Badges

Our members frequently contribute things that add value to the community, and we award badges to be displayed on profile pages and user cards in forum posts. These badges generally come with username colors shown below.

If you know of anyone who meets any of these criteria and feel that person should receive a badge, please let us know in our support forum.

If you have any of these badges that come with a username color, and you either do not have that color or would like to switch between your available username colors, please let us know in our support forum.

If anyone has an idea for a new badge, please let us know in the Feedback forum, or if you would prefer your suggestion to not be public, use our support forum.

Contributor Badges

These badges are given to members who contribute to the site in some way.

Image Contributor - User contributes images to the site that are implemented for use.
Event Contributor - User contributes Event Pokémon to the site.
Site Contributor - User who adds to the site significantly.
Forum Contributor - User who significantly contributes to the design of the forum.
Wiki Contributor - User contributes high quality articles to the technical documentation section (formerly known as the wiki). Articles should be clear, detailed and show a mastery of the subject matter.
Save Editing Contributor - User has made significant contributions to Save Editing programs and/or related subjects but not qualifying as research.
Translation Contributor - User has contributed to past translation projects.

Innovator Badges

These badges are given to those who help innovate by researching the games or developing modifications for them.

RAM Researcher - User researches the games' RAM and publishes research and/or AR Codes using that research.
ROM Researcher - User researches the games' ROM and publishes information regarding structures found within ROM.
Game Save Researcher - User researches info on the games' Save structure and related information.
Developer - User creates and/or helps making either Save, RAM, or ROM editing programs for the use of others.
ROM Hacker - User uses ROM hacking tools to make quality ROM hacks.

Helpful Member Badges

These badges are given to those who are helpful in the community.

Helpful Q&A Member - User who has significantly posted helpful posts and aids users in need often.
Helpful Request Member - User who has given custom works to people such as custom Signature Requests, Pokémon Requests, etc.
Team Rater - User who contributes often in "Rate My Team" discussions as well as helping in "Rate My Team"s.