Six official badges to check before a run
The official Horde Defenders badge listings checked on September 29, 2026 contain six enabled badges. Every one requires surviving a named level; four add a restriction on towers, abilities or both.
Use the table to distinguish the level objective from its extra conditions. These requirements come from the official badge descriptions. Completing them reliably, and resolving details the descriptions leave open, still requires in-game testing.
Badge requirements at a glance
Every row requires surviving the listed level. “Not stated” means the badge description gives no additional rule in that column; it does not establish every rule of the live game.
| Badge | Level | Tower condition | Ability condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Stand | 1.1 | No additional condition stated | Not stated |
| One Gun Wonder | 1.1 | A single tower | No abilities |
| Bare Hands | 2.1 | Do not build a single tower | Not stated |
| Holding Ground | 3.1 | No additional condition stated | Not stated |
| Specialist | 3.1 | Only one kind of tower | No abilities |
| Fire and Lightning | 4.1 | Only Flamers and Tesla coils | No ability except the Cryo beam |
Tower count and tower type are different restrictions
One Gun Wonder uses “a single tower”: its listed restriction concerns tower count. Specialist uses “only one kind of tower”: its wording concerns tower type and does not state a one-tower count limit. Both descriptions also prohibit abilities.
Bare Hands focuses on the act of building: survive level 2.1 without building any tower. Fire and Lightning identifies the permitted tower types for level 4.1 as Flamers and Tesla coils. Its description does not say that both types must be placed.
The listings do not explain how selling, replacing or upgrading a tower affects these checks. They also do not classify a hero as a tower. Those edge cases should be confirmed in the game before being used as a strategy.
Check the ability rule separately
For One Gun Wonder and Specialist, the description says no abilities. Fire and Lightning has a specific exception: the Cryo beam is the only ability allowed by its wording. The description permits that exception without saying it must be used.
Bare Hands does not include an ability condition in its official description. First Stand and Holding Ground also give only a survival objective. An omitted condition should be recorded as unstated, rather than expanded into a claim that every ability or hero interaction has been tested.
Where these achievements fit
The badge descriptions attach their objectives to levels 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1. The campaign reference puts those level labels alongside the broader campaign information and the published Level 1.4 screenshot.
The developer also lists Challenges alongside Endless mode and leaderboards. These badge descriptions do not explain how the badges relate to that feature, or establish its rules, rotation, unlock requirements or rewards. The Challenges research page retains those open questions.
Sources & limitations
Source dates are listed below. Developer descriptions can change during Alpha. These reference notes are not a report of an independent playtest.
- Horde Defenders — official Roblox experience Checked 2026-09-29. Live game record for place 93237333081860 / universe 10766114988: developer, manual aiming, elevation, named heroes, campaign scope and advertised modes. The earlier refund notice is now absent.
- First Stand — official Roblox badge Checked 2026-09-29. Survive level 1.1.
- One Gun Wonder — official Roblox badge Checked 2026-09-29. Survive level 1.1 with a single tower and no abilities.
- Bare Hands — official Roblox badge Checked 2026-09-29. Survive level 2.1 without building a single tower.
- Holding Ground — official Roblox badge Checked 2026-09-29. Survive level 3.1.
- Specialist — official Roblox badge Checked 2026-09-29. Survive level 3.1 with only one kind of tower and no abilities.
- Fire and Lightning — official Roblox badge Checked 2026-09-29. Survive level 4.1 with only Flamers and Tesla coils, and no ability but the Cryo beam