Gestures in Elden Ring are a useful tool to express yourself to other players, some including a vocal performance or making sound. Up to six can be bound to a shortcut menu just below the pouch.
Certain Gestures are involved in unlocking secret areas or equipment. These secrets often come with prompts which allude to, or directly reference, specific gestures. See the Miscellaneous tab of the Secrets page for more information.
Elden Ring Gestures
Point Forwards
Automatically received
Point Upwards
Automatically received
Point Downwards
Automatically received
Wait!
Automatically received
Calm Down!
Obtained from returning to Patches in Murkwater Cave after being ensnared by his chest
[Map Link]
Wave
Automatically received
Has a vocal performance: "Hey!"
Beckon
Automatically received
Casual Greeting
Obtained after summoning Great Horned Tragoth before the boss fight Magma Wyrm Makar or within Starscourge Radahn arena
Has a vocal performance: "Hey!"
Warm Welcome
Automatically received
Bravo!
Obtained by interacting with the message beneath where White Mask Varre was originally, after defeating your first demigod and before talking to him at Rose Church
Jump for Joy
Automatically received
Triumphant Delight
Obtained after you help Iron Fist Alexander get unstuck from the ground in Stormhill
Fancy Spin
Obtained from summoning the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes beside another Spirit Jellyfish within the Stargazer's Ruins
Rallying Cry
Automatically received
Heartening Cry
Given to the player when talking to Witch-Hunter Jerren at Redmane Castle. Video Location
Bow
Automatically received
Polite Bow
Received by speaking to Finger Maiden Therolina inside Redmane Castle, before the boss fight with Starscourge Radahn Video Location
My Thanks
Dropped at the end of the hallway in Volcano Manor after defeating Rykard. [Video Location]
Curtsy
Given by Roderika after becoming a spirit tuner, leveling a spirit to at least +4 and talking to her after
Reverential Bow
Acquired by letting Alberich complete the gesture after he spawns in the main hall of the Roundtable Hold
My Lord
Given by Boc The Seamster if you allow him to call you lord (Requires giving him the Gold Sewing Needle, and reaching the Altus Plateau)
Hoslow's Oath
Obtained when invading Juno Hoslow for the first time at the Mountaintops of the Giants
The Ring
Pre-order bonus for official release, or awarded after killing a boss with a player who received it via pre-order (but not with someone who received the gesture from someone else)
Extreme Repentance
Obtained by befriending Patches, then fighting him once more and letting him take you to low health
Crossed Legs
Obtained by interacting with a corpse on a large piece of debris, South of Stormhill Shack
[Map Link]
Dozing Cross-Legged
Obtained by interacting with a corpse on a roof in Stormveil Castle near the Rampart Tower site of grace [Video Location]
Rest
Automatically received
Dejection
Automatically received
Patches' Crouch
Obtained from Patches after he returns to Murkwater Cave from The Shaded Castle and surrenders the fight
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How many poison swamps must I quaff before Miyazaki adds "Well, what is it?" back?
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I did the stuff to get the spread out gesture and the game refuses to give it to me
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Sometimes you wont get lay flat even if you buy prawns and talk to him :/
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It's annoying how many gestures you can miss in this game. I'm trying to get a character as close to 100% as possible in NG before the DLC drops and finding out that I've somehow missed four separate gestures that I won't be able to get until NG+ stings a lot under these specific circumstances, even if it's not a huge deal in the end.
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t-bag gen alpha kiddos vs point down tryhards vs finger snap apes vs fancy spin enthusiasts vs golden order totality gods
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The "Calm Down!" gesture is also obtained if you listen to Patches tell you about the Iron Maiden in Raya Lucaria, get captured by it, then warp back to him, if you didnt already get it.
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It would be cool if we could to the gesture/pose Tannith's crucible knight does while standing next to ger
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There needs to be a chicken gesture, and you need to be able to obtain it immediately after being fog walled.
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80% of T-posers contributed the least in the fight. The remaining 20% just like to feel the breeze in their armpits.
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Gideon gets to do the “Well, what is it?” gesture, so why can’t we?
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>host gets outplayed
>saved by total fluke out of their control
>still points down
we love to see it
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Getting bowed to after getting ruthlessly ganked is honestly more insulting than tbags or point down
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**** zodiac signs, which point down gesture is your favorite?
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It would be so much better if the Dark Souls 2 gestured were here.
Imagine the "this one's me" or "no way" after a fight would be way funnier then just "point down".
But I can dream.
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When people get ready to fight a boss together how do they do that like fast-clicking thing? People always do that at me and I respond with a wave emote hahaha
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When you use the Patches' crouch gesture while wearing the Ronin's chest piece the caped shoulder wiggs out and gets a lot larger than it should.
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i wish the 'pumped up' gesture from dark souls 2 was in this game
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Are there any gestures that have functional use like Make Contact in Bloodborne?
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9/10 need gigachad Gideon boss pose/gesture to be a 10. Missed opportunity... :( he has too much of an ego to keep it for himself.
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Shake Off Cape would've worked wonders here, considering the sheer amount of armor sets that have capes.
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Entered someone's world as summon. Did the spread out gesture in front of a lever he was going to pull.
Guess what
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Why have all these gestures when everyone is only t-bagging?
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Missable Gestures.... Only FromSoft can do such a thing... Ffs.
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No one points down anymore.
Nowadays, people throws **** at the end. But not me because I'm not a toxic person.
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is there a way to get reverential bow if you hit mad tongue too soon before he could give it?
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Point Down virgin vs Fancy Spin Enjoyer vs The Ring Connoisseur vs Golden Order Totality God.
I'm hoping the DLC adds some old gestures, things like "Look Skyward" and "Shrug" from DS1, "No Way" and "This One's Me" from DS2, "Call Over" and "Toast" from DS3, and a few that I would think would fit from Bloodborne with some alterations would be "Shake Off Cape" with perhaps the added benefit of actually removing your cape if applicable (could be obtained from Boc after the completion of his questline) and "Make Contact" since I'd be surprised if some kind of "Outer god" is not involved in the DLC in some way, and this gesture could be reused to show that there are those would actually follow this "gods" as a kind of mirror to the Rapture and Inner/Outer/Golden Order gestures.
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Can we get the No way emote in ds2 cause I don't like fighting a dude who hides behind a shield and pokes I want to tell him No.
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You can get "balled up" by simply entering the character creator with Rennala and saving no changes. Just gives it to you without needing to spend a larval tear.
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When you get to the Zamor Ruins you have the option to talk to Melina and if you didn't get her gesture by talking to her at Minor Erdtree Church grace now's your chance. Use this chance as a opportunity to immediately go to Minor Erdtree Church grace and press Talk To Melina option you will have the dialogue of both Minor Erdtree Church and Zamor Ruins plus you will get the gesture you didn't get because you didn't speak to her before progressing further into the game.
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Two types of people that use point upwards:
1. People who want to point down but don't want to be impolite
2. People who want to mock their opponent (in a funny way)
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don't press "Test now" on the gesture menu when trying to use the grovel in mercy on patches, it doesn't work. You have to actually swap the gesture and use it normally.
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"Curtsy" seems to be missable if you don't activate the dialogue that unlocks it BEFORE kindling the Forge of the Giants. The option won't appear anymore once the "convince Hewg to leave the Roundtable" quest arc starts.
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its always funny when people go for the point down and get blasted from behind by an enemy
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The point down is so flimsy in this game. The sarcastic clap is a much better bm emote
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I hope we get the looking skyward gesture from ds1 in the dlc
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The lack of "No" or negative gestures upsets me. You can nod, clap, etc... but there's no way to say no to anything. If someone is going the wrong way, or wanting to do something I can't communicate. Moving left or right doesn't help and trying to point or flag for attention only works so well. Dark Souls 1 and 2 had these Gestures. Really depressing how you can't do anything even resembling a rejection in these games anymore just to spare sensitive feelings when they actually have valid reasons for communication.
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I got the ring the very first time I cooped for a boss and so I assumed it was just the reward for beating a boss in coop. I see a good many players use it after beating a boss in coop though so I don't think it's too rare by now.
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I seem to have missed Hoslow's Oath. I don't remember him doing the gesture and I don't have it. Maybe it was bugged for me?
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On the patches page it mentions to do the "grovel" gesture. And specifically not the "grovel for mercy". Does anyone know how to obtain the "grovel" gesture??
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As a co-op player that uses heal incantation a lot I really need a gesture for “come here”
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I bought boiled prawn from Blackguard But I didnt get the gesture
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It would be pretty neat to have that clawing-at-your-eyes-pose you do when you die from madness as a gesture
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Are the emotes for online only or do they serve some purpose in the non-CoOp single player mode?
I know that you need to use the finger snap to talk to....err, be talked at....by Blaidd.
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It’s actually a crime you cannot unlock the dance the people are doing up by the windmills in Altus.
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use "Hoslow's Oath" with no item in hand to flex your muscles respectfully, like a sort of "we've got this comrade" kinda dealio
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Incredibly Disappointed that gideon's little shrugging monolouge pose and D's brothers triumphant "i just stabbed a dead lady" pose arent gestures you can get
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Missed Reverential Bow because you're goddamn right I backstabbed that ****er while I had the chance
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Geez, if I want all the gestures I must basically keep the wiki page open all the time...
I don't play very often, taking a few week breaks from time to time. So my characters keep missing Reverential Bow and Hoslow Oath, because apparently hostile NPCs are now anime villains who "mUsT cOmPLetE tHeiR BS bEfOrE tHe fIgHt" and I get punished for attacking them on sight....
I also miss Bravo often, since it's so out of your way to find and it disappears if you talk to Varré...
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We get fourteen different cries/yells that all mean the same thing but the ‘no’ gesture from DS2 hasn’t been seen since. Just like most other people I CoOp with, I don’t understand what From is thinking.
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'Balled Up' is incorrect - you don't HAVE to rebirth, you can just enter her cosmetic menu and click 'Finish.'
That's kind of important for Level 1 bros and for characters that have no larval tears or simply want to avoid a re-spec.
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Warm welcome is no longer giant dad gesture
Now it is CASUAL GREETING and bonus it say HEY.
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Wish there was a well known gesture that meant no ill-will because invaders frequently think me and host are a gank squad (either that or they're really toxic) when we're really trying to progress the level but need to stay in place to kill them (bad for your health to be hunted by an invader the whole level)
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That gesture called "My Thanks" is not MY THANKS. wtf from...
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point down has lost all its meaning, we need some new spicy gestures from the DLC
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Salding that extreme repentance doesn't last until you move, what if I wanna look like a bug huh?
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Wish the cross legged gesture from the site of grace was a thing
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I miss that "flexing" gesture that the ds3 hackers used to use all the time at pontiff sulyvahn. It was so funny.
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we need more BM gestures that aren't as cringey and outplayed as point down
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I wish they would put in blood borne ROAR me and my friends would spam it after a boss and it was hilarious. It be nice and they already have the animations in the game.
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I wish we could get a gesture that was the same as how you lie down before warping to Placidusax arena
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Even if someone is awkward with using gestures, I’ll take a happy jump, running in circles, or even a swift crouch over a Host looking away after I help them finish the boss. Ah, well…
There’s a couple of times where I died a heartbeat before boss, and the Host ran over to were I died and just stood there. It said it all, without gestures.
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I don't know where else to ask this, but I'm wondering about gestures beyond the ones listed here: running in circles, wagging shields or weapons, etc. (feel free to add anything)
I love the multiplayer energy, but sometimes I wish I knew what exactly I'm communicating.
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Just a note - You actually need to let Juno Hoslow do the gesture in order to get it, similar to getting Alberich's. I didn't know this and sprinted right up and decked him. Now he's dead and no gesture acquired.
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I got the balled up gesture even though I have never undergone rebirth, there must be something incorrect here.
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Missed outer order bc Melina wants to kill me/frenzied flame
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Random tangent: Its a blessing that fromsoftware characters hasn't made an appearance in fortnite. Gehrman, Artorias & Gwyn doing some braindead fortnite dance would be a questionable decision on from's part that would make us question what Miyazaki was on
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Is Patches' Crouch really obtainable in 1.05? I just did his quest where he returns to his cave after giving the Dancer's Castanets. I spared him (again) but didn't get the gesture after exhausting all his dialogue. I reloaded the area but he just sits there as a merchant.
Need a gesture that conveys "confusion" for times when I don't understand what the **** is the Host actually trying to do.
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