Emotes

Emotes allow a Warframe to perform visible actions using their body for purposes of communication. They can be accessed and activated through the in-game Gear menu (default Q ). While players can only equip 10 different emotes at a time, emotes can be customized in the Gear menu, allowing for different combinations of desired emotes to be used in a mission. Emotes are purely visual, and have no other effect in gameplay.

List of known Gestures

The following are the known list of actions that a Warframe can perform using the Emotes feature:

Agree - The Warframe nods its head once.

Bow - The Warframe slightly bows with its head and body.

Boast - The Warframe squats while flexing its arms on its side, then extends its arms in front to perform a kata.

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Deep Bow - The Warframe clasps its hands in supplication, then completely bows its torso down to its abdomen.

Disagree - The Warframe dismissively waves its right arm to the side.

Meditate - The Warframe levitates above the ground and assumes a meditative Lotus position.

Follow - The Warframe waves their hand toward them, signifying a Tenno to follow.

Wave - The Warframe casually raises their hand, waving their forearm and fingers.

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Clap

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Shrug

Apart from these emotes, Warframes can also perform Nartas, which are longer and more complex movement routines that are essentially Katas. 

Solstice Narta

Aquarid Narta

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Eclipse Narta

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Fathom Narta

In Update 17.5 (2015-10-01), a Handshake emote was added. There are 7 in total, one for each Syndicate, and one neutral.

Notes

• Emotes can only be cancelled by either pausing and resuming the game, or using another emote.
• Longer emotes such as Meditate or Nartas can prevent knockdown effects.

Trivia

• Emotes were tested on the Vesper Relay Test Hub on Venus in Hotfix 15.5.3 (2014-11-28) , and formally introduced to the game in Hotfix 15.5.7 (2014-12-03).
• Emotes can be used during Archwing missions.