This article from MiniTool will show you the guidance for emoting in Borderlands 3 on different platforms, PS4, Xbox One or PC, as well as tell you how to get and equip new emotes.
Borderlands series is a first-person shooter and action role-playing game developed by Gearbox Software. The very latest version is the third generation Borderlands 3 that was released on September 13, 2019.
Why Need to Emote in Borderlands 3?
In Borderlands 3, you have little chance to see your character since it’s usually from a first-person perspective. Yet, you do can see yourself in a few situations, and one of them is when you are emoting. Emoting enables you to perform a gesture, such as a thumbs up and a hand wave. When you emote, the game switches the camera to a third-person view, so you can see your Vault Hunter.
Also, if you are playing looter-shooter in co-op, you may need to express yourself to your partners, happiness, sadness, doubt, etc. instead of standing awkward and motionless.
Then, how do you emote in Borderlands 3? Emotes exist in a menu where you can choose the action you would like to perform. However, when you launch Borderlands 3, it is unclear where to find the menu and Borderland 3 play emote.
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How to Emote Borderlands 3 PS4?
To emote on the PlayStation 4 consoles or a PC while you are using a PlayStation four controller, all you have to do is to hold down the PAUSE button. If you only press the pause button, you will get the pause menu instead of the emote menu. Therefore, in order to access the emotion menu, make sure that you hold down the pause button until the emote wheel pops up. Then, you can continue to select which motion to perform by pressing the X (the cross) button on PS4.
How to Emote in Borderlands 3 Xbox One?
Similar to emote on PS4 in Borderlands 3, on Xbox One console or on a computer/TV screen if you are using the Xbox controller, just hold the Menu button until the emote menu appears. Next, you are able to choose which emotion to play with by pressing button A on Xbox One.
Borderlands 3 How to Emote on PC?
If you are playing Borderlands 3 on a computer with a keyboard, you are able to trigger the emote menu by tapping the Z key since the menu is bound to the key. Since the game has its own dedicated button, you do not have to worry about holding the key like holding the emote button on PS4 or Xbox One consoles. If you prefer, you can rebind the default emote key to other keys as you like.
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How to Buy and Equip New Emotes?
In default, you get 4 emotes for free. Yet, for many players, it is far away from satisfying themselves, and they want more options. Therefore, they can go down to Crazy Earl’s door in the hanger of Sanctuary III to buy more emotes only at a small amount of Eridium (money in the game Borderlands 3).
How to use emotes in Borderlands 3? After you successfully purchase your new emotes or find some among loot drops, you need to equip them before you can make use of them. To equip your new emotes, you have to find a Quick Change machine. There, select the emote menu and change one of your old emote with one of your new. Yes, you can only have the utmost 4 emotes at the same time, and there are only 10 emotes in Borderlands 3 in total. This is a defect of Borderlands 3.
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