The 20 rarest dances and emotes in Fortnite

Have you ever wondered what the top 20 rarest dances in Fortnite were? Well, read on, and in no time, you’ll be dancing on your enemies with rare emotes as you gain Victory Battle Royals.

Fortnite presents players with a variety of cosmetics, including emotes and dances that players can complete missions to get or purchase with VBucks. Skins rank from normal all the way to legendary, just like all the cosmetic items in Fortnite.

Here are the top 20 rarest dances and emotes in Fortnite (not including battle pass emotes).

Rarest Fortnite emotes and dates last seen in the item shop

True rarity lies in how often that cosmetic shows up in the item shop. Sometimes a green emote or dance can be considered one of the most unique emotes in the game—because the number of players who had a chance to buy it is relatively low.

Epic Games is a skin-manufacturing powerhouse today. That explains why some emotes like Fresh and Kiss the Cup haven’t been seen in years—why bother relaunching seasonal emotes that only part of the Fortnite player base didn’t buy when you can release a new one that nobody owns yet?

What are the rarest emotes in Fortnite?

Fresh is the rarest Fortnite emote today and will probably be for a long time due to the story behind it. This dance was introduced in the item shop in 2017 for 800 V-Bucks and was last seen in November 2018, over 1,800 days ago. Fresh is a clear reference to the 90’s TV show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and to the dance performed by Alfonso Ribeiro’s character Carlton.

And that’s part of why we will probably never see Fresh in the item shop again. Ribeiro filed a lawsuit against Epic Games requesting rights over the emote and dance. Even though he dropped the charges in 2019 and Epic doesn’t owe him anything now, it’s likely that the developers will continue to be careful and not bring this emote back to Fortnite anytime soon to avoid further issues with the actor.

Kiss the Cup

Winning a Fortnite match isn’t an easy feat. When you finally get that Victory Royale, you should be prepared to celebrate the occasion.

Kissing the Cup was released in 2019 for 200 V-Bucks to celebrate the Fortnite World Cup 2019, won by Bugha. It’s very unlikely such a specific item will ever be relaunched, and this emote has been away from the item shop for over 1,500 days.

Go home! and Welcome!

These two emotes came out together for 100 V-Bucks each at the end of Fortnite’s Chapter one, season 10, and haven’t been seen again for over 1,400 days.

They are a reference to the chapter’s finale, when The Visitor and his group, The Seven, destroyed the Zero Point with a meteor and forever changed the island.

These emotes were used to either show players’ support for The Visitor’s actions, welcoming his destruction and rebuilding, or to show they wanted him gone. This is probably a reference to alien and apocalyptic movies where the world-changing event splits the population into groups that either want it to happen or those that want to stop it.

Head Banger

This emote is part of Fortnite’s collaborations with real-life celebrities. Head Banger is a 300 V-Buck emote, part of the partnership with American rapper Travis Scott. Just like all the items in his set, the Head Banger emote hasn’t been seen in the item shop for over 1,200 days, and it probably will only return when (and if) Epic and Travis Scott renew their deal to sell the set in the game.

Raise the Cup

This one is actually unrelated to Kiss the Cup emote, though it’s almost equally rare. It was sold for 200 V-Bucks for only two days, but it was also free for those who ranked high enough in the online tournament Raise the Cup, held on August 18, 2020.

The little dance your character makes when you use this emote is a reference to UK football team Liverpool’s trophy lift after winning the Premier League in 2020.

Zombie Shambles

This unique emote makes your character do a zombie walk, and that’s it. What makes Zombie Shambles quite rare is that it was sold for 200 V-Bucks for a single day on November 6, 2020, in the Daily shop. It wasn’t seen since then, being unavailable for over 1000 days.

Out with the old

There would be nothing special about this seasonal emote if it wasn’t for how crappy the year 2020 was as a whole. The COVID-19 pandemic broke out globally, and we were all stuck inside for most of the year, relying on our games to have fun.

That emote has your character pop a balloon that says “2020” while inflating a new one with “2021” while smiling. It subtly shows how our hopes for the new year were at that time. Since Jan. 1, 2021, this emote hasn’t been seen, and considering its seasonality, it’s probably gone for good for those who didn’t buy it.

Sing Along

This is an unusual case of a rare emote that was actually given away for free. At first, Sing Along was sold for 200 V-Bucks but then was made available for free in the item shop, and those who first bought it were refunded.

It was last seen over 1000 days ago.

Freezing Burst

Those who wanted a little more game inside their game could buy this God of War-themed emote until March 21, 2021, for 1,000 V-Bucks. It was never seen in Fortnite again, not even after the release of God of War: Ragnarök in November 2022.

Just like any collab item, this will likely only return to the game when Epic signs a new deal with the copyright owners.

Lazer Blast and Lazer Flex

Another set of dances from a third-party partnership made by Fortnite. Lazer Blast and Lazer Flex are part of the ICON series with EDM trio Major Lazer and are also part of the collab cosmetics that were re-released in the past. While they were first seen in the item shop in August 2019, they were also in the game on June 13, 2021, when they were last seen.

That should give you some hope to see these items again in the future.

Pull Up

This ICON series emote is the fruit of the partnership between Epic Games and TikToker Cale Saurage. Your character will do Cale’s dance to the song ROCKSTAR by DaBaby and Roddy Ricch.

When it was last seen in the item shop on July 12, 2021, it was on sale for 500 V-Bucks.

Jabba Switchway

Another ICON Series emote that has a DaBaby song in it, Jabba Switchway is inspired by a dance made by the group Jabbawockeez to the song BOP.

It was last on sale for 500 V-Bucks over 800 days ago.

Go Mufasa

This is another dance of DaBaby’s BOP, this time as interpreted by dancer Mufasa. It was also last seen in the item shop over 800 days ago for 500 V-Bucks.

It’s complicated

This is one of the emotes with the highest in-game rarity on the list. It’s Complicated was first released in 2020 for 500 V-Bucks, and it hasn’t returned to players’ shops since August 21, 2021. That makes it one of the rarest non-collab emotes in Fortnite.

Tidy

Tidy debuted in Fortnite all the way back in 2018, in the third season of the game. Since then, the rare emote has popped out in the shop a dozen times. As of the time of writing, the dance move hasn’t been seen for well over a year, making it easily one of the rarer emotes in Fortnite. It’s worth noting that Tidy is also available in LEGO Fortnite.

Rambunctious

Rambunctious used to hold the title for the downright rarest Fortnite emote. It was absent from the shop for nearly 1,500 days before resurfacing in early December 2022. This was also the last time the emote was seen in-game.

Interestingly, it’s possible that Rambunctious was supposed to appear under a different name. The code for the emote is EID_Zippy, which means the original title of the dance was most likely Zippy. So, switching to the more complex (and much more fun to write) name was probably a last-minute call.

Vivacious

Vivacious came out in September 2018 and has since then been in the store a total of 10 times. The emote debuted simultaneously with the Rogue Agent Outfit, making some players think the two were connected in some way. Yet, no other connections between the outfit and the emote exist.

At the time of writing, the emote has the wrong icon. When you look it up, you’ll see the featured image for Hootenanny. This, too, likely doesn’t signify a connection between the two and is most likely an oversight.

Poof

The Poof emote just shows a silly smoke bomb fail by your character, who ends up not only failing to hide, but also choking on the smoke that rises from the bomb. It was last seen on August 22, 2021, and is also a non-collab emote that could return anytime.

If you have any of these emotes or dances, always spare a slot for them in your emote wheel to prove how long you’ve been playing and rubbing your dubs in every enemy’s face that crosses your path.

Will the top 20 rarest Fortnite dances and emotes ever return?

Will these rare emotes and dances ever return in the Fortnite item shop? As of now, none of these emotes have ever been seen in the shop again. The only way to get them is to buy a full account with these emotes in the Locker. Some of these on the list coming back to Fortnite would definitely bring back older players who missed out on them. However, Fortnite has yet to put older items back into the game.

With the recent hints and leaks surrounding Fortnite Chapter 4, Season 5 to bring back older seasons, there is a really high chance of a lot of these rare emotes and dances appearing back in the shop. So, make sure to be active during these times! You wouldn’t want to miss out on a rare emote and dance, would you?