Fortnite is a game where cosmetic items and the customization of characters is a big business and a big deal. Players ‘pimp’ out their characters with newly released character, weapon and harvesting tool skins. Your character is a digital reflection of you. Oh, and it’s really popular. Like $2.18B dollars popular.
Not only can you customize the look of your character but you can also determine which emotes (dances and actions) are equipped. What are emotes for? Basically, they let you taunt a player after you eliminate, perform a celebratory victory dance or even get ‘jiggy wit it’ at a live in-game concert performed by a world famous DJ. Sometimes emotes are used to complete a weekly challenge. There are many emotes to choose from in Fortnite but some of them are simply cooler than others.
So why are these the Top 10 Rarest Emotes in Fortnite? Well all of them are currently unobtainable. Others that have an uncommon rarity rating simply were only available for early Fortnite gamers.
1.The Floss
The Floss is a Fortnite dance which was based on the performance of Russel Horning, aka Backpack Kid, during a Katy Perry performance in May 2017.
- Rarity: Rare
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Battle Pass Season 2
- A reward for reaching Tier 49 of the Battle Pass Season 2
- Cost: N/A
2. Ride the Pony
Inspired by the original dance of Psy’s famous song Gangnam Style, Ride the Pony is one of the coolest and rarest emotes out there.
- Rarity: Rare
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Battle Pass Season 2
- A reward for reaching Tier 20 of the Battle Pass Season 2
- Cost: N/A
3. The Wave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA5IcFeq5FM
Simple in nature, The Wave is among the rarest emotes in Fortnite due to it only being available during the earlier days of the game. Cool factor just because of the rarity.
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Battle Pass Season 2
- A reward for reaching Tier 5 of the Battle Pass Season 2
- Cost: N/A
4. Rocket Rodeo
Rocket Rodeo is among the rarest Fortnite emotes due to it only being available for purchase in the in-game store for a short period of time. The emote consists of a player riding a large rocket while trying to hang on to it. Honestly, this one is on the list because it cracks us up.
- Rarity: Epic
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 800 V-Bucks
5. Rock Out
If you’ve ever wished to be able to Rock out and shred your air guitar after eliminating your enemy, then this emote is the perfect one for you. Additionally, the shape of the guitar is a reference to the late guitarist Dimebag Darrel. Rock on!
- Rarity: Epic
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 800 V-Bucks
6. Boneless
The Boneless emote is a reference to the Weird AL Show as well as a dance which was created by Nathan Barnett. This emote was available for purchase in the in-game store and the dance portrays the player moving their extremities around like they lack bone structure. The dance was based on a warmup exercise commonly employed by mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.
- Rarity: Rare
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 500 V-Bucks
7. The Flapper
There is not much to be said about this one except that it was available for purchase from the in-game store for a while and that it’s the bee’s knees.
- Rarity: Rare
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 500 V-Bucks
8. Sparkler
This particular emote was available within the shop for only around four hours which makes it one of the rarest emotes out there. The emote simply depicts the character lighting a sparkler stick and waving it around.
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 200 V-Bucks
9. Tidy
Tidy was based on a popular dance which was performed by the musician Snoop Dogg in his music video for the song ‘Drop it like it’s hot’.
- Rarity: Rare
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 500 V-Bucks
10. Spike It
TheSpike It emote has been added to the Fortnite Store on the 10th of November 2018 and it portrays the character slamming a football into the ground for a Touchdown and dancing in order to celebrate the achievement.
- Rarity: Rare
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 500 V-Bucks
11. Fresh
Kind of a controversial emote since there is a pending copyright case on this one. Let’s hope Epic wins this case because this emote rocks. Pretty sure this emote is currently unavailable until further notice.
- Rarity: Epic
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Fortnite Item Shop
- This emote was purchasable at one point in the in-game store.
- Cost: 800 V-Bucks
12. Distracted
The distracted emote features a player attempting to catch a butterfly with some chopsticks. Essentially you’re showing off how little attention you’re playing to the game. The potential for using this to infuriate other players that you best in firefights must be obvious. This emote never made its way into the actual shop, it only exists in the code for some reason.
13. Hula
Hula appeared in the item shop very briefly and quite a while ago. Overall, it has only been on sale for five days total. This isn’t a particularly special emote, so it might be out of circulation purely from a lack of popularity. Your character does a little dance like they’re using a hula hoop. This one isn’t really a testament to how long you’ve been playing the game like some of the others. It more just shows that you buy random things from the item shop a lot.
- Rarity: Epic
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Item Shop
- Cost: 800 V-Bucks
14. Robot
The Robot is another early Fortnite emote. You can tell it must be a relatively early one since it is just a normal dance. This one is just doing the robot. What makes it rare is both its age and when it was unlocked. You got your hands on this emote at tier 95 of the Season 3 Battle Pass. There weren’t that many players back then, on top of that you had to pretty much finish the Battle Pass to unlock it. This has made the robot one of the rarest Fortnite dance emotes.
- Rarity: Epic
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Season 3 Battle Pass Tier 95
15. Chicken
Chicken is an emote that could confuse some sections of the Fortnite player base. While it is someone doing a chicken impression, it is a bizarre impression. This is because it is the chicken dance from Arrested Development, a long-running gag about being unable to accurately do a chicken impression. The crossover between Fortnite fans and fans of a short-lived early 2000s sitcom isn’t all that large, so this emote isn’t the most popular. This is likely why it is so rare, and it hasn’t been back to the item shop all that much.
- Rarity: Common
- Still Obtainable: No
- Source: Item Shop
- Cost – 500 V-Bucks
What’s your favorite emote? Let us know below!
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