Wolf:
A boy who has completed first grade or has earned a Tiger badge would be in the Wolf Den and would work on the Wolf Handbook to earn the Wolf badge.

Optional: After earning the Wolf badge, he may complete any 10 elective projects in the book to earn a Gold Arrow Point to wear beneath the Wolf badge. For every 10 additional electives he completes, he would receive a Silver Arrow Point to wear beneath the Gold. He can earn as many Silver Arrow Points as he wants until he advances to the Bear Rank.

Bear:

A boy who has completed second grade or has earned the Wolf Badge would be in the Bear Den and would work on the Bear Handbook to earn the Bear Badge

Optional: After earning the Bear badge, he may complete any 10 elective projects in the book to earn a Gold Arrow Point to wear beneath the Bear badge. For every 10 additional electives he completes, he would receive a Silver Arrow Point to wear beneath the Gold. He can earn as many Silver Arrow Points as he wants until he advances to the Webelos Rank.

Webelos:
(Acronym for WE BE LOyal Scout)
A boy who has completed third grade, but has not completed fifth grade, is not yet 11.5 years old or has earned the Bear Badge would be in the Webelos Den. He must be active in his den at least three months and completes 3 activity badges (citizen, fitness, and one other) in the Webelos Handbook to earn the Webelos badge.

After earning the Webelos badge, he must have 8 activity badges to earn the Arrow of Light. Four of them must be citizen and fitness (already earned for the Webelos badge), outdoorsman, and readyman. Of the other four, at least one must be from the mental skills group and one from the technology group.

Optional: After earning the Webelos badge, he can earn the Compass Point Emblem by completing 4 additional activity badges. After receiving the Compass Point emblem, he can earn a metal compass point by completing 4 additional activity badges. He can earn the emblem and all three compass points by completing 19 activity badges, including the three required for the Webelos badge.