Star Rank Requirements- 2021-2022

These rank requirements are official as of Jan. 1, 2021. If a Scout has started work toward a rank before that date using requirements that were current before Jan. 1, 2021, except as noted below, the Scout may complete that rank using the old requirements. Any progress toward a rank that is begun after Jan. 1, 2021, must use the requirements as they are presented on this webpage.

Be active in your troop for at least four months as a First Class Scout.
As a First Class Scout, demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Tell how you have done your duty to God and how you have lived the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life.
Earn six merit badges, including any four from the required list for Eagle. You may choose any of the 17 merit badges on the required list for Eagle to fulfill this requirement. See Eagle rank requirement 3 for this list.

	Name of Merit Badge	Date Earned
(Eagle required)	_________________________	_________________________
(Eagle required)	_________________________	_________________________
(Eagle required)	_________________________	_________________________
(Eagle required)	_________________________	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________
	_________________________	_________________________

While a First Class Scout, participate in six hours of service through one or more service projects approved by your Scoutmaster.

While a First Class Scout, serve actively in your troop for four months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility (or carry out a Scoutmaster assigned leadership project to help the troop):

Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, webmaster, or outdoor ethics guide ⁶	Venturing crew President, vice president, secretary, treasurer, den chief, historian, guide, quartermaster, chaplain aide, or outdoor ethics guide	Sea Scout ship. boatswain, boatswain's mate, purser, yeoman, storekeeper, or crew leader, media specialist, specialist, den chief, or chaplain aide.
	Lone Scout. Leadership responsibility in your school, religious organization, club, or elsewhere in your community.

With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parents Guide" and earn the Cyber Chip Award for your grade. ⁷
While a First Class Scout, participate in a Scoutmaster conference
Successfully complete your board of review for the Star rank. ⁸

Notes:

For Venturers working on Scouts BSA Requirements, replace "troop" with "crew" and "Scoutmaster" with "Crew Advisor"
For Sea Scouts working on Scouts BSA Requirements, replace "troop" with "ship" and for "Scoutmaster" with "Skipper".

⁶ Assistant patrol leader is not an approved position of responsibility for the Star rank.

⁷ If your family does not have internet access at home AND you do not have ready internet access at school or another public place or via a mobile device, the Cyber Chip portion of the requirement may be waived by your Scoutmaster in consultation with your parent or guardian.

⁸ If the board of review does not approve the Scout's advancement, the decision may be appealed in accordance with Guide to Advancement topic 8.0.4.0.

Worksheet for use in working on these requirements:	Format
Worksheet for use in working on these requirements:	Word Format	PDF Format
Worksheet for use in working on the Cyber Chip Award	Word Format	PDF Format

Blanks in this worksheets table appear when we do not have a worksheet for the badge that includes these requirements.

NOTE: The footnote to Requirement 3 means that, for example, a Scout can use both Lifesaving AND Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Science AND Sustainability, and/or Swimming, Hiking, AND Cycling toward the requirement of 4 from the required list for Eagle when working toward Star Scout.) Also note that the asterisks are specifically placed on the lines marked "(Eagle required )" signifying that the note applies to these badges. The Guide to Advancement explicitly states this:

7.0.4.5 Earning Eagle-Required Merit Badges for Star or Life Rank
Candidates for Star or Life, in the selection of “any four” or “any three,” respectively, of the merit badges required for Eagle, may choose from all those listed, including where alternatives are available: Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving; Cycling OR Hiking OR Swimming; and Environmental Science OR Sustainability. For example, if a Scout earns Cycling, Hiking, and Swimming, all three of them count as Eagle required for Life rank. Only one, however, would serve toward the required merit badges for the Eagle Scout rank. The other two would count toward the optional merit badges required to make up the total of 21 merit badges.

Note that Star and Life requirements each allow two non-Eagle-required merit badges. It is the Scout’s decision, however, to earn more—or all—of his Star and Life badges from the Eagle-required list.

Also note that Requirement 8 - (Successfully complete your board of review for Star rank.) MAY be done AFTER the Scout has reached age 18. All other requirements must be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.