Bug Fixes
- None
New Features
- 2025 Merit Badge Updates
- The following Merit Badges have new versions for 2025. Per the Guide to Advancement, Scouts currently working on the previous version of these Merit Badges may continue working on that version or move to the 2025 version. Any Scout working on these Merit Badges for the first time must use the 2025 version. Note: The version label will say 2025-24. This will automatically correct itself on January 1, 2025
- Animal Science
- Archery
- Astronomy
- Aviation
- Chemistry
- Citizenship in Society
- Citizenship in the Community
- Climbing
- Coin Collecting
- Cooking
- Crime Prevention
- Cycling
- Dentistry
- Dog Care
- Drafting
- Electricity
- Electronics
- Emergency Preparedness
- Energy
- Environmental Science
- Fingerprinting
- Fire Safety
- First Aid
- Fish and Wildlife Management
- Game Design
- Gardening
- Insect Study
- Law
- Metalwork
- Motorboating
- Nature
- Painting
- Plumbing
- Programming
- Rifle Shooting
- Shotgun Shooting
- Sports
- Many other Merit Badges had wording changes that do not change the requirements, thus do not have 2025 versions. These changes could be changing Boy Scouts of America to Scouting America and/or fixing grammatical errors.
- The following Merit Badges have new versions for 2025. Per the Guide to Advancement, Scouts currently working on the previous version of these Merit Badges may continue working on that version or move to the 2025 version. Any Scout working on these Merit Badges for the first time must use the 2025 version. Note: The version label will say 2025-24. This will automatically correct itself on January 1, 2025
