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Get ANY OFFICIAL badges without other users' data

Video Guide (slightly outdated)




Introduction

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

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

Assumptions

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.

Getting the arm9 bootrom

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

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.

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).

Creating badge data

To actually import the extracted badges, you will need to use Advanced Badge Editor.
  • Open Advanced_badge_editor.exe
  • Go to File > New data
  • Go to Import > Entire set data (*.prb and *.cab)
    • 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
  • 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.

Installing Simple Badge Injector and injecting the data

Finally, to use your badges, you're going to need to inject them.
  • Move the SimpleBadgeInjector.cia to anywhere on your SD card
  • Move the BadgeData.dat and BadgeMngFile.dat files to /3ds/SimpleBadgeInjector relative to the SD card's root
    • If the folder doesn't exist, make sure to create it and name it exactly the same!
  • Boot your 3DS with the SD card inside
  • Open FBI
  • Install the SimpleBadgeInjector.cia
  • Close FBI
  • Open Simple Badge Injector
  • Select Dump badge data. This will backup any badge data you might have (optional)
  • Select Inject badge data and press A
    • In case any unexpected errors occur, please report them to me
You should now have injected a generous amount of official badges!

Credits

This guide would not have been possible without a lot of research done by other people:
Please report any issues here, or on this repository!



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:
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?
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)

yey.png

I hope this isn't illegal -.-
 
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Parkay said:
HOLY SHOT IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!! THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
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(Idk if I should merge this) Honestly, I'm kinda curious, what does these Book folder thing do? Why are they empty?

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Glad that it worked for you!

As for Books - they are icons for badge collections, and they're actually copies of existing sets' icons, e.g. PokeDotBook looks identical to PokeDot00.
If you ever used Badge Arcade before, you may remember there was a large book where you could view all of your badges, and they would be sorted in collections/groups, like, for example, all Mario sets (Pixel, Kart, Mario Maker, etc.) or all Pokemon sets together, so a Book icon would be used as common icon for a group.
Basically, they're for Badge Arcade the game, they aren't used for HOME Menu decoration.
 
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Oh yeah, that method also works for USA (and maybe EUR) if you want dem English text/badge name for some reason, I think

Edit: I aint sure, some of em still have japanese texts/badge name thingy lol
 
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Hello, sorry to bother anyone but when I try to install another data of badges (I accidentally downloaded EUR v130 instead of v131) it doesn’t install and it says “Unknown scheme for proxy URL URL (my ftp link)”. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
PS: sorry for bad English btw
 
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OlenXP said:
Hello, sorry to bother anyone but when I try to install another data of badges (I accidentally downloaded EUR v130 instead of v131) it doesn’t install and it says “Unknown scheme for proxy URL URL (my ftp link)”. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
PS: sorry for bad English btw
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At exactly what point of the guide did this occur? This seems like you might be having issues connecting via FTP, and you may have to use something other than windows for that, such as Filezilla. It could also mean your url is not well formed, as it should start exactly with ftp:// and be followed by your private ip (should be something like 192.168.x.x, could also be slightly different), which should then end in :5000 (since you might be using ftpd, if not, it might not end in :5000). Also, make sure your 3ds is connected to the same wifi your pc is connected to, otherwise this will not work.
 
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AntiMach said:
At exactly what point of the guide did this occur? This seems like you might be having issues connecting via FTP, and you may have to use something other than windows for that, such as Filezilla. It could also mean your url is not well formed, as it should start exactly with ftp:// and be followed by your private ip (should be something like 192.168.x.x, could also be slightly different), which should then end in :5000 (since you might be using ftpd, if not, it might not end in :5000). Also, make sure your 3ds is connected to the same wifi your pc is connected to, otherwise this will not work.
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Thank you :D
 
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Forgive me if I'm simply missing it, but I want to download multiple Badge Sets which would involve multiple DAT files with the same names. When I try to use SBI to Inject and then Dump the badge data, it only seems to save the most recent badge set I've downloaded onto the SD card (3ds/SBI folder). Do you have advice regarding how to have multiple sets on the same system? Thank you!
 
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TheRandomeer said:
Forgive me if I'm simply missing it, but I want to download multiple Badge Sets which would involve multiple DAT files with the same names. When I try to use SBI to Inject and then Dump the badge data, it only seems to save the most recent badge set I've downloaded onto the SD card (3ds/SBI folder). Do you have advice regarding how to have multiple sets on the same system? Thank you!
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You should only have 2 .dat files: BadgeData.dat and BadgeMngFile.dat.
These files should already include every badge you want, and you should not create multiples of these for each badge set.

So, you should follow this:
  • Open Advanced_badge_editor.exe
  • Go to File > New data
  • For every set you want to import
    • 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
 
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AntiMach said:
  • Go to File > Save data to...
  • Select a folder to save the badge files to
  • You can close the app
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It's specifically this part I am being hung up on. If I save all of them to the same place, the DAT files would override each other unless I am allowed to name them different things (not sure if I am/if that would mess it up). I'm trying saving it back to the folder it came from (i.e. folder name Amiibo1 w only the DAT files in 3ds/SimpleBadgeInjector, etc. etc.) but the SBI is resulting in an error.
 
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TheRandomeer said:
It's specifically this part I am being hung up on. If I save all of them to the same place, the DAT files would override each other unless I am allowed to name them different things (not sure if I am/if that would mess it up). I'm trying saving it back to the folder it came from (i.e. folder name Amiibo1 w only the DAT files in 3ds/SimpleBadgeInjector, etc. etc.) but the SBI is resulting in an error.
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Would this clarify your issue?

 
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Parkay said:
HOLY SHOT IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!! THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
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(Idk if I should merge this) Honestly, I'm kinda curious, what does these Book folder thing do? Why are they empty?

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did you get the pixel collection from this? did you have it before? im struggling to identify which shortened folder name would contain the pixel collection.
(I want to put the console badges next to the virtual console and DS emulator games)

I've come to find they're the "DotHard" folders. I dont think you need to do the extra stuff under the spoiler section to get them either.
 
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Hi! I'm trying to download the MroGn2d and YshWW folders from EUR v_131, but I only have the .cab file. No .prb badges can be found. What should I do? My main objective is to restore all the badges I lost due to SD card corruption, especially those that launched apps. If someone could help, it would be very appreciated <3
 

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