How to Get the #1/100 Title in PUBG Mobile (2026 Cake Guide)

The #1/100 title in PUBG Mobile is earned by lighting up 6 anniversary birthday cakes in Classic matches and then claiming the reward from your Achievements menu. The catch you need to know first: this is a limited-time anniversary achievement that is no longer obtainable for new players. It debuted around PUBG Mobile’s 2nd anniversary (2019) and has not returned in the same cake-lighting form, so if you don’t already have it, you can’t grind it today. This guide explains exactly how it worked, where cakes spawned on Erangel, how to check whether you already unlocked it, and which current 2026 anniversary titles you can still chase.

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The badge shows in-game as “#1/100” and was one of the most recognisable collector titles in PUBG Mobile because most players in any lobby never had it. Below is the complete record of how it worked, the verified cake spawn map, and what to do in 2026.

What is the #1/100 title in PUBG Mobile?

The #1/100 title is a special anniversary achievement first introduced around the game’s 2nd anniversary (back in the Season 12 era of 2019). The “1 in 100” wording is a nod to the classic 100-player Battle Royale lobby — the badge basically reads as “the one survivor out of 100.” It is a hidden, time-limited reward, which is exactly why it still carries bragging rights when it sits under a player’s name.

A few things made it different from a normal title:

• It was event-gated. Cakes only spawned during the anniversary cake event, so you could never grind it in the off-season.
• It was collection-based, not skill-based. No kills, wins, or high tier required — you only had to find and light cakes.
• It stacked across matches. Your cake count was saved, so six cakes over six games counted the same as six in one game.

If you enjoy hunting down hidden, no-pressure achievements like this, our full PUBG Mobile achievements list maps out which titles are worth chasing and which aren’t.

Can you still get the #1/100 title in 2026?

For most players, no. The cake-lighting version of the #1/100 title was a limited-time anniversary reward, and PUBG Mobile has not re-run it in the same form. If you didn’t light your six cakes while the original “Happy Birthday” event was live, the achievement is effectively locked — this is consistent with what longtime guide sites and the community have reported for years.

What changed since then is the format of anniversary celebrations. PUBG Mobile’s recent birthdays moved away from the simple “light 6 cakes” achievement toward bigger, mode-based events:

• 7th Anniversary (March 2025) ran a festive event with a BABYMONSTER collaboration, where players tossed cupcakes at giant gift boxes scattered on the starting island for rewards — a different mechanic from lighting cakes for a title.
• 8th Anniversary (Version 4.3, roughly March 12 – May 10, 2026) leaned into the brand concept “For Every #1”, an OneRepublic theme song, the Evolving Universe themed mode, and the WOW DASH event built around collecting Golden Ticket Fragments — again, no cake-lighting #1/100 title.

Bottom line up front: if you already lit six cakes years ago, the title is yours forever — jump to how to check, claim and equip it. If you didn’t, treat the cake guide below as historical reference and chase one of the still-available 2026 titles instead.

How the #1/100 title is earned (the original method)

The requirement was simple to state and slightly fiddly to execute: light up 6 cakes. Here is the exact loop players used while the event was live:

1. Drop into a Classic match on Erangel during the anniversary event.
2. Run to a building where cakes are known to spawn (locations below).
3. Walk up to the cake until a “Celebrate” prompt appears on screen.
4. Hold the prompt to light the cake — this is what counts, not just touching it.
5. Repeat until your event tracker shows 6 cakes lit.
6. Open your Achievements / Event tab, claim the #1/100 title, then equip it from your profile.

Important: lighting the cake is the action that registers. If you walked past a cake or got killed before the “Celebrate” animation finished, it did not count toward your six.

Where cakes spawned on Erangel (and why Erangel was best)

Cakes could spawn on every Classic map, but their appearance was randomised, so no single building was guaranteed in every game. The trick was to land where the spawn chance was highest and reset if a building was empty. Community testing consistently put Erangel ahead — cakes spawned most densely and reliably there, especially inside barns, churches, schools, and the bridge petrol pumps.

Best Erangel cake spawn locations

These are the spots players reported most often. The reliability column is a rough guide based on community reports, not a fixed in-game rate — treat it as “check these first,” not a guarantee.

Location	Where exactly	Reported reliability
Pochinki church	Center of the church floor	Very high
Pochinki twin barns	Ground / 1st floor of the two barns near Pochinki	High
School	Central circle premises and the basketball court	High
Military Base bridge petrol pump	On the cash-counter tables inside	Medium-high
Novorepnoye bridge petrol pump	On the cash-counter tables inside	Medium-high
Sosnovka Military Base observatory	On top of wooden crates, 2nd floor	Medium
Severny church	Center of the church	Medium
Yasnaya Polyana church	Center of the church	Medium
Rozhok	Between the hilltop watchtower and the water tank	Medium
Zharki	On the picnic carpet in the garden area	Low-medium

None of these was guaranteed in any single game, so the realistic plan was a handful of matches rather than all six in one drop. The churches and the twin barns near Pochinki were the most consistent starting points — community testers reported roughly a 3-in-5 hit rate across the top spots.

Cakes on other maps

If you couldn’t queue Erangel, cakes still appeared on the other Classic maps near anniversary decorations — lookout towers, balloon gift boxes, the anniversary ferry, and decorated lampposts. They were simply rarer and more spread out, which is why most players stuck to Erangel until they hit six.

Also Read: PUBG Mobile Achievements List: Every Title and How to Unlock It

The fastest realistic way to collect 6 cakes

When the event was live, focused players could finish this in well under an hour by treating it like a loot route instead of a normal Battle Royale match. The same approach applies any time the cake mechanic resurfaces in a legacy or seasonal event:

• Forget about winning. Your only goal is cakes. Land hot, light the cake, ignore most fights.
• Chain Pochinki to School. Pochinki’s church plus its twin barns and the nearby School cover three of the better spawns within a short rotation.
• Use a vehicle. Grab the first car you see so you can hit a second location before the circle closes if your first building is empty.
• Back out early if needed. Since cakes save across matches, there’s no shame in lighting one or two and re-queuing for fresh spawns.
• Play with a squad. Four people checking four buildings at once multiplies your odds.

That same “ignore the fight, chase the objective” mindset makes other achievements easy too. If you want to turn all this map knowledge into actual wins afterward, our guide on how to win solo games in PUBG Mobile and our breakdown of surviving the final circle are good next reads.

How to check, claim and equip the #1/100 title

Lighting the sixth cake never automatically showed the title — you always had to claim and equip it. If you think you completed it years ago, here’s how to verify and switch it on:

1. Open the main lobby and tap your profile / avatar.
2. Go to General Achievements and scroll to the Happy Birthday / anniversary event entry to see whether the cake milestone is completed and the reward claimed.
3. If there’s an unclaimed reward, tap Claim on the #1/100 title.
4. Back on your profile, open Basic Info, tap Edit, select the “#1/100” title, and tap Equip so it appears under your name in chat and on shared screens.

This is the same Basic Info → Edit → Equip path used for every title in PUBG Mobile, so it still works in the current Version 4.3 client.

Anniversary & collector titles you can still get in 2026

Since the cake-based #1/100 is closed, here’s where to put that title-collecting energy instead. These badges are tied to repeatable achievements rather than a single expired event, so they remain attainable:

• On A Mission — a clean, low-effort collector title. See how to get the On A Mission title.
• Perseverance — rewards consistent play over time. Our Perseverance title guide breaks down the grind.
• Sharpshooter — a skill flex for accurate players. Read how to earn the Sharpshooter title.
• Arena Master — for TDM and Arena specialists. Here’s the best way to get Arena Master.

And if you’re decorating your profile anyway, pairing a strong title with a clean loadout matters — our roundup of the rarest skins in PUBG Mobile shows what real flexes look like.

How we put this guide together

We cross-checked the #1/100 title against multiple sources rather than relying on a single old tutorial. We compared the original cake-event mechanics and spawn maps documented by long-running PUBG guide sites against community reports of the most reliable Erangel buildings, and we verified the current status of the title by reviewing PUBG Mobile’s recent anniversary events — the 7th Anniversary (March 2025) cupcake-and-gift-box festival and the 8th Anniversary (Version 4.3, March–May 2026) “For Every #1” / Evolving Universe / WOW DASH lineup — none of which re-introduced the cake-lighting #1/100 achievement. The claim-and-equip steps were checked against the standard Basic Info → Edit → Equip flow in the current client. Where exact spawn rates couldn’t be confirmed, we describe reliability qualitatively instead of inventing numbers.

Common mistakes to avoid (if the cake event returns)

1. Hunting on the wrong map. Other maps have far fewer cakes; Erangel is the efficient choice.
2. Skipping barns and small buildings. Those are exactly where cakes hide.
3. Giving up after one empty match. Spawns are random — re-queue and try again.
4. Forgetting it’s time-limited. Once an anniversary event ends, cakes stop spawning.
5. Getting baited into fights. Every gunfight you take is time you’re not lighting cakes.
6. Touching but not lighting. Only a completed “Celebrate” counts.

Bottom line

The #1/100 title is one of PUBG Mobile’s most beautiful collector badges precisely because it rewarded exploration during a single anniversary window — and that window has closed. If you already lit your six cakes, head to General Achievements → Happy Birthday, claim the reward, and equip it via Basic Info → Edit → Equip. If you didn’t, don’t chase a dead event: spend that time on the still-obtainable On A Mission, Perseverance, Sharpshooter, and Arena Master titles, and keep an eye on each March anniversary in case a legacy cake mode ever resurfaces.