Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE)
There is something special about stumbling across a player mid-emote on a busy Minecraft server and thinking, "I want to do that too." That is exactly the itch that Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE) scratches. This clever little add-on for Emotecraft lets you walk up to someone who is already dancing, waving, or pulling off a custom animation and join them on the spot, without ever touching a config file or asking for permission.
If you have spent any time in multiplayer worlds where Emotecraft is active, you already know how much personality emotes add. EBTE takes that one step further by turning every other player into a walking library of moves you can borrow in real time. It is social, it is instant, and it works on servers you do not control.
What Does Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE) Actually Do?
At its core, this is a client-side addon for Emotecraft. You look at a player who is currently playing an emote, then press Shift + RMB by default. The mod grabs that emote, plays it on your character, and syncs the two of you up so it looks like a coordinated performance rather than two people doing the same dance at random offsets.
Because you are crouched while holding Shift, the borrowed emote waits for you to stand up before it begins. That small detail makes a big difference. You can line up your timing, release the key, and start the animation at the exact moment you want, which is perfect for screenshots, roleplay scenes, or just messing around with friends.
Key Features at a Glance
- Borrow any emote from a nearby player, including custom emotes added through Emotecraft.
- Looping emotes join at the player's current frame instead of restarting from the beginning.
- Borrowed emotes keep their original sound and sfx for a fully synced performance.
- Optional action bar message tells you when a borrow succeeds.
- Hold time setting controls how long a borrowed emote waits for you to leave crouch before it is dropped.
- Reverse sound keybind (Left Ctrl by default) inverts the sound behavior for a single borrow.
- In-game config screen powered by YACL and Mod Menu.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE) is built to follow Emotecraft's own release schedule, so it typically supports the same modern Minecraft versions that Emotecraft does, spanning the 1.16 through 1.21 era on both Fabric and NeoForge where Emotecraft is available. Because it is purely client-side, you do not need to install anything on the server, and it plays nicely on any server already running Emotecraft or OnlineEmotes.
That client-side nature is the real selling point. You can join a vanilla-style survival server, a minigame lobby, or a friend's private realm and still borrow emotes from anyone wearing the right mod. No admin permissions, no plugin requests, no waiting for the server owner to update anything.
How to Install Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE)
Getting set up is refreshingly simple, especially if Emotecraft is already part of your mod list. Here is the short version of how to install it:
- Make sure Emotecraft is installed first, since EBTE depends on it for the emotes themselves and for broadcasting the emote you join.
- Download Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE) for your Minecraft version and loader.
- Drop the jar file into your mods folder alongside Emotecraft.
- Launch the game with your Fabric or NeoForge profile and confirm the mod loads without errors.
- Open the config through Mod Menu to tweak sync, sound, action bar, and hold time to your liking.
If you would rather skip the manual file shuffling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole process in a single click, pulling Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE) straight from its curated add-on catalog and keeping it updated automatically whenever a new build lands.
Configuring Your Borrow Experience
The in-game config screen is where EBTE really shines. You can toggle the action bar notification that pops up above your hotbar, decide whether borrowed emotes carry their sound, and fine-tune the hold time so a borrow is not dropped the instant you hesitate.
The sound options deserve a mention because they are more flexible than they first appear. You can set borrowed emotes to always play with sound, always stay silent, or let the reverse sound keybind flip the behavior on the fly. That last option is handy when you want a quiet emote in a crowded hub but a loud one during a private dance party.
Rebinding the Controls
Both the borrow key and the reverse sound key are rebindable under Options, Controls. You can assign other mouse buttons or even multi-key combinations if Shift plus right click clashes with something else in your setup. Players who use a lot of mods will appreciate that flexibility.
Why It Fits So Well Into Multiplayer
Emotes are inherently a group activity. A dance is more fun with four people, a wave is funnier when the whole squad does it, and a dramatic pose lands harder when two characters mirror each other perfectly. EBTE removes the friction that normally stops those moments from happening, because nobody has to hunt through a menu or remember an emote name.
It also respects the work of emote creators. Custom emotes made through Emotecraft are borrowable too, so a talented animator's work spreads naturally across a server the moment someone copies it. The mod even asks players to spread the word as a way of supporting its authors, and honestly, that is the easiest kind of support there is.
So if you have been looking for a reason to finally download Emotecraft: Borrow Their Emote (EBTE), consider this your nudge. Install it, find a friend mid-dance, hold Shift, right click, and stand up. The rest takes care of itself.