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Emotes

Character gestures on a wheel or as chat commands; some unlock as Legacy rewards.

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PageSource
Player Challenges Unlocked byAlpha 4 Steam post: Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab)

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Patch history

3 versions

Every fact about Emotes by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Planned
  • Devs plan to lock most emotes behind challenges to earn.
  • Planned emote wheel with multi-select; new emotes will be unlocked over time.
Dev build
  • Weapons have inspect animations; emote wheel is planned but is currently a list.
  • Emote wheel supports many hot-swappable slots, bound by default to the numpad.
  • Emotes now use a wheel instead of a grid; slots can be edited and some emotes unlock through play.
  • Emote keys can be rebound either from the wheel or from the key bindings menu.
  • An emote named Amigo; Hat Tip is another emote.
  • Every emote also works as a chat slash command, for example /inspect.
Alpha 4
  • Some emotes are account-bound Legacy rewards from Player Challenges.
  • Emote UI, camera and controls updated and many new emotes added.
  • An emote icon picker was added to the chat bar.

Sources

5

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab) Steam postSep 16, 20264
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) VideoAug 15, 20262
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) VideoJul 18, 20263
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (May) (opens in a new tab) VideoMay 2, 20262
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 22, 20261

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