Badges are the milestone system in Drain the Lake. Players who unlock 10 badges and join the official group can claim the Ancient Bucket, so badge planning matters early.
First Drop is a free 10 Gem reward for completing your first drain cycle.
Plunge rewards a quick 15 Gems for jumping into the lake for the first time.
Lucky Find is worth 25 Gems and signals that you have started noticing chest patterns.
Shark Bait rewards 30 Gems. The death teaches you which boundaries to avoid.
Bucket Brigade is 60 Gems and a good early volume benchmark.
Deep Dive is 60 Gems and your first sign that the Skill Tree is opening up.
The Mines badge is worth 75 Gems and unlocks the next deeper biome.
Fire Below is 90 Gems and signals the high-temperature biome is unlocked.
Ancient Runes is worth 110 Gems and unlocks the Lost City biome.
Into the Abyss rewards 125 Gems and unlocks the descent to the phone ending.
Find My Phone is the win-state badge worth 150 Gems.
Bucket List is 200 Gems and gates the Ancient Bucket claim.
Bottomless Treasure is the highest Gem chest badge at 250 Gems.
Ocean's Worst Nightmare is the highest-volume badge at 500 Gems.
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