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How to Gesture in Elden RingPlus a list of all Gestures and how to unlock them!
Plus a list of all Gestures and how to unlock them!
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco
Want to learn how to Gesture in Elden Ring?Gestures are FromSoftware’s version of emotes, and all their Souls-y games have had a storied history of using Gestures to communicate with others or unlock certain secrets. The same is true ofElden Ring, which gives players access to a massive 48 different Gestures (and at least five extra in theShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC).
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What are Gestures in Elden Ring?
Gestures in Elden Ring are basically emotes. A Gesture is a character animation that you can make your character play at any time. For example, you can make your character point, wave, clap, bow, sit down, and much more besides.
Most of the time, Gestures are only used for communicating with other players in co-op or competitive multiplayer. You can also add a Gesture to the messages you can leave on the ground for other players in their singleplayer worlds to find. When you add a Gesture to a message, the player reading the message will see a ghostly apparition of your character performing the Gesture.
How to Gesture in Elden Ring
To Gesture in Elden Ring, open the player menu and use the D-Pad to navigate to the Gestures section on the right-hand side of the screen. Highlight the Gesture you want to perform, and hitXto play it.
You only have six Gesture slots in this section of the player menu, but you can swap out the existing Gestures for other Gestures whenever you like. Simply hover over the Gesture you want to replace, then hitYto open up the Gestures screen. After that, find the new Gesture you want to replace it with, and select it withA.
Players playing Elden Ring on PS5 with a DualShock controller can use their controller’s motion sensor to quickly perform Gestures without entering the player menu. But if you’re playing on PC or Xbox, then you’ll need to enter the player menu each time you want to perform a Gesture.
Certain areas and quests in Elden Ring may require the use of a particular Gesture to unlock the secret hidden there. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco
Using Gestures to unlock secrets in Elden Ring
There are certain areas in Elden Ring where Gestures are actually necessary to unlock certain secrets or progress certain side-quests. In these cases, you’ll need to find the location of the Gesture itself (if you haven’t already unlocked it), and then perform the Gesture at the correct location to unlock the secret. Below is a list of Gesture-related secrets in Elden Ring:
How to get all Elden Ring Gestures
Below is the full list of all 48 Gestures available in Elden Ring, and how to unlock them:
That concludes this quickfire guide on Gestures in Elden Ring. Of course, you’ll need more than a quick emoting hand to make your way through this punishingRPG. If you need some help getting through the Lands Between, check out our guides on thebest builds,best weapons, andbest armor setsin Elden Ring. You can also check out ourElden Ring walkthroughand ourElden Ring questsguide to make sure you haven’t missed out on any more secrets.
