Emotes

See also: Actions or Animation.

Emotes are a feature available across all incarnations of WolfQuest that permit players to realistically and non-verbally communicate with each other solely through the use of their avatar's body language. The implementation and selection varies across major revisions of each version of the game.

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

Emotes radial menu as it appears in WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition.

In WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition, the player is given a much broader selection of emotes for their wolf to use in contrast to the game's predecessors. In total, there are twenty-four (24) emotes divided between four (4) subcategories. Only the emotes in the Voice section have accompanying audio. NPC wolves including strangers, dispersals, the mate and offspring may also utilise emotes both casually and during courtship.

To access the emotes interface, the player must press and hold the key on their keyboard or, if using a controller, pressing and holding D-Pad Up. This will open a radial menu. The player may then select which emote to use by hovering their mouse over it and clicking or hovering and releasing to perform the highlighted emote. On a controller, the player instead uses their Right Stick to highlight an emote and releasing D-Pad Up to perform it. The top level of seven (7) emotes most easily accessed from the base emotes menu are defined as favorites. All control schemes will display the emotes arrow to further indicate the player's highlighted selection. Some have key bind shortcuts.

As of 1.0.8p, emotes can also be performed in multiplayer via chat commands. This simultaneously outputs the emote performance while also displaying a customizable message visible to everyone in the chatbox.

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Emotes interface as it appears in WolfQuest: Classic.

In WolfQuest: Classic, emotes returned with the release of version 2.7.1 and were both improved and expanded upon, having been given its own toggleable interface and hotkey support. Furthermore, all emotes are equally available in both single-player and multiplayer; a vast improvement over its Legacy predecessor, where some emotes were only exclusive to one mode or the other. Interactive animations that were available prior to the introduction of the emotes patch remain usable via their respective key binds referenced in tutorials.

The interface -- toggleable by pressing the E key -- grants player-wolves their choice from a selection of eight (8) different emotes. Some are accompanied by sound, while others are devoid of any audio. Most are recognisable from the social arena and from the previous implementation of key bind-only emotes, and others are brand new.

In Legacy versions of WolfQuest, there is no emotes interface. Instead, emotes have limited availability through key binds, with some only being accessible in single player and others being restricted to multiplayer. Owing to its funded nature and combined time and budgetary constraints, the pool of emotes is very small throughout the original game's run.

Samples

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

The following emotes are available on the emotes panel in the Anniversary Edition.

Ears

In the "Ears" subcategory, there is a total of three (3) emotes.

Anniversary Edition • Ear Emotes

Icon & Name		Emote sample	Audio sample	Summary	Expression	Command	Effects
	Ears Back		None	Ears flattened back against head	Suspicious	None	None
	Ears Pricked			Ears slightly further forward and closer together	Alert (pre-saga) Concerned (post-saga)	None	None
	Airplane Ears			Ears lowered to side of head	Uncertain	None	Courtship emote Pack affinity increase Personality gauge?

Voice

In the "Voice" subcategory, there is a total of seven (7) emotes.

Anniversary Edition • Voice Emotes

Icon & Name		Emote sample	Audio sample	Summary	Expression	Command	Effects
	Soft Woof (pre-saga) Woof (post-saga)			Wolf softly woofs with brief single mouth yap	--	Go Home (nearby packmates) Go to Safety (post-saga, young hunters)	Targeted packmate exits follower mode Targeted packmate returns home Offspring enters hiding state Young hunters with <30% health back off (during hunt or conflict)
	Whine			Wolf softly whines/whimpers with mouth open	Get attention (pre-saga) Let's go hunt (post-saga)	Follow Me (nearby packmates) Invite on excursion (post-saga, nearby packmates)	Mate enters follower mode (pre-saga) Packmates enter follower mode (post-saga, young hunters and older)
	Growl			Wolf growls intimidatingly with mouth open	Warning	None	Courtship emote (3x to end courtship/trial period) Conflict meter effect Pack affinity decrease (pre-saga, nearby packmate) Personality gauge?
	Aggressive Snarl			Wolf aggressively snarls and draws back lips to display teeth	Angry Threatening	None	Conflict meter effect
	Fearful Snarl			Wolf crouches submissively while flattening ears and displaying teeth	Angry Frightened	None	Conflict meter effect
	Bark			Wolf barks while lowering ears and double mouth yap	Alert	Come Here (nearby packmates)	Lost pup follows
	Squeak			Wolf softly whines/"squeaks" with mouth open	--	Call Pups (pre-saga) Call Pups Out (post-saga)	Packmates & offspring exit den Offspring exits hiding state

Body

In the "Body" subcategory, there is a total of seven (7) emotes.

Anniversary Edition • Body Emotes

Icon & Name		Emote sample	Audio sample	Summary	Expression	Command	Effects
	Roll		N/A	Wolf rolls over onto its back, briefly exposing its belly before returning to idle	Playful Submissive	None	Courtship emote Pack affinity increase Personality gauge
	Grin		N/A	Wolf's ears lower and mouth opens in a smile	Relaxed	None	Courtship emote Pack affinity increase
	Chin Rest		N/A	Wolf initiator rests their chin on the shoulders of target wolf	Affection	None	Contact emote (NPC packmates only) Courtship emote (single-player exclusive) Pack affinity increase
	Sniff Noses		N/A	Wolf initiator and target wolf/partner sniff each other's noses	Greeting Affection	None	Contact emote (NPC packmates only) Courtship emote (single-player exclusive) Pack affinity increase
	Lick Face		N/A	Wolf initiator licks face of target wolf/partner	Affection	None	Contact emote (NPC packmates only) Courtship emote (single-player exclusive) Pack affinity increase
	Play Bow		None	Wolf leaps into a frontal bow while wagging its tail before returning to idle	Playful Submissive	None	Courtship emote Pack affinity increase Personality gauge
	In Playful Trot mode		None	Wolf more playfully bounces left and right while wagging its tail before returning to idle		Invite Chase (post-saga, packmates/offspring)	Pack affinity increase Personality gauge?
	Avert Gaze		None	Wolf looks off to their right side, lowering their head	Submissive	None	Courtship emote Pack affinity increase Personality gauge

Tail

In the "Tail" subcategory, there is a total of seven (7) emotes.

Anniversary Edition • Tail Emotes

Icon & Name		Emote sample	Audio sample	Summary	Expression	Command	Effects
	Tail Wag High Confident Tail Wag		None	Wolf raises its tail in a high tail wag	Confident	None	Courtship emote Pack affinity increase Personality gauge
	In Playful Trot mode			Wolf more playfully wags its tail confidently	Playful Confident		Pack affinity increase Personality gauge?
	T 1		None	Wolf raises and holds its tail still at a high position	Very Confident	None	Conflict meter effect Pack affinity increase Personality gauge
	T 2			Wolf raises and holds its tail still at a middle position	Confident	None	Courtship emote Conflict meter effect Pack affinity increase Personality gauge
	T 3			Wolf slightly raises and holds its tail still at a low-middle position	Relaxed	None	Personality gauge
	T 3.5			Wolf holds its tail still at a low position	Relaxed, somewhat submissive	None	Personality gauge
	T 4			Wolf tucks its tail between hind legs	Submissive	None	Personality gauge
	Tail Wag Low Tail Wag		None	Wolf wags its tail	Submissive	None	Conflict meter effect Pack affinity increase Personality gauge
	In Playful Trot mode			Wolf more playfully wags its tail	Playful Submissive		Pack affinity increase Personality gauge?

The following emotes are available on the emotes panel in Classic.

Classic • Emotes

Icon	Emote sample	Audio sample	Description	Summary
		N/A	Tail erect	Confident
		N/A	Ears pricked	Alert
		N/A	Jaw parted, head raised	Relaxed
		N/A	Wagging tail	Playful
			Play bow	Playful
		N/A	Roll	Submissive or playful
		N/A	Tail tucked between legs	Submissive
		N/A	Looking away/avoiding eye contact	Submissive

The following emotes are available in Legacy versions.

Legacy • Emotes

Emote sample	Audio sample	Description	Summary
File:Emote-wag1f (2.5).gifFile:Emote-wag1 (2.5).gif	N/A	Wagging tail	Playful
File:Emote-playbow1f (2.5).gifFile:Emote-playbow1 (2.5).gif		Play bow	Playful

Owing to the discontinued nature of multiplayer in Legacy versions, it is no longer possible to sample MP-exclusive emotes from the original game. However, their animations are very similar if not identical to those listed in Classic's Samples table.

Favorites

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

In the Anniversary Edition, emotes the player uses most often can be saved to the top level menu as favorites, indicated by the top level of seven (7) emotes. In doing so, these can be performed more easily by using their assigned hotkeys without needing the use of the Emotes panel.

The player can manage or redefine their favorite emotes by right-clicking them to access a context menu. To add new favorites when the top level menu is full, set favorites must first be removed. Favorited emotes are easily performed using the - keys. NumPad keys do not work unless rebound by the player.

On a controller, only one favorite emote has quick access and can be used by pressing D-Pad Right. By default, this is Growl. It can be changed by highlighting a replacement emote and pressing the Right Stick.

Attempting to add a favorite emote while its category is already full.

Right-clicking an emote in the Favorites category, opening the context menu button to remove a favorite emote.

Right-clicking an emote any other category, opening the context menu button to add an emote to the favorites category.

Redefined favorites can be reset to their default emotes by removing the appropriate FavoriteEmote registry key values. For players wishing to revert without deleting or modifying registry data, the default favorites are:

1. Airplane Ears
2. Avert Gaze
3. Tail Wag
4. T4
5. Play Bow
6. Roll
7. Aggressive Snarl

In Classic, while there is no favorite emotes system, there is a way to perform emotes more quickly without using its interface. While holding down the E key, the number keys can also be used to play emotes by pressing keys 1-8. The emotes panel does not need to be on-screen to perform hotkey emotes.

In Legacy versions, due to how few usable emotes existed in the original game, there was no favorite emote system or hotbar in place.

Key Binds

Not all emotes are accessed solely through the emotes panel. The following can be performed by using either a specific key input or a combination of key inputs.

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

Emote	Keybind
Growl
Aggressive snarl	+
Whine

Emote	Keybind
Growl	G key
Whine	Y key

Emote	Keybind
Wag tail	J key
Play bow	K key

Gallery

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

Anniversary Edition Gallery

Contributions for Emotes in the Anniversary Edition are welcome in this gallery!

Animated cycle

Ears category of the emotes radial menu

Voice category of the emotes radial menu

Favorites category of the emotes radial menu

Body category of the emotes radial menu

Tail category of the emotes radial menu

Classic Gallery

Contributions for Emotes in Classic are welcome in this gallery!

WolfQuest • Emotes

Teaser video taken during development.

Isolated emotes panel.

Ditto; cycling through emotes, showing their description.

Legacy Gallery

Contributions for Emotes in Legacy versions are welcome in this gallery!

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Bugs

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

Anniversary Edition Bugs

• In a closed 1.0.4 beta, the roll emote experienced a slight issue, wherein any wolf performing the emote would slide backwards for the duration of its animation being played. Although it was harmless and hilarious to see player-wolves and NPC-wolves experience this effect, it was fixed prior to the release being made public.

Classic Bugs

Legacy Bugs

Trivia

• Anniversary Edition
• Classic
• Legacy

Anniversary Edition Trivia

• Hotkey support for favorite emotes was added as an improvement in 1.0.5e.
• As of 2.0.0, subordinate packmates and the mate may be seen performing the Ears Pricked emote. This has been found to correlate to predation attempts and raids, so it pays to heed their subtle hints if/when the player sees this emote performed.

Classic Trivia

• Some emotes originate from the high-poly model used in the social encounter arena, while some are new or separated to their own animations based on the existing high-poly animations.
  • Play bow and Wag tail are not new; they will retain their original key binds (J and K, respectively) and be available from the emotes panel.
  • Growl was initially a sound with no animation. As of patch 2.7.1, this is no longer the case.
  • Whine is audio-only without its own animation, and will remain as-is.
• With the exception of howl, play bow and wag tail, all other emotes were not available until the initial 2.7.1 patch.

Legacy Trivia