diff --git a/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Triggers/Components/ArtifactExpressionTriggerComponent.cs b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Triggers/Components/ArtifactExpressionTriggerComponent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e81e0357e2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Triggers/Components/ArtifactExpressionTriggerComponent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+namespace Content.Server.Xenoarchaeology.XenoArtifacts.Triggers.Components;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Triggers when a nearby entity emotes
+/// </summary>
+[RegisterComponent]
+public sealed partial class ArtifactExpressionTriggerComponent : Component
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// How close to the emote event the artifact has to be for it to trigger.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField("range")]
+    public float Range = 2f;
+}
diff --git a/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Triggers/Systems/ArtifactExpressionTriggerSystem.cs b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Triggers/Systems/ArtifactExpressionTriggerSystem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb2a5b91a5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Triggers/Systems/ArtifactExpressionTriggerSystem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using Content.Server.Xenoarchaeology.XenoArtifacts.Triggers.Components;
+using Content.Server.Chat.Systems;
+namespace Content.Server.Xenoarchaeology.XenoArtifacts.Triggers.Systems;
+
+public sealed class ArtifacExpressionTriggerSystem : EntitySystem
+{
+    [Dependency] private readonly ArtifactSystem _artifact = default!;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Initialize()
+    {
+        SubscribeLocalEvent<TransformComponent, EmoteEvent>(OnEmote);
+    }
+
+    private void OnEmote(EntityUid emoter, TransformComponent component, EmoteEvent args)
+    {
+        var emoterXform = Transform(emoter);
+
+        var toActivate = new List<Entity<ArtifactExpressionTriggerComponent>>();
+        var query = EntityQueryEnumerator<ArtifactExpressionTriggerComponent, TransformComponent>();
+
+        while (query.MoveNext(out var uid, out var trigger, out var xform))
+        {
+            if (!emoterXform.Coordinates.TryDistance(EntityManager, xform.Coordinates, out var distance))
+                continue;
+
+            if (distance > trigger.Range)
+                continue;
+
+            toActivate.Add((uid, trigger));
+        }
+
+        foreach (var a in toActivate)
+        {
+            _artifact.TryActivateArtifact(a);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/xenoarchaeology/artifact-hints.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/xenoarchaeology/artifact-hints.ftl
index e7ad24347bb2..078a66e59390 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/xenoarchaeology/artifact-hints.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/xenoarchaeology/artifact-hints.ftl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ artifact-trigger-hint-examine = Examination
 artifact-trigger-hint-resurrection = Resurrection
 artifact-trigger-hint-medical = Therapeutic chemicals
 artifact-trigger-hint-funny = Slapstick comedy
+artifact-trigger-hint-expression = Expressiveness
 
 artifact-trigger-hint-drink-classic-martini = Beverage "Classically shaken"
 artifact-trigger-hint-drink-caffine = Beverage "Caffinated"
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_Impstation/XenoArch/artifact_triggers.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_Impstation/XenoArch/artifact_triggers.yml
index 77a1f98bd774..aecbf471b79d 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_Impstation/XenoArch/artifact_triggers.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_Impstation/XenoArch/artifact_triggers.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+- type: artifactTrigger
+  id: TriggerExpression
+  targetDepth: 2
+  triggerProb: 0.5
+  triggerHint: artifact-trigger-hint-expression
+  components:
+  - type: ArtifactExpressionTrigger
+    range: 4
+
 - type: artifactTrigger
   id: TriggerResurrection
   targetDepth: 4
@@ -22,6 +31,15 @@
   components:
   - type: ArtifactStunTrigger
 
+- type: artifactTrigger
+  id: TriggerExpressionDeep
+  targetDepth: 4
+  triggerProb: 0.7
+  triggerHint: artifact-trigger-hint-expression
+  components:
+  - type: ArtifactExpressionTrigger
+    range: 3
+
 # Separate drinks into twenty chunks. one chunk has a total probability of 1/20, so all drinks together have same prob as normal trigger
 # Some Chunks have multiple drinks (such as the tricky drink chunk)
 
@@ -388,13 +406,6 @@
       - !type:ActivateArtifact
 
 # Below exist to pad out the depth 4 triggers. Can remove some of those when we get more triggers implemented
-- type: artifactTrigger
-  id: TriggerMusicDeep
-  targetDepth: 4
-  triggerHint: artifact-trigger-hint-music
-  components:
-  - type: ArtifactMusicTrigger
-
 - type: artifactTrigger
   id: TriggerExamineDeep
   targetDepth: 4