Apple Watch Activity all Limited Achievements badges
A list of Apple Watch Special Achievements
[till August 2020]
Trying to snag every Activity badge? Here's a full list of every achievement and what you need to do to get it.
Apple occasionally posts one-off challenges that are only available for a limited time. Often, they’re only around for one day or one weekend. Some are limited to the U.S. because they’re based off U.S. holidays.
You’ll get a notification on your Apple Watch when one of them is coming up (make sure you have notifications enabled for the Activity app, using the Apple Watch app on your iPhone).
lets start from the oldest
Turkey Trot 2016 (November 24, 2016, U.S. only)
Time to walk off that turkey! To earn this badge, you had to do a 5K workout on Thanksgiving Day. That means a walking, running, or wheelchair exercise session that goes at least 3.1 miles.
Ring in the New Year (January 2018)
To earn the badge, you had to close all three rings (Move, Exercise, and Stand) every day for seven days in a row during the month of January. This is similar to the Perfect Week (All Activity) badge, except it can be any seven days in a row, while Perfect Week has to be one Monday-Sunday week.
Earth Day (April 22, 2017)
Complete a workout of 30 minutes or more to earn this badge.
Mother’s Day (May 14, 2017, U.S. only)
Simply complete a walk, run, or wheelchair workout of at least one mile. I guess it’s supposed to be “go for a walk with your mother” or something?
National Park (July 15, 2017)
For this one, you had to do a walking, running, or wheelchair workout of at least 3.5 miles. Why that length? It’s the distance between Old Faithful and Mallard Lake in Yosemite National Park (a very popular hike).
Veteran’s Day (November 11, 2017, U.S. only)
Another U.S.-specific challenge, you only had to work out for 11 minutes to earn this one.
Thanksgiving Day (November 23, 2017, U.S. only)
Time to walk off that turkey! To earn this badge, you had to do a 5K workout on Thanksgiving Day. That means a walking, running, or wheelchair exercise session that goes at least 3.1 miles.
Apple offered the same challenge in 2016, too. This challenge is limited to those in the United States, as Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday.
Ring in the New Year (January 2018)
The New Year event challenge was the same in 2018 as it was in 2017.
To earn the badge, you had to close all three rings (Move, Exercise, and Stand) every day for seven days in a row during the month of January.
This is similar to the Perfect Week (All Activity) badge, except it can be any seven days in a row, while Perfect Week has to be one Monday-Sunday week.
Heart Month (February 8-14, 2018)
To complete the Heart Month challenge, you had to close your exercise ring every day for a week leading up to Valentine’s Day.
International Women’s Day (March 8, 2018)
To get this badge you had to double your Move goal—the same as earning the Move Goal 200% badge—on Thursday, March 8.
Earth Day 2018 (April 22, 2018)
This badge had the same requirements in 2018 as 2017.
Go outside and complete a workout activity of at least 30 minutes.
National Fitness Day (August 8, China only)
There have been plenty of time-limited Activity achievements, and some that are region-specific, but this is the first one dedicated to China.
August 8th has been declared National Fitness Day in China, Apple is making a special Activity badge available for those in China that complete a 30 minute or longer workout on that day.
Redwood National Park’s 50th anniversary
The next limited Achievement is coming on September 1 (at least in the U.S.), in celebration of the Redwood National Park’s 50th anniversary.
In order to earn the badge you have to do a walk, run, or wheelchair workout of at least 50 minutes.
Veteran’s Day (November 11, 2018, U.S. only)
On November 11, complete a workout of at least 11 minutes to earn the Veteran’s Day badge achievement.
This is a repeat of last year’s Veteran’s Day achievement. If you already have it, you can “stack” both badges.
Turkey Trot 2018
Unfortunately, the third annual turkey trot badge was destroyed because of a deployment issue. Because of an improperly configured Amazon bucket, badges weren't being properly propagated to devices. This issue was prevalent in an in-between period of the Veterans Day badge and the Turkey trot badge.
~Asset catalog 105 was deployed, but wasn't downloading properly to devices which caused users to not achieve the Veterans Day badge. In order to fix this, the asset catalog was rolled back to 104, which didn't have the Turkey_Trot_2018 badge in it.
For some reason this was unable to be fixed before thanksgiving, and it came and went without the badge being deployed in time to notify users, and as it stands today [12/9/2018], the Achievements Asset Catalog is still at version 104 which does not include the
Ring in the New Year 2019
The New Year's Challenge was also skipped this year.
Heart Month (February, 2019)
Apple is recognizing Heart Month in February with a new challenge.
Close your exercise ring every day from February 8-14 (the 7 days leading up to Valentine’s Day) and get a special badge.
International Women’s Day (March 8, 2019)
Apple is providing a challenge and badge in celebration of International Women’s Day.
To earn it, you must complete a walk, run, or wheelchair workout of at least 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) or more on March 8.
Earth Day (April 22, 2019)
You’ll earn it the same way you did in 2017 and 2018: Go outside and complete a workout activity of at least 30 minutes.
National Fitness Day (August 8, China only)
August 8th has been declared National Fitness Day in China, Apple is making a special Activity badge available for those in China that complete a 30 minute or longer workout on that day.
Yoga Day Challenge (June 21, 2019)
For the first time, Apple is offering a badge for the International Day of Yoga. Just do a yoga workout of 15 minutes or more to earn this badge.
Grand Canyon National Park 100th Anniversary Challenge (August 25, 2019)
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Grand Canyon National Park, Apple is making available a special challenge on August 25.
To complete the challenge, just record a walk, run, hike, or wheelchair workout of at least three miles (4.8KM)—the distance of the South Kaibab Trail to Cedar Ridge and back.
This challenge gives you a badge, as all the others do, but it also rewards you with animated stickers for use in iMessage or FaceTime.
Japan Health and Sports Day 2019
This badge was for Health And Sports Day in Japan.
This badge is awarded to those in Japan that did a 30 minute workout on October 14th.
Veteran’s Day (November 11, 2019, U.S. only)
On November 11, complete a workout of at least 11 minutes to earn the Veteran’s Day badge achievement. This is a repeat of last year’s Veteran’s Day achievement. If you already have it, you can “stack” all badges.
Thanksgiving Day 5K (November 28, 2019)
Apple will once again offer a Thanksgiving Day challenge this year.
It will be the same as previous years—perform a walking, running, or wheelchair activity of at least 5 kilometers (3.1 miles).
In years past, the activity was limited to the U.S. only, and that will probably be the same this year, as Thanksgiving on November 28 is a U.S. holiday.
Ring in the New Year (January 2020)
The New Year event challenge was the same in 2020 as it was in 2017 and 2018.
To earn the badge, you had to close all three rings (Move, Exercise, and Stand) every day for seven days in a row during the month of January. This is similar to the Perfect Week (All Activity) badge, except it can be any seven days in a row, while Perfect Week has to be one Monday-Sunday week.
Heart Month (February 8-14, 2020)
To complete the Heart Month challenge, you had to close your exercise ring every day for a week leading up to Valentine’s Day.
International Women’s Day (March 8, 2020)
As it did last years, Apple is providing a challenge and badge in celebration of International Women’s Day.
To earn it, you must complete a walk, run, or wheelchair workout of at least 20 minutes or more on March 8.
World Environment Day (June 5, 2020)
Apple usually holds an Earth Day challenge on April 22, but the COVID-19 outbreak likely caused the company to skip this year. Instead, it is holding a challenge in celebration of World Environment Day on June 5.
To earn this badge, just get up and move for at least one minute during 12 hours of that day. In other words, make sure you don't sit in a chair for more than 60 minutes straight and you'll be good to go.
Yoga Day Challenge (June 21, 2020)
Like in 2019 Apple is offering a badge for the International Day of Yoga.
Just do a yoga workout of 15 minutes or more to earn this badge.
National Fitness Day (August 8, China only)
There have been plenty of time-limited Activity achievements, and some that are region-specific, but this is the first one dedicated to China.
Just complete a 30 minute or longer workout on that day.
US National Park Service’s 104th birthday (August 30, 2020)
To celebrate this birthday, Apple has an Activity Challenge inspired by the national parks.
To earn this badge, record a hike, walk, run, or wheelchair workout of at least a mile.
You'll also get special iMessage animated stickers.
