The Arrow of Light Badge requirements consist simply of earning the 4 "core" Adventure awards shown below and 3 additional "elective" Adventures selected from an optional list of 18.  The specific requirements for the core 4 are listed below with an attached file below including all Arrow of Light requirements and electives.  These are of course also outlined with additional content in your Webelos Scout Handbook. 

These awards are metal pin devices that are displayed on the Scouts Webelos Colors.  Upon completion of these 7 Adventures, the Scout will have earned the highest award in Cub Scouting, the Arrow of Light badge (shown at the top of this page) to be worn on his new Boy Scout tan uniform.

1. Arrow of Light Adventure: Building a Better World

1. Explain the history of the United States flag. Show how to properly display the flag in public, and help lead a flag ceremony.

2. Learn about and describe your rights and duties as a citizen, and explain what it means to be loyal to your country.

3. Discuss in your Webelos den the term “rule of law,” and talk about how it applies to you in your everyday life.

4. Meet with a government leader, and learn about his or her role in your community. Discuss with the leader an important issue facing your community.

5. Learn about your family’s expenses, and help brainstorm ways to save money. Plan and manage a budget.

6. Learn about energy use in your community and in other parts of our world.

7. Identify one energy problem in your community, and find out what has caused it.

8. With the assistance of your den leader or parent, participate in an event that would help lead others in recycling and conserving resources.

9. Show that you are an active leader by planning an activity without your den leader’s help.

10. Do one of these:

a. Learn about Scouting in another part of the world. With the help of your parent or your den leader, pick one country where Scouting exists, and research its Scouting program.

b. Set up an exhibit at a pack meeting to share information about the World Friendship Fund.

c. Find a brother den in another country.

d. Under the supervision of your parent, guardian, or den leader, connect with a Scout in another country during an event such as Jamboree on the Air or Jamboree on the Internet or by other means.

a. Severe rainstorm causing flooding

b. Severe thunderstorm with lightning or tornadoes

c. Fire, earthquake, or other disaster that will require evacuation. Discuss what you have done to minimize as much danger as possible.

a. With your parent, guardian, or religious or spiritual leader, discuss and make a plan to do two things you think will help you better do your duty to God. Do these things for a month.

b. Discuss with your family how the Scout Oath and Scout Law relate to your beliefs about duty to God.

c. For at least a month, pray or reverently meditate each day as taught by your family or faith community.

d. Read at least two accounts of people in history who have done their duty to God. (This can include family members and ancestors.) List their names and how they showed their duty to God.

e. Under the direction of your parent, guardian, or religious or spiritual leader, do an act of service for someone in your family, neighborhood, or community. Talk about your service with your family and your Webelos den leader. Tell your family, den, or den leader how it related to doing your duty to God.

a. Repeat from memory the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan. In your own words, explain the meaning of each to your den leader,

parent, or guardian.

b. Explain what Scout spirit is. Describe for your den leader, parent, or guardian some ways you have shown Scout spirit by practicing the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan.

c. Give the Boy Scout sign, salute, and handshake. Explain when they should be used.

d. Describe the First Class Scout badge, and tell what each part stands for. Explain the significance of the First Class Scout badge.

e. Repeat from memory the Outdoor Code. In your own words, explain what the Outdoor Code means to you.

a. Describe how the Scouts in the troop provide its leadership.

b. Describe the four steps of Boy Scout advancement.

c. Describe ranks in Boy Scouting and how they are earned.

d. Describe what merit badges are and how they are earned.

a. Explain the patrol method. Describe the types of patrols that might be part of a Boy Scout troop.

b. Hold an election to choose the patrol leader.

c. Develop a patrol name and emblem (if your den does not already have one), as well as a patrol flag and yell. Explain how a patrol name, emblem, flag, and yell create patrol spirit.

d. As a patrol, make plans with a troop to participate in a Boy Scout troop’s campout or other outdoor activity.

a. Show how to tie a square knot, two half hitches, and a taut-line hitch. Explain how each knot is used.

b. Show the proper care of a rope by learning how to whip and fuse the ends of different kinds of rope.