It doesn’t take words to communicate with your fellow Helldivers when you’re playingHelldivers 2. A lot can be expressed non-verbally, and one of the best ways to do it is through emotes. Here’s how to use emotes inHelldivers 2.
To emote inHelldivers 2, press the B key on PC, or hold left on the D-pad on PS5. Try it out; it’s a fun way to express yourself or add spunk to your Helldiver.
InHelldivers 2, there are five emotes:Explosive Handshake, Hug, High-Five, Scout Handshake, and Rock Paper Scissors.
How to unlock emotes and victory poses inHelldivers 2
To unlock new emotes inHelldivers 2, you have to purchase them in the Acquisition Center by spending Warbond Medals. Youacquire Warbond Medalsvia successfully completing missions or collecting them on the map. The casual Salute is unlocked as your default emote, but you can expand that list as you progress.
Once you’ve got yourself a good supply of Medals, head back to your ship and open the Acquisition Center. On PS5, you need to tap the square button to access Acquisitions. On PC, you enter the menu by pressing the R key.
Take note that you do have to spend Medals to unlock more Warbond pages. The more Medals you spend, the further down the list you can go.
All emotes inHelldivers 2and how to unlock them
Here are all of the emotes inHelldivers 2, and how to unlock them:
All victory poses inHelldivers 2and how to unlock them
The free Warbond, Helldivers Mobilize, includes five victory poses. If you decide topurchase a Premium Warbond, you get more victory poses to unlock. Steeled Veterans comes included in the Super Citizen edition of the game, but you’re able to also acquire it andsubsequent Premium Warbondsby exchanging 1,000 Super Credits.
Here are all of the victory poses inHelldivers 2, and how to unlock them:
How to equip emotes and victory poses inHelldivers 2
To select emotes and victory poses inHelldivers 2, you need to access themin the Armory menuon your ship. Navigate to the ‘Character’ tab, where you can customize your diver. Next, scroll down to ‘Emote’ or ‘Victory Pose’ and enter the menu to equip the animation of your choice.
While you can choose to randomize victory poses inHelldivers 2, you can only equip one emote at a time. Sadly, there is no emote wheel. If you decide to run with the Hug (and youvery much should), you are locked to it until you change to something else in the menu.
