Arrow of Light

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Arrow of Light resources include the Worksheet

, Webelos Adventures Worksheets,
and links to related Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins and Cub Scout Awards.
The Webelos Program shows you how to cover all required & elective Pins.
The Fast Tracks give you the Den Meeting plans to do this in an efficient manner.

Arrow of Light

Arrow of Light badge

Target age group:	Webelos Scouts
Created:	1971/1972
Current status:	Active
Latest Requirements Revision:	2003
Latest Handbook Revision:	2003

Previous rank:
Webelos Badge

Next rank:
Scout rank
(Scouts BSA)

The highest rank & award in Cub Scouting is the Arrow of Light. It is one of the few Cub Scout badges that you can wear on your uniform. You will work on outdoor skills, physically fitness, and learn more about citizenship and working with others. Upon completion of the requirements for Arrow of Light, you can bridge into a Scouts BSA troop. Webelos Scouts that are working toward their Arrow of Light rank & award are commonly called Arrow of Light Scouts, similar to the younger ranks in Cub Scouting.

The Arrow of Light award is worn on the left pocket flap of the blue Cub Scout Uniform or below the left pocket of the tan Scouts BSA uniform.

Like all other new Cub Scouts, an Arrow of Light Scout must first earn the Bobcat rank then go on to complete the requirements for the Arrow of Light rank and the many electives that are offered.

The requirements for Webelos and Arrow of Light may be worked on at the same time but the tenure requirements for each must be met and the awards must be earned and presented sequentially (if both are earned instead of just Webelos or just the Arrow of Light).

1 Arrow of Light requirements
2 Notes
3 Requirement resources
4 Related Awards
5 Adult square knot
6 See also

Arrow of Light requirements

Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade or at least six months since becoming ten years old.
Complete each of the four required Adventures.
In addition to the four required adventures listed above, complete at least one elective Adventure of your den's or family's choosing (for a total of at least five adventures).
With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.
Earn the Cyber Chip award for your age. (The Cyber Chip portion of this requirement may be waived by your parent or guardian if you do not have access to the internet.)

For each adventure, the Webelos Scout must complete the requirements as outlined in the Webelos Handbook. Requirement 7 of Bobcat and requirement 4 of Webelos and Arrow of Light are identical. If a Cub Scout earns his Bobcat rank during the same year that he begins working on his Webelos or Arrow of Light rank, he needs to complete the requirement only one time.

The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Webelos Cub Scout Handbook, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply SKU #646430)

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Notes

A FREE workbook for Arrow of Light is available here! (of Light_Badge.pdf PDF or of Light_Badge.docx Word) with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need! Or click here to print just the Arrow of Light requirements.

usscouts.org has PDF and Word versions of workbooks for Scouts BSA ranks and merit badges, Cub Scouting ranks and adventures, and STEM Nova awards.

Requirement resources

1. Active
2. Arrow of Light Required Adventures
3. Webelos / Arrow of Light Scout Elective Adventures
4. How_to_Protect_Your_Children_from_Child_Abuse
5. Cyber Chip

Related Awards

The Arrow of Light is preparing you for the Scouts BSA Scout rank and Tenderfoot rank. 2. "Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath or Promise and the 12 points of the Scout Law" is very similar to Tenderfoot rank #7. "Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan."

Adult square knot

Arrow of Light award knot

Adult Leaders may wear the knot

Created:	1978 / 1979
Last updated:
Level:	Cub Scout

Past the age of 18, Scouters who've won this award no longer wear the regular patch. Instead they should wear the adult Arrow of Light square knot award.

Arrow of Light Workbook
Webelos Badge is earned before Arrow of Light
Webelos & Arrow of Light Adventures Worksheets are available for every Adventure Pin
Webelos Scout Program plans allows you to complete all 20 Activity Badges in 12, 15 or 18 months.
Webelos Transition is the bridging into a troop
Mike Offers a Potential Eagle Scout His Eagle Perspective Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs is an Eagle Scout and wrote this great letter. It applies equally well to why you would want to complete Arrow of Light.