EmoteSkills

v2.0.0·Updated 2026-10-09

Train skills with emotes. Link any emote to any skills; holding it levels them at 2x the normal rate (configurable). Great for AFK training. Client-side, works on vanilla servers.

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EmoteSkills

Train your skills with emotes. Link any emote to one or more skills, then hold it to level

those skills. Emotes like Vibe, Dance, Sit, Kneel, Relax, Rest and Headbang keep going until

you move, which makes them handy for AFK training.

Default emotes

Every skill has an emote by default.

Endless emotes keep going until you move, so they're good for AFK training:

| Emote | Trains |

|---|---|

| Vibe | Run, Farming, Crafting |

| Dance | Jump, Dodge |

| Sit | Cooking, Riding |

| Kneel | Sneak, Block |

| Relax | Fishing |

| Rest | Swim |

| Headbang | Fists, Pickaxes, Wood Cutting |

Sitting in a chair, bench or throne counts as the Sit emote. You can turn this off with

ChairCountsAsSit.

Short emotes only train while they play:

| Emote | Trains | | Emote | Trains |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| Toast | Cooking | | Bow | Bows |

| Thumbs Up | Crafting | | Shrug | Crossbows |

| Cower | Block | | Cry | Knives |

| Challenge | Swords | | Despair | Pickaxes |

| Roar | Axes | | Cheer | Wood Cutting |

| Flex | Clubs | | Blow Kiss | Elemental Magic |

| Point | Spears | | Love You | Blood Magic |

| Wave | Polearms | | Come Here | Elemental Magic, Blood Magic |

| No No No | Block | | Laugh | Swim, Dodge |

Change any of these in the config, for example by moving weapon skills onto Dance to train

them AFK.

How fast?

By default an emote trains a skill at twice the rate of doing the real action. Running

gives Run about 1 point per second, so Vibe gives it 2 per second. The game's normal

skill-gain bonuses and level curve still apply.

Every skill has a base emote rate of 1 point per second (the [BaseRates] section). That

matches the game's usual pace: running, swimming, fishing and riding give 1 point per second,

and hits, blocks, jumps and crafts give 1 point per action. With the default 2x multiplier,

every linked skill gains 2 points per second.

Sneak and Dodge use the same 1 per second whether or not anyone is around. In the base game

they gain less (sneaking with no enemies near, or a plain dodge roll).

Configuration

Edit BepInEx/config/EmoteSkills.cfg (created on first launch), or change settings in game

with Configuration Manager.

Changes made in game apply right away.

  • [General] EmoteMultiplier: how much faster than the real action (default 2).
  • [General] ChairCountsAsSit: sitting in a chair, bench or throne trains the Sit skills (default true).
  • [Emotes]: one line per emote. List skills separated by commas, e.g. Dance = Jump, Block, Swords.

Leave it empty to turn that emote off.

  • [BaseRates]: the base per-second rate for each skill (default 1).

Skill names: Swords, Knives, Clubs, Polearms, Spears, Axes, Bows, Crossbows, Blocking (or

Block), Unarmed (or Fists), Pickaxes, WoodCutting, Jump, Sneak, Run, Swim, Fishing, Cooking,

Farming, Crafting, Dodge, Ride (or Riding), BloodMagic, ElementalMagic.

Emote names: Wave, Sit, Challenge, Cheer, NoNoNo, ThumbsUp, Point, BlowKiss, Bow, Cower,

Cry, Despair, Flex, ComeHere, Headbang, Kneel, Laugh, Roar, Shrug, Dance, Relax, Toast, Rest,

Vibe, LoveYou. Short emotes such as Wave only train while they play.

Multiplayer

Client-side only. Skills are saved in your character, so it works on any server, including

vanilla ones. Nothing is needed on the server, and other players don't need the mod.

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.

Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file. In multiplayer, the host and every client need the same mods installed.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

denikson-BepInExPack_Valheim

File & checksum

Filename
EmoteSkills-2.0.0.zip
File size
12.3 KiB
SHA-256
4af225991992810ed1ea0a82ba78158691a37836abe57968159aa7b733dc3e5b
Stored at
2026-10-12 00:46