Hobby
In the Animal Crossing series, hobbies are pastimes that the villagers in the player's town may take up to occupy their time. Hobbies include various activities the player may partake in, such as walking around, collecting fossils, or gardening, as well as activities the player cannot do in-game, like reading and singing.
In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, a villager may change their hobby several times, while in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a villager always has one hobby that doesn't change.
Appearances[edit]
In Wild World and City Folk[edit]
In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, eight hobbies can be observed. Hobbies are the same between Wild World and City Folk, with small variations in activities between installments. Sometimes, villagers will play games based on their hobby—for example, lazy villagers may ask players to guess what their current hobby is. Hobbies affect villagers in many ways—their conversations vary, the content of their homes change, and what tool they carry may differ as well. Over time, a villager's hobby will change. Villagers may have up to two hobbies at a time; however, once they move in, the second hobby is always walking.
Wild World starting hobby | ||||||||
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Personality | Catch bugs ![]() |
Collect furniture ![]() |
Collect shells ![]() |
Dig up fossils ![]() |
Fish ![]() |
Garden ![]() |
Shop for clothes ![]() |
Walk around ![]() |
Lazy ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Jock ![]() |
4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Cranky ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Normal ![]() |
2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
Peppy ![]() |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Snooty ![]() |
2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Total | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Catch bugs[edit]
Villagers with the "catch bugs" hobby will carry a net while they are outside. They will collect bugs for display in their homes. In Wild World, residents have competitions with the player to find a certain insect as fast as they can, or to catch the rarest bug. In City Folk, villagers simply ask for a specific insect, often in exchange for a reward.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Collect furniture[edit]
Villagers with the "collect furniture" hobby will often ask the player for a piece of furniture of a specific color, style (old-school, chic, etc.), or set to display in their home. Because of how specific the requests are, they may reject the player's offerings—this is especially so with colors, as the whole item must be that color, not just a part of it. However, even if the furniture is rejected by the villager, they may not give it back to the player, opting to keep it without displaying it.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Collect shells[edit]
Villagers with the "collect shells" hobby will talk about seashells, but do not ask the player to find any for them. However, they do ask the player to complete deliveries and generally stay in the lower acres of town near the beach.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Dig up fossils[edit]
Villagers with the "dig up fossils" hobby will carry a shovel while they are outside. They enjoy collecting fossils and will sometimes ask the player to find a fossil for them (a specific type or any). These will usually be placed inside the villager's homes. They will sometimes comment on the fossil exhibit at the museum or how much they enjoy Blathers's lectures about fossils.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Fish[edit]
Villagers with the "fish" hobby will carry a fishing rod while they are outside. They will collect fish for display in their homes. In Wild World, villagers often treat their hobby as more of a competition to see who can catch a fish the fastest. They may challenge the player to find a specific fish, the rarest fish, or even the biggest fish, and will always take the fish in exchange for a present if they lose this "competition." In City Folk, villagers request a certain fish from the player in return for a reward.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Garden[edit]
![](https://dodo.ac/np/images/9/90/WW_Gardening_Hobby.png)
Villagers with the "garden" hobby will carry a watering can while they are outside. They enjoy planting flowers, and flowers will appear around their house each day; eventually, up to two rows of flowers will appear in front of their house, excluding the single space in front of their door, and up to one row of flowers will appear on either side of their house. Villagers with this hobby often comment on how other villagers have been running through their gardens. If talked to, they may ask the player to deliver a letter or present for them.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Shop for clothes[edit]
Villagers with the "shop for clothes" hobby will ask for new clothes, sometimes specific styles, in exchange for gifts. Clothing may be rejected if the villager deems it too unattractive. Lazy villagers might say that they are becoming a super hero, named "Super Spiffy [Villager Name]," and that they may ask players for style tips later on, since they will be their sidekick. They also say that they will stop wearing only the clothes their mom sends them. When players give a villager new clothes, the clothes they are wearing are displayed in their house.
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
Walk around[edit]
The "walk around" hobby is the automatic second hobby of all villagers. Villagers with this hobby will talk of their favorite routes, what they notice on their walk, and how refreshing they find it. They sometimes ask players if they want to walk with them, or to complete a delivery.
Normal villagers may mention flowers blooming on their route that weren't there yesterday. Cranky villagers will usually say, "You may think I'm a tired old man for saying this, but I like walking slow. Everyone these days have caught up with speed walking, but who needs speed? Wander around on a day like this and see what you discover." Peppy villagers will usually comment on how they're walking off a big meal or dessert, or how they intend to stay fit by walking around the town. In City Folk, specifically, they may comment: "Since I'm becoming a healthier person now, I want to walk all the way to the city instead of taking the bus, but I don't think ANYONE could do that, not even, like, a marathon runner!"
Villagers who start with this hobby in Wild World[edit]
In New Horizons[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, six hobbies can be observed, with each allowing the villager to perform unique actions, or certain actions at any time that other villagers can only perform during a scripted activity outside Resident Services that involves several villagers. Villagers may also be seen reading books or magazines pertaining to their hobby.
Special characters also have hobbies, although it is not expressed to the same extent as villagers. Exclusive to Happy Home Paradise, their hobby affects the books or magazines that they read; it has no other effect.
Personality | Education ![]() |
Fashion ![]() |
Fitness ![]() |
Music ![]() |
Nature ![]() |
Play ![]() |
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Lazy ![]() |
1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 34 |
Jock ![]() |
1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
Cranky ![]() |
20 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Smug ![]() |
11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Normal ![]() |
23 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 1 |
Peppy ![]() |
1 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
Snooty ![]() |
11 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Big sister ![]() |
1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
Total villagers | 69 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 70 |
Special characters | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
Total | 80 | 79 | 76 | 81 | 80 | 82 |
Education[edit]
Villagers with the education hobby can wear rimmed glasses and read a novel while outside. They will also use a magnifying glass when near certain furniture items, such as art, fossils, flowers placed outside as furniture, insects placed outside as furniture, and fish placed outside as furniture; and near certain plants, such as flowers, trees, weeds, and produce. They also use the magnifying glass with insects that are flying around. This hobby is most common among normal and cranky villagers. Additionally, Cobb is the only jock villager, Shino is the only peppy villager, Doc is the only lazy villager, and Quinn is the only big sister villager with this hobby.
Villagers with this hobby[edit]
Alice
Aurora
Beardo
Bertha
Bettina
Bitty
Chevre
Chops
Cleo
Cobb
Coco
Cyrano
Daisy
Deena
Diana
Doc
Dora
Elvis
Fang
Frank
Gala
Gaston
Gladys
Graham
Greta
Grizzly
Harry
Hippeux
Julia
Ken
Kidd
Kiki
Kitt
Klaus
Knox
Leopold
Lily
Limberg
Lobo
Lopez
Maple
Margie
Marlo
Melba
Midge
Mitzi
Monty
Murphy
Nana
Olaf
Peaches
Petri
Poppy
Quinn
Ricky
Rizzo
Rocco
Shep
Shino
Snooty
Soleil
T-Bone
Timbra
Tom
Velma
Vivian
Wart Jr.
Wolfgang
Zoe
Special characters with this hobby[edit]
Fashion[edit]
Villagers with the fashion hobby can wear specific headwear or accessory items while carrying a special type of bag; for female villagers, they carry a pink purse with a white flower on it, and for male villagers, they carry a brown leather bag. Most of the villagers with fashion as their hobby are female, and nearly all of them are either peppy or snooty. Eunice, Ione, Jambette, and Vesta are the only normal villagers with this hobby; Sasha, who is lazy, is the only male villager with this hobby. No big sister villagers have fashion as their hobby.
Villagers with this hobby[edit]
Alli
Anabelle
Anicotti
Annalise
Baabara
Bangle
Blaire
Bluebear
Bree
Bubbles
Bunnie
Carmen
Cashmere
Cheri
Chrissy
Cookie
Dotty
Elise
Eloise
Eunice
Felicity
Francine
Freckles
Freya
Friga
Gabi
Gigi
Gloria
Gwen
Ione
Jambette
Kitty
Maelle
Mallary
Merry
Mint
Miranda
Monique
Naomi
Nibbles
Opal
Pango
Pate
Patty
Peanut
Pecan
Peggy
Penelope
Pinky
Pippy
Portia
Puddles
Purrl
Queenie
Robin
Sasha
Tammi
Tiffany
Tipper
Truffles
Tutu
Twiggy
Vesta
Wendy
Whitney
Willow
Winnie
Yuka
Special characters with this hobby[edit]
Fitness[edit]
Villagers with the fitness hobby will wear sporty shades and lift heavy dumbbells while exercising. Other villagers can only lift heavier dumbbells when exercising at the Resident Services plaza during a scripted activity with a group of villagers; at any other time, they lift lighter dumbbells. Most jocks have this hobby. All of the gorilla villagers have this hobby, except for Rilla, who was added in the version 1.9.0 update with the nature hobby. All of the superhero villagers have this as their hobby except for Big Top, who has the play hobby instead. No normal villagers have this as their hobby.
Villagers with this hobby[edit]
Agent S
Al
Angus
Antonio
Audie
Axel
Biff
Boomer
Boone
Boyd
Buck
Bud
Cesar
Chadder
Charlise
Chow
Coach
Cousteau
Curly
Del
Diva
Drift
Frobert
Genji
Goose
Hans
Huck
Iggly
Jay
Jitters
Kid Cat
Kody
Leonardo
Louie
Lucha
Mac
Mathilda
Mira
Moose
Mott
Paula
Peewee
Phoebe
Pierce
Poncho
Puck
Ribbot
Roald
Rocket
Rod
Rodeo
Rolf
Rooney
Rowan
Samson
Scoot
Snake
Sterling
Stinky
Tank
Tasha
Teddy
Tiansheng
Vic
Victoria
Violet
Walt
Special characters with this hobby[edit]
Music[edit]
Villagers with the music hobby can sing or dance anywhere without the need of a stereo. Other villagers can only sing or dance if they interact with a stereo, or during a scripted activity at the Resident Services plaza. Many big sister villagers have this hobby, while no lazy villagers have this as their hobby. Flip, Rory, and Sprocket are the only jock villagers with this hobby.
Villagers with this hobby[edit]
Amelia
Apollo
Astrid
Ava
Avery
Becky
Bella
Broffina
Butch
Camofrog
Caroline
Cherry
Chief
Claudia
Cyd
Étoile
Eugene
Faith
Flip
Flo
Frett
Frita
Fuchsia
Groucho
Gruff
Henry
Hopper
Jacques
Judy
Julian
Kabuki
Katt
Keaton
Kyle
Lionel
Lolly
Lucy
Marina
Marshal
Muffy
Olivia
Pancetti
Pashmina
Phil
Pietro
Pompom
Quillson
Rasher
Renée
Rhonda
Rio
Rodney
Rory
Roscoe
Rosie
Sally
Savannah
Shari
Skye
Sprocket
Static
Sydney
Sylvia
Tabby
Tangy
Tex
Toby
Ursala
Zell
Special characters with this hobby[edit]
Nature[edit]
Villagers with the nature hobby can read specific books that pertain to the item they are looking at. Unlike the education hobby, they don’t use novels, magnifying glass and rimmed glasses. They use a gardening guidebook when examining flowers or weeds, a bug guidebook when examining trees or bugs placed outside as furniture, a fish guidebook when examining fish placed outside as furniture, and a fossil guidebook when examining fossils placed outside as furniture. They can walk around holding a watering can in order to water multiple flowers; other villagers can only water one flower at a time. Many normal and lazy villagers have this hobby. Prior to Ace's inclusion in version 2.0, no jock villagers had this hobby. No big sister villagers have this as their hobby.
Villagers with this hobby[edit]
Ace
Admiral
Ankha
Annalisa
Azalea
Bea
Beau
Benjamin
Blanche
Boris
Bruce
Buzz
Cally
Carrie
Celia
Claude
Clay
Cole
Colton
Cranston
Croque
Curlos
Curt
Deli
Dobie
Drago
Ed
Ellie
Erik
Fauna
Filbert
Flurry
Gayle
Goldie
Gonzo
Hamphrey
Hopkins
Hornsby
Ike
Jacob
June
Maggie
Marcie
Megan
Merengue
Molly
Nan
Norma
O'Hare
Olive
Paolo
Papi
Pekoe
Raddle
Raymond
Rex
Rilla
Roswell
Ruby
Sandy
Sherb
Spike
Stella
Stu
Sylvana
Tia
Tucker
Wade
Weber
Zucker
Special characters with this hobby[edit]
Play[edit]
Villagers with the play hobby can run around with their arms extended at any time, rather than only at the Resident Services plaza during a scripted activity with a group of villagers. Many lazy villagers have this hobby, while no snooty villagers do. Octavian and Vladimir are the only cranky villagers with the play hobby. Prior to Chelsea's inclusion in version 1.9.0, no normal villagers had this hobby, and prior to Cephalobot's inclusion in version 2.0, no smug villagers had this hobby.
Villagers with this hobby[edit]
Agnes
Alfonso
Anchovy
Apple
Bam
Barold
Benedict
Bianca
Big Top
Bill
Billy
Biskit
Bob
Bonbon
Bones
Boots
Broccolo
Canberra
Candi
Cephalobot
Chabwick
Chai
Chelsea
Chester
Clyde
Cube
Deirdre
Derwin
Dizzy
Dom
Drake
Egbert
Elmer
Flora
Hamlet
Hazel
Hugh
Jeremiah
Joey
Ketchup
Kevin
Lucky
Lyman
Maddie
Marcel
Marty
Moe
Nate
Octavian
Ozzie
Peck
Piper
Plucky
Prince
Pudge
Punchy
Reneigh
Rudy
Sheldon
Simon
Sly
Sparro
Spork
Sprinkle
Stitches
Tad
Tammy
Tybalt
Vladimir
Walker
Special characters with this hobby[edit]
![Redd NH Character Icon.png](https://dodo.ac/np/images/thumb/4/40/Redd_NH_Character_Icon.png/36px-Redd_NH_Character_Icon.png)
Further details: Needs screenshots for Wild World and City Folk.
![Redd NH Character Icon.png](https://dodo.ac/np/images/thumb/4/40/Redd_NH_Character_Icon.png/36px-Redd_NH_Character_Icon.png)
Further details: Needs screenshots for Wild World and City Folk.
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