Roblox is marking its 20th anniversary with a new cross-experience event called The Hunt Roblox 20, and it runs on a badge system rather than a shop or a code screen. Twin Atlas, the studio behind the earlier Roblox Classic event, is building it, and the lineup leans heavily on old Roblox maps rebuilt for the occasion.
Quick answer: When the event opens on September 17, play each participating classic place and collect its two badges — the Standard badge (S1) and the Mega badge (M1). Those badges are the currency that unlocks the free anniversary avatar items.
The Hunt Roblox 20 start date
The event is set to begin on September 17. Roblox announced the date on its official social channels alongside The Hunt Roblox 20 branding. A specific start hour has not been confirmed, so treat the date as the only fixed part of the schedule for now.
Development is credited to Twin Atlas, working out of a group listed in-game as the Secret Twin Atlas Group under the NightyShores name. That is the same team that handled the Roblox Classic event, which is why the structure here looks familiar if you played that one.
How the S1 and M1 badge system unlocks free items
Every participating place carries two collectable badges. The Standard badge, shown as S1, is the baseline completion reward for finishing that experience’s anniversary objective. The Mega badge, shown as M1, sits above it and requires the harder challenge in that same place.
Badges are what feed the reward track. You earn them by playing through the classic maps, and the accumulated total is what grants the free anniversary hats and accessories. There is no purchase step and no code entry involved in the core track.
Note: badges in previous Hunt events could only be earned once per experience. That means the fastest route to a full item set is breadth rather than repetition — clear each place once, then move to the next portal instead of grinding a single map.
Classic places in The Hunt Roblox 20 lineup
The map list skews toward the platform’s early catalog, with a few modern experiences building their own classic-styled versions for the occasion. Each of these is a separate badge source.
| Place | Type |
|---|---|
| Crossroads | Classic Roblox map |
| Chaos Canyon | Classic Roblox map |
| Classic Rocket Arena | Classic Roblox map |
| Sword of the Heights | Classic Roblox map |
| Roblox World Headquarters | Classic Roblox map |
| Berry Avenue Classic Map | Classic-styled place from a modern experience |
| MQ Anniversary Quest | Anniversary quest place |
The map roster can still shift before launch. Experiences have been added to past Hunt events after the opening day, so the list on September 17 is a starting point rather than a final count.
Free anniversary items tied to the badge track
Several anniversary-themed accessories have surfaced ahead of the event. The badge counts attached to each one are not public yet, so treat the list as the reward pool rather than a confirmed ladder.
| Item | Category |
|---|---|
| Vicennial Party Hat | Hat |
| Birthday Time Fedora | Hat |
| Horn of Candles | Hat |
| Crown of Rivals | Hat |
| Silver Rivals Domino Crown | Hat |
| Golden Rivals Domino Crown | Hat |
| Confetti Cannon | Accessory |
What the badge thresholds looked like in earlier Hunt events
Roblox has used a tiered redemption ladder in both previous Hunt runs, and it is the clearest indicator of how the anniversary track will be paced. The First Edition ran on badges collected across participating experiences, with a parallel Gold Track offering a second version of each reward at the same thresholds.
| Badges | The Hunt: First Edition reward |
|---|---|
| 5 | Vault Holo-compass |
| 20 | Staff of the Vault Explorer |
| 40 | Vault Explorer’s Wings |
| 60 | Vault Explorer’s Cowl |
| 95 | Vault Explorer’s Crown |
The Mega Edition tightened that considerably, swapping badges for tokens spread across 25 games and setting the Event Track at 3, 7, 12, 18, and 25 tokens. With only two badges per place in the anniversary event, expect a threshold structure closer to the Mega Edition’s smaller numbers than the First Edition’s 95-badge climb.
How to confirm a badge actually registered
Roblox badges appear on your profile’s badge list once awarded, and the in-game award notification pops on screen the moment the objective completes. If both appear, the badge counted toward your total.
If a reward does not appear after hitting a threshold, the usual cause is event-scale delay rather than a lost badge. Hunt events run across millions of concurrent players, and reward delivery has lagged behind badge awards in past runs before catching up.
Two things will stop a badge from counting outright. Leaving an experience before the completion trigger fires means nothing is awarded, and replaying a map you have already cleared will not produce a second badge, since each one is granted once per account per experience.
Until the hub opens on September 17, the practical prep is short. Know which classic places are in the rotation, plan to clear each one once rather than farming a favorite, and watch for the S1 and M1 badge prompts in every map you enter — those two awards are the entire path to the anniversary items.
