Joan
- "I've been selling turnips here on Sunday morns for 'bout 60 years now. Maybe even more! Come to think of it, I forget just how long... No matter!"
- — Joan, Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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Species | Gender | |||||||
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Boar | ![]() | |||||||
Birthday | January 8th | |||||||
Favorite saying | "A rotten turnip is still a turnip." | |||||||
Role | Selling turnips | |||||||
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Name in other languages
カブリバ
무파라 Nella Sigrid
曹谷
Porcella Juana Joan
曹谷 Porcella Juana Джоан |
Joan, also known as Sow Joan, is a boar in the Animal Crossing series who visits the player's town each Sunday morning to sell turnips. The name "Sow Joan" is a reference to the real-life stock market index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. She often mentions how she has been selling turnips for around sixty years.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Joan's role of selling turnips is instead fulfilled by her young granddaughter, Daisy Mae.
Characteristics[edit]
Appearance[edit]
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Joan is a brown boar who wears a blue dress with a white hood, and work pants with pound-sign patterns. She has a yellow nose, black hair, large orange cheeks, a pair of white tusks and a basket with turnips on her back. Her hands and feet are also yellow. Her eyes have beige circle linings, white rims, and black pupils shaped like diamond stars.
Personality[edit]
Joan likes selling turnips, sharing this trait with her granddaughter, Daisy Mae.
Voice[edit]
Joan is one of two characters in Animal Crossing who has a unique voice from all other characters. The other character who shares this trait is Farley.
Appearances[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori and Animal Crossing, Joan appears in town every Sunday before noon, selling turnips to the player. Unlimited white turnips can be bought each week from Joan, which can be sold to Tom Nook, which will have different prices depending on the "Stalk Market." These turnips are only profitable between Monday and Saturday.
If the player travels on the train, Joan can be seen sleeping in the background, occasionally waking up in surprise, before going back to sleep.
In Wild World and City Folk[edit]
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, she continues to sell turnips, though she now also sells red turnip seeds for 1,000 Bells which can be planted in the ground and must be watered each day so they can grow to their full potential and later sold to Tom Nook for profit. Only one red turnip can be sold to the player each week. Her appearance in Animal Crossing: City Folk is functionally identical to Animal Crossing: Wild World.
In New Leaf[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Joan no longer sells red turnips. However, she will let the player buy more than 990 turnips, unlike Wild World and City Folk. Joan can be asked to explain her business and turnips. She wishes not to explain how it works, but will not complain if prompted.
In New Horizons[edit]
Joan is sometimes indirectly mentioned by her granddaughter, Daisy Mae, who refers to her as "Gram-Gram." Additionally, Joan's poster can be obtained from Nook Shopping after inviting her to Photopia via her amiibo. Since the 2.0 Update, Joan can visit The Roost. She will bring Daisy Mae along if invited to The Roost. She can also be scanned into Photopia via her amiibo card.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, she can be found in the hospital every Monday. If talked to, she will give the player turnips for free. Joan will have a 50% chance of giving the player 30 turnips, 30% chance of giving the player 50 turnips, and 20% chance of giving the player 100 turnips.
In amiibo Festival[edit]
In the Board Game mode in Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, Joan visits town each Sunday to sell turnips to the players. She also appears as a standard visitor; if a player lands on a special-event space while she is visiting, she either gives the player 10 to 30 turnips or makes them pay 1,000 Bells to "help make things right" after her turnip field was vandalized.
Other appearances[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
Joan appears as a trophy and a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Description | Investments in town are made by buying and selling turnips. Joan's an elderly boar who comes to town every Sunday morning to trade in these valuable vegetables. She's easily recognizable by her bandana, work pants, and the basket she carries on her back. Her down-to-earth speech endears her to all her customers. She's been in the turnip business for 60 years. | |
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Acquisition | Random |
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]
Joan appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Description | NTSC-U: Joan has been in the business of selling turnips for about 60 years now, and she'll happily explain the basics when you talk to her. Taking the risk is entirely up to you, though. If you take the plunge, you'll want to check the prices often. It doesn't hurt to ask your friends about their prices too. PAL: Joan has been in the business of selling turnips for about 60 years now, and she'll happily explain the basics when you talk to her. It's entirely up to you if you want to take the risk, though. If you do decide to, you'll want to check prices often. And it doesn't hurt to ask your friends about their prices too. | |
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Acquisition | Random |
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Joan appears as a spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Category | Class | Slot cost |
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Advanced (★★) | 1 (⬢) |
Ability | Stats ↑ after Eating | |
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Type | ![]() | |
Power | ![]() | |
Stage | Town and City | |
Rules | N/A | |
Conditions | The enemy favors down specials | |
Music | Town Hall and Tom Nook's Store - Animal Crossing: Wild World |
Villager information[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Birthday | Gender | Species |
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January 8 ![]() |
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Boar |
Pic version added | Welcome amiibo update | |
Coffee preferences | ||
Joan does not order coffee at The Roost. |
In Happy Home Designer[edit]
Joan | ||
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Birthday | Gender | Species |
January 8 ![]() |
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Boar |
Umbrella | ![]() | |
House request | ||
Client's vision | I'll leave it up to you! | |
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RV in Welcome amiibo[edit]
Description: | You can only spend so much time growing and selling turnips (99.9% of your time, it turns out). In her spare 0.1%, Joan loves a good camping trip. |
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Joan's "Order furniture" list in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
Item | Image | Type | Buy price | Sell price[nb 1] | Available from |
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Tatami | ![]() |
Flooring | ![]() |
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Daimyo's tray | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Floor seat | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Hearth | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Lucky cat | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Paper wall lamp | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Tokonoma | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Zen tea set | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Zodiac boar | ![]() |
Furniture | ![]() |
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Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.
In New Horizons[edit]
Birthday | Gender | Species |
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January 8 ![]() |
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Boar |
Initial NookPhone | ![]() | |
Final NookPhone | ![]() | |
Happy Home Paradise traits | ||
Umbrella | ![]() | |
Hobby | Education | |
Book | ![]() |
In Happy Home Paradise[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, Joan will share a house with Daisy Mae.
Joan | ||
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Client's vision | Vacation-Home Concept | |
Shares house with | Daisy Mae |
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Card profiles[edit]
Animal Crossing e-Reader card[edit]
#065 Joan - Series 2 | |
Gender: | Female |
Sign: | Capricorn |
Profile: | As sure as the sun shines, you can count on Joan showing up every Sunday to peddle her turnips. While savvy investors can make a mint playing the turnip market, casual buyers may end up with a rotten-turnip ant farm. |
Password: | nupmZbPN8DPSIo |
NqHe6SVb@4sxuS |
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064 Saharah | e-Reader card #065 Joan |
066 Jingle |
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amiibo card[edit]
#007 Joan - Series 1 | ||||||||
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006 Resetti | List of amiibo cards #007 Joan |
008 Timmy |
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Gallery[edit]
amiibo card artwork
Trivia[edit]
- Joan is one of four characters in the series with a voice specific to themselves, alongside Farley, Luna, and Lloid. Joan's voice is much lower and gruffer than that of the rest of the female characters.
- Joan is the second character to appear in Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+. She appears in the background of the train sleeping after K.K. Slider introduces the game.
- Joan shares her birthday with Pierce.
Names in other languages[edit]
カブリバ Kaburiba |
From カブ売り婆, kabu uri bā (old woman selling turnips) and 株売り場, kabu uriba (stock counter) | |
무파라 Mupara |
From 무 팔아 (to sell turnips) | |
朱萝卜 (iQue) Zhū luóbo |
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曹谷 Cáo Gǔ |
Homophony with 炒股 chǎogǔ (stock trading) | |
Джоан Dzhoan |
Same as English name | |
Joan | Same as English name | |
Sigrid | - | |
Juana | Same as English name | |
Porcella | From Porc (Pork) | |
Nella | From ravanello, "turnip" |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Re-Tail sell price; if item can be sold at Timmy and Tommy's store, it is 80% of the sell price; if item can be sold to Leila at Tortimer Island, it is 5% of the sell price.
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