You can use a variety of gestures in Elden Ring such as waving, greeting, clapping, and so on. You can also bind specific gestures to specific keyboard shortcuts.
There are also many secret gestures that can trigger special events and guests. They are not just for show. Let’s find out more about these special gestures.
What are Secret Gestures in Elden Ring?
Secret gestures are special gestures that Elden Ring players can use to trigger certain events that will unlock new quests, items, allies, and even bosses. You can also use them to communicate with other players and express yourself in unique ways.
To unlock secret gestures in Elden Ring, look for hidden clues around you. For example, check if you see any statue posing as a gesture. Then, copy the gesture to trigger the special event.
Finding Secret Gestures requires exploration and curiosity. You’ll often come across them in hidden or hard-to-reach locations, behind illusory walls, or as rewards for completing certain quests or defeating specific enemies.
Certain NPCs will hint at what gestures you should make when reaching a certain place.
Sometimes, it may take a couple of minutes until the game triggers the event that you unlocked via the special gesture you just made. Check if any secret door opens, if a new enemy appears, or if something changes in the environment.
How to use secret gestures in Elden Ring
To perform gestures in Elden Ring, open the menu, go to the slots on the bottom right, and pick a secret gesture using the action button. You can only have up to six at a time, but you can swap them with any you’ve collected using the on-screen prompts at the bottom.
If you’re playing on PlayStation, you can even link gestures to controller movements. To use them in the game, just hold the Triangle and make the movement that matches the gesture you want to use.
Use the Finger Snap gesture to meet Blaidd
After defeating Godrick the Grafted, the boss of Stormveil Castle, go back to the Church of Elleh. Then, speak to the merchant Kalé. He’ll tell you to go the Mistwood Forest and use the Finger Snap when you hear wolves howling.
Use the Finger Snap gesture to have the NPC Blaidd appear at the Mistwood Forest. This will also unlock Blaidd’s side quests.
Patches’ Secret Gesture
You can find Patche in the Murkwater Cave near the Murkwater River. When you face him as a boss and his health drops to around 75%, he’ll surrender. But if you resist attacking him at this point, you’ll receive the Grovel for Mercy gesture.
But here’s where it gets interesting. If you attack Patches again after befriending him, he’ll suggest you surrender when your health gets low.
You can use the Grovel for Mercy gesture, and he’ll cease his attacks, granting you the Extreme Repentance gesture.
The Erudition Secret Gesture
You can unlock secret areas in Elden Ring using the Erudition secret gesture at the Converted Tower and the Converted Fringe Tower in Liurnia of the Lakes.
To acquire the Erudition gesture, head to the Church of Irith and provide Thops with the second Glintstone Key from the Raya Lucaria Academy.
The Converted Tower is in the southwestern part of the map. To access it, perform the Erudition gesture in front of the statue at the tower’s center. This conjures a magical ladder to one of Elden Ring’s Memory Stones.
The Erudition gesture has one more secret up its sleeve at the Fringe Converted Tower. This tower sports a magically locked door, and to open it, you’ll need to perform the Erudition gesture while wearing one of the numerous Glintstone Crowns.
Once done, ascending the Converted Fringe Tower will reward you with the Cannon of Haima and the Gavel of Haima sorceries.
Elden Ring’s Secret Gesture Locations
There are two types of gestures in Elden Ring: one you can automatically obtain, and unlockable ones you need to work to obtain.
Automatically received gestures in Elden Ring are gestures that you acquire without having to perform any specific actions or quests. These gestures are typically available to your character from the beginning of the game or at certain points in the story without the need for additional effort.
Here are the automatically received gestures in Elden Ring:
- Point Forwards
- Point Upwards
- Point Downwards
- Wait!
- Wave (Has a vocal performance: “Hey!”)
- Beckon
- Warm Welcome
- Rallying Cry
- Bow
- Jump For Joy
- Reverential Bow
- Rest
- Dejection
Here’s a list of unlockable gestures in Elden Ring and their location:
As You Wish – Get it from Hyetta when given a Shabriri Grape at Church of Irith.
Balled Up – Get it from Rennala after rebirthing for the first time.
Bravo! – Get it by interacting with the message beneath White Mask Varre’s original location, before talking to him at Rose Church.
By My Sword – You can find it in the Fortified Manor in Leyndell Royal Capital.
Calm Down! – Get it from Patches in Murkwater Cave after being ensnared by his chest.
Casual Greeting – Get it after summoning Great Horned Tragoth before the boss fight Magma Wyrm Makar.
Crossed Legs – Interact with a corpse on debris, South of Stormhill Shack.
Curtsy – Get it from Roderika after becoming a spirit tuner, leveling a spirit to at least +4, and talking to her afterward.
Desperate Prayer – Get it from Gowry after purchasing Pest Threads and exhausting dialogue.
Dozing Cross-Legged – Interact with a corpse on a roof in Stormveil Castle near the Rampart Tower site of Grace.
Erudition – Get it by giving Thops the Academy Glintstone Key to access Converted Towers.
Extreme Repentance – Befriend Patches, and let him take you to low health in a fight.
Finger Snap – Given by Merchant Kale when asked about the howling at Mistwood Ruins.
Fire Spur Me – You can find it in a Fire Monk camp south of Church of Vows.
Golden Order Totality – Solve Goldmask riddle.
Grovel for Mercy – Get it from Patches after he surrenders for the first time at Murkwater Cave.
Heartening Cry – Get it by talking to Witch-Hunter Jerren at Redmane Castle.
Hoslow’s Oath – Get it after invading Juno Hoslow for the first time at the Mountaintops of the Giants.
Inner Order – Talk to D’s twin brother at the Siofra Aqueduct.
My Lord – Get it from Boc The Seamster if you allow him to call you lord.
My Thanks – Get it after defeating Rykard at the end of the hallway in Volcano Manor.
Nod in Thought – Given by Sorceress Sellen if you agree to become her apprentice.
Outer Order – Talk to Melina in the Minor Erdtree Church.
Patches’ Crouch – Get it from Patches after he returns to Murkwater Cave and surrenders the fight.
Polite Bow – Get it by speaking to Finger Maiden Therolina inside Redmane Castle.
Prayer – Unlock it after meeting Brother Corhyn for the first time at Roundtable Hold.
Rapture – Interact with the Two Fingers beside Enia.
Sitting Sideways – Get it from Roderika in Stormhill Shack.
Spread Out – Buy Boiled Prawn from Blackguard Big Boggart.
Strength! – Find it on a ledge in the Stranded Graveyard, past the Soldier of Godrick boss.
The Ring – Pre-order bonus or awarded after killing a boss with a pre-order player.
Triumph – Get it by helping Alexander Iron Fist get unstuck from the ground in Stormhill.
What Do You Want? – Unlock it after interacting with Ensha for the first time at Roundtable Hold.
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Updated in November 2023 to include new info and more details.