Bobby's Daycare Badges & Nightmare Survivor
Every live badge, rarity context, and how Nightmare mode changes the five-night clear.
Badge hunting in Bobby’s Daycare
Bobby’s Daycare [HORROR] tracks progress with Roblox badges that mirror how hard the janitor loop really is. Four badges are live from the Roblox API as of mid-November 2026: a near-automatic welcome award, a first-night clear, the prestige Complete Chapter 1 filter, and the ultra-rare Nightmare Survivor. This page explains what each badge means, how players actually earn them, and which guides to drill before you flip difficulty.
Developers Ares & Kimchi (partnered with Sushi Deluxe Studios) shipped Chapter 1 as five nights of survival / escape co-op. Badges do not replace routing skill—they certify it. Pair this page with the Chapter 1 walkthrough, How to Avoid Bobby, Cleaning Tasks, and co-op roles on the Players Hub.
Award counts and win rates drift as the player base grows. Treat percentages as snapshots, not forever numbers.
Badge roster (live)
| Badge | What it signals | Approx. win rate / awards |
|---|---|---|
| The New Janitor! | You joined the night shift | ~100% win rate, 1.3M+ awarded |
| Complete Your First Night! | Survived Night 1 unscathed enough to clear | ~97.7% win rate |
| Complete Chapter 1! | Finished all five nights | ~9.8% win rate (~47k awarded) |
| Nightmare Survivor | Survived 5 nights on Nightmare | Ultra rare — about 21 awarded ever |
The fourth badge is the smoking gun that Nightmare difficulty exists. If you only ever queue default difficulty, you will never see Nightmare Survivor on your inventory.
The New Janitor!
Flavor text vibes: Welcome newbie, get ready to clean. Practically, this is the onboarding stamp. Almost every visitor who loads into the experience earns it. Do not treat it as proof you understand trash routing or TV teleports.
How to earn: Join Bobby’s Daycare and complete the early welcome / first-session trigger the badge uses. No stealth mastery required.
Why it still matters: It confirms you are in the correct place ID and universe (10771514327). If friends cannot find your lobby, double-check you are on the live Roblox experience.
Complete Your First Night!
This is the real beginner milestone. Night 1 teaches hallway-versus-room trash sweeps, hide props, and the hard rules: never touch the red balloon, and rush dolls to the toy box immediately.
How to earn: Clear Night 1 without wiping the shift. Use the early window if Bobby is not roaming yet, then switch to sneak-first movement. Headphones help you catch the glitchy sound that often means a TV teleport.
Common fails that block the badge:
- Balloon curiosity dares
- Carrying a doll while sightseeing
- Sprinting through roam after the free window ends
- Ignoring hallway cans because rooms “look dirtier”
Read Getting Started once, then run Night 1 with Cleaning Tasks open until the badge pops. Roughly 97.7% of attempts succeed—missing it usually means a hard-rule fail, not bad luck.
Complete Chapter 1!
This is the prestige filter. Flavor text asks How did you get this far? Because most lobbies do not. Around 9.8% win rate and roughly 47k awards means the five-night campaign still separates tourists from janitors.
How to earn: Survive and finish Nights 1–5 on the standard Chapter 1 loop. Pressure ramps: Night 2 leans on TV audio discipline, Night 3 adds creepy kid / “new friend” interrupts, Nights 4–5 punish greedy leftover cans in death halls.
Prep checklist before a serious clear attempt:
- Assign a listener and a doll runner before Night 1 (Players).
- Drill sneak → hide recovery until it is automatic (How to Avoid Bobby).
- Memorize hallway or room trash logic so you never soft-lock a night.
- Clear risky or distant rooms earlier on later nights (Chapter 1 walkthrough).
- Skip risky scripts if you care about a fair inventory badge.
Codes will not skip nights—there are no working codes as of mid-November 2026 (Codes Hub).
Nightmare Survivor (ultra rare)
Flavor text: Survived 5 nights on nightmare, you basically did the impossible. With only about 21 awards ever recorded in the live badge data, this is not a casual co-op sticker. It implies a Nightmare difficulty where the same five-night structure becomes dramatically less forgiving.
What we know (and what we do not invent):
- Nightmare is selectable as a harder clear path tied to this badge.
- You must survive all five nights under that difficulty.
- Exact spawn multipliers, roam timers, or damage rules are not fully documented in public patch notes yet—do not trust random Discord myths as wiki fact.
- The same hard fails still apply: balloon, doll explosion risk, noisy chases, ignored teleports.
Practical Nightmare approach:
- Earn Complete Chapter 1 on normal first so layout muscle memory exists.
- Play with a disciplined duo or trio, not a chaotic 20-player meme lobby.
- Over-invest in hide scouting during any early quiet window—you will need those props when aggro lasts longer.
- Treat every glitchy audio cue as a full stop; Nightmare runs die when someone finishes a trash animation through a TV pop-in.
- Keep doll SOP zero-tolerance. One explosion wastes hours of perfect stealth.
- After any spot, wait longer than feels comfortable before exiting cover.
If Chapter 2 / Benny’s Entertainment adds new badges after the November 14, 2026 event window, return to the Updates Hub and this page for verified additions—not rumors.
Badge order that actually works
- The New Janitor! — automatic orientation.
- Complete Your First Night! — prove Night 1 routing.
- Complete Chapter 1! — five-night campaign on standard difficulty.
- Nightmare Survivor — only after normal clears feel boring, not scary.
Skipping straight to Nightmare because a friend dared you is how ultra-rare stays ultra-rare.
Co-op etiquette for badge runs
- State the goal in chat: “Chapter 1 clear” vs “Nightmare attempt.”
- Ban balloon jokes at lobby start.
- Freeze tasks near an active chase lane so the runner can hide.
- Do not “help” by double-touching dolls.
- Celebrate after the night ends—not mid-hallway with footsteps stacked.
Servers still cap around 30 players. Bigger is not better for Nightmare Survivor.
Linking badges to the rest of the wiki
| Goal | Open next |
|---|---|
| Learn the loop | Getting Started |
| Night-by-night route | Chapter 1 walkthrough |
| Stealth / chase | How to Avoid Bobby |
| Trash & dolls | Cleaning Tasks |
| Facility routing | Map & Hide Spots |
| Chapter 2 prep | Chapter 2 / Benny’s Entertainment |
| Roles & callouts | Players |
| Threat priority | Tier List |
Mindset
Badges are receipts, not shortcuts. The daycare still wants you loud, curious, and careless. Stay quiet, finish before morning, and treat Nightmare Survivor as a long-term project—not a Night 1 side quest.
When the live API adds new awards after Chapter 2, we will extend this table. Until then, master these four.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for surviving your overnight shift.
How many badges does Bobby's Daycare have right now?
Four live badges: The New Janitor!, Complete Your First Night!, Complete Chapter 1!, and Nightmare Survivor.
What does Nightmare Survivor prove?
It proves you survived all five nights on Nightmare difficulty. Only about 21 players have earned it so far, so it is ultra rare.
Is Complete Chapter 1 still rare?
Yes. It sits near a 9.8% win rate with roughly 47k awards—far below the near-universal first-night badges.
Should I attempt Nightmare before finishing Chapter 1 on normal?
No. Clear Chapter 1 on standard difficulty first so map knowledge, hide timing, and doll routing are already automatic.
Do codes help unlock badges?
No. There are no working codes as of mid-November 2026, and badges are earned by surviving nights—not by redeeming strings.