Personal Badges are earned by characters after they have become proficient in a specific item by leveling that item's "Use" stat to 100. At that point the character will earn a non-tradeable, non-disposable badge that mimics the item. Personal Badges allow characters to utilize stat benefits and unique skills assigned to the items they were earned from without having the weapon equipped. This can be useful for a variety of reasons, such as allowing multi-specialist characters to utilize bows even when they do not have one equipped. Personal Badges still consume regular BP, and can be unequipped if desired.