How rare is the Exceeded Expectations badge?

Per the Roblox badge API, only 0.8% of players have earned it, with 20,403 awarded so far — ultra-rare territory: far rarer than Buzzer Beater (~3%) and close to Perfect Attendance (0.4%).

How much money do I need for the badge?

Unknown. The only verified price point is Carry Amount level 1 at $6,000; each upgrade line has 5 levels, but per-level prices have never been published, so no reliable total exists.

Do upgrades carry over between runs or rooms?

Footage shows upgrades resetting as you advance rooms, and the badge requires buying everything within a single run — treat upgrades as per-room, per-run purchases (footage/community information).

Is Exceeded Expectations an ending badge?

No. The ending badges are What? ([Ending 1](/endings#ending-1-what)), Dark Secrets ([Ending 2](/endings#ending-2-dark-secrets)) and Perfect Attendance (Ending 2 as a full squad). Exceeded Expectations is an upgrade-category badge about the in-run shop.

Is the badge still obtainable in August 2026?

Nothing suggests it was removed: it still appears in the badges menu in current-version footage. The game updates frequently, so confirm it in your own client's badges menu.

The condition says nothing about squads, so in principle yes. Community guides recommend 3–4 players purely for cash speed — a full buyout solo is the same purchases, just slower to fund.

Shred the Secrets Exceeded Expectations Badge: How to Get It (0.8% Earn Rate)

How to get Shred the Secrets' Exceeded Expectations badge (0.8% earn rate): buy every upgrade in one run. Verified costs, squad tactics and honest Unknowns.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Quick answer

Exceeded Expectations is the upgrade-mastery badge of Shred the Secrets. The official description reads "Purchase every upgrade in a single run" — the in-game badges menu phrases the same condition as "Max every upgrade in a single run." It is brutally rare: only 0.8% of players hold it (20,403 awarded so far, Roblox badge API), in the same ultra-rare league as Perfect Attendance (0.4%) and Cooking the Books. It belongs to the upgrade category — it is not an ending badge. What is hard-verified about the buyout: each upgrade line has 5 levels, and Carry Amount level 1 costs $6,000 (footage-verified — the only confirmed price point; every other per-level price is unpublished and marked Unknown below). Everything about how players actually afford a full buyout comes from community footage, not the developers: the all-badges guide by Vorzy Brookhaven states the condition at 2:52, and Ricoko's fast-win guide shows the upgrade menu (0:56), a Shred-Amount-first buying order (0:31) and a 3-player squad clear in 42:10 (1:36). Prices visible in these recordings come from older builds — treat them as historical, not current.

Shred the Secrets badges menu with the Exceeded Expectations badge details panel locked showing the condition Max every upgrade in a single run — The badges-menu entry for Exceeded Expectations — a 4-star badge that stays Locked until you max every upgrade in one run.

How to get Exceeded Expectations

1
Queue up as a squad if you can — community footage says cash builds far faster with 3–4 players, and the prize is the same (community claim, not official).
2
Shred paper and recycle the wads nonstop; your run cash shows in the $ / $1,000,000 counter at the top of the screen.
3
Open the room's Upgrades shop (the open-book menu by the shredders) as soon as you can afford a level.
4
Buy Shred Amount and Carry Amount first and push both toward max — the buying order recommended in the fast-win footage (community strategy).
5
Then max the remaining lines — Automatic Shredder and Shredder Speed. Each line has 5 levels (footage-verified).
6
Upgrades reset as rooms change, so repeat the buyout in every new room; once every upgrade is maxed within a single run, the badge pops (exact trigger moment unverified).

Shred the Secrets Room 1 Upgrades shop menu listing Automatic Shredder Carry Amount Shred Amount and Shredder Speed at level zero — The room's Upgrades shop where the whole buyout happens — four lines, five levels each. Prices in this recording are from an older build.

Shred the Secrets upgrade menu with Carry Amount already at level 1 showing the next carry capacity price during a single run buyout — Mid-buyout: Carry Amount is level 1 and climbing. The only footage-verified current price is Carry Amount L1 at $6,000 — recorded menu prices vary by game version.

What does the full buyout cost? (Honest math)

Nobody has published a complete receipt for a single-run buyout, so any "total cost" figure would be a guess — per this site's data rules, it stays Unknown. Here is everything that is confirmed:

5 levels per upgrade line — footage-verified.
Carry Amount level 1: $6,000 — the only verified price point.
All other per-level prices: Unknown (unpublished).
Total cost of a full single-run buyout: Unknown — no complete receipt exists.
Menu prices in recorded footage (including our screenshots) come from older builds and may not match the current [SAVING] version.

Shred the Secrets end of run overview screen after a three player squad escaped in 42 minutes with 4528 total shredded paper — Proof the pace is possible: a 3-player squad escaping in 42:10 with 4,528 paper shredded. Squads shred in parallel, which is why guides recommend teaming up for this badge.

Related badges & tools

Upgrades Guide

Guide

The five upgrade lines, per-room resets and rebuy priorities in detail — Upgrades guide.

Badge Database

Database

All 27 badges with earn rates and categories — badge database.

Cooking the Books

Badge guide

Earn $10,000,000 across all runs — the money-grind badge that pairs with this one — guide.

Buzzer Beater