How To Create Badges On Steam

Not to be confused with the Trading Cards, physical cards sold on the Valve Store.

I got it, I got it!

— The Scout on finishing his set of cards

Steam Trading Cards are virtual cards earned by playing games on Steam, which can be turned into game badges and tradable Steam community items.

1 Methods of obtaining cards
- 1.1 Booster pack
2 Rewards for crafting badges
3 Team Fortress 2 Badges
- 3.1 Team Fortress 2 Foil Badge
4 Team Fortress 2 Assets
- 4.1 Trading Cards
- 4.2 Foil Trading Cards
- 4.3 Trading Card Wallpapers
- 4.4 Profile Backgrounds
- 4.5 Emoticons
- 4.6 Animated Stickers
5 Trivia
6 See also

Methods of obtaining cards

For the most games participating the feature, Steam Trading Cards will be dropped up to half the set through game play, while the rest must be obtained by trading, purchasing through the Steam Community Market, or opening a booster pack.

While for some other games including Team Fortress 2, the card drops can be obtained by spending a certain amount of money via Steam.

Approximately, for every $9 spent in Mann Co. Store, a Steam Trading Card drop of Team Fortress 2 will be granted.

Booster pack

Booster packs containing 3 additional cards will be granted randomly to eligible users as more badges are crafted by members of the community.

A player will become eligible for a booster pack after receiving all of the card drops of the corresponding game, and have to log in to Steam each week to maintain eligibility.

Booster packs are tradable and can be purchased through the Steam Community Market.

Rewards for crafting badges

Once a user collects an entire set of cards, the cards may be crafted into a game badge. After crafting a badge, users receive random rewards from a set of game-related items: profile backgrounds, emoticons, and coupons for another game or for a DLC. These are tradable and may only be used while the user possesses them. A user can level up badges by collecting the set again and crafting it again.

Badges are tied to user accounts and are shown on profile pages. All badges have XP which contributes to Steam Level, a summary of user badge collection. A user's Steam Level may be viewed by hovering over their avatar or by visiting their profile page. Leveling up earns users non-tradable items like profile showcases and extra friends list slots.

A user may choose which badge they wish to feature on their profile. Featured badges are displayed on the top-right of profile pages, directly under the Steam Level.

Users can customize their profile with showcases. Each 10 Steam Levels will grant a user 1 showcase slot. Available showcases include Rarest Achievement, Game Collector, Item Showcase, Items Up For Trade, Badge Collector, Favorite Game, Screenshot Showcase, Custom Info Box, Favorite Group, Workshop Showcase, Favorite Guide, Achievement Showcase, Salien Stats, Awards, Completionist.

Team Fortress 2 Badges

Team Fortress 2 has 5 different badges, available via crafting a set of 9 game cards:

Sawmill Strongmann
Level 1, 100 EXP

Control Point Commando
Level 2, 200 EXP

Teufort Triggermann
Level 3, 300 EXP

Bad Mann of the Badlands
Level 4, 400 EXP

Mannifest Destiny
Level 5, 500 EXP

Team Fortress 2 Foil Badge

The following badge can be obtained via crafting the set of 9 rare foil game cards:

The Gentle Mann of Leisure
Level 1, 100 EXP

Team Fortress 2 Assets

Trading Cards

Scout - Game Card
Soldier - Game Card
Pyro - Game Card
Demoman - Game Card
Heavy - Game Card
Engineer - Game Card
Medic - Game Card
Sniper - Game Card
Spy - Game Card

Foil Trading Cards

Scout - Foil Game Card‎
Soldier - Foil Game Card
Pyro - Foil Game Card
Demoman - Foil Game Card
Heavy - Foil Game Card
Engineer - Foil Game Card
Medic - Foil Game Card
Sniper - Foil Game Card
Spy - Foil Game Card

Trading Card Wallpapers

Scout - Game Card Wallpaper
Soldier - Game Card Wallpaper
Pyro - Game Card Wallpaper
Demoman - Game Card Wallpaper
Heavy - Game Card Wallpaper
Engineer - Game Card Wallpaper
Medic - Game Card Wallpaper
Sniper - Game Card Wallpaper
Spy - Game Card Wallpaper

Profile Backgrounds

Scout - Profile Background
Soldier - Profile Background
Pyro - Profile Background
Demoman - Profile Background
Heavy - Profile Background
Engineer - Profile Background
Medic - Profile Background
Sniper - Profile Background
Spy - Profile Background

Emoticons

Balloonicorn - Uncommon Emoticon
Demoticon - Rare Emoticon
Sticky - Emoticon
Sentry - Emoticon
Jarate - Emoticon
Medicon - Emoticon
Spycon - Emoticon
Crate - Emoticon

Animated Stickers

Animated Stickers are only obtainable via the Steam Points Shop.

Spy (Adore)	Spy (Sneaky)	Soldier (Toot)	Soldier (Spin)	Sniper (Polite)	Sniper (Wave)


Scout (Bro)	Scout (Run)	Pyro (Love)	Pyro (Bounce)	Medic (Bird)	Medic (Ode)

Heavy (Sasha)	Heavy (Dreams)	Engineer (Guitar)	Engineer (Sentry)	Demoman (Kaboom)	Demoman (Toast)

Trivia

In the Engineer trading card wallpaper, the kill counter found in Meet The Engineer displays "31337". This is Leetspeak for "Eleet" or "Elite".
The Level 5 badge's name refers to Manifest destiny, a 19th-century belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.