Is there a way to reset all my badges back to NULL?
Reasoning. I completed all the badges, then did Tron, then did the Challenges, then started racing, then some TTT, then collected jerseys which brought me to L35. Chasing Levels is a bit boring and takes so long, it’s little short term incentive.
So looking for a reason to ride, I thought let’s start V2 of collecting route badges. I’m ok with not earning the XP bonusses or getting a Route Completed banner but it would be cool if there was a way to reset the badge list (which I also keep on a spreadsheet & Zwifthub) and maybe give the avatar a corporal stripe on the arm, like rainbow bands, to show multiples of full route badge completion.
Don’t expect this to make a future feature list but maybe there a setting in the backend I can tick?
I totally agree, this would be great.
Yes! There need to be more short-term incentives. Now that I have most of the badges, there isn’t much to motivate me in the short-term and I have really lost interest in Zwifting. We need a way to reset badges (without XP points is fine!) or more short-term incentives (extra badges, kits and accessories not tied to levels but routes, hidden, fun things to find, etc.) The gamification is really lacking between the badges and the Tron.
Interesting, I find the badges one of the least interesting features of Zwift. Not saying you shouldn’t, it’s just interesting how different people see things. Especially as we’re in about the same place, I’m L34, I have many/most of the badges but not all, the ones I got (no including the many I got accidentally going about my business) I got chasing extra XP for a while when they introduced the green ticks, but largely lost interest in both now (still want to get to the disc wheels though), however still heavily engaged overall.
An add on comment around badges. It would be nice if they organized them by world in the badge menu. Group together watopia, france etc. I think its currently all badgws by alphabetical
Once you’ve done all the badges you could get to ‘Prestige’ and start again - it worked for CoD…
Prestiging with some minor flare/benefit would be better than resetting the badges in my opinion. Or having tiers of each badge where it makes sense - bronze, silver, gold, platinum, moon rock etc. Right now the Alpe is the only course where multiple runs gets you new badges (not including laps of volcano circuit since those are on the same run).
In general they could work a ton on in-game achievements.
There’s always the “create a new account” method of resetting the badges. 
I feel similarly about being able to delete unlocked kits.
When I first started, I went looking for unlock codes (“because why not?”) and now I have a garage littered with ones I don’t want. At least having a way to archive or hide them would be OK.
To the topic at hand: Garmin allows you to collect certain achievement badges multiple times. Zwift already tracks this behind the scenes…hence the “Avid Climber” for 5x Alpe. (and the software can track laps, for things like “Warmed Up” and “Hot Head”).
Maybe some kind of tiered badge system - bronze, silver, gold and… Glowing-Tron?
Someone suggested at some point having tron kit/helmet/shoes (glowing) with another 50k m elevation for each item or something like that. Which would be something else to shoot for.
For the garage, I think if they added favorites and a pivot that shows your favorite bike, wheelset, kits etc. that would enable hoarders to collect all the gear and still be able to easily switch between favorite setups. Would actually like “favorite bike+wheel” combo as options too.
I think Zwift have missed an opportunity here to keep the long time Zwifters happy. No need to reset the route badges, just add a multiplier x2, x5, x10 to routes. This could be as simple as showing the multiplier on the users achievement screen, or for those who like to show there wears perhaps a multiple stamp on the jersey pocket for the user when riding the route in game (ridden the route 7 times, then x7 on the rear pocket). From a game perspective perhaps match XP points to multiplier. eg: x7 + 1.7 XP points per km. This may need some further thought though. Queens Highway 3k v PRL full at 173km. The guys and girls at Zwift could create an infinite chase by letting users multiply their routes on an individual and set base, be that full set (PRL full… eeeek) or by world, Watopia, Richmond, France, etc.
Pinball machines were around when I was growing up and part of the draw to the game was levelling up, getting points faster or chasing a prize in the game that required a level of skill not ordinarily seen. Whilst there are some Zwift achievement badges based on this, speed, power, thumbs up for those who chase these it’s easily obtained by level 30’s.
One other thought that comes to mind. Some video games have easter eggs. There are enough roads on Zwift to create a one off easter egg route. The user would not know where the route starts or finishes, thus for those who wish to search for the route it increases usage of a specific world or roads not popular. If the route is ridden within a specific set period of time say a month. Then the user collects that unique badge. Obviously with the internet word will get around, hence the short period of time to search and collect. Zwift can then recreate a new easter egg at a future date increasing the gamification and enjoyment for habitual users.
The guys and girls at Zwift could create an infinite chase by letting users multiply there routes on and individual and set base, be that full set (PRL full… eeeek) or by world, Watopia, Richmond, France.
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This is a great idea. I would suggest you only get XP per route if you completed all the routes once, then you only get XP one time per route until you have done all the routes twice. That will make it so that people not just focus on the easy routes and gain XP.
And every time Zwift release new routes you have to do them first before your other routes will get XP for a second or third time.
Does anyone know what exactly happens if you cancel Zwift and then sign on again. I know you used to be able to PAUSE, and then when you started again, everything was still in place. Is there an option to cancel, reset, and then restart…?
@Tom_De_Vries. Welcome to Forums. This is Juan here from Zwift. I appreciate you taking ownership of this space to share your query. I understand how important it is for you to clear up your doubts. Let’s see.
In any cancelation either annual or monthly, your unlocked achievements and progress in-game will be saved. You will find your account the same as you left it.
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Thank you for the reply. I am a bit disappointed that there isn’t a way to just “start over”, but I understand if it’s not an option, it’s not an option!
If you really want to reset you could cancel and sign up again with a different email.
Just working on that now… thinking through the consequences… I really enjoy Zwift, but I’ve done all the routes, collected all the badges I can… not really into races… I think I would enjoy starting over!
There are no consequences as long as you cancel the old account but don’t delete it. There are separate procedures for cancel vs delete. If you cancel all of your progress is preserved so you could go back to the old account without losing anything if you don’t like the change.
Just remember to select the Everest Challenge right away if you create a new account.
Thanks, great advice! Yeah, I didn’t clue in to that challenge till after I had put in quite a few meters of climb! I’ll be taking some notes on the process, I can see I might make this a regular thing.
I like the idea of a “lifetime” accumulation of km and climb, etc. but I also really enjoyed the small rewards of collecting the route badges, achievement badges, etc.