Roblox has officially removed system badges from user profiles, completing a change the platform first announced in December 2025. Badges like Bloxxer, Inviter, Bricksmith, and the Builders Club badge no longer appear on anyone's profile page. In their place, Roblox converted each legacy badge into a wearable avatar pin accessory, automatically distributed to every user who previously held the corresponding badge. The company says more than 1 billion items were awarded during the conversion.
Quick answer: If you had system badges before the change, check your inventory — they now exist as front-facing avatar pin accessories you can equip on your character. They will not return to your profile page.
What Roblox Actually Removed
System badges were platform-level awards that Roblox itself granted to users for various milestones and activities. Some of the most recognizable ones included Bloxxer (for knocking out other players), Bricksmith (for reaching place visit thresholds), Veteran (for account age), Inviter, Ambassador, and the Builders Club badge. These sat in a dedicated section on every user's profile and had been part of the platform since its early years.
The Roblox Profiles team explained the rationale in a Developer Forum announcement: many of the older badges were no longer achievable, and they didn't reflect how users and creators express themselves on the modern platform. The goal was to simplify profiles and free up space for new, more personalized features. Roblox framed the removal as part of a broader effort to turn profiles into a "highly relevant and valuable hub for showcasing unique user identity and creator presence."
Three categories of badges remain untouched. Developer-awarded badges — the ones earned inside individual experiences — still work as before. Verified badges continue to display on eligible accounts. And Administrator badges for official Roblox staff accounts remain visible on profile headers.
How the Avatar Pin Conversion Works
Rather than deleting badge data outright, Roblox created avatar pin accessories that mirror the icons of the original system badges. Every user who held a particular badge automatically received the matching pin in their inventory. These pins function as front accessories, meaning you can equip one on your avatar, and it will be visible to other players in experiences and on your avatar display.
The converted pins are treated as limited items — they cannot be newly earned by users who didn't already have the original badges. That makes them a kind of legacy cosmetic, though their practical trade value is negligible. Privacy settings also affect visibility; depending on a user's configuration, other players may not be able to see equipped accessories.
Profile visits, another long-standing statistic, have also been hidden from profiles as part of the same cleanup. The join date is now the only remaining statistic displayed on a user's profile page.
Community Reaction Is Genuinely Split
The response has been polarized in a way that's unusual even for Roblox's frequently contentious updates. A significant portion of the community sees the wearable pins as an upgrade. The argument is straightforward: badges were buried in a profile section most people never looked at, while a pin on your avatar is something everyone around you can actually see. Some players have pointed out that this lets them highlight a single favorite badge rather than displaying a static list.
On the other side, many long-time users view the removal as another piece of Roblox history being erased. System badges have existed for close to 20 years, and for veteran players, they served as a visible record of how long someone had been on the platform and what they'd accomplished. A common refrain is that Roblox should have offered both options — keep the profile display and add the wearable pins — rather than forcing one to replace the other.
There's also a more structural criticism. Some developers and players have argued that instead of removing the badge system, Roblox should have expanded it with new, modernized achievements. Feature requests on the Developer Forum have proposed ideas ranging from event participation badges and UGC sales milestones to login streaks and game completion awards. The feeling among this group is that the badge system was neglected for years — particularly after Roblox stopped tracking knockouts and deaths — and its disuse was a product of that neglect, not evidence that badges were unwanted.
Part of a Broader Pattern of Legacy Feature Removal
The badge change doesn't exist in isolation. Roblox has been steadily retiring or overhauling legacy features, and each move has generated its own wave of pushback. The transition from static heads to dynamic heads threatened to remove items from player inventories if the original creators didn't update them in time. Age verification requirements now restrict chat access based on age range, requiring users to submit a selfie or identification — a safety measure that has frustrated players who feel it fragments the social experience.
The pattern has created a cumulative sense of unease among parts of the community. Each individual change has its own logic — safety compliance, modernization, profile simplification — but taken together, they represent a platform that looks and feels increasingly different from the one many players grew up with. Whether that's progress or loss depends largely on how long you've been playing.
Roblox has signaled that it plans to test new ways for creators to feature their experiences on profiles, suggesting the freed-up profile space won't stay empty forever. No specific timeline or details for those features have been confirmed yet. For now, if you want to preserve any memory of your old system badges, the avatar pins in your inventory are the only remaining trace.
