How to emote in Helldivers 2

How to emote in Helldivers 2

Here is everything you need to know about how to emote in Helldivers 2, as well as how to unlock new emotes in the game, how to reassign emotes and more.

15th Feb 2024 13:55

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Emoting is a useful feature to get social and celebrate with your fellow players in Helldivers 2, so check out everything you need to know about how it works.

Emoting in Helldivers 2 is a breeze

Emote button in Helldivers 2

  • Hold left on the D-Pad 
  • Hold the B key 

If you want to change which button to press to emote in Helldivers 2, you can do so by: 

  • Heading to the game settings
  • Then to Options
  • Down to Controller
  • Select Change Bindings 
  • Go across to the third option called Communications and you can change emotes here

Changing your emote is easy, too

Helldivers 2 emote menu

To change your emote in Helldivers 2, go to your Armoury in the middle of the ship. Once in this menu, you can go down to Emote and select which one you want to have equipped - you can only have one Emote equipped at a time. 

How to earn more emotes 

Warbond menu in Helldivers 2

You can unlock new emotes in Helldivers 2 as part of the Warbond pass (the battle pass for this game). These range from being able to clap to rock, paper, scissors and much more. To unlock them, you will need to spend the Medals earned through missions. 

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