# Badges not being granted for restricted categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-not-being-granted-for-restricted-categories/68141
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** badges
**Created:** [16 Agosto 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-not-being-granted-for-restricted-categories/68141 "2017-08-16T08:52:30Z")
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### Author: ![schungx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/schungx/32/70989_2.png) [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)
#### Post date: [16 Agosto 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-not-being-granted-for-restricted-categories/68141/10 "2017-08-16T13:00:48Z")

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I think this reply here says basically the same thing:

> [@Badges don't work in private / restricted topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-dont-work-in-private-restricted-topics/67413/10):
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> Well yeah, if any topic is in a restricted area it is no longer a candidate for badges. Category must be accessible by all users of the forum for it to be badgeable.

@sam I wonder if I restrict `everyone` to `See` or `Reply/See` for a category, will badges count then? Or will it only work on categories that have `everyone` ==\> `Create/Reply/See`?

Technically speaking, you don’t need to _create_ a post to earn a lot of badges – simply replying will work fine.

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