Data Methodology
How we verify every number on this site, and when it was last checked.
Source Tiers
Official Confirmed
Announced by 2K on official channels. Example: the September 4, 2026 launch date.
Used by: Badge Token Planner, Signature Blueprints
Cross-Checked Community Reference
Two independent public community sources agree on the same value. Shown as a community reference — never presented as official, and never copied from paid or proprietary data.
Community Unverified
A single public community source, or a value we cannot confirm yet. Always labeled Unverified on the page; rumors and leaks never appear in our data tables.
A fourth tier — HQ App Observed, hand-collected from the official 2K HQ App builder and dual-reviewed — is planned for the badge token cost matrix. It is not part of the current public version: no HQ App observed data is published anywhere on this site yet.
Public Reference Data (v1)
Community reference — cross-checkedOur public reference layer is a 490-record snapshot captured on 2026-08-24 from public sources only — official 2K channels and community reference sites. Every record carries a source tier, a source link, and a confidence label. Current tier mix: Official Confirmed × 202, Cross-Checked × 217, Community Unverified × 71.
Official timeline & mechanics
Official Confirmed × 37Cross-Checked × 1Launch date, early access, platforms, pricing, and core builder mechanics from official 2K announcements; the badge equippable-tier table is a cross-checked community reference. Source: Official
Badge names & categories
Official Confirmed × 160Cross-Checked × 1The 53-badge list with categories and new-badge flags, as published on the official 2K features pages; the requirement-roster cross-check against community tables is labeled Cross-Checked.
Badge unlock requirements
Cross-Checked × 212Attribute and height requirements per badge tier. Two independent public community sources agree on every stored value; presented as a community reference, not as official data. Community reference — cross-checked
Signature Blueprint profiles
Official Confirmed × 3Cross-Checked × 1Community Unverified × 40The launch count and the officially named Bulldozer comparisons are official; the 40 per-blueprint profile fields come from a single community source and are labeled Unverified. The 8-per-position coverage split is single-source too, so it is shown here as Community Unverified even though its 40-template aggregate matches the official count. Unverified — pending confirmation
Takeover & Rebirth values
Official Confirmed × 2Cross-Checked × 1Community Unverified × 28Takeover and Rebirth counts are official; per-ability and per-tier values come from a single community source and stay Unverified pending in-game confirmation.
Badge Token cost matrix
Cross-Checked × 1Community Unverified × 3Gap statement: no public source publishes the full token cost matrix, so this layer ships a skeleton only — 2 of 4 records are deliberately null and the rest describe the sampling grid and the official pricing mechanic, not costs. No numeric token costs are published anywhere on this site. Unverified — pending confirmation
Known source conflicts (1): Smooth Operator — height C1=None vs C4={'max': "6'11"}. Conflicted records keep their conflict flags and stay at medium confidence until in-game confirmation.
Update Log
Last data refresh: 2026-08-24
Every page shows this date above the footer. During the launch window we re-verify on a weekly cadence and after each official 2K update.
What We Don't Publish
- Rumors, leaks, and community predictions presented as fact.
- Badge token cost numbers before collection, dual review, and a frozen v0 — the public reference layer ships the cost matrix as a skeleton with null values and a gap statement, never as invented numbers.
- HQ App observed data of any kind — that tier is disabled until manual collection, dual review, and freeze are complete.
- Paid or proprietary data copied from community sites.