Domino Crown vs Dominus: Which Roblox Gem to Buy

The Dominus line is the pricier family, and the Domino Crown line is the cheaper way into Roblox's oldest gem lineage. At the very top the two are almost equally scarce: 25 copies of the Domino Crown exist against 23 of Dominus Empyreus, 26 of Dominus Astra, and 27 each of Dominus Frigidus and Dominus Infernus. Traders still price all four of those Dominus hats above the Domino Crown. A Limited is an avatar item Roblox has stopped selling, with a fixed number of copies that players resell and trade, and a gem is one of the scarce, high-value Limiteds sitting at the top of that market.

Quick answer: Pick the Domino Crown line if you want the oldest classic lineage at the lower price, because a Festive Domino Crown can be had for 62,000 R$ while the cheapest ordinary Dominus asks 149,999 R$. Pick the Dominus line if you want the hats traders value most and sell most often.

RAP stands for recent average price. It updates only when a copy actually sells, and the formula moves it one tenth of the way toward each new sale price, so on an item that trades once a year the number you see is mostly a record of the past. The lowest ask is different: it is the cheapest copy a holder has listed right now. On these two families those two numbers can sit a long way apart, and the third number that matters, what traders actually agree a copy is worth, sits somewhere else again.

Which is rarer, the Domino Crown or a Dominus? They are nearly tied

Scarcity is the first thing people expect to separate these families, and it barely does. The Domino Crown has 25 copies. Four Dominus hats sit within two copies of that figure, and one of them, Dominus Empyreus, is scarcer than the Domino Crown at 23.

The difference shows up further down each family. The Domino Crown line spreads 4,280 copies across six Limiteds, and more than half of those sit in one item, the Viridian Domino Crown, at 2,235 copies. The eleven ordinary Dominus hats hold 6,794 copies between them, and the Dominus line also has a twelfth member, the DIY Dominus Empyreus, with 8,302 copies of its own.

So both families are built the same way: a handful of nearly unobtainable originals, then modern releases with copy counts in the thousands. You can see the full live ranking on the items leaderboard, and both families have their own ranked pages at /collections/crowns and /collections/dominus.

The Domino Crown line: six crowns, one of them never sold

Roblox published the original Domino Crown on June 5, 2007 as a prize for the Domino Rally Building Contest. It was never put on sale. Copies went to contest winners and a small number of people connected to the company, and the item only became tradeable in October 2009. That makes it the oldest surviving gem on the platform, and it is the reason the crown carries weight with collectors who care about where an item came from.

The two crowns that followed came out of Roblox's old holiday gift boxes. The Red Domino Crown arrived in December 2010 inside the Glowing Gold Gift of Superuser, and the Bluesteel Domino Crown followed in December 2011 through the Epic Builder Present, which went to top game developers or could be bought for 25,000 R$. The modern recolors, Festive and Viridian, were straightforward timed catalog sales at 12,000 R$ each, and the Viridian ran as a Black Friday 2019 release. The Counterfeit Domino Crown, sold for 10,000 R$ in 2018, is the odd one out of the group by name and by price.

Ordered by consensus street value, which is what traders agree a copy is worth:

Crown	Released	Copies	RAP (Oct 22, 2026)	Lowest ask
Domino Crown	Jun 5, 2007	25	5,726,071	68,686,868,686
Red Domino Crown	Dec 16, 2010	247	2,653,087	6,666,666
Bluesteel Domino Crown	Dec 22, 2011	420	1,136,575	1,700,000
Counterfeit Domino Crown	2018	505	193,423	339,000
Viridian Domino Crown	Nov 2019	2,235	119,417	119,000
Festive Domino Crown	2018	848	49,174	62,000

In this family the RAP order and the consensus order agree all the way down, which is unusual and useful. It means the posted RAP is a fair guide to where each crown stands. The full story of each variant is in our Domino Crown series history.

That 68-billion-Robux ask on the original is a holder saying they are not selling. Several gems sit on prices like that, and we cover the pattern in Roblox Limiteds listed for billions.

The Dominus line: eleven hats and the market's blue chips

The Dominus family started in January 2010, when Roblox put a horned hat called Dominus Empyreus in the catalog for 13,337 Robux with a stock of 26. There was no event and no theme behind it. Dominus Infernus followed on July 20, 2010 at 26,000 R$, and Dominus Frigidus arrived on March 24, 2011 at 39,000 R$, designed by a community member as a wish granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Those three set the pattern for everything after. Traders treat the Dominus family roughly the way stock traders treat a blue-chip index: when the Limiteds market is healthy, these hats move, and when it stalls, they sit. That matters if you plan to sell one day, because a buyer for a Dominus is easier to find than a buyer for most six-figure classics.

Ordered by consensus street value:

Hat	Released	Copies	RAP (Oct 22, 2026)	Lowest ask
Dominus Empyreus	Jan 2010	23	13,577,229	618,033,988
Dominus Frigidus	Mar 24, 2011	27	28,059,680	618,033,988
Dominus Infernus	Jul 20, 2010	27	1,973,087	618,033,988
Dominus Astra	Jun 2014	26	14,321,557	None listed
Dominus Pittacium	Dec 2015	38	6,936,989	19,999,999
Dominus Aureus	Dec 2013	302	7,620,311	8,884,000
Dominus Rex	May 2015	257	4,504,146	9,999,998
Dominus Messor	Oct 2011	266	4,409,351	7,000,000
Dominus Vespertilio	Oct 2012	595	1,920,229	2,190,000
Dominus Praefectus	Oct 2016	1,306	850,818	839,999
Dominus Formidulosus	Oct 2019	3,927	151,361	149,999
DIY Dominus Empyreus	Apr 2014	8,302	42,166	17,999

The DIY Dominus Empyreus is the family's novelty. Roblox sold it on April 1, 2014 for 133 Robux, and 8,302 copies exist, and collectors treat it as a joke on the real thing. It is still the cheapest item on this page by a wide margin. Our Dominus series history covers each hat in detail.

Why does Dominus Frigidus have the higher RAP if traders value Empyreus more?

Because RAP is a record of sales, and on a 23-copy item there are hardly any sales to record. Frigidus carries the highest RAP of any Limited on the platform at 28,059,680 R$, and Empyreus reads less than half that at 13,577,229 R$, yet trader consensus puts Empyreus first in the family. The last few Empyreus sales simply happened at prices that no longer reflect what a holder would accept.

Dominus Infernus is the sharpest example. Its RAP, 1,973,087 R$, is the lowest of the five scarcest Dominus hats and would put it near the bottom of the family on paper. By consensus street value it ranks third, ahead of Astra, Pittacium and Aureus. Anyone shopping off RAP alone would read Infernus as a two-million-Robux hat and be very surprised by the first real quote they get.

The same gap appears between Aureus and Pittacium. Aureus posts the higher RAP of the two, 7,620,311 against 6,936,989, while consensus puts Pittacium ahead, and the copy counts explain it: 38 Pittacium against 302 Aureus. Thin supply wins out, and RAP takes years to notice.

Two practical rules come out of this. Read RAP as a sales record, and on anything under roughly fifty copies treat it as a starting point for research. The deeper version of this is in why rare Roblox Limiteds show a low RAP and what RAP actually measures.

Which should you buy at your budget?

Work from what you can actually spend, since the realistic entry points are far apart.

Under 100,000 R$, the crown line is where the real choices sit. A Festive Domino Crown is listed at 62,000 R$, and that buys an item whose name goes back to 2007. The cheapest genuine Dominus, Formidulosus, asks 149,999 R$, with the DIY novelty at 17,999 R$ if you only want the silhouette.

Between 100,000 and 1,000,000 R$, you have a real choice. A Viridian Domino Crown at 119,000 R$ or a Dominus Formidulosus at 149,999 R$ are the obvious options, and both have copy counts in the thousands, so expect them to behave like ordinary market items. Nearer the top of that band, a Dominus Praefectus at 839,999 R$ gives you a Dominus with 1,306 copies, which is liquid enough to resell without a long wait.

Above a million, the Dominus line pulls ahead on how easily you can get out again. A Bluesteel Domino Crown at 1,700,000 R$ and a Dominus Vespertilio at 2,190,000 R$ sit close together, and the Vespertilio has the busier market of the two. Past about five million the scarcest Dominus hats stop having sellers at sane prices, which is why the Pittacium at 19,999,999 R$ and the three hats parked at 618,033,988 R$ should be read as placeholders.

One more thing worth knowing before you buy either: both families are classic Limiteds, the kind Roblox made itself, so they can move through the player-to-player Trade system as well as through resale. Trading needs an active Roblox Plus subscription on both sides. A copy you buy on the resale market is locked from reselling for a holding period, a short window set by Roblox during which the item cannot be listed again, so plan on holding anything you buy for a little while whatever you intend to do with it.

If you are tracking either family before committing Robux, the reseller terminal follows ladder movements on individual items, and most expensive Limiteds and rarest Limiteds keep live rankings that update as asks change.

None of this is financial advice. Prices on thin items move on single sales, and you can lose Robux on any of these.

Figures here come from RBX Invest catalog data and Roblox's own economy item endpoints, both read on October 22, 2026, with value ordering taken from trader consensus on the same date; Roblox has never published a changelog for these hats, so release dates and original prices come from long-standing community catalog records cross-referenced against Roblox's item pages.

FAQ

Which is rarer, the Domino Crown or a Dominus?

Dominus Empyreus is the rarest single item across both families, with 23 copies against the Domino Crown's 25. The two families are effectively tied at the top, since Astra has 26 copies and Frigidus and Infernus have 27 each. Lower down, the Domino Crown line holds 4,280 copies in total and the eleven ordinary Dominus hats hold 6,794.

Which is more expensive, the Domino Crown or a Dominus?

The Dominus line, at both ends. Four Dominus hats rank above the Domino Crown on trader consensus value, and the cheapest ordinary Dominus asks 149,999 R$ while the cheapest Domino Crown variant asks 62,000 R$. Dominus Frigidus also holds the highest RAP of any Roblox Limited at 28,059,680 R$.

What is the cheapest way to own a Domino Crown?

A Festive Domino Crown, listed at 62,000 R$ as of October 22, 2026. It has 848 copies, and Roblox originally sold it for 12,000 R$ in 2018. The Viridian Domino Crown is the next step up at 119,000 R$ with 2,235 copies.

What is the cheapest Dominus?

The DIY Dominus Empyreus at 17,999 R$, though it is a 2014 novelty item with 8,302 copies that collectors count separately from the family. The cheapest ordinary Dominus is the Formidulosus at 149,999 R$, which has 3,927 copies.

Why is Dominus Infernus' RAP so much lower than the other scarce Dominus hats?

Because almost nobody sells one. RAP only moves when a copy changes hands, so Infernus' 1,973,087 R$ reading is a record of old sales, and old sales on a 27-copy hat say little about demand today. Trader consensus ranks it third in the family, well above several hats with much higher RAPs, and its 27 copies put it among the scarcest Limiteds on the platform.

Can you trade a Domino Crown or a Dominus?

Yes. Both are classic Limiteds, the type Roblox created itself, and Roblox's marketplace documentation states that only Roblox-created Limiteds are tradeable. Both sides of a trade need an active Roblox Plus subscription. Community-made UGC Limiteds cannot be traded at all and change hands only through Marketplace resales.

Why are some of these items listed for hundreds of millions of Robux?

Those are holders who do not want to sell. Dominus Empyreus, Frigidus and Infernus all show a cheapest ask of 618,033,988 R$, and the original Domino Crown shows 68,686,868,686 R$. Roblox's own item data returns those figures, so the listings are real, and no seller expects a buyer at those prices. Dominus Astra has no copy listed at any price.

Is the Counterfeit Domino Crown a real Domino Crown?

It is a real classic Limited that carries the Domino Crown name, sold by Roblox for 10,000 R$ in 2018, with 505 copies and a RAP of 193,423 R$. Collectors treat it as separate from the five variants that make up the core line, and its lowest ask of 339,000 R$ sits between the Viridian and Bluesteel crowns.