Eagle Palm Requirements. Be recognised at once for every five you already had

Warning. THIS IS THE THING MOST PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT PALMS, AND IT IS STATED IN A PREAMBLE RATHER THAN AS A NUMBERED REQUIREMENT. A Scout arriving at their Eagle board of review with more than twenty-one merit badges is recognised immediately with a Palm for every additional five, and NONE of the three numbered requirements applies to those. Thirty-six badges is fifteen beyond the rank, which is three Palms, awarded at once. Read the numbered list on its own, which is what the eye does, and it appears that every Palm costs a Scout spirit conversation, an example and five more badges. Most Scouts' first Palms cost nothing at all.