application and also using the 3DSX version of the "Simple Badge Injector". (you need to patch the "SM" process using Rosalina (if you have Luma3DS) if you want to know what your NNID is).

Oh, and I discovered that you can only place up to 360 badges, and no more, on the Home Menu (with folders included)...

If you have succeeded in getting any badge you wanted, then take a screenshot and share it here =P (Just for fun)

Spoiler: ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з= ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) =ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿

I hope this isn't illegal -.-

 

[AntiMach]

is it possible to decrypt the data on our computer instead of on the 3ds? Maybe it's possible because we have bootrom keys etc?

That could be useful if people wanted to do it multiple times without having to use the 3ds multiple times, just for that, and to also make things somewhat easier, but I personally don't know how to do it...

 

[cearp]

That could be useful if people wanted to do it multiple times without having to use the 3ds multiple times, just for that, and to also make things somewhat easier, but I personally don't know how to do it...

it would be good because someone could host some code on a server provide a link to the latest badge data, updating once a week (or whenever new badges are released!)
anyway, thanks

 

[redunka]

Unfortunatly, there won't be any new badges anymore.
The last update for Japan was on 26th of May, and USA/Europe got their last ones on 22nd/23rd of June.
You'll have to download and decrypt files only once to get all badges ever released.

Speaking of server, there was this: https://github.com/SciresM/BadgeArcadeTool
That's a tool that could automatically get badges from SpotPass data (it required a 3DS for decryption, as it was the only way back then).
If you check last pages of this old badge sharing thread, you'll see that some people have managed to set up that tool and have been posting weekly badge dumps made with it.
So, there actually was no problem for people to get any of the official badges, as they all have been dumped already.

I just never really liked the idea of dumping badges as PNG's, one of the reasons for this was the fact that all of badges' info (names, shortcuts TitleID's, etc) will be lost.
Well, I do keep those dumps in PNG format myself, as previews, but I wouldn't be using them as actual badges.
That's why I'm very happy that ABE has support for official formats now, I think that it's much cleaner than using PNG's.

 

[AntiMach]

UPDATE! Changed the Tool Pack and got rid of the Pythonless Pack. Python is no longer necessary! Oh, and now you can Decrypt BOSS files on your computer using the arm9 bootrom file (boot9.bin) (Suggestion from @cearp). Also updated the guide

 

[dpad_5678]

also i give up it says too many badges on the first set

Jesus Christ, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND READ OTHER USERS QUESTIONS AND READ THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

 

[noctis90210]

@TheMachinumps good day sir, thanks for this tool... itried it and it worked... im just curious about set with the "book" name on the folder... it contains only .cab file and no .prb.
just want to ask what are the contents of the book.cab files?

thanks and havi a nice day...

 

[AntiMach]

@TheMachinumps good day sir, thanks for this tool... itried it and it worked... im just curious about set with the "book" name on the folder... it contains only .cab file and no .prb.
just want to ask what are the contents of the book.cab files?

thanks and havi a nice day...

I'm guessing it's a mix of all the other similar sets, but was never used and was left there in the data. For example, AnimalBook could be the conjunction of the Animal, Animal2, AnimalFes, AnimalItem and AnimalItem2 sets.

I could very possibly be wrong

 

[noctis90210]

I'm guessing it's a mix of all the other similar sets, but was never used and was left there in the data. For example, AnimalBook could be the conjunction of the Animal, Animal2, AnimalFes, AnimalItem and AnimalItem2 sets.

I could very possibly be wrong

Thanks for the info... its safe not to use it right when i created a full 7 set of pokemon badges (regular pictures and the pixels)

another question, why in your screenshot there are crown icon beside the icon selection? thanks again...

 

[cearp]

Thanks for the info... its safe not to use it right when i created a full 7 set of pokemon badges (regular pictures and the pixels)

another question, why in your screenshot there are crown icon beside the icon selection? thanks again...

the crowns are when you set the item quantity to a very high value, and it gives you an infinite number of that badge.
i found both silver and gold crowns, but they both seemed to be unlimited.
i assume there is some nice tool to do it now, without hex editing

 

[redunka]

I'm guessing it's a mix of all the other similar sets, but was never used and was left there in the data. For example, AnimalBook could be the conjunction of the Animal, Animal2, AnimalFes, AnimalItem and AnimalItem2 sets.

I could very possibly be wrong

I know I'm kinda late with this reply, but still…

As far as I can tell, "book" icons are actually used in Badge Arcade game.
They're used as icons for "collections" of related sets, exactly how you guessed.
So, yeah, we shouldn't care about them, as they're never used as icons for actual sets.

 

[noctis90210]

i just read few articles on the web and it says there will be no more update coming to this game...
so since theres no more update, how bout shortening the tutorial? just asuggestion.
what i mean, zip the decompressed files (badges) and attach it on the OP, then instructions on how to inject those file using Advanced badge editor Tool Pack
and Simple Badge Injector on 3ds...
unless its, prohibited to attach those decompressed files?

 

[AntiMach]

i just read few articles on the web and it says there will be no more update coming to this game...
so since theres no more update, how bout shortening the tutorial? just asuggestion.
what i mean, zip the decompressed files (badges) and attach it on the OP, then instructions on how to inject those file using Advanced badge editor Tool Pack
and Simple Badge Injector on 3ds...
unless its, prohibited to attach those decompressed files?

It's most likely copyrighted, so I can't do that

 

[noctis90210]

it just so sad that new pokemon and forms on ultra sun and ultra moon cant make it through badge arcade... :-(

 

[AntiMach]

it just so sad that new pokemon and forms on ultra sun and ultra moon cant make it through badge arcade... :-(

Yeah...
and the fact that barely anyone cares about this, but that's not that important, right?... right... I guess people just aren't interested in this, that's why

 

[noctis90210]

Yeah...
and the fact that barely anyone cares about this, but that's not that important, right?... right... I guess people just aren't interested in this, that's why

yeah, the game is too expensive for $1=5 or less badge. :-( much better if they add that game on MiiPlaza and a 1 time pay like other MiiPlaza games.
Anyway, just want to say thanks for official free badge even, like youve said, few 3ds users are interested in this, count me in :-)

 

[Milklatte]

My special Mii Plaza, Camera, Eshop, etc. badges no longer work properly They all register as the common decoration badges. I don't know what to do..

Edit: Nvm. I was able to fix the problem ^^

 

[Antonio2311]

Thank you so much for making this possible!

 

[redunka]

I'd like to bump this thread, because it deserves much more love.
Yeah, I know that bumping is usually frowned upon, I guess I'll also share this to make this post somewhat useful:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16W2ABfj60p-n1i-CdgukiMQ0qHBnk0T4mwtLDKB59BU/edit?usp=sharing
This spreadsheet shows the names of all badges and sets sorted by their IDs, and this is how I prefer to import them.
So, if you, for some reason, really want to sort your badges in exactly the same way Nintendo Badge Arcade does, you can use that sheet as a reference.

 

[miao_zhenkai]

Thanks very much！

 

[skywarp]

What happens if you do this than launch the actual badge arcade? Do you get banned from the service or have the badges removed? Just curious.