Formal Bow Emote

The Formal Bow emote in Star Wars: The Old Republic is a Subscription emote you can get for your character.

You can find the Formal Bow emote in the Communication section of the emotes panel, or type /bowformal in the chat panel and press enter.

Video of Formal Bow

Formal Bow emote in SWTOR

How to Get the Formal Bow Emote

The Formal Bow emote is only available to subscribers, and will not work if you try to use it on a free-to-play or preferred account.

Emote Chat

When you use an emote, text will be displayed in orange to both you and others in the chatbox to anyone who is nearby. You can also select another player, character, or NPC before you use the emote to change what shows up in the chat. This is the text shown by the Formal Bow emote in chat.

What you see, with no other character or NPC selected: You bow with great formality.

What you see, when you have another character or NPC selected: You bow before _ with great formality.

What other players see, with no other character or NPC selected: _ bows with great formality.

What other players see, with another character or NPC selected that isn't them: _ bows formally before _.

What another player sees, when you have them selected: _ bows formally before you.

More Details:

  • Name: Formal Bow
  • Command: /bowformal
  • Free?: Subscription
  • Source: Subscription
  • Movement: Yes
  • Sustained: No
  • Sounds: None
  • Section: Communication
  • Type: emote