Vanilla Emotes
by Silabear
Vanilla Emotes lets a player play short animated gestures such as waving, pointing, clapping, nodding and shaking the head, with a cooldown between uses.
What it does
Each gesture is a short animation the player triggers from the keyboard or an inventory screen. Gestures become available as the player's emote level rises, with Wave at level 5, Point at level 10, Clap at level 20 and Nod and Shake at level 30. Gestures cool down after use, and the remaining time shows when hovering over an item in the inventory. The mod works with items as well, so a player can hold an item, press the offhand key and play a gesture while holding it.
The mod runs on Fabric, Forge and Quilt and was published for 1.17 – 1.19.3, with 1.0-MOD for 1.19.3 as the latest file on each loader. The server must run it, while players may leave it out. The license is Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0, and the mod is not open source. It also ships as a data pack for server platforms. The animations need no resource pack, which the author notes as a stated requirement.
Key features
Gesture progression
Gestures become available at set emote levels, so players gain new animations as they play.
Emote cooldowns
Each gesture has a cooldown, and the remaining time appears when hovering over an item in the inventory.
Keyboard and inventory triggers
A player can start a gesture with the PLAY control or with the GIVE option in the inventory screen.
Offhand gestures
Holding an item and pressing F lets the player perform a gesture from the offhand while keeping the item.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Roleplay and greetings
Players can greet others or show agreement and disagreement with head gestures during conversation on a server.
Crowd reactions
Clap and wave gestures let players react to events such as performances or announcements in a gathering.
Who it’s for: Players who want animated social gestures on a Fabric, Forge or Quilt server, and server owners who want to add them without requiring a resource pack from players.
How it compares
Player Emotes is client and server, not open source, under the Apache License 2.0, and published for 1.20.1 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. Online Emotes is client-side only and open source under the Open Software License 3.0, covering 1.18 – 26.2 on four loaders including Quilt. Emotecraft needs the client and makes its server side optional under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Emotes | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.19.3 | Server required, client optional | 2022-12-30 |
| Player Emotes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| Online Emotes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-31 |
| Emotecraft | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-10-01 |
Questions
Does Vanilla Emotes need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Vanilla Emotes support?
Can a player use emotes while holding an item?
In the catalog
Vanilla Emotes is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 7,205 mods support Minecraft 1.19.3.
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What the author says
Click [PLAY] on an emote to play that emote. If you click [GIVE], it will give you an item which lets you play that emote anywhere. You can hold the item and press F (move it to offhand) to play the emote.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vanilla-emotes
- Owner
- Silabear
- Published
- 2022-12-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-12-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15