Dominus (series)

The Dominus hats are among one of the most expensive and most coveted hats ever created along with the Domino Crown and Sparkle Time Fedoras. It is usual that the Limited Unique Dominus hats are sold to twenty-six people for a high amount of Robux. The names and descriptions of each Dominus are in Latin, with the term Dominus meaning Lord. These hats are heavily wanted by some users. Users like Stickmasterluke proudly wear these expensive hats. The hats have since become one of the most iconic items in the catalog. These hats are also one of the rarest items in the catalog created by Roblox.

History
Before the official release of the first Dominus, it was first seen on a secret page, along with other upcoming hats at that time, including the first hat of the Noob Attack series.

The first Dominus was released in January 2010 for 13,337 ROBUX. Ever since, ROBLOX releases around 1–2 Dominus hats a year.

Dominus Empyreus
Dominus Empyreus was the first of the Dominus hats. It was released on January 22, 2010. Twenty-six of them were sold for 13337 ROBUX. The name translates to: Lord of Heaven. The description translates to: Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound. This is known to be nobodies favorite Dominus. There are only 18 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Infernus
Dominus Infernus is the second dominus. It was released on July 20, 2010. As with Dominus Empyreus, only 26 were sold and costed 26,000 ROBUX. The name translates to: Lord of the Underworld. The description translate to: Thus passes the glory of the world. The hat was originally a retexture, made by the user Hicup789, and published later by ROBLOX. The original version can be found here.

On April 1st, 2012, The Dominus Infernus was made free by hackers, but this change was reverted when the site shut down.

There are only 19 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Frigidus
Dominus Frigidus is the third hat released in the Dominus series. It was designed by Sethycakes, as part of his wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and published in the catalog on March 24, 2011. Like the two before it, only twenty-six were sold for 39000 ROBUX. The name translates to The Lord of the Cold and the description translates to Either to die. There are only 18 units left as of May 2017, and it is currently the second most expensive Dominus in the series plus is considered to be the second most valuable item on ROBLOX at a trade value of 8.5 million ROBUX.

On December 11, 2015, linkmon99 sold the Dominus Frigidus to contentcool for a price of 4344000 ROBUX. This is the highest amount of ROBUX an item has ever sold for on the site (not including any sales made during the April Fools Hack 2012).

Dominus Messor
Dominus Messor came out of a 2011 Halloween gift, Gift of the Dominator, that sold for 31,000 ROBUX.

It was made limited when Dominus Vespertilio was revealed. Originally the contents of the gift it was inside were not revealed. There were rumors it would be either a Dominus, a Domino Crown, or a bag of spiders. Due to textures being found and the gift's naming being "dominusgift" when placed in studio, players confirmed it would be a Dominus. 241 copies of the gift were sold. It is the only dominus that has special red eyes feature in the front. It is currently the most favorited dominus in the game at 21,756 favorites, 4970 favorites more than Dominus Empyreus. The name translates to: Lord of the Harvest. The description translates to: As you sow, so shall you reap.

There are only 175 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Vespertilio
Just like Dominus Messor, Dominus Vespertilio was found inside a Halloween gift that sold for 31000 ROBUX, eventually with only 526 sold. The description of the gift stated that it would be a Dominus, a Domino Crown, or a flock of bats. The name translates to: Lord of Bat. The description translates to: ''Death is the last line of. '' There are only 390 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Vespertilio is the second Dominus in the series not sporting the original mesh, but rather a more morbid bat wing look.

Dominus Aureus
Dominus Aureus was found inside a Christmas gift that sold for 50000 ROBUX. The name translates to: Lord of Gold. The description translates to: ''Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold. '' There are currently 207 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Aureus was inside the gift of Muneris Aureus Dev Ex, this gift was awarded to all developers who had used ROBLOX's Developer Exchange.

It later went limited during the Black Friday sale of 2014.

Dominus Astra
Dominus Astra is the 8th Dominus released. Its original price was 75000 ROBUX. The name translates to: Lord of Stars. The descriptions translates to: Seize the night. Only 26 were sold. It was released on June 22, 2014. Dominus Astra was originally known as "Dominus Noctis". But this later changed because ROBLOXians were complaining about the vulgar content popping up while google searching it.

There are only 20 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Rex
Dominus Rex is the 9th Dominus. The name translates to "Lord of Kings". The description translates to From sea to sea. Only 219 were sold. It was released on May 23, 2015. This was the fourth Dominus to be classed as Limited ," not "Limited/U". Unlike the most recent Dominus hats (Dominus Vespertilio, Dominus Iris and Domimus Aureus), Dominus Rex sports the original Dominus mesh as seen on Dominus Infernus, Dominus Frigidus, Dominus Empyreus, and Dominus Messor. It is among the first to have the elements from Dominus Infernus (feathers), Dominus Frigidus (hood), and Dominus Aureus (buttons). The name itself may be a reference to Jurassic World's "Indominus rex".

There are currently 180 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Pittacium
Dominus Pittacium is the 10th Dominus. It was created on December 23, 2015 but appeared in the catalog on March 15, 2016 as part of the Tixapalooza sale. Unlike the other Dominus hats, it is bought with tickets, but for 5000000 tickets (roughly equaling to 250000 ROBUX), making it the most expensive item on ROBLOX that costs Tickets alone. "Dominus Pittacium" translates to "Lord Ticket" (Pittacium has multiple meanings. One of them is ticket. That's probably what roblox was naming it after). In addition, the description, "Aeternum vale", translates to "Farewell". This was released along with the "Saying Goodbye to Tickets" blog post. Only 39 of them were sold.

There are currently 37 units left as of May 2017.

Dominus Praefectus
Dominus Praefectus is the 11th Dominus. It was created on October 21, 2016. The name translates to "Lord Overseer", as a reference to being the leader of something (likely the Overseers). Dominus Praefectus was, like Dominus Messor and Dominus Vespertilio, found inside the final Halloween gift of the Halloween gift sale for 31000 ROBUX. The description translates to "I came, I saw, I conquered." The gift itself sold 1,244 copies, more than likely due to being extremely obviously a Dominus. Later in mid 2017 it went limited and is usually selling for 90K to 100K robux.

The Dominus Vespertilio is the most common Dominus, as it is the cheapest, and you can see people who have it fairly common in a game called Trade Hangout.