All 36 SCROOMS Badges and How to Unlock Them

SCROOMS has 36 badges. A handful come in the first half hour of play, most mark catching, collecting and levelling milestones, and two are hidden behind cryptic hints. The full list is below, followed by step-by-step routes for the three you can earn first in Songkeeper’s Grove: First Note, Magic Melody and Harmonic Ear.

Quick answer: There are 36 SCROOMS badges. Welcome, Tamer! comes for joining; catch your first scroom for First Note, complete Halden’s “The Next Step” quest for Magic Melody, and catch any Harmonic variant for Harmonic Ear. The rest are catch, Index, quest and level milestones listed below.

Badge	What triggers it	Where
First Note	Catch your first scroom	Songkeeper’s Grove, during “Getting Started!”
Magic Melody	Unlock the Ocarina	“The Next Step”, from Halden
Harmonic Ear	Catch a Harmonic scroom	Any Harmonic variant

Each badge pops in the bottom-right corner as a “Badge Awarded” card the moment you meet its condition, so you will always know it registered.

Badges awarded in SCROOMS

Every SCROOMS badge and how to unlock it

Badge	How to unlock it	Type
Welcome, Tamer!	Join SCROOMS for the first time.	Getting started
First Note	Catch your first Scroom.	Getting started
Magic Melody	Unlock the Ocarina from Halden (The Next Step quest).	Getting started
Songwalker	Unlock the Songtreads.	Getting started
Harmonic Ear	Catch any Harmonic Scroom.	Getting started
In Full Bloom	Make a site bloom.	Getting started
Open Sesame	Open a gate by playing the Song of Passage.	Getting started
Tuned In	Catch 100 Scrooms.	Catching milestones
A Thousand Songs	Catch 1,000 Scrooms.	Catching milestones
Ten Thousand Songs	Catch 10,000 Scrooms.	Catching milestones
First Chair	Catch 100 Scrooms in a row without one escaping.	Catching milestones
Unbroken	Catch 10 Fabled or Eversung Scrooms in a row without one escaping.	Catching milestones
Untouchable	Catch 25 Fabled or Eversung Scrooms in a row without one escaping.	Catching milestones
Metronome	Land 25 Perfect Catches on Fabled or Eversung Scrooms.	Catching milestones
Virtuoso	Land 100 Perfect Catches on Fabled or Eversung Scrooms.	Catching milestones
Pitch Perfect	Land a Perfect Catch on an Eversung Scroom.	Catching milestones
Budding Collector	Have 25 Scrooms discovered in your Index.	Index completion
Grovewalker	Complete the Songkeeper's Grove Index.	Index completion
Quarryhand	Complete the Bluestone Caverns Index.	Index completion
Keeper of the Garden	Complete the Sorin's Respite Index.	Index completion
Archivist	Complete the Sanctum Magus Index.	Index completion
Treeline Wanderer	Complete the Tall Trees Index.	Index completion
Mantle Bearer	Complete the quest Mantle of the Songkeeper.	Quests and items
Runestriker	Obtain the Deepchord.	Quests and items
The Last Verse	Obtain Sorin's Last Verse.	Quests and items
The Magus' Heir	Complete the quest The Magus' Requiem.	Quests and items
Friend of the Tribe	Obtain the Ballad of Three Reigns.	Quests and items
Instrumentalist	Own 15 instruments.	Quests and items
Songbook	Learn five Ocarina songs.	Quests and items
Seasoned Tamer	Reach level 50.	Levels, time and Chimes
Living Legend	Reach level 100.	Levels, time and Chimes
Devoted	Play for 50 hours in total.	Levels, time and Chimes
Deep Pockets	Hold 350,000 Chimes at one time.	Levels, time and Chimes
Well Titled	Earn 20 titles.	Levels, time and Chimes
Unison	Hidden badge. The in-game hint: “Two voices, one note.”	Hidden badges
Altissimo	Hidden badge. The in-game hint: “Some scrooms can sing higher than you've heard.”	Hidden badges

How scroom catching works

Two of the three badges depend on the catching minigame, so it helps to understand the three phases before you chase them. You need an instrument equipped first; the first one is the Wooden Lute, which Leo gives you.

Walk up to a scroom with your instrument equipped and start playing to it. A circular tuning gauge with a moving marker appears; tap (mobile) or click (PC) while the marker is inside the coloured wedge. Each hit is rated “Good!” or “Perfect!”.

Playing the guitar toward a yellow scroom as the bottom timing bar fills — The timing bar runs along the bottom as your character plays to a nearby scroom.

Hold the control to find the correct frequency. Slide the marker until the jagged red waveform settles into a smooth wave. The screen prompts you with “Hold to find the correct frequency!” while you do this, and finding the right frequency speeds up tuning.

Frequency-finding screen showing a red signal graph with a Cancel button below — The frequency step: hold to tune the red signal graph until the wave matches.

Keep the scroom inside the sliding catch zone by dragging it left and right. When the progress bar at the bottom fills completely, the scroom is caught and the screen shows its name and frequency; a clean run can count as a “Perfect Catch”. If the scroom drifts outside the zone, the zone turns red and progress drains, and if it drains away you get “Your Scroom got away…” and have to try again.

Perfect Catch confirmation at the end of the catch-zone minigame — Filling the catch-zone bar ends in a “Perfect Catch!” and adds the scroom to your collection.

First Note: catch your first scroom

First Note is the earliest badge and its description reads simply, “Catch your first scroom.” It unlocks during the opening quest, “Getting Started!”, the first time you complete a catch.

Spawn into Songkeeper’s Grove, collect the Wooden Lute from Leo when “Getting Started!” tells you to, and equip it.

Find a scroom nearby and run the catching minigame. The catch screen names the scroom and its frequency, for example “You caught: Bluebell! Frequency: 70.8 Hz”. The instant it lands, the First Note badge card appears in the bottom right.

You caught Bluebell confirmation showing its frequency and a prompt to open the backpack — A successful Bluebell catch, with its frequency shown and the backpack prompt beneath it.

Return to Leo objective active with a Talk prompt shown over the NPC — The “Return to Leo” objective, with the Talk prompt displayed as you reach him.

Index menu sorted by Rarity open while approaching Leo, whose Talk prompt is visible — Returning to Leo with the Index open after buying and equipping the guitar.

Magic Melody: unlock the Ocarina

Magic Melody is tied to a quest rather than a catch. Its description, “Unlock the Ocarina. Reminds me of a certain green hero…”, is a nod to the instrument it hands you. You earn it by finishing “The Next Step” for Halden.

Open the Quest Log and select “The Next Step”. Its first objective is “Find Halden in the grove.”

Quest Log open with The Next Step selected under Main Quests — “The Next Step” selected in the Quest Log, listing the objective to find Halden.

Follow the path through the grove to find Halden resting on a log beside a campfire. Talk to him to start the statue objective, which asks you to pay respects at five weathered statues scattered around Songkeeper’s Grove.

Heading into the grove with the Tamer’s Guitar equipped to find Halden.

The grove at night, with the path winding toward Halden’s camp.

Pay respects at the first statue, which stands on a raised rock platform beside a wooden cabin covered in climbing vines, overlooking the camp’s red tents and fire pit. Each Weathered Statue has a “Pay Respects” prompt. Interacting raises your count toward 5/5.

Player leaderboard open on the right while the character holds the guitar near a statue — The first weathered statue sits behind Halden’s camp.

Find the second statue on a stone pedestal on the grass along the lower dirt path, near the riverbank leading toward the waterfall, and pay respects there.

Tap to open backpack prompt above the Equipment Bag button at night — Moving between statues along the central path.

Pay respects at the third statue, on an elevated stone base under a large tree along a stone-lined path overlooking the water and clearing.

The third statue sits near the central path through the grove.

Find the fourth statue on a stone mound beside a small glowing lantern in the grass, next to a stone path looking across the open grove, and pay respects.

Tap to open backpack prompt above the numbered hotbar during gameplay — The fourth statue sits on an elevated hill overlooking the grove.

Bottom-center Equipment Bag button beneath the Tap to open backpack prompt — Approaching the fourth statue on the hill.

Reach the fifth and final statue, on a stone plinth inside a low stone ring with a glowing ground lantern next to the trunk of a large tree on the outer path of the grove, and pay respects to complete the 5/5 objective. The quest then updates to send you back to Halden.

Running to the fifth statue to finish the 5/5 count.

Jones, the question-mark NPC by the waterfall, is an optional stop.

Return to Halden and choose “[Accept the gift].” He hands over the Ocarina, and the Magic Melody badge card appears. The Ocarina joins your hotbar as slot 5.

With the Ocarina equipped, you can play its songs. Open its interface, pick the Homeward Melody under Known Songs, and input Left, Down, Up, Left to return to your set spawn point.

Known Songs panel open with Homeward Melody selected and its directional notes being entered — The Known Songs panel with Homeward Melody selected, ready for its note input.

Known Songs menu showing Homeward Melody's arrow sequence — Homeward Melody’s arrow sequence: Down, Left, Up, Left.

Homeward Melody playing on the ocarina from the Known Songs menu — Playing Homeward Melody returns you to your spawn point.

Harmonic Ear: catch a Harmonic scroom

Harmonic Ear is awarded for catching any scroom with the Harmonic prefix, as its description states, “Catch a Harmonic scroom.” The route is to keep catching scrooms around the grove until a Harmonic one appears.

With your instrument equipped, roam Songkeeper’s Grove and catch whatever scrooms you find. Types range from common Redcaps up to the rarest Eversung, and each catch shows its own frequency.

Roaming the grove with the Tamer’s Guitar equipped to hunt scrooms.

Near the spawn point you will pass the leaderboard boards, which track Most Catches, Most Playtime, and Most Chimes. They are not required for the badge.

Tap to open backpack prompt above the inventory hotbar near the pavilion — The pavilion area holds the Most Catches, Most Playtime, and Most Chimes leaderboards.

Talk prompt shown over another player character while approaching — Other tamers share the grove, but they do not factor into the badge.

Oswald highlighted with a Talk prompt near a tree stump — Oswald, chopping wood by a stump, is one of the optional grove NPCs.

Select your instrument in the hotbar, approach a scroom, and run the three catch phases. Hit the tuning gauge, match the frequency, hold the creature in the catch zone, and fill the bar. Keep going through as many scrooms as it takes.

Hotbar highlighting the Tamer's Guitar in slot 1 while moving through the field — The hotbar holds the instrument.

Bottom-center item selector highlighting the mushroom icon during gameplay — Selecting a scroom to begin the catch.

Some catches fail, and that is normal. If the progress drains away you see “Your Scroom got away…” and can try again.

You caught Bluebell confirmation showing a frequency of 47.5 Hz — A completed catch logs the scroom and its frequency.

Tamer's Guitar selected in hotbar slot 1 while the character plays it in the forest — Re-engaging a scroom after a failed attempt.

New Index Entry Burlcap notification while catching a Melodic Burlcap at 100 Hz — A Melodic Burlcap adds a new Burlcap entry to the Index.

New Index Entry Acornub notification after catching an Acornub — An Acornub catch registers another new Index entry.

Keep catching until a scroom spawns with the Harmonic prefix, such as a Harmonic Toastbud at 23.1 Hz. Complete that catch and the Harmonic Ear badge card appears in the bottom right.

You caught Redcap confirmation displaying a 28.8 Hz frequency — Each catch adds the scroom to your collection with its frequency.

You caught Redcap at 28.8 Hz confirmation screen — Keep catching scrooms until a Harmonic variant turns up.

Watch the name of each scroom you catch; a Harmonic variant carries the Harmonic prefix, as with Harmonic Toastbud.

Once those three cards have popped in the bottom-right corner, the next ones within reach are Tuned In (100 catches), Budding Collector (25 Scrooms in your Index) and Grovewalker (the full Songkeeper’s Grove Index). First Note and Harmonic Ear both come straight from the catching loop, while Magic Melody is the one you unlock through Halden’s quest, so the Ocarina and the badge arrive together the moment you accept his gift.