Multiplayer games have greatly evolved in the past few years. Nowadays, most co-op and PVP games offer more than one ways to communicate with other players. FromSoftware, Inc. has a record of taking everything one step ahead of others. At least that’s how the gestures and emotes were introduced back in the days of Dark Souls online. Gestures are an important way to show your gratitude, distract other players, celebrate your victory, and add visual aid to your messages in Elden Ring online. Generally, you can use the emotes when playing Elden Ring in co-op or PVP mode.
Despite being a simple task, most people are often confused about how to gesture in Elden Ring. This article provides a comprehensive guide not only on how to use gestures but also on how to unlock them all.
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What Is the Use of Gestures in Elden Ring?
Gestures trigger special animations that last for a couple of seconds. You can think of them as the holographs from Harry Potter or the Witcher 3. When you add a gesture to your message, an otherworldly image of your character is generated along with the message. So, you can add gestures like the Pointing Emotes to show them the direction or simply convey your gratitude. Similarly, most people use gestures in multiplayer mode to better communicate their emotions of joy, sorrow, or embarrassment to other players. Moreover, you can also use the Erudition gesture in single-player mode to unlock two converted towers.
How to Gesture and Emote in Elden Ring?
Performing a gesture in Elden Ring is fairly simple as compared to the previous FromSoftware.inc games. Moreover, the game offers several gestures by default that you can replace with the ones that you obtain later on in the game. To perform a gesture, press the start button to bring up the player menu.
Navigate to the right side and choose the gesture menu that you can find next to the pouch menu. From here, you can choose up to six gestures from the list of unlocked ones. Moreover, you can also replace the gestures at any time when you obtain a new one.
Once you have chosen the desired gestures, highlight the one that you want to perform from the menu and press the action button (X) to perform it. Now you can trigger the gestures both in offline and online modes. However, beware that your character is vulnerable during the gesture animation. So, it would be best to wisely time the gesture when there are no enemies nearby.
All Elden Ring Gestures Guide
You get a couple of gestures by default to get started in the game. Moreover, you can unlock even more gestures by interacting with various players. There are a total of 46 gestures in Elden Ring. Here’s how to get them all:
Default Gestures:
- Wave
- Warm Welcome
- Wait!
- Rest
- Rallying Cry
- Point Upwards
- Point Forwards
- Point Downwards
- Jump for Joy
- Dejection
- Bow
- Beckon
Unlockable Gestures:
| Gestures | How to get it? |
| What Do You Want? | Visit the Roundtable Hold and speak with Ensha to receive this gesture. |
| Triumphant Delight | Visit Limgrave and find Iron Fist Alexander. Help him the first time to receive this gesture as a reward. |
| The Ring | This gesture is present by default in all pre-order copies of Elden Ring. However, you can still get it by asking a friend who already has it to summon you to defeat a boss in the area. |
| Strength | Visit the Stranded Graveyard and pass the Soldier of Godrick‘s fight arena. Continue running till you reach the Stranded Graveyard. From here, go to the edge of the cliffs to find this gesture. |
| Spread Out | Visit the Liurnia of the Lakes and find Boggart the Blackguard. Ask him to show his wares and purchase a boiled prawn to receive this gesture as gratitude. |
| Sitting Sideways | Visit Stormshack Hill and locate Roderika. Interact with her to receive this gesture. |
| Reverential Bow | Visit the Roundtable Hold and jump over the balcony. Here Alberich will invade you. Let him finish his gesture animation before doing anything. Afterward, you will receive this gesture in your inventory. |
| Rapture | Visit the Roundtable Hold and locate Two Fingers. Interact with him to receive this gesture. |
| Prayer | Visit the Roundtable Hold and find Brother Cohryn at any time. You will receive this gesture after interacting with him for the first time. |
| Polite Bow | Visit the Redmane Castle, southeast of Caelid. Make sure that you visit during the Radahn Festival. Find and interact with the Finger Maiden Thorelina to receive this gesture. |
| Outer Order | Visit the Altus Plateau or head west from Leyndell till you reach the Minor Erdtree Church. Rest at the nearby Site of Grace and interact with Melina when she appears after the animation to receive this gesture. |
| Nod in Thought | Visit Limgrave and head east till you reach the Waypoint Ruins. Here you will find an NPC named Sorceress Sellen. You will receive this gesture after interacting with her for the first time. |
| My Thanks | After defeating Rykard, fast travel to any point. Again, travel back to the Volcano Manor and get out of the outer rooms and continue along the hallway. You will find this gesture at the end of this hallway. |
| My Lord | First, visit the Roundtable Hold and purchase any legendary armor from the Finger Reader Enia. Next, start Boc The Seamster’s questline, obtain the Golden Needle from the Church of Vows, and give it to Boc to receive this gesture. |
| Inner Order | Visit the Siofra Aqueduct at the end of D’s questline. Interact with D’s brother for the first time to receive this gesture. |
| Hoslow’s Oath | During the Volcano Manor questline, invade Juno Hoslow to receive this gesture. |
| Heartening Cry | Visit the Redmane Castle, southeast of Caelid. Make sure that you visit during the Radahn Festival. Find and interact with the Witch-Hunter Jerren to receive this gesture. |
| Grovel for Mercy | Head northwest from Limgrave, past the Gatefront Site of Grace, and into the Murkwater Cave. Clear this dungeon and open the chest to start a fight with Patches. Defeat him to receive this gesture along with his bell bearing. |
| Golden Order Totality | Head to Marika’s Statue in Leyndell and use the Law of Regression spell. Doing so will unlock Radagon’s secret. Tell the secret to Goldmask to receive this gesture as a reward. |
| Fire Spur Me | Start at the Church of Vows and head south till you reach the camp of Fire Monks. Search around this camp to find this gesture. |
| Finger Snap | Start un Limgrave and head to the Church of Elleh. Head inside the Church and find the Merchant Kale. Speak with him and tell him about the howling in Mistwood to receive this gesture. |
| Fancy Spin | Visit the Stargazer’s Ruins and summon the Jellyfish Spirit to receive this Gesture. |
| Extreme Repentance | When fighting Patches in the Murkwater Cave, attack till he surrenders. Attack once more and let him drop your HP close to zero. You will automatically receive this gesture when the fight is over. |
| Erudition | Acquire the second Academy Glinstone Key from Church of the Cuckoo and give it to Thops at the Academy. You will receive this gesture as a reward after opening the Academy. |
| Dozing Cross-Legged | Visit the Stormveil Castle and head to the roof. There you will find a corpse performing a gesture. Interact with the corpse to learn this gesture for free. |
| Desperate Prayer | Visit Gowry’s Shack in Caelid and ask him to show his wares. Purchase the Pest Threads and exhaust the dialogue to receive this gesture at the end. |
| Curtsy | After Roderika becomes your Spirit Tuner, visit her at the Roundtable Hold. Ask her to upgrade any of your spirits to +4 to receive this gesture. |
| Crossed Legs | Visit the Stormhill Shack and head south till you reach a ravaged structure. There you will find a corpse sitting on the structure. Interact with the corpse to receive this gesture. |
| Casual Greeting | There are two ways to obtain this gesture:Summon the Great Horned Tragoth Spirit before starting the battle with the Magma Wyrm Makar.Secondly, summon the Great Horned Tragoth Spirit during the battle with Starscourge Radahn. |
| Calm Down! | Patches give you more gestures than any other NPC. To unlock this gesture, spare Patches after he surrenders and open the chest beside him. You will be teleported to Mistwood Ruins. Again travel back to the Murkwater Cave, and interact with him to befriend him to receive this gesture. |
| By My Sword | Visit Leyndell and search for a building like the Roundtable Hold. Enter this Fortified Manor and head to the second floor to receive this gesture. |
| Bravo! | Visit The First Steps Site of Grace after defeating Godrick, the Grafte. Varre won’t spawn at his normal location anymore. However, there will be a message on the ground in his place; interact with the message to receive this gesture. |
| Balled Up | Defeat Renalla in the Raya Lucaria Academy. Go away and return to her to get rebirth in exchange for Tears. You will receive this gesture after using the rebirth for the first time. |
| As You Wish | Continue in the Hyetta’s questline till she spawns at the Church of Irith in Liurnia of the Lakes. Acquire the first Shabriri Grape from the Stormveil Castle and give it to Hyetta. She will reward you with this gesture in return for the first grape. |
FAQs
What is the benefit of gestures?
The only purpose of gestures and emotes in Elden Ring is to communicate. Most people save these gestures for the multiplayer mode, but you can still use them anytime you want to express your feelings in a better way. Moreover, you can also unlock a few hidden locations by using the Erudition gesture.
How to add gestures to messages in Elden Ring?
When in the message menu in online mode, press the action button (E for PC, Triangle for PlayStation, and Y for Xbox) to bring up a second menu. Press the action button again to select a gesture option. When you choose a gesture, a ghostly version of your character will appear when the other player opens the message.
Where to use the Erudition gesture?
Gestures do a little more than just express your feelings. For instance, you can use the Erudition gesture to open two hidden places in the game. Firstly, you can unlock the Converted Fringe Tower northeast of the Liurnia of the Lakes. Secondly, you can also use the Erudition gesture in front of the statue in the southwest region of the map to spawn a magical ladder.
Conclusion
Gestures and emotes are usually important for players who play Elden Ring in co-op or PVP mode. However, you can also use these gestures in the single-player mode to express your feelings and unlock a few hidden locations. So, how to gesture in Elden Ring? This article covers everything that you need to know about unlocking and using gestures.
