Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Best Winter Themed Villagers

Now that winter is in full swing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and there are plenty of wintery-themed Villagers to fit the season. Player Islands in the Northern Hemisphere have experienced the slow progression of snowfall but now get to enjoy winter to the fullest. Those looking to celebrate the holidays or immortalize the coldest seasons year-round on their Animal Crossing islands should seek some of the game’s most celebratory, wintery characters.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has over 400 Villagers, each with different wardrobes, themes, and personalities to make every player island unique. However, as the game’s lifetime progresses, some players may focus on new designs and decorations. Now that Nintendo ceased development on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players must depend on their own ideas to fill the time. Thankfully, there is still plenty of content in ACNH to keep them occupied. Decorating, completing collections, recruiting desired Villagers, and completing the game’s established storylines provide endless hours of entertainment, despite the lack of guiding criteria. Thankfully, creative players can uniquely create their own goals and craft their ideal island paradise.

It’s unsurprising that certain Villagers in Animal Crossing share similar designs and can provide synergy to players designing a wintery island settlement. While the holidays and snowfall continue, some players might wish to mirror reality in their virtual world. The winter months have plenty of holidays to celebrate, with holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year having just passed or laying directly ahead. Thankfully there’s still plenty of time for players to collect the necessary Villagers and decorations to make their own Winter Wonderland.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Winter Villagers – Sprinkle

Sprinkle is a Peppy Penguin Villager whose name references the sprinkling of snow from the sky, as well as a delicious topping for many desserts. Players can often find her wearing a snowflake sweater that beautifully matches her mint-teal color. The winter theme continues with Sprinkle’s default home decor, complete with icy castle walls and seashell ice sculpture furniture. Her carefree and optimistic attitude mirrors the excitement in the air for holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year. Players looking to create the perfect Winter Wonderland should hunt for Sprinkle on Animal Crossing‘s Mystery Islands for her theme, personality, and style.

Hans Is A Perfect Winter-Themed New Horizons Villager

While Penguin Villagers are a no-brainer addition to wintery Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands, Hans the Smug Gorilla is an unexpected necessity to snowy communities. Like Sprinkle, Hans features a blue primary color, with his white hair mirroring the snow present in the mountains. Additionally, Hans frequently utilizes German phrases, and his design suggests inspiration for the character may have originated from the Yeti of the Austrian Alps. Hans’ house is modeled after a snowy forest, complete with a campfire, a sled, and other rustic decorations. Hans becomes the perfect addition to any winter-themed islands as Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ resident snow monster.

Wintery Animal Crossing Villagers – Erik

Though Erik is designated as a Lazy Deer Villager, his design resembles a moose more than a deer or reindeer. The species is known for lingering in colder climates, making Erik the perfect Villager for a winter-themed setting. His default outfit is a knitted sweater suited for the colder months, and his home mirrors the climate to which his wardrobe is tailored.

Erik’s wallpaper depicts skiers on a wintery slope, and all his decorations are carved from ice with a similarly toned palette. The home’s exterior mirrors a winter cabin that one might find on a mountainside, furthering Erik’s wintery theme and making him the perfect addition to players designing a permanent Winter Wonderland. Furthermore, Erik’s cozy mountain cottage request in New Horizons’ Happy Home Paradise ensures that the DLC can also experience some wintery designs.

Fauna Is Another Winter-Themed Animal Crossing Villager

Like Erik, Fauna is a Normal Deer Villager first added to the Animal Crossing series in New Leaf. While Erik more closely resembles a moose, Fauna embodies the elegant design of a doe. Her color scheme and outfit choices fit the snowy weather that one might experience during the holiday season.

Additionally, Fauna’s cheery disposition suits the excitable attitudes that come with the end and beginning of each year. The interior of her house in Animal Crossing: New Horizons features brick walls and a bright interior, despite the lack of blatantly wintery decorations. The rustic design of her furniture, combined with the matching red stove and countertop, creates a quaint environment fitting Animal Crossing‘s most endearing Villager.

Wintery Animal Crossing Villagers – Whitney

Whitney is one of Animal Crossing‘s most popular Villagers available in the game’s roster, both due to her attitude and style. Whitney is the perfect addition to a Winter Wonderland as a Snooty Wolf Villager with white fur. Her stylish outfits compliment her color palette, often appearing in blue, purple, or green shades.

Whitney’s species is a perfect addition to a wintery island, with her white fur mirroring the appearance of an arctic wolf. Her attitude may come across as crass or obnoxious. But Whitney can provide an extra bit of dazzle to a player’s wintery-themed island.

Fang Is A Popular Wintery Animal Crossing Villager

Like Whitney, Fang is a Wolf Villager but sports a Cranky personality in ACNH instead. His design is more reminiscent of a gray wolf with darker fur and yellow eyes. Unlike Whitney, his wardrobe matches a wintery theme more, with the character sporting a dark blue snowflake sweater on his most relaxed days. Additionally, Fang’s birthday in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is on December 18th, giving players multiple reasons to celebrate throughout winter if this Cranky Wolf is located. Though his home isn’t as wintery as Erik’s or Sprinkle’s, Fang’s home mirrors a fancier cabin or vacation getaway. Large windows are glazed by what appears to be ice, and his wooden furniture combined with brick, honeycomb flooring creates a homey atmosphere.

There are many themes to enact on an Animal Crossing: New Horizons island, with players eager to utilize seasons, holidays, and special in-game events to inspire their designs. Animal Crossing is filled with items and characters to help create the perfect community. Players can decorate more houses with the Happy Home Paradise DLC, exploring houses of all themes and styles, including wintery cabins and mountaintop campsites. Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Happy Home ParadiseDLCis available now, as is the free 2.0 update for those who own the game.

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