Minecraft wiki entry for Emotes, associated text: The character creator includes emotes. Several emotes are available for free, purchase, and as achievement rewards. The player can "equip" up to 6 of their emotes at a time. When in a world, pressing B on a keyboard, , / or on a controller, or tapping button on the top of the screen opens the emote menu. The player can then click on an emote to perform the animation.