Emotes

Emotes allow a Warframe or Operator to perform visible actions using their body for the purpose of communication and socialization. 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 on gameplay.

List of known Gestures

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

Agree - The Tenno nods their head once.

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

Bow - The Tenno slightly bows with their head and body.

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

Disagree - The Tenno dismissively waves their right arm to the side.

Meditate - The Tenno levitates above the ground and assumes a meditative Lotus position.
Can be toggled

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

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

Clap - The Tenno claps their hands seven times.

Shrug - The Tenno crosses their arms and shrugs.

Kneel - The Tenno gets down on their right knee.
Can be toggled

Sit - The Tenno sits down with their arms resting on their legs.
Can be toggled

Ki'Teer Presence - The Tenno puts their hands together with their fingers tip-to-tip.
Can be toggled
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Apart from these emotes, Tenno can also perform Nartas, which are longer and more complex movement routines that are essentially Katas. Operators cannot perform the Nartas that are not toggled.

Solstice Narta

Aquarid Narta

Eclipse Narta

Fathom Narta

Cruzar Narta
Can be toggled

Degage Narta
Can be toggled

Glissade Narta
Can be toggled

Maestro Narta
Can be toggled

Manibus Narta
Can be toggled

Noble Narta
Can be toggled

Pendulum Narta
Can be toggled

Poise Narta
Can be toggled

Systole Narta
Can be toggled

Tempo Narta
Can be toggled

Terpischore Narta
Can be toggled

Another type of Emote that can be performed are Handshakes, which are emotes performed simultaneously between two players. In order to perform a Handshake, a player must first perform the Handshake emote, which will set them up. Once set up, another player can perform the Handshake emote on the player already set up to initiate the actual Handshake action. Apart from the normal Handshake gesture, each of the seven Syndicates also possess their own different Handshakes.

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.
• Emotes can also be cancelled by clicking on the same emote that you had just chosen.

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.