Starting villager
Starting villagers are villagers that appear when the first player moves into their town (island in New Horizons). The starting villagers roster varies between different Animal Crossing games.
Appearances[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Animal Crossing, the game starts with 6 villagers. An initial town will always have a jock, lazy, cranky, normal, peppy, and snooty villager, with further villagers being added to a maximum of 15 villagers.
The following villagers cannot be starting villagers:
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+, all of the previous non-starter villagers return, and are joined by the following villagers that can only be obtained by scanning e-Reader cards:
Agent S
Aisle
Alice
Analog
Angus
Antonio
Avery
Azalea
Becky
Bella
Benedict
Big Top
Bow
Boyd
Bree
Broccolo
Carrot
Chabwick
Chrissy
Clara
Curt
Del
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Francine
Frett
Frobert
Gen
Gladys
Hopkins
Ike
Jacob
Joe
Jūbei
Ketchup
Kid Cat
Kit
Leonardo
Lolly
Maggie
Margie
Megumi
Meow
Merry
Miranda
Moe
Nan
Nindori
Paula
Peggy
Pierre
Poko
Rod
Roscoe
Shinabiru
Shoukichi
Sunny
Sylvana
Sylvia
Tarou
Tasha
Tiffany
Victoria
Vivian
Wade
Walker
Willow
In Wild World[edit]
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the game starts with 3 villagers. The player's town will continue to have new villagers come in until there are 8 villagers.
The following villagers cannot be starting villagers:
In City Folk[edit]
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, the game starts with 6 villagers. The player's town will continue to have new villagers come in until there are 10 villagers.
The following villagers cannot be starting villagers, nor do they appear in the city:
In New Leaf[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the game starts with 5 villagers. The player's town will continue to have new villagers come in until there are 10 villagers. The town cannot start with smug and big sister villagers.
The following villagers have either a smug or big sister personality, and cannot be a starting villager in the player's town:
Agnes
Beardo
Canberra
Chadder
Charlise
Cherry
Chops
Colton
Curlos
Deirdre
Diva
Ed
Eugene
Flo
Frita
Fuchsia
Graham
Hans
Hazel
Henry
Hippeux
Jacques
Julian
Katt
Keaton
Ken
Kidd
Klaus
Kyle
Lionel
Lopez
Lucha
Marshal
Mira
Muffy
O'Hare
Olaf
Pashmina
Paula
Phil
Phoebe
Pietro
Quillson
Renée
Rocket
Rodney
Shari
Shep
Sylvia
Tammy
Tex
Zell
In New Horizons[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the game starts with 2 villagers: 1 jock and 1 big sister villager. The next 3 villagers that move onto the island will be peppy, normal, and lazy respectively. Additional villagers can be invited by the player until there are 10 villagers. The starting 5 villagers will not have their default interior; they will instead use a starting interior that cannot be changed unless the villager moves out, or the Happy Home Paradise DLC is purchased, allowing the player to either redesign their interior or ask Isabelle to reset their interior.
The following villagers have either a jock or big sister personality, and therefore can go to the island with the player on the initial plane flight:
Ace
Agnes
Antonio
Axel
Bam
Biff
Bill
Billy
Boone
Boots
Buck
Bud
Canberra
Charlise
Cherry
Coach
Cobb
Cousteau
Curly
Deirdre
Diva
Dom
Drift
Faith
Flip
Flo
Frita
Frobert
Fuchsia
Genji
Goose
Hamlet
Hazel
Iggly
Jay
Jitters
Katt
Kevin
Kid Cat
Kody
Leonardo
Louie
Lyman
Mac
Mira
Moose
Mott
Muffy
Pashmina
Paula
Peck
Phoebe
Pierce
Plucky
Poncho
Quinn
Renée
Reneigh
Ribbot
Roald
Rocket
Rod
Rory
Rowan
Rudy
Samson
Scoot
Shari
Sheldon
Sly
Snake
Sparro
Sprocket
Sterling
Stinky
Sylvia
Tad
Tammy
Tank
Teddy
Tiansheng
Tybalt
Ursala
The following villagers have either a peppy, normal, or lazy personality, and therefore can go to the island after the villager house development quest:
Agent S
Al
Alfonso
Alice
Anabelle
Anchovy
Anicotti
Annalisa
Apple
Audie
Aurora
Ava
Bangle
Barold
Bea
Beau
Bella
Benedict
Benjamin
Bertha
Bettina
Bianca
Big Top
Biskit
Bluebear
Bob
Bonbon
Bones
Boomer
Broccolo
Bubbles
Bunnie
Cally
Candi
Carmen
Caroline
Carrie
Celia
Chabwick
Cheri
Chester
Chevre
Chrissy
Claude
Clay
Clyde
Coco
Cole
Cookie
Cranston
Cube
Daisy
Deena
Deli
Derwin
Dizzy
Doc
Dora
Dotty
Drago
Drake
Egbert
Ellie
Elmer
Erik
Eunice
Fauna
Felicity
Filbert
Flora
Flurry
Freckles
Gabi
Gala
Gayle
Gladys
Goldie
Hopkins
Hornsby
Hugh
Ione
Jacob
Jambette
Jeremiah
Joey
June
Ketchup
Kiki
Kitt
Lily
Lolly
Lucky
Lucy
Maddie
Maggie
Maple
Marcel
Marcie
Margie
Marina
Megan
Melba
Merengue
Merry
Midge
Mitzi
Moe
Molly
Nan
Nana
Nate
Nibbles
Norma
Olive
Ozzie
Pango
Paolo
Papi
Pate
Patty
Peaches
Peanut
Peggy
Pekoe
Penelope
Pinky
Piper
Pippy
Pompom
Poppy
Prince
Puck
Puddles
Pudge
Punchy
Raddle
Rex
Rhonda
Rio
Rodeo
Rosie
Ruby
Sally
Sandy
Sasha
Savannah
Sherb
Shino
Simon
Skye
Spork
Sprinkle
Stella
Stitches
Stu
Sydney
Sylvana
Tabby
Tammi
Tangy
Tia
Truffles
Tucker
Tutu
Twiggy
Vesta
Victoria
Wade
Walker
Weber
Wendy
Winnie
Zoe
Zucker
(Note: The Sanrio villagers Rilla, Marty, Étoile, Chai, and Chelsea cannot be starting villagers, and can only go to the island if their respective amiibo cards are scanned.)
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