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{{Infobox/Event
|name=Lunar New Year 2026
|event=Lunar New Year
|organizer=VRChat
|start=February 17, 2026
|end=April 1, 2026
|previous=Lunar New Year 2025
}}
'''Lunar New Year 2026''' was a limited-time [[Special:MyLanguage/Shop|Shop]] promotion by [[Special:MyLanguage/VRChat|VRChat]], tied to the [[wikipedia:Lunar New Year|Lunar New Year]] and the Year of the Horse.<ref name="yt-lny">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NCRAneZ_g "Lunar New Year 2026 VRChat Shop Update"] on ''[https://youtube.com/@VRChat YouTube]''. Dated February 17, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref><ref name="devupdate">[https://ask.vrchat.com/t/developer-update-19-february-2026 "Developer Update - 19 February 2026"] on ''[https://ask.vrchat.com ask.vrchat.com]''. Dated February 19, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref> It added a themed shelf of [[Special:MyLanguage/Items|items]], [[Special:MyLanguage/Portals|portals]], a warp effect, stickers, and emojis. A free [[Special:MyLanguage/VRC+|VRC+]]-exclusive credit bundle styled as a "Lucky Red Envelope" was also part of the promotion. It was the first Lunar New Year promotion in VRChat to include purchasable Shop items; the previous year's celebration in early 2025 (Year of the Snake) had offered only a free limited-time [[Special:MyLanguage/Stickers|sticker]] set.<ref name="stickers-wiki">[https://wiki.vrchat.com/wiki/Stickers "Stickers"] on ''VRChat Wiki''. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref>

== Overview ==

The promotion marked the Year of the Horse with new Shop content.<ref name="yt-lny"/> Themed listings on the Lunar New Year shelf ran from February 17, 2026 through April 1, 2026, with lower prices on paid items for VRC+ subscribers. The February 17, 2026 YouTube video "honse update | VRChat Shop Refresh!" presented the Shop update,<ref name="yt-lny"/> and the February 19, 2026 Developer Update on [https://ask.vrchat.com ask.vrchat.com] covering the promotion.<ref name="devupdate"/>

The video ran about one minute 23 seconds, showed each item in the promotion, and featured LazyTheDinoKing and InviaWaffles.<ref name="yt-lny"/> Its description listed the drop as including "a new Portal, Warp Effect, Premium Emoji's, Premium Stickers and 3 new items: Lucky Coin, Firecrackers & Pallet Drum."<ref name="yt-lny"/>

The '''Lucky Red Envelope''' was later offered on its own as a free Shop redemption for VRC+ subscribers for a limited time,<ref name="bsky-feb19">VRChat (@vrchat.com), [https://bsky.app/profile/vrchat.com Bluesky], posts dated February 19, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref> granting {{Credits|399}}. The same day, VRChat's [[wikipedia:Threads (social network)|Threads]] account posted about the envelope.<ref name="threads-lre">[https://www.threads.com/@officialvrchat/post/DU62IqUjmKP VRChat (@officialvrchat)], Threads, post dated February 19, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref>

The envelope was first set to grant {{Credits|400}}, but the reward was changed to {{Credits|399}} before broader availability. The reduction reflected [[wikipedia:Tetraphobia|tetraphobia]]: in some East Asian cultures the word for "four" sounds like the word for "death."<ref name="strasz-399">[https://ask.vrchat.com/t/developer-update-19-february-2026/47849/34 strasz, reply in "Developer Update - 19 February 2026"] on ''[https://ask.vrchat.com ask.vrchat.com]''. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref> Some users who redeemed on February 19, 2026, before the change, received {{Credits|400}} instead of 399.<ref name="feedback-bug">[https://feedback.vrchat.com/bug-reports/p/unable-to-claim-additional-399-promo-credits-as-a-vrc-subscriber-received-400-pr "Unable to claim 399 promo credits as a VRC+ subscriber, received 400 promo credits instead of 399 credits earlier (Lucky Red Envelope)"] on ''VRChat Feedback''. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref> Per Shop listing data, the Lucky Red Envelope was listed from February 18, 2026 through April 1, 2026.

== Shop items ==

The Lunar New Year shelf included the following listings. All paid items were available from February 17, 2026 through April 1, 2026; the Lucky Red Envelope was listed from February 18, 2026 through April 1, 2026.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="128">
File:ListingImage Bundle of Good Fortune.png|Bundle of Good Fortune — bundle
File:ListingImage Festival Gate.png|Festival Gate — [[Special:MyLanguage/Portals|portal]]
File:ListingImage Lucky Lantern.png|Lucky Lantern — [[Special:MyLanguage/Warp Effects|warp effect]]
File:ListingImage Firecrackers.png|Firecrackers — [[Special:MyLanguage/Items|item]]
File:ListingImage Pellet Drum.png|Pellet Drum — [[Special:MyLanguage/Items|item]]
File:ListingImage Good Fortune Coin.png|Good Fortune Coin — [[Special:MyLanguage/Items|item]]
File:ListingImage Lunar New Year Emoji Bundle.png|Lunar New Year Emoji Bundle — [[Special:MyLanguage/Emojis|emoji]] bundle<ref name="emojis-wiki">[https://wiki.vrchat.com/wiki/Emojis "Emojis"] on ''VRChat Wiki''. Retrieved April 9, 2026.</ref>
File:ListingImage Lunar New Year Sticker Pack.png|Lunar New Year Sticker Pack — [[Special:MyLanguage/Stickers|sticker]] pack<ref name="stickers-wiki"/>
File:ListingImage Lucky Red Envelope.png|Lucky Red Envelope — [[Special:MyLanguage/VRChat Credits|credit]] bundle (free, VRC+ exclusive)
</gallery>

=== Item descriptions ===

The promotional video showed the '''Festival Gate''' as a traditional [[wikipedia:Paifang|paifang]] that served as a portal. The '''Good Fortune Coin''' carried a horse design and could be flipped. The '''Firecrackers''' were interactive and produced explosions. The '''Pellet Drum''' (also called a [[wikipedia:Pellet drum|den-den daiko]]) could be spun to produce sound. The '''Lucky Lantern''' surrounded [[Special:MyLanguage/Warp Effects|warp]] with a swirl of floating lanterns as the user appeared or disappeared.<ref name="yt-lny"/>

Full listing text, images, and product identifiers are documented on [[Special:MyLanguage/List of Shop listings#Lunar New Year|List of Shop listings § Lunar New Year]].

== See also ==

* [[Special:MyLanguage/Shop|Shop]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/VRC+|VRC+]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Items|Items]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Portals|Portals]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Warp Effects|Warp Effects]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Stickers|Stickers]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Emojis|Emojis]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/VRChat Credits|VRChat Credits]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/List of Shop listings|List of Shop listings]]

== Official resources ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NCRAneZ_g honse update | VRChat Shop Refresh!] on VRChat's YouTube channel
* [https://ask.vrchat.com/t/developer-update-19-february-2026 Developer Update - 19 February 2026] on [https://ask.vrchat.com ask.vrchat.com]
* [https://www.threads.com/@officialvrchat/post/DU62IqUjmKP Lucky Red Envelope announcement] on VRChat's Threads
* [https://bsky.app/profile/vrchat.com VRChat (@vrchat.com)] on Bluesky

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