FiveM Emotes List

How emote commands work in FiveM

Emotes in FiveM are triggered three ways: a chat command, a menu, or a keybind. The chat command pattern is /e followed by the emote name (for example /e sit), with /emote as the long form on most resources; a separate command like /emotemenu usually opens the full menu. Under the hood, emote scripts register these binds server-side with FiveM's RegisterKeyMapping, which means every player can remap them personally in GTA V Settings under Key Bindings, then FiveM. On servers running Var-Emote, the FiveM emote menu script, the default menu key is M, and the menu is a searchable React NUI instead of a native scrolling list, so finding one emote among hundreds takes seconds.

Every emote category, with real counts

Var-Emote ships more than 1,000 animations split across seven categories. The table below lists each category and its exact count, so you know what a complete emote library looks like in 2026. To change what the menu shows, or to add your own animations, see the Var-Emote configuration docs.

A few categories deserve extra context. Prop emotes (273) attach an object to the animation, which is what turns a generic drinking loop into a believable coffee at the station scene. Walk styles (114) persist until reset, so a character can keep an injured limp across an entire medical roleplay. Facial expressions (28) layer on top of any emote, letting an angry face carry through a conversation. Animal emotes (51) cover animal peds, useful for K9 officers and pet roleplay.

Shared and dual emotes

Shared emotes, also called dual emotes, are synchronized two-player animations: handshakes, hugs, carries and similar paired scenes. Var-Emote includes 42 of them, and the flow is consent-based by design: the initiator targets a nearby player, a distance check confirms both are close enough, and the second player gets an accept or decline prompt with a request timeout. Server-side rate limiting stops spam requests, which matters on public servers where unsolicited emote requests get abused quickly.

Emote wheel, keybinds and playlists

Typing /e dance mid-scene breaks immersion, so fast access matters more than raw library size. Var-Emote gives you three layers of quick access: an 8-slot emote wheel for your most used animations, Numpad keybind slots for one-press favorites, and emote playlists, up to 10 lists of 20 emotes each, that chain animations for scripted scenes like a dance routine or a workout set. A recent-history tab keeps your last 30 emotes one click away. There is also a 3D placement mode: instead of playing an emote where you stand, you drop it at a chosen world position with a live preview gizmo, which is how players line up a sit emote exactly on a chair or a lean exactly against a wall.

Utility modules beyond emotes

A modern emote script replaces a handful of separate resources. Var-Emote bundles crouch and crawl, finger pointing, a ragdoll toggle, hands-up, walk style switching, a selfie and screenshot capture mode, and a binoculars module with normal, night and thermal vision. Consolidating these into one resource means one keybind config, one NUI and fewer scripts competing for the same keys.

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