Meow Medals

Meow Medals are a feature implemented in the Version 9.0 Update. They are achievements earned by completing certain tasks, such as beating Legend Stages or earning cents during battle. Unearned Meow Medals are displayed as grayed-out question mark tokens, except for secret Meow Medals, which just appear as question marks. Secret Meow Medals' names and descriptions are displayed as "???" before they are unlocked, they are unlocked just before beating their respected criteria. The player can view their Meow Medals in the Meow Medals menu, which can be accessed from the Cat Base Menu.

Meow Medals currently serve little purpose other than bragging rights. Their only use is unlocking the last 8 lineups, each of which requires the player to have a specific amount of Medals before it can be purchased using Cat Food:

11th lineup - 25 Meow Medals
12th lineup - 50 Meow Medals
13th lineup - 60 Meow Medals
14th lineup - 70 Meow Medals
15th lineup - 80 Meow Medals
16th lineup - 90 Meow Medals
17th lineup - 100 Meow Medals
18th lineup - 110 Meow Medals

List of Meow Medals[]

Icon	Name	Description
	Builder of Empires	Collect all Gold Treasures from Empire of Cats Ch. 1
	Builder of Empires 2	Collect all Gold Treasures from Empire of Cats Ch. 2
	Builder of Empires 3	Collect all Gold Treasures from Empire of Cats Ch. 3
	Undead Slayer	Clear all Empire of Cats Ch. 1 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	Undead Slayer 2	Clear all Empire of Cats Ch. 2 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	Undead Slayer 3	Clear all Empire of Cats Ch. 3 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	World of Darkness	Clear all stages in "The Aku Realms"
	The Future Is Ours	Collect all Gold Treasures from Into the Future Ch. 1
	The Future Is Ours 2	Collect all Gold Treasures from Into the Future Ch. 2
	The Future Is Ours 3	Collect all Gold Treasures from Into the Future Ch. 3
	...And Stay Dead	Clear all Into the Future Ch. 1 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	...And Stay Dead 2	Clear all Into the Future Ch. 2 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	...And Stay Dead 3	Clear all Into the Future Ch. 3 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	Cosmos Conquistador	Collect all Gold Treasures from Cats of the Cosmos Ch. 1
	Cosmos Conquistador 2	Collect all Gold Treasures from Cats of the Cosmos Ch. 2
	Cosmos Conquistador 3	Collect all Gold Treasures from Cats of the Cosmos Ch. 3
	Dead Stars	Clear all Cats of the Cosmos Ch. 1 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	Dead Stars 2	Clear all Cats of the Cosmos Ch. 2 Zombie Outbreak Stages
	No More Worlds to Conquer?	Defeat Filibuster Obstructa.
	I Am Legend	Clear All Level 1 Legend Stages
	I Am Legend 2	Clear All Level 2 Legend Stages
	I Am Legend 3	Clear All Level 3 Legend Stages
	I Am Legend 4	Clear All Level 4 Legend Stages
	Elder Annihilator	Defeat Idi:Re and clear her stage.
	I Am Uncanny Legend 1	Clear All Level 1 Uncanny Legend stages
	I Am Uncanny Legend 2	Clear All Level 2 Uncanny Legend stages
	I Am Uncanny Legend 3	Clear All Level 3 Uncanny Legend stages
	Red Horizon	Clear "Crimson Catastrophe"
	Dark Skies	Clear "Heaven of Darkness"
	White Winds	Clear "Peerless"
	Holy Squall	Clear "Wrath of Heaven"
	Storm of Steel	Clear "Sweet Irony"
	Alien Weather	Clear "Dimension of Despair"
	Perfect Threat	Clear "Red Sky at Morning"
	Typhoon Z	Clear "The Rolling Dead"
	Dimensional Rift	Clear "The 2nd Dimension"
	Ancient Tempest	Clear "Typhoon Nemo"
	Storm of Evil	Clear "The Great Diablo"
	Angel's Cruelty	Clear "Clionel Ascendant"
	Charon's Crossing	Clear "River Styx"
	Uncrowned	Clear "Queen's Coronation"
	The Big Z	Clear "Dead on Debut"
	Usurper	Clear "King Wahwah's Revenge"
	Time to Wake Up	Clear "Deeply Dreaming"
	Comet Celeb	Clear "Blue Impact"
	Murky Details	Clear "Bottom of the Swamp"
	Road to Ruin	Clear "Prelude to Ruin"
	Alluring Composition	Clear "Temptation's Symphony"
	Tormented	Clear "Courts of Torment"
	Vox Deus	Clear "Papuu's Paradise"
	Ancient Dynasty	Clear "The Old Queen"
	Cosmic Wanwan	Clear "Wanwan's Glory"
	Angel of Undeath	Clear "Z-Onel Rises!"
	Helping Out	Clear "First Errand"
	Lock the Gates	Clear "Rashomon"
	Infernal Tyrant Nyandam	Clear "Reign of the Tyrant"
	Sanzu Swamp Guardian	Clear "Invasion of the Swamplord"
	Crazy Enough to Work	Clear all Crazed Stages.
	Manic Episodes	Clear all Maniac Stages.
	Frenzied Family	Clear "Clan of the Maniacs"
	Your Own Size	Clear all Li'l Stages
	Malevolence	Clear all Malevolent stages.
	Heinous Family	Clear "Super Smash Families"
	Another Year	Clear "Happy New Year...?"
	Ritually Speaking	Clear "Ritual Happiness"
	Unbearable	Clear "Bears Be Bare"
	Young Love	Clear "Teacher! It's Spring!"
	Ambition's End	Clear "Love is Sickness"
	Man and Wife?	Clear "The Forbidden Bride"
	Holidays in the Sun	Clear "Never Summer!"
	Who You Gonna Call?	Clear "Ghostly Houseguests"
	Respect Your Elders	Clear "Old Guys About Town"
	Work Up a Sweat	Clear "Autumn = Sports Day"
	On Strike	Clear "Loving Labor"
	A Catsmas Miracle	Clear "Jingle Cat Bell"
	Rites of Spring	Clear "Total War: Spring Special"
	Song of Summer	Clear "Total War: Summer Special"
	Feast of Fall	Clear "Total War: Fall Special
	Dance of Winter	Clear "Total War: Winter Special"
	Year-Round	Clear all Total War season maps
	Floor 30	Clear the 30th floor of Heavenly Tower
	Floor 40	Clear the 40th floor of Heavenly Tower
	Floor 50	Clear the 50th floor of Heavenly Tower
	Inferno 30	Clear the 30th floor of Infernal Tower
	Inferno 40	Clear the 40th floor of Infernal Tower
	Inferno 50	Clear the 50th floor of Infernal Tower
	A True Master	Complete the FINAL LEVEL of Legend Quest.
	Baron Wasted	Clear "Baron Seal Strikes"
	Le'Grim Reaped	Clear "Le'Grim Strikes"
	Mega Massacre	Clear "Mega Menace"
	Hyppoh Hysteria	Clear "Horrorpotamus"
	Big Peng in the Neck	Clear "Big Peng Z Strikes"
	Exiel Exterminated	Clear "Divine Archangel Strikes"
	Omens	Clear "Attack of the Omens"
	Gigahaniwan Tamed	Clear "Gigahaniwan Strikes!"
	Behemoth Culling	Clear all maps for Hidden Forest of Gapra, Ashvini Desert, and Jinfore Volcano.
	Making Money	Earn a total of 1,000,000 cents.
	Making Money 2	Earn a total of 5,000,000 cents.
	Nouveau Riche	Earn a total of 10,000,000 cents.
	Nouveau Riche 2	Earn a total of 50,000,000 cents.
	One Percenter	Earn a total of 100,000,000 cents.
	One Percenter 2	Earn a total of 200,000,000 cents.
	World Traveller	Send Gamatoto to explore for over 1000 hours.
	Innovator	Complete 5 Cat Base Weapons
	Ranked	Reach User Rank 1000
	May I Assist You?	Recruit an Assistant-grade Gamatoto helper.
	Forest Child	Unlock Ururun Wolf
	Tiny Nemesis	Unlock Li'l Nyandam
	Under the Hood	Unlock Red Riding Mina
	Ronin's Redemption	Unlock Miyamoku Musashi
	Buns of Steel	Unlock Mecha-Bun
	Heart of Clay	Unlock Dogumaru
	Clan Urs	Unlock Urs & Fenrir
	Go With Doron	Unlock Elder Mask Doron
	Naala Problem	Unlock Elder Beast Naala
	Lord Luza	Unlock Ancient Egg: N000
	Soractes	Receive Master of Mind Soractes

If the player met the requirements for a Meow Medal before it was added, it will automatically be unlocked after updating the game, except for Making Money, Making Money 2, Nouveau Riche, Nouveau Riche 2, One Percenter, One Percenter 2, World Traveller and May I Assist You?.

Trivia[]

General[]

The puns, references and alliterations that comprise most of the Meow Medals' names are specific to the English Version; the Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean versions go with a much more formal naming scheme, simply using the name of the associated character or stage without any attempt at cleverness. For example, the Legend Cats' Meow Medals just use the names of the units: Forest Child is called Ururun, Tiny Nemesis is called Nyandam, and so on.
- In BCJP, most of the Cyclone Stages' Meow Medals are named after the Cyclones themselves, but strangely use kanji instead of katakana for their prefixes. For example, the Dark Skies Medal is called 暗黒サイクロン ("Darkness Cyclone") rather than Black Cyclone's Japanese name, ブラックサイクロン (literally "Black Cyclone"). Exceptions include Red Horizon (entirely katakana, just like Red Cyclone's Japanese name) and Typhoon Z (Z Cyclone, whereas Zyclone's Japanese name is Undead Cyclone).
- Oddly, this isn't the case for all of the Medals bar I Am Uncanny Legend 2 added in Versions 12.3, 12.7 and 13.1, those being Omens, Infernal Tyrant Nyandam, Behemoth Culling, Malevolence and Soractes, which use the same naming scheme as the other versions.
The text on the World of Darkness Meow Medal is the Japanese word 魔界 makai ("Demon World" or "Devil World") written in upside-down katakana.
Since the Japanese version of Empire of Cats only takes place in Japan instead of the whole world, BCJP has different icons for the Builder of Empires, Undead Slayer and World of Darkness Meow Medals.
- Moreover, since BCJP only has one set of chapters taking place across the world, the The Future is Ours and ...And Stay Dead Meow Medals lack the UFOs that are present in the English Version, where they are needed to make them distinguishable from the English Empire of Cats Medals.
Prior to the addition of Legend Helpers in the Version 10.4 Update, May I Assist You?'s description was, "Recruit a top-class Gamatoto helper."
Prior to the reworking of difficulty systems in the Version 10.7 Update, the I Am Legend Meow Medals' descriptions were "Clear all # ★ Stories of Legend maps."
When Attack of the Omens was added in Version 12.2, it lacked a Meow Medal unlike the other Colossus Gauntlets. The Medal was later added in Version 12.3.
Lord Luza is the only Meow Medal to show a Legend Cat's True Form rather than its Normal Form, most likely because Ancient Egg: N000 is indistinguishable from the other Ancient Eggs.

References[]

The I Am Legend Meow Medals reference the 1954 post-apocalypse novel of the same name.
Charon's Crossing is a reference to Greek mythology, in which Charon is the ferryman of the underworld who transports souls across the rivers Styx and Acheron.
Lock the Gates refers to the fallen gate Rashōmon, which is the namesake of the Advent Stage that must be cleared in order to unlock the Medal.
Sanzu Swamp Guardian is a reference to the Sanzu River, a river in Japanese Buddhist tradition which the souls of the deceased must cross before they can reach the afterlife.
Holidays in the Sun may be a reference to a song of the same name by the Sex Pistols, especially since the Never Summer! stages' Japanese names are also references to songs.
Baron Wasted may be a reference to Baron Wasteland, a character from the game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?.
Who You Gonna Call? is a reference to Ghostbusters.
Buns of Steel is a reference to a 90s fitness show of the same name.

Errors[]

The Builder of Empires, The Future is Ours and Cosmos Conquistador Medals' descriptions say Gold Treasures where they should say Superior Treasures.
Uncanny Legends is not pluralized in the I Am Uncanny Legend Medals' descriptions.
Prior to Version 11.4, The Big Z's description said Daboo of the Dead instead of Dead on Debut.
Another Year's description refers to Happy New Year? as Happy New Year...?.
The "be" in Bears be Bare is capitalized in Unbearable's description.
Vox Deus is grammatically incorrect. If referring to Heavenly Herald Papuu, it should instead say Vox Deae which translates to "the voice of a goddess." If it is referring to some other unknown deity, it should instead be Vox Dei.
Making Money, Making Money 2, Nouveau Riche, Nouveau Riche 2, One Percenter and One Percenter 2 are ironically unlocked by spending cents, not earning them.