Island Arts Merit Badge Event begins today and goes through August 21. In this event there will be three weeks of challenges with a reward of the animated Super Scout Badge:
Super Scout Badge
Quoted from Pogo (see notes below):
- Four special Challenges unlock every week during the event: three free Mix-n-Match Challenge and an optional Premium Mix-n-Match Challenge.
- To progress each week, you must complete either the three free Challenges, or the optional Premium Challenge. If you want to complete all four, go for it!
- Completing the necessary Challenges for the week earns you a Merit Badge for the Island Arts Merit Badge Event! If you collect both Merit Badges during the event, you’ll earn the animated Super Scout Badge.
- If you fall behind, you can go back and complete previous weeks. Just make sure all Merit Badges have been earned by 11:59pm on August 21!
Note: Pogo’s post says the 3 free badges each week are Mix-n-Match, but do not appear in the Mix-n-Match Albums. As soon as the challenge is completed the Badge goes into the Special Edition Album. The only Mix-n-Match Badge is the alternate Premium one for 40 gems.
Although Pogo states you can earn the animated Super Scout Badge by collecting “both” Merit Badges during the event, this is not true. There are THREE merit badges, one for each week, that must be collected in order to earn the animated Super Scout Badge.
To get started, visit the Island Arts Merit Badge Event page and expand the sections to start activating badges.
Week 1 (08/01)
Premium Challenge
Canasta HD – Surfing Sage Badge
Make 30 Canastas in 3 weeks!
300 Pogis
(Canasta HD Ranks, Badges & Tips)
Free Challenges
Snowbird Solitaire – Yellow Surfing Badge
Win 35 games before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Snowbird Solitaire Ranks & Badges)
Pogo Slots – Blue Surfing Badge
Get 500 Pogo bonus symbols before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Pogo Slots Ranks & Badges)
Peggle Blast HD – Violet Surfing Badge
Clear 1,500 Pegs before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Peggle Blast HD Ranks, Badges & Tips)
Merit Badge
Surfing Savant Badge
Week 2 (08/08)
Premium Challenge
World Class Solitaire HD – Making Leis Badge
Complete 3 cities in 3 weeks!
300 Pogis
(World Class Solitaire HD Ranks, Badges & Tips)
Free Challenges
Mahjong Sanctuary – Blue Lei Badge
Win 30 games before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Mahjong Sanctuary Ranks & Badges / Badge Guide)
Claire Hart Classic – Violet Lei Badge
Finish 4 episodes before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Claire Hart Classic Episodes & Badges / Item Locations)
Phlinx II – Yellow Lei Badge
Match 2000 stones before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Phlinx II Ranks, Badges & Tips)
Merit Badge
Lei Wonder Badge
Week 3 (08/15)
Premium Challenge
Spades HD – Hula Dancing Badge
Win 10 Nil Bids in 3 weeks!
300 Pogis
(Spades HD Ranks, Badges & Tips)
Free Challenges
Pogo Daily Sudoku – Yellow Hula Badge
Complete 25 puzzles before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Pogo Daily Sudoku Ranks, Badges & Tips / Pogo Daily Sudoku Answers)
Sweet Tooth Town – Blue Hula Badge
Collect 30 stars before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Sweet Tooth Town Ranks & Badges / Badge Guide)
Poppit! Bingo – Violet Hula Badge
Earn 200 tickets from Daubs and Bingos before the event ends.
400 Pogis
(Poppit! Bingo Ranks, Badges & Tips)
Merit Badge
Hula Hotshot Badge
Share your tips and tricks for this event with your fellow Pogo fans in a comment below. Thanks!
Sal says
At least no Quinn’s. Was hard to think of something nice to say.
bigfun says
But there is a Snowbird
Sal says
There goes my positive thinking. 😜
theshroad says
But snowbird is winning games, but not with a certain number remaining at least!
Sal says
Thanks for restoring my positive thinking. 🙂
Pogo not make it easy.
Sharon says
Still difficult and time consuming. I probably will skip Snowbird and many others.
noattentionsp says
i have no problem with any of these, and thank you pogo for putting snowbird in the first week instead of the last week!
Cindy4764 says
For me it’s “at least there’s no Trizzle”, lol. For these first two sets I will definitely be getting the Premium badges because I like the games but also really like the badges. Probably will do all the others as well, except maybe Phlinx.
Verobunzer says
For Snowbird, I have discovered an amazing power-up today! It is called the doubler (2nd p/u from the right at the bottom of the screen)! With that p/u, you can continue your streak by using the next 2 cards above or below the current card. It works like this: The next card is an Ace. You can play a K, Q, 2, or 3. So it really comes in handy when you have say a Q, 10, 8, 10 showing because the streak will keep going after each card you play! I am going through the levels that I haven’t played yet, which are the levels in the 670’s, where they give you very little cards in the stack to use. Good luck, everyone!
Sal says
Great tip, Verobunzer! 👍 That is my 2nd fav Snowbird power-up, right after Shuffle. And Stock Reveal (upper right) helps me decide if/when I need to use Double. Thanks for posting. 🙂
Sharon says
There is a shuffle in Snowbird?
Sal says
Sorry, got my Snowbird mixed up with Quinn’s. Have trouble with both. Snowbird power-up that I use most is called: Surfing Bear… remove all open cards. (I had to look it up. LOL)
Elfskip says
Wow, that is an amazing powerup! Never used it before or knew what it was but I have 36 of them left after zipping through a level in no time flat! I am up to date with my levels so doing random for this challenge. Thankyou Verobunzer!
Verobunzer says
You’re so welcome, Elfskip. Glad it worked for you as well is it did for me. Kudos on getting through those horrid levels without it!
creamtrout says
For Peggle Blast I do level 16 over and over. It shuffles the pegs and so you can get over 100 per game. I have been getting 160 or so each time sometimes more.
theshroad says
I think it’s level 26. That shuffles and works well.
Terry
creamtrout says
yes you are right. my mistake. It was level 26. Typo on my part. Sorry
Kerry says
I do level 8 in Peggle Blast, I find that the fastest way. 1 Ball, real fast game, just do over and over, doesn’t take long at all
piccolopower113 says
Level 8 is the best level! It’s easy to get all the pegs at once! Just get the first one then it goes to all the others without any problem! LOVE this level!
troops447 says
Tier 2 of the Island arts merit badge, there is a Mahjong Sanctuary challenge–win 30 games. In Game of the Month, Mahjong Sanctuary, one of the challenges is to win 40 games. Wait a week and you can get a two for one win
Sharon says
Thank You for the information!
peerkay725player says
i should know the answer to this but forgot. If it’s an event can we activate more than one badge at a time or only one? Thanks
Elfskip says
You can activate all of them the same time
peerkay725player says
Thank you so much Elfskip
shelnick9293 says
I have finished Pogo Slots & Peggle Blast but will probably not do SS. Trying to complete doing just random levels will just take too long and paying 40 gems for the premium badge which gives you 100 less Pogis just does not seem worth it. If I have time I may work on SS but it is no big deal if I don’t finish it.
Bafflingbarnacles says
The same 5-6 games as usual. Going to just do bingo, Peggle and already did slots while listening to a few podcast earlier.
Wineman92 says
I don’t think it is a big deal but I show no progress for the event on the meter at the bottom of some screens. It shows 0/12 even though I have completed 2 of the challenges. I got badges and on the actual event page it shows my progress correctly. Hopefully the meter thingy is just for show and not linked to any badge/progress.
Frann says
Hi Wineman92, I wondered the same thing, I did do the premium badge that was extra in the quest, and I now show 1 of 12, not sure how to obtain the other 11, hopefully someone has the answer, have a great day
Verobunzer says
I completed this week’s 3 challenges and when I looked at the progress on the meter at the bottom of the “completion screen” (that’s what I call it – LOL), it shows only 1 badge completed. I think it is incorrectly only counting the completion badges (rather than each singular badge), so if it continues this way, we should only see 4/12 or maybe 7/12 for those that purchase the premium and do all the free ones. I hope that made sense.
Kathy says
I finished week one of the event…