WWE 2K25 How to Get and Use Badges: List & Guide
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In WWE 2K25, badges are passive perks that boost your wrestler’s abilities in The Island. They won’t give you new moves, but they can make you faster, stronger, and harder to pin. If you want the best build, you will need to unlock and upgrade the right badges.
Unlocking them is not automatic. You will need to grind, win matches, and complete specific objectives. If you want the best perks, prepare to put in some work.
How to Equip Badges
Unlocking a badge is not enough. You have to equip it. You can slot up to four badges at once, but you will need to level up your character to unlock all four slots.
To equip badges:
Go to The Island’s hub
Open the MySuperstar menu
Select Badges
Equip any unlocked badge
Badges stay at their current level. If you have not leveled them up yet, they will only provide basic effects. Badge Points are needed to upgrade them further.
How to Unlock and Upgrade Badges
Badges are unlocked by earning Badge Points, which come from spending VC on upgrading your character in MyIsland. Points are character-specific, so progress will not carry over between different wrestlers.
Each badge requires around 77 points to unlock.
Badges have three levels, each requiring additional Badge Points and match objectives to upgrade.
Winning matches is the fastest way to progress, since most badge upgrades require victories.
List of All Badges and How to Level Them Up
• Quick Climber – Climb faster. Win matches, kick out of pins.
• Swiftness – Move faster. Win matches, land running attacks.
• Crowd Boost – Taunt the crowd to enter Tank Mode (once per match). Win matches, perform crowd taunts.
• Anaconda – Stronger submissions. Win by submission, perform submissions.
• Rage – Enter Beast Mode after taking heavy damage. Win matches, use Comeback (Payback).
• Determination – Enter Tank Mode after taking heavy damage. Win without finishers, kick out of pins.
• Second Wind – Quick recovery after severe damage. Win matches, perform crowd taunts.
• Clock Watcher – Gain Beast Mode when disqualified or counted out. Win matches, perform apron grapples.
• Pain Train – Stronger running attacks. Win matches, land heavy attacks.
• Sting Like A Bee – Increased light and heavy attack damage. Win matches, land light attacks.
• Weapon Master – More weapon damage. Win matches, land chair attacks.
• Slippery Eel – Increased kickout success. Win matches, kick out of nearfalls.
• Heavy Handed – Stuns opponents easier with heavy attack combos. Win matches, land heavy attacks.
• Merciless Opportunist – More damage to stunned opponents. Win matches, win with yellow head damage.
• Dive Bomber – Stronger aerial attacks. Win matches, land diving attacks on standing opponents.
• Rabblerouser – Fourth successful taunt grants a finisher (once per match). Win matches, perform finishers.
• Going In Hot – Start with Special meter. Win matches, land running attacks.
• Always See It Coming – Gain Special from reversals. Win matches, perform reversals.
• Born To Fly – Enter Beast Mode when climbing high. Win ladder matches, perform springboard attacks.
• Wet Blanket – Stunning an opponent drains their Special and Finisher stock. Win matches, perform strike attacks.
• Endurance – Escaping pins heals a small amount of damage. Win by pinfall, kick out of nearfalls.
• Demolition Man – Gain Beast Mode when using weapons. Win matches, land steel step attacks.
• Dirty Trickster – Attacking red limbs builds more stun. Win matches, cause yellow damage to opponents.
• Energetic Opportunist – Enter Beast Mode when stunning an opponent. Win by pinfall, land light attacks.
• Adrenaline – Faster recovery after being knocked down. Win matches, perform rebound attacks.
• Lionheart – Recover health after hitting a finisher. Win matches, perform finishers.
• Unstoppable – Enter Tank Mode after escaping a pin. Win with low damage, land chair attacks.
• Bee Repellent – Reduces light and heavy attack damage by five percent. Win matches, land diving attacks on downed opponents.
• Leg Day – Decreases leg damage taken. Win matches, perform carry attacks.
• Curls – Decreases arm damage taken. Win matches, perform submissions.
• Crosshairs – Increases dizziness when taunting a grounded opponent from the top rope. Win matches, perform dragging attacks.
• Dreamstreet – Diving and springboard attacks deal extra damage to dizzy opponents. Win by pinfall, land running attacks.
• Six Pack – Reduces torso damage taken. Win matches, win with yellow body damage.
• Locomotion – Reduces stamina drain from striking and running. Win matches, land running attacks.
Final Blurb
Badges make a huge difference in The Island, but unlocking and leveling them takes time. If you want the best setup, focus on badges that match your playstyle—whether that is running full speed into people, spamming chair shots, or just being impossible to pin.
Do not waste time unlocking everything at once unless you really enjoy grinding.
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