Emotes
Emotes are a way to communicate by an action, not directly saying something. For example, your character can nod his head yes instead of physically typing or saying "yes."
There are currently 11 Emotes in the base game (these shown below plus Clap!) and 27 emotes in-game for both Male and Female survivors. However, the "Flex" emote can only be obtained by crafting it with 100 Prime Meat Jerky in a cooking pot since ARK: Summer Bash 2019. In addition, since v344.3 you can buy them in the
HLN-A Hexagon Exchange option.
Mini-HLNA Skin will show an icon on its screen eye whenever the survivor does an emote.
How to use an Emote
Tap one of the emote keys, by default theses are bound to [ (Left Bracket) and ] (Right Bracket).
To display the Emote Wheel press and hold one of the emote keys and the wheel will pop up.
How to Rebind an Emote
While the emote wheel is displayed hover over an emote and press either [ or ].
Emotes list
Event Emotes
Air Drums Emote
Air Guitar Emote
Archer Flex Emote
Belly Rub Emote
Bicep Smooch Emote
Bunny Hop Dance Emote
Caroling Emote
Dance Emote
Evil Emote
Flip In Place Emote
Flirty Emote
Food Coma Emote
Happy Clap Emote
Heart Emote
Hula Dance Emote
Hungry Emote
Knock Emote
Mosh Pit Emote
Nutcracker Dance Emote
Panic Emote
Santa Emote
Scare Emote
Self Hug Emote
Snowball Emote
Tail Wiggle Emote
Turkey Emote
Zombie Emote
Notes/Trivia
- Emotes were first added in version 183.0.
- Pets that emit a charge light in Aberration can be toggled on/off using the "Clap!" emote when they are mounted on a survivor's shoulder.
Bloodstalker will attempt to mimic the Survivor if an emote is used while ridden, but refuses. Exceptions are "Thanks", "Yes", "Taunt" and "Dance/Panic".
Changelog
Patch | ![]() |
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183.0 | Emotes are added to the game. |
202.0 | Emotes now work properly when riding dinos. |
254.0 | Added "Hide/Show Helmet" Emote. |
258.0 | Greater Achievement set, with various emotes unlocked as you get Achievements. |
264.5 | Fixed mod issue where using mods would duplicate emotes in the emote wheel. |
306.67 | Fixed player emote specific to Portugese language setting. |
310.62 | Fixed some missing icon related to holiday emotes. |
312.65 | Added Event Emotes to the Hex Store at the cost of 50,000 hexagons. |