AI Overview: Rare Clash Royale emotes are the ones that were given away once or sold in short windows. This page lists five picks from the old guide: a P.E.K.K.A balloon pop, a Rascal Girl cake, a chewing Ram, and two Lunar New Year emotes. A sixth bonus emote follows, and the full original is kept below.
Last Updated: October 2026
Key Points:
- The game has no rarity tag for emotes.
- Event prizes and one-time offers make the list.
- The Miner with a red envelope cost $50 with a chest and Gold.
- The Hog with a red envelope was a Hog Race Challenge prize in February 2019.
- Bomber 2020 sold for $10 and never returned.
Collector Checklist: Five Emotes and One Bonus
What counts as rare. The game has no rarity tag for emotes. The writer used three tests: how it was offered, whether it ever returned, and how few players have it.
Quick recap. Five rare picks and one bonus, ranked by how few players have them.
What does not count. Emotes won in regular challenges or sold in the shop for Gems or money. They cycle back, so anyone can get them.
| Rank | Emote | When | How it was won | Why it is rare |
| 5 | P.E.K.K.A popping balloons | 4th Anniversary | Content Creator tournaments | Never in the shop |
| 4 | Rascal Girl with cake | March 2019, 3rd Anniversary | Content Creator tournament streams | Fewer viewers that month |
| 3 | Chewing Ram | Ram Rider launch | Ram Rider Draft Challenge, 15 wins | No Pass Royale retries then |
| 2 | Miner with red envelope | January 2020, Lunar New Year | Shop bundle for $50 | High price, can return |
| 1 | Hog with red envelope | February 2019, Lunar New Year | Hog Race Challenge, three stages | Gems only for retries |
| Bonus | Bomber 2020 | January 2020 | Shop, $10 with a chest and Gold | Never in the shop again |
Read the table fast. Most of the list is about a one-time event. Only the Miner emote is described as able to come back.
The 2026 check. This page did not check whether any of these emotes is on sale today.
Zoom out. Rare emotes work like a badge of time spent. If a game keeps rewards free and open to all, collectors lose the badge. If it brings old sets back, early fans may feel cheated.
The Story Behind Each Pick
Number 5. The P.E.K.K.A pops birthday balloons with her sword. It was given at the 4th Anniversary in the Content Creator tournaments, and the writer says there is no way to get it now.
Number 4. A Rascal Girl jumps out of a cake. It came out in March 2019 for the 3rd Anniversary, also through creator streams. Creators could stream once a week then, and the viewership was lower because the finals ran in the same month.
Number 3. The Chewing Ram came as the prize of the Ram Rider Draft Challenge: 15 wins and no unlimited tries, since Pass Royale did not exist yet.
Number 2. The Miner holds a red envelope. It was part of a bundle that cost $50, which put most players off.
Number 1. The Hog with a red envelope, for the Year of the Pig. It was the prize of a three-stage challenge. The writer says it has one of the best sounds of any emote, with coins that jingle.
Bonus. The Bomber 2020 emote sold for $10 with a chest and Gold. It never returned.
Zoom in. Anniversary and New Year emotes are likely to stay limited. If collectors stay interested, expect each new event emote to be talked about the day it ends, because that is when it becomes rare.
What to Check Before You Chase One
- Is it on sale now? Open the shop and look. Old pages cannot tell you.
- Is it a bundle? The Miner emote came with a chest and Gold, so the price covers more than the emote.
- Is it a challenge prize? Check the current challenge rules before you spend Gems on retries.
- Do you want it to use or to show? Only a few players will ever see it in battle.
The list before this one. See the five rarest emotes. These five rank below that list.
Cards in the clips. The emotes feature the P.E.K.K.A, Miner and Hog Rider. Their pages show how the cards play now.
Final thought. A rare emote is only rare while players care. If emotes become something players buy in big sets, scarcity may matter less than the story, and the badge of an old event will be worth less to the people who were there.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the rare Clash Royale emotes?
The old guide names the P.E.K.K.A balloon pop, the Rascal Girl with cake, the Chewing Ram, the Miner and Hog with red envelopes, and the Bomber 2020. Use it as a guide, and check the linked pages for the current details.
What makes an emote rare?
There is no official tag. The writer looks at how it was offered, whether it came back, and how few players have it.
How did players get the Chewing Ram emote?
From the Ram Rider Draft Challenge: 15 wins, with no unlimited tries.
How much did the Miner red envelope emote cost?
It was part of a $50 bundle with a chest and Gold in January 2020.
Is Bomber 2020 still available?
The old guide says it never returned to the shop. This page did not check the shop today.
Original Guide, Kept in Full
The text below is the original page, kept in full. It was written between 2016 and 2024, so some details are out of date. The tips and numbers above use 2026 sources.
Hey there! I’m Krux here and I am back again with some wintery wind and a new Clash Royale article. We are one week into Season 17 now and I hope you are enjoying it. Last time, I brought you the Top 5 Rarest Clash Royale Emotes and people were asking about their favourite emote which they haven’t seen using anyone around. In other words, it was loved and so today we will see another bunch of rare emotes in Clash Royale.
You can check out the Top 5 Rarest Clash Royale Emotes and tell us which ones have you got. Today we will see some Clash Royale Emotes which are not the rarest but are exceptional and not very common. Let’s dive and find out!
What is Rare?
There is no in-game classification for rare emotes in Clash Royale. Factors like availability, obtainability, and the number of people having the emote are considered to decide upon this list. Emotes which are won in challenges and are available in the shop to buy with gems or money are not rare. They cycle in the shop and anyone can get them. Emotes which were given away or could be obtained once and we never saw them in the shop are the ones we are talking about. Let’s start!
Top 5 Rare Clash Royale Emotes
We are excluding the emotes which are in the Top 5 Rarest list and they are obviously above these emotes which we will see today in the rarity ladder.
5. Pekka popping Balloons:
This cute emote in which the Pekka is popping the birthday balloons with her sword is indisputably one of the cutest Clash Royale emotes. The must-have emote for Pekka lovers, this emote is also one of the rare emotes that won’t be available in the shop and there is no way you can get it now. It was given on Clash Royale’s 4th Anniversary in the Content Creator tournaments. Pekka balloon pops, we see!
4. Rascal Girl with Cake:
The Rascal girl jumps out of a soft birthday cake in this Clash Royale Emote. This one is also a Birthday emote, released in March 2019 for Clash Royale’s 3rd Anniversary. The cheery Rascal Girl with a sweet tooth gives out good vibes. This was also obtainable in the content creator tournament streams and did not appear in the shop. Thanks to OJ for telling that this time, the content creators could stream only once the week and also the viewership was less as CRL finals were in the same month. Lesser people than the Pekka balloon one have this one.
3. Chewing Ram:
The only Ram emote of Clash Royale is an exclusive one. It means that it is one of the legendaries and will not appear in the shop to buy. It was given away in the Ram Rider Draft Challenge which came in the game when Ram Rider card was released in Clash Royale. You had to get 15 wins to get this emote and there was no Pass Royale for unlimited tries. This made this one a rare emote and only few can flex it in a match.
2. Miner with Red Envelope:
The Miner is happy with the red good-luck envelope he got. This Miner with Red Envelope emote was released in January 2020 for the Lunar New Year. Lunar New year is celebrated in February and its months are cycles of the moon. It is celebrated in China and other Asian countries. The dates differ in some southeast Asian countries but all in all, they have a New Year other than the January 1. So this Clash Royale emote is the only one which is not exclusive on this list. it was available to buy in the shop during the LNY time and can appear in the shop again. What made this rare is the whopping price tag this had—$50 (US). Yes, you have to give 50$ for the chest and gold coming with this emote. We are not talking about how good a deal it was but clearly, most of the players did not go for it leave alone the school kids. I have myself never seen this emote in action in-game (another only on the list).
1. Hog with Red Envelope:
Another Lunar New Year emote, this LNY Hog Clash Royale emote was released in February 2019 for the Year of the Pig. It was the prize of the Hog Race Challenge. The challenge had three stages with multiple matches in each. It was also the time before the Pass Royale, so only gems could give you a retry after 3 losses which made the challenge a bit tougher than other normal ones. There were other Hog emotes but they were not limited and were available in the shop. In this rare Clash Royale emote, the happy Hog is holding a red envelope and coins are raining from the sky with a lovely jingling sound. I personally see it as one of the best sounding Clash Royale emotes too.
So these were the five rare Clash Royale emotes that one can have and show off in a match. We have already seen the rarest and these ones are second to them only. Apart from these, I would like to include an Honourable Mention in this Clash Royale emote list.
Honourable Mention: Bomber 2020
The bomber is wearing goggles which say 2020 and throws a bomb towards the player or should I say on the player?
Haha, this funny and cute Clash Royale Emote was was buyable in the shop for the new year in January 2020. It did not cost a whopping amount to buy nor it is an exclusive emote. It cost 10$ along with a chest and a decent amount of gold. What makes this Clash Royale emote unique is that it says 2020; it is for the year we are in right now and it has never appeared in the shop again. We are close to the end with just one and half month more left of 2020 and only a few people have this Bomber emote. And it would not make sense to give this in 2021. I personally think that this should be available again, free if possible to remind us all about how bombing the year 2020 has been, not just for Clash Royale but for all the world. If you know what I mean.
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Sources
Researched from the following (no links, listed for transparency):
- CryptoAIMeta card guides for these cards, built from RoyaleTracker October 2026 samples and SeeMeta 2026 balance changes
- SeeMeta, Clash Royale balance changes 2026 (page updated October 2026), read through search summaries
- Supercell official Clash Royale API, card list (elixir cost, rarity, unlock arena)
- The original clash.world pages (2016 to 2020), kept in full below