Roblox has put out a Lunar New Year item almost every year since 2010, and exactly two of them are Limiteds: the Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon from February 2010 and the Year of the Dragon Lantern from January 2012. Every Lunar New Year item Roblox has published since then is an ordinary catalog item that nobody can resell. The tradable side of this holiday now belongs to UGC creators, who began minting zodiac-themed Limiteds in 2024.
Quick answer: Only two Roblox-made Lunar New Year items are Limiteds. The Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon has a RAP of 8,713 R$ across 1,241 copies, and the Year of the Dragon Lantern has a RAP of 2,414 R$ across 1,984 copies, per RBX Invest catalog data on October 14, 2026.
| Item | Released | Type | Copies | RAP | Lowest ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon |
Feb 12, 2010 | Limited hat | 1,241 | 8,713 R$ | 3,999 R$ |
 Year of the Dragon Lantern |
Jan 20, 2012 | Limited U gear | 1,984 | 2,414 R$ | 3,097 R$ |
A few words before the history, because the rest of this leans on them. A Limited is an avatar item Roblox stopped selling, so the only way to get one now is to buy it from another player. A Limited U is the same idea with serial numbers, meaning every copy is stamped #1, #2, #3 and so on. RAP stands for Recent Average Price, a smoothed average Roblox calculates from an item's sale history, and it shifts only one tenth of the way toward each new sale. The lowest ask is the cheapest copy a reseller has listed right now, which is what you would actually pay. Copies is how many of the item exist at all.
Which Roblox Lunar New Year items are Limiteds? Only the 2010 hat and the 2012 lantern
Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon (2010)
This hat went up on February 12, 2010, two days before Lunar New Year that year, and Roblox sold it for 140 Robux. Its catalog description is still one of the funnier ones on the site: "Is Tiger-Dragon a new species? No. It's the Year of the Tiger. This Dragon is celebrating the Year of the Tiger, but that's too long for a hat name."
It was a normal purchasable hat for almost two years. The Roblox Wiki on Fandom records that it went Limited on January 23, 2012, which happens to be Lunar New Year of the Dragon. Roblox pulled its old dragon hat off sale three days after putting a new dragon item up, which lines up neatly with the holiday.
Today 1,241 copies exist. The RAP sits at 8,713 R$ while the cheapest listed copy is 3,999 R$, so you can buy one for well under the headline number. That gap is normal for an item this quiet: RAP is built out of old sales and barely moves when an item changes hands once or twice a year.
Someone who paid the original 140 Robux and sells at the current floor is looking at roughly 28 times their money, spread over sixteen years. At under 4,000 Robux it is one of the cheaper ways into a genuinely old Limited, and you can see where it lands among its peers on the classic hats collection.
Year of the Dragon Lantern (2012)
The Dragon Lantern launched on January 20, 2012, three days before Lunar New Year, at 200 Robux. It is gear, which already makes it unusual among holiday items, and it is a Limited U, so every copy carries a serial number.
The Fandom wiki lists its original stock as 2,012 copies, a nod to the year. RBX Invest tracks 1,984 in circulation today, the difference most likely being copies lost to deleted accounts over fourteen years. As gear it actually does something: the wiki describes blue dragon spirits that damage anyone who gets close, plus a red dragon that hits harder.
Its RAP is 2,414 R$ and the cheapest listing is 3,097 R$, so this one asks above its RAP. When the floor sits above RAP on a 2,000-copy item, it usually means holders are not in a hurry and the few people listing are testing the ceiling. Roblox stopped making functional gear Limiteds long ago, which gives the whole classic gear category a fixed supply that will never grow.
Every Lunar New Year item Roblox has made, and which ones trade
Roblox kept making Lunar New Year items long after it stopped making them Limited. The lantern idea came back in 2016 with a monkey spirit in place of the dragons, priced at 250 Robux, and that one has stayed on sale ever since. The recent run of zodiac items arrives in November or December, months ahead of the holiday, and sits in the catalog as regular merchandise.
| Item | Released | Limited? | Copies | RAP | Lowest ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon |
Feb 12, 2010 | Yes, Limited | 1,241 | 8,713 R$ | 3,999 R$ |
| Year of the Dragon Lantern |
Jan 20, 2012 | Yes, Limited U | 1,984 | 2,414 R$ | 3,097 R$ |
 Year of the Monkey Lantern |
Feb 5, 2016 | No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
 Lunar New Year Rabbit Pal |
Nov 17, 2022 | No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
 Year of the Dragon Hoodie |
Nov 14, 2023 | No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
 Red Year of the Snake Hat |
Nov 8, 2024 | No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
 Year of the Horse Cap |
Dec 10, 2025 | No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
 Year of the Horse Back-Packet |
Dec 10, 2025 | No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
The pattern is easy to read. Two items from the era when Roblox made almost everything Limited, then a decade of holiday merchandise with no resale market attached. Roblox has made very few new classic Limiteds of any kind since then, so the holiday treatment matches what happened to the rest of its catalog. The question of whether that ever reverses gets its own breakdown in does Roblox still make classic Limiteds.
Which Lunar New Year UGC Limiteds are worth the most? The 2025 snake jacket leads
UGC Limiteds are Limiteds that community creators make and sell themselves. They arrived in April 2023, and the first Lunar New Year wave followed in January 2024 for the Year of the Dragon. Three holidays in, the results are all over the place, which is exactly what you would expect from a category where any creator can mint any supply they like.
| Item | Released | Copies | RAP | Lowest ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 BB Lunar New Year Red & Gold Snake Jacket |
Jan 27, 2025 | 100 | 2,730 R$ | 2,500 R$ |
 Lunar New Year Valkyrie |
Jan 30, 2025 | 3,000 | 832 R$ | 9,998 R$ |
 Lunar New Year Dragon Hat |
Feb 6, 2024 | 1,000 | 766 R$ | 750 R$ |
 Year of the Snake 2025 Silver Brooch |
Jan 4, 2025 | 20 | 650 R$ | 16,000 R$ |
 Lunar New Year Lantern |
Jan 30, 2025 | 200 | 401 R$ | 249 R$ |
 The Year of the Tiger |
Feb 13, 2025 | 62 | 395 R$ | 2,327 R$ |
 Hat of the Week: Year of the Snake Dragon |
Feb 2, 2025 | 50 | 365 R$ | 888 R$ |
 Fractured Exclusive Red Envelope |
Jan 29, 2024 | 250 | 186 R$ | 299 R$ |
 Lion Dance Hat |
Jan 26, 2024 | 3,500 | 155 R$ | 997 R$ |
 Year of the Horse Amulet |
Feb 17, 2026 | 35 | 154 R$ | 799 R$ |
 Hello Kitty Lunar New Year 2024 Dress |
Feb 4, 2024 | 50,000 | 112 R$ | 110 R$ |
 Lion Mask: Lunar New Year |
Feb 11, 2026 | 1,400 | No sales recorded | None listed |
One row is worth pausing on: Hat of the Week: Year of the Snake Dragon, a 50-copy UGC tribute that copies the 2010 classic's joke title for the Year of the Snake. Fifty copies of an in-joke, fifteen years after the original.
Two rows deserve a warning label. The Year of the Snake 2025 Silver Brooch has 20 copies and a 16,000 R$ floor against a 650 R$ RAP, and the Lunar New Year Valkyrie shows a 9,998 R$ floor against an 832 R$ RAP despite 3,000 copies existing. In both cases almost nobody is listing, so one optimistic seller sets the entire visible price. A floor twelve or twenty times above RAP is telling you about one listing. Valkyrie collectors can see how far that one sits from the rest of the family on the Valkyrie collection page.
What moves the price of a Lunar New Year item? Supply first, theme second
Supply does most of the work here, and the table above makes the point without any help. The Hello Kitty dress had a licensed character attached to it and 50,000 copies minted, and it trades at 110 Robux. The snake jacket had 100 copies and trades at 2,500 Robux. The copy counts explain that 22x difference on their own.
Theme matters at the margins. Dragon items carry past the holiday because dragons stay popular on Roblox all year round, which is why the 2024 dragon wave aged better than most Lunar New Year drops and why the broader dragon items collection stays busy all year. A lion dance hat is harder to wear in July.
Timing is the third factor, and it is the one you can actually use. Holiday items tend to get attention in the two or three weeks around the holiday they belong to, and Lunar New Year lands between late January and the third week of February. Lunar New Year 2026 fell on February 17, the Year of the Horse. Buying seasonal items during the quiet months and listing them as the date approaches is the standard play, and it is the same logic covered in the New Year's Limiteds history.
Worked example: what you keep when you resell one
Say you bought the snake jacket from the creator at its 500 Robux launch price and you want to flip it at today's 2,500 Robux floor.
On a community-created Limited resale, Roblox's marketplace documentation sets the split at 50% to the reseller, 10% to the creator, 10% to the seller or affiliate, and 30% to Roblox. You keep half. A 2,500 Robux sale pays you 1,250 Robux against a 500 Robux cost, so you clear 750.
Because you only keep half, break-even on any UGC Limited resale is double what you paid. On a 500 Robux buy that is 1,000 Robux. Anything below that loses money even though the sale price looks higher than your cost, and it is a common mistake for new resellers. Reselling also requires an active Roblox Plus subscription on your account, and there is a holding period before you can list at all: up to 30 days if you bought from the creator at launch, up to 7 days if you bought from another reseller. The holding periods guide walks through both clocks.
Are Lunar New Year items worth buying?
For collectors, the two classics are the interesting part. A 1,241-copy Limited from 2010 at under 4,000 Robux is cheap for its age, and the Dragon Lantern is one of a shrinking set of serialized gear items that Roblox will never print again. Neither is a fast mover, so expect to wait for a buyer when you want out.
For resellers, the UGC side rewards patience and punishes enthusiasm. The low-supply drops under a few hundred copies are the only ones that have held value, and the big community mints of 3,000 to 50,000 copies have behaved like free items, because effectively that is what they were. If you want to try the seasonal trade, buy in the dead months, check the copy count before the artwork, and watch the deal feed for listings below RAP in the run-up to the holiday. You can also compare any of these against the wider market on the items leaderboard or browse the full collections hub for the categories they sit in.
One honest caveat: Lunar New Year has never been one of Roblox's big item events. Halloween and Christmas get far more supply and far more trading volume. Treat this family as a small, quiet corner of the market. None of this is financial advice, and Limiteds can lose value as easily as they gain it.
FAQ
How many Roblox Lunar New Year Limiteds are there?
Two. The Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon, released February 12, 2010, and the Year of the Dragon Lantern, released January 20, 2012. Every other Lunar New Year item Roblox has published is a regular catalog item with no resale market.
What is the most valuable Roblox Lunar New Year item?
The Hat of the Week: Year of the Tiger Dragon, with a RAP of 8,713 Robux across 1,241 copies as of October 14, 2026. Its cheapest listed copy is 3,999 Robux, so the price you would actually pay sits below the RAP.
Can you still buy the Year of the Dragon Lantern?
Yes, from other players. It is a Limited U, meaning Roblox stopped selling it and every copy carries a serial number, so it changes hands only through resales. The cheapest listing is 3,097 Robux and 1,984 copies exist.
Why do some Lunar New Year items show a huge gap between RAP and the asking price?
Because they almost never sell. RAP moves one tenth of the way toward each new sale price, so an item that trades once or twice a year carries a number built from old sales. The Year of the Snake 2025 Silver Brooch shows the extreme version: a 650 Robux RAP against a single 16,000 Robux listing across 20 copies.
Are Lunar New Year UGC Limiteds a good investment?
Only the low-supply ones have held value. UGC Limiteds with 20 to 250 copies, like the 100-copy snake jacket at 2,500 Robux, trade well above their launch prices, while the 3,000 to 50,000 copy drops sit near the bottom of the market. Check the copy count before anything else, and remember none of this is financial advice.
When should you buy seasonal Roblox Limiteds?
In the months furthest from the holiday, when attention is lowest. Lunar New Year falls between late January and the third week of February, so the quiet window for these items runs through spring and summer. Selling into the weeks just before the date is the matching half of that trade.
How much do you keep when you resell a Lunar New Year UGC Limited?
Half. Roblox's marketplace documentation sets community-created Limited resales at 50% to the reseller, 10% to the creator, 10% to the seller or affiliate, and 30% to Roblox. Break-even is therefore twice what you paid, and you need an active Roblox Plus subscription on your account to list at all.
Did Roblox make a Lunar New Year item for the Year of the Horse?
Yes, two of them, both published December 10, 2025: the Year of the Horse Cap and the Year of the Horse Back-Packet. Neither is a Limited, so neither can be resold. The tradable Year of the Horse items came from UGC creators instead, including a 35-copy Year of the Horse Amulet released on the holiday itself.
Figures in this article come from RBX Invest catalog data and Roblox's own catalog and economy data as of October 14, 2026, with release dates, original stock numbers and item history from the Roblox Wiki on Fandom, and resale splits and holding periods from Roblox's marketplace documentation.