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Badge Database

Drain the Lake has 18 badges, and they are the backbone of the Gem economy — together they pay out 1540 Gems, which fund your buckets. This database lists every one with its requirement, its Gem reward, how many players have actually earned it, and a rarity tier derived from those real Roblox counts.

Because the rarity here comes from live award data, it shows you which badges are routine and which are genuine flexes — three of them have been earned by fewer than a hundred players each.

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All 18 badges

Sorted by Gem reward, then by how many players have earned it. "Players earned" is the live Roblox count on 2026-07-08; rarity is derived from it.

BadgeHow to earnGemsPlayers earnedRarity
First DropDrain your first bucket104,979,611Common
PlungeTake a swim in the lake104,900,723Common
Shark BaitGet caught by the Shark203,557,492Common
Sunken SecretsReach the Shipwreck checkpoint404,029,458Common
Lucky FindFind 10 chests402,292,752Common
Deep DiveReach the Cavern checkpoint603,709,690Common
Bucket BrigadeDrain 100 buckets60968,762Uncommon
The MinesReach the Mineshaft checkpoint753,430,030Common
Fire BelowReach the Molten checkpoint903,169,706Common
Ancient RuinsReach the Lost City checkpoint1102,905,860Common
Fully TrainedComplete everything in the Skill Tree1101,930,834Uncommon
Sunken RichesFind 100 chests1101,078Rare
Water WorksDrain 1,000 buckets110702Legendary
Into the AbyssReach the Abyss checkpoint1252,700,690Common
Find My PhoneUnlock the Phone ending1402,464,431Common
Bottomless TreasureFind 1,000 chests1409Legendary
Bucket ListUnlock every single bucket1400Legendary
Ocean's Worst NightmareDrain 10,000 buckets15034Legendary

The rarest badges

Four badges stand far apart from the rest. Bucket List (unlock every bucket) has been earned by essentially no one, confirming the bucket roster is large. Bottomless Treasure (1,000 chests) and Ocean’s Worst Nightmare (10,000 buckets) sit in the single and double digits — pure grind milestones. Water Works (1,000 buckets) is the most attainable of the "hard" set but still rare.

By contrast, First Drop, Plunge, and the first two checkpoints are near-universal, earned by millions. The gap between the two groups is what makes the rare badges worth chasing.

Badges by type

The set breaks into checkpoints (six, one per depth), chest-finding milestones (three), bucket-draining milestones (four), progression goals like completing the Skill Tree and the phone ending, and one-off moments like your first swim or first shark bite. Chasing them naturally walks you through every system in the game.