Emotes

The Emotes Interface

Emotes are animations that a player can select for their character to perform. Before Quick Chat was released, emotes were one of the only ways for muted players to communicate. Some emotes are P2P only, and some others are gained from P2P but can also be used in F2P servers.

Emotes are used for entertainment and sometimes for clue scrolls and quests. They generally do not give any bonuses.

Most emotes can be activated from the Emotes interface.

Emote images that can be fully viewed (colour and all) represent emotes that you have unlocked; either by default, or through the completion of a certain quest or event. Blacked out emote images represent the emotes you have yet to unlock. Though you cannot view the full icon of locked emotes (just the black frame), you can still move your cursor over each one to learn its name, while clicking it tells you what you have to do to obtain it.

Several items have "built-in" emotes, which are unique to each item (such as a Rubber chicken). As such, these special emotes do not appear in the standard emote menu, and you must manually operate these emotes by using the item. This also includes items such as skill capes, all of which have a different emote respective to the skill.

Note: More than one emote cannot be used simultaneously. Trying to do so will result in a chatbox message reading "You're already doing an emote!"

Default Emotes

Default emotes are unlocked upon creating an account.

A player performing the default "Dance" emote.

Icon	Name		Icon	Name		Icon	Name		Icon	Name
	Yes			No			Bow & Curtsy[1] (enhanced)			Angry (enhanced)
	Think			Wave			Shrug			Cheer
	Beckon (enhanced)			Laugh			Jump for Joy			Yawn (enhanced)
	Dance (enhanced)			Jig			Twirl			Headbang
	Cry			Blow Kiss			Panic			Raspberry
	Clap			Salute

^ Bow is standard for male characters and Curtsy for female. Male characters can perform Curtsy by right-clicking on the Bow icon and choosing Curtsy while females can perform Bow by right-clicking on the Curtsy icon.

Random Event Emotes

These emotes are related to random events. When completing the Mime or the Gravedigger random event players will have the option to unlock an emote in their random event gift. Players cannot choose which emote they unlock, as it is random which one will be unlocked. If a player has unlocked all emotes from one of the random events, they will still get the unlock emote option, but they are told to choose another reward.

A player performing the "Zombie Walk" emote.

Icon	Name	Random Event required to unlock
	Glass Box	This emote is a reward from the Mime random event.
	Climb Rope	This emote is a reward from the Mime random event.
	Lean	This emote is a reward from the Mime random event.
	Glass Wall	This emote is a reward from the Mime random event.
	Zombie Walk	This emote is a reward from the Gravedigger random event.
	Zombie Dance	This emote is a reward from the Gravedigger random event.

Holiday Unlockable Emotes

These emotes are related to holiday events. Players who have not unlocked emotes from the previous year can unlock them in the current year during the respective holiday event.

A player performing the "Celebrate" Emote. (click to play)

Icon	Name	Holiday Event required to unlock
	Zombie Hand	Unlocked during a Hallowe'en event, from 2007 and afterwards.
	Scared	Unlocked during a Hallowe'en event, from 2005 and afterwards.
	Bunny-hop	Unlocked during an Easter event, from 2006 and afterwards.
	Snowman Dance	Unlocked during a Christmas event, from 2007 and afterwards.
	Trick	Unlocked during a Hallowe'en event, from 2008 and afterwards.
Gobble gobble!	Give Thanks (enhanced)	Unlocked during a Thanksgiving event, from 2008 and afterwards.
	Freeze and Melt	Unlocked during a Christmas event, from 2008 and afterwards.
	Around the World in Eggty Days	Unlocked during an Easter event, from 2009 and afterwards.
	Dramatic Point	Unlocked during a Christmas event, from 2009 and afterwards.
	Puppet Master	Unlocked during a Hallowe'en event, from 2010 and afterwards.
	Seal of Approval	Unlocked during a Christmas event, from 2010 and afterwards.
	Invoke Spring	Unlocked during an Easter event, from 2011 and afterwards.
	Living on borrowed time	Unlocked during a Hallowe'en event, from 2011 and afterwards.
File:Chaotic cooking emote icon.png	Chaotic Cookery	Unlocked during a Christmas event, from 2011 and afterwards.
	Celebrate	Automatically unlocked in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.

Quest Related Emotes

These emotes are related to certain quests. They can be unlocked during a quest or as a reward at the end of a quest.

A player performing the "Troubadour Dance" emote. (click to play)

Icon	Name	Quest required to unlock
	Goblin Bow	This emote is unlocked during The Lost Tribe quest.
	Goblin Salute	This emote is unlocked during The Lost Tribe quest.
	Troubadour Dance	This emote is a reward from One Piercing Note.

Achievement Emotes

These emotes are related to certain achievements in the game. They can be unlocked by, for example reaching level 99 in a skill.

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A player performing the "Taskmaster" emote. click to play

Icon	Name	Unlocking method
	Skillcape	To perform this emote you'll need to be wearing one of the Capes of Accomplishment or Capes of Distinction, they can be obtained either when: reaching level 99 in a skill (or 120 dungeoneering)^, having the maximum amount of Quest Points^, having logged into RuneScape Classic^, for every 5 year milestone your account is old ^, reached 99 in every skill^ or by 'Completing' the game ^. There are 27 different Capes of Accomplishment and 5 Capes of Distinction. There are 29 emotes for the Capes of Accomplishment, one per skill (except for Dungeoneering, which has three emotes plus a master cape emote) and the Quest point cape. And there are 8 emotes for the Capes of Distinction, 3 for the Classic cape (fletching, smithing and woodcutting), one for the 5 year Veteran cape and one for the 10 years cape, also one for the Max cape and 2 for the Completionist cape (trimmed and untrimmed version).
File:Air Guitar.png	Air Guitar	This emote will unlock after unlocking 500 or more music tracks.
	Explore	Unlocked by completing all the beginner Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks.
File:Taskmaster.png	Taskmaster	Unlocked by completing every Task in the Task System.

Other Emotes

These emote do not fit in any of the other categories.

A player performing the "Safety First" emote.

Icon	Name	Unlocking method
	Idea	This emote is obtainable from the Box of Health in the Stronghold of Security.
	Stomp	This emote is obtainable from the Cradle of Life in the Stronghold of Security.
	Flap (enhanced)	This emote is obtainable from the Gift of Peace in the Stronghold of Security.
	Slap Head	This emote is obtainable from the Grain of Plenty in the Stronghold of Security.
	Safety First	If your age is under 13, you can unlock it by completing the Player safety test. If your age is 13 or above, you can unlock it by opening the chest in the secure sector of the Stronghold of Player Safety.
	Faint	Unlocked after winning the Mime Court Case.

Membership Loyalty Emotes

There are 30 emotes that can be bought from Xuan's Loyalty Shop in Varrock and Burthope using Loyalty Points and can be used in the same way that all other emotes are used.

A player performing the "ROFLcopter" emote.

Icon	Name	Cost[2]
	Cat Fight	500 Loyalty Points
	Face-palm	750 Loyalty Points
	Shake Hands	750 Loyalty Points
	High Five	750 Loyalty Points
	Surrender	750 Loyalty Points
	Talk to the Hand	750 Loyalty Points
	Palm-fist	750 Loyalty Points
	Golf clap	750 Loyalty Points
	Breathe Fire	1,000 Loyalty Points
	Levitate	1,000 Loyalty Points
	Muscle-man Pose	1,000 Loyalty Points
	ROFL	1,000 Loyalty Points
File:Bring it.png	Bring it!	1,000 Loyalty Points
	Evil Laugh	1,000 Loyalty Points
File:You're dead.png	You're dead	1,000 Loyalty Points
	Snow	4,000 Loyalty Points
	Storm	4,000 Loyalty Points
	Hula Hoop	4,000 Loyalty Points
	Head in the Sand	6,000 Loyalty Points
	Scream	6,000 Loyalty Points
	Lolcano	6,000 Loyalty Points
	Disappear	12,000 Loyalty Points
	Ghost	12,000 Loyalty Points
	Divine Power	12,000 Loyalty Points
	Infernal Power	12,000 Loyalty Points
	Tornado	12,000 Loyalty Points
	ROFLcopter	6,000 Loyalty Points
File:Nature's Might.png	Nature's Might	12,000 Loyalty Points
	Inner Power	6,000 Loyalty Points
	Werewolf Transformation	12,000 Loyalty Points

^ Sometimes there are discounts in the Loyalty Shop, so the emotes might occasionally cost a little less.

Solomon's General Store Emotes

These are emotes available to purchase at Solomon's General Store with Runecoins. There are currently six emotes available. Note that the listed prices are without the member's 10% discount.

A player performing the "Gravedigger" emote. (click to play)

Icon	Name	Cost
	Breakdance	140 RuneCoins
	Break Wind	124 RuneCoins
	Gravedigger	110 RuneCoins
	Mahjarrat Transformation	98 RuneCoins
	Frog Transformation	96 RuneCoins
File:Backflipicon.png	Backflip	Assasin pack[3]
	Kick Sand	120 RuneCoins
	Thruster Stomp	Dwarven Warsuit Pack[4]
	Robot Dance	Dwarven Warsuit Pack[5]

^ This emote requires you to purchase the Assasin pack in the store which also comes with the Assasin outfit and teleport.

^ This emote requires you to purchase the Dwarven Warsuit Pack in the store which also comes with the Dwarven Warsuit and teleport.

Gielinor Games Emotes

These emotes are purchaseable from the Gold tier of the Gielinor Games Reward Shop with Contribution points

A player performing the "Sportsman" emote. (click to play)

Icon	Name	Cost
	Mexican wave	1000 Contribution points
	Sportsman	1000 Contribution points

Summer Emotes

These emotes are unlockable every year during the summer. This year, the first year, through Sizzling Summer.

A Player performing the "Sunbathe" emote.

Icon	Name	Unlocking Method
	Crab Transformation	Members gets it for free at Solomon's General Store during Sizzling Summer.
	Sunbathe	Rare prize on the Squeal of Fortune during the Sizzling Summer.

Theatre Emotes

You can only use these emotes while you are in a clan theatre and they will also only appear when you are in a Clan Citadel or select them on the emotes filter. To have a theatre in your own Clan's Citadel you'll need at least a tier 5 Citadel.

A player performing the "Dramatic Death" emote.

On stage			Audience
Icon	Name		Icon	Name
	Kneel			Raise Hand (Sitting)
File:Beg.png	Begging			Wave (Sitting)
	Stir Cauldron			Cheer (Sitting)
	Cheer			Throw Tomato (Sitting)
	Tantrum			Throw Flowers (Sitting)
	Dramatic Death		File:Agree (Sitting).png	Agree (Sitting)
File:Jump & Yell.png	Jump & Yell			Point (Sitting)
	Point			Whistle (Sitting)
	Punch			Thumbs-Up (Sitting)
	Raise Hand		File:Sitting (Thumbs Down).png	Thumbs-Down (Sitting)
	Make Speech			Clap (Sitting)
	Sword Fight

Operating Emotes

A player performing the Diamond crown's "Celebrate" emote.

Some items, when operated, may activate an emote. This may be a right-click option in the inventory, or in an equipment slot.

Penguin Emotes

During and after the Cold War quest, there are 8 penguin emotes which can be used while in a Penguin suit.

Icon	Name	Emote
	Shiver
	Twirl
	Clap
	Bow
	Cheer
	Wave
	Preen
	Flap

Acrobat Emotes

The acrobat emotes tab.

During the Agility performance in Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza, players can use some acrobat emotes. However, these can only be used on the rope.

A player performing the "Backflip" emote.

Icon	Name	Suggested level
	Small hop	10
	One-leg balance	20
	Twirl	30
	Handstand	40
	Cartwheel	50
	Small leap	60
	No-hand cartwheel	70
	Forward roll	80
	Large leap	90
	Backflip	99
	Juggle	Depends on item

Emote Enhancers

Emote enhancers are equipment that when worn make an emote be performed differently. Before the quest Tower of Life, emote enhancers were only available through Treasure Trails. All of the enhancers are tradeable except for the satchels, Builder's costume, Chicken Costume and Herald capes. All of the enhancers are members-only items, except for the Chicken Costume and the herald capes.

Image	Enhancer	Emote	Information	Enhanced emote image
	A powdered wig	Angry	Tradeable: coins. Powdered Wigs are Level 1 Treasure Trails rewards.
	Flared trousers	Dance	Tradeable: coins. Flared Trousers are Level 1 Treasure Trails rewards.
	Builder's costume & Satchels	Beckon	Non-tradeable. The Builder's costume is a reward from the Tower of Life, consisting of 4 parts (only one has to be worn). Satchels from the Creature Creation minigame will also enhance Beckon.
	Pantaloons	Bow/Curtsy	Tradeable: coins. Pantaloons are a Level 1 Treasure Trails reward.
	Sleeping cap	Yawn	Tradeable: coins. Sleeping Caps are Level 1 Treasure Trails rewards.
	Chicken Costume	Flap	Non-tradeable. All 4 pieces have to be worn in order to enhance the emote. Received from the 2007 Easter event.
	Sled	Any emote	Non-tradeable. Obtained during the Troll Romance quest. Any emote you try to perform whilst riding the sled will cause you to wave.
	Herald Cape (With the Turkey Crest)	Give Thanks	Non-tradeable. You'll need to have the turkey crest on your herald cape. The option for a Turkey Crest on herald capes was rewarded for completing the 2011 Thanksgiving event.

Trivia

• If a player tries to do an emote while resting they will get a chatbox message saying, "Emotes aren't very restful."
• If you try to do an emote in the Soul Wars minigame, you get the message "This is a battleground, not a circus."
• Buying all Members Loyalty Emotes cost 134.750 loyalty points.
• The Give Thanks emote was the first Holiday event emote to have an enhancer.
• There is currently a glitch while having a shield and/or weapon equiped, they won't disappear if you do the Air Guitar emote. (This has been confirmed to be fixed with the next game update, but still hasn't.)
• There used to be a glitch with the Living on Borrowed Time emote where the Grim Reaper appeared too far away from the player. This has since been fixed.