Animal Crossing: New Horizons gift guide for villagers

Gifting is a complicated affair in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and if you want to reach best friend status with your favorite villager, you’ll need to know what presents to give them. We’ve put together an Animal Crossing Gift Guide, so you’ll know which gifts are the best, and which ones will land you in the doghouse.

We all know the pain of gifting somebody something and it’s clear that they don’t like it, even if they pretend they do.

The same thing happens in New Horizons, too. But it doesn’t have to – each villager has a set of items that they love to receive, scoring you points and a closer friendship as a result.

Animal Crossing gift guide — Nintendo (via Twitter: @triforcemeg)

Villagers love wearing clothes you gift them.

Animal Crossing gift tips: points system

The first thing you need to know before we get started with the Animal Crossing gift guide is that there’s actually a point system when it comes to friendship in the game. Each character starts with 25 points automatically, and will eventually ask to move when that level hits zero.

If you want to maintain a good relationship with your favorites, you need to make sure that never happens – and that’s where gifting plays a part.

Here’s how the point system breaks down:

Furniture: 3 points
Favorite Clothing Style: 2 points
Garbage: -2 points
Umbrellas: 2 points (non-frog villagers only, they get 1 point)
Flowers, fish, and insects: 2 points
Tools and music: 2 points
Wrapped gift: 1 point

Giving them furniture that costs over 10,000 Bells is a surefire way of raising the stat, and you’ll earn an additional point if you wrap the gift. The same can’t be said for other items like clothing, though – this is where you need to be a bit more specific in what you hand out.

You can’t give villagers gifts until you’ve raised their friendship level, either, and you can only do so once per day. So make sure you talk to them as much as you can to lay the foundations for a blossoming connection.

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A big reason for players preferring to gift clothes and accessories over furniture is that they like to keep villagers’ houses as clean and as close to their original state as possible. There are seven types of clothing in the game, and each character likes a variety of different ones.

You’ll need to use your initiative to figure out what exactly falls under each category, but it’s not difficult.

The clothing types are as follows:

Active: Sporty stuff like the sports cap, ski goggles, ladder shades, and wrestler uniform.
Colorful: Multicolored attire like the egg party dress, flashy cardigan, and pharaoh’s outfit.
Cool: Hip-themed clothing such as the collarless shirt, mage’s hat, and meme shirt.
Cute: Charming pieces like the heart shades, flower sweater, zen hair clip, and dolly shirt work wonders.
Elegant: Fancy-looking apparel such as the tiara, butterfly shades, and tailcoat.
Gorgeous: Beautiful things, for example, the Labelle sunglasses, gown coat, and flashy hairpin.
Simple: Plain attire like the Oval Glasses, Straw Hat, and Tee Dress.

Each character also likes certain colors, so you’ll need to make sure you match those up to the style as well. While it might seem overwhelming at first, trust us here – it’s not as hard as it sounds.

anch gift guide animal crossing — Nintendo (via Twitter: @triforcemeg)

They’ll often gift you something in return if they like your present.

Animal Crossing Gift Guide: Best gifts for villagers

All villagers and their favorite clothes styles and colors can be found below:

Alligators

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Alfonso	Simple	Red, blue
Alli	Gorgeous, Elegant	Yellow, brown
Boots	Gorgeous, Active	Colorful, purple
Del	Cool, Simple	Blue, white
Drago	Elegant, Gorgeous	Orange, red
Gayle	Cute	Pink, white
Sly	Cool, Simple	Brown, green

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Anteaters

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Anabelle	Cute, Simple	Green, blue
Annalisa	Elegant, Gorgeous	Red, pink
Antonio	Simple	Light blue, blue
Cyrano	Cool, Active	Yellow, beige
Olaf	Elegant, Gorgeous	Red, black
Pango	Elegant, Cool	Orange, purple
Snooty	Simple	Green, yellow

Bears

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Beardo	Elegant	Brown, blue
Charlise	Active, Cute	Red, orange
Chow	Cool, Gorgeous	Black, white
Curt	Cool	Blue, white
Grizzly	Cool, Simple	Red, black
Groucho	Cool, Simple	Black, gray
Ike	Cool	Green, blue
Klaus	Simple	Gray, white
Megan	Cute, Simple	Yellow, light blue
Nate	Simple	White, green
Paula	Cute, Active	Orange, green
Pinky	Cute, Simple	Red, pink
Teddy	Simple	Yellow, orange
Tutu	Cute, Simple	Pink, red
Ursula	Simple, Cute	Red, orange

Birds

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Admiral	Cool	Black, blue
Anchovy	Simple	Colorful, orange
Jacob	Simple	Green, red
Jacques	Cool, Simple	Green, black
Jay	Active	Blue, light blue
Jitters	Active	Yellow, orange
Lucha	Active, Cool	Black, gray
Midge	Cute, Simple	Pink
Peck	Simple, Active	Beige, red
Piper	Elegant, Gorgeous	Black, white
Robin	Elegant, Cool	Light blue, purple
Sparro	Active, Simple	Green, gray
Twiggy	Simple, Cute	Pink, blue

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Bulls

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Angus	Cool	Red, black
Coach	Active	Blue, red
Rodeo	Simple, Cool	Black, red
Stu	Simple	Brown, beige
T-Bone	Cool, Simple	Blue, black
Vic	Cool, Active	Light blue, blue

Cats

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Ankha	Gorgeous, Simple	Colorful, brown
Bob	Simple, Cute	Colorful, red
Felicity	Cute	Yellow, orange
Kabuki	Simple	Purple, red
Katt	Cool	Purple, black
Kid Cat	Active, Simple	Red
Kiki	Simple	Brown, beige
Kitty	Elegant, Gorgeous	Green, gray
Lolly	Simple	Gray, pink
Merry	Cute	Pink, light blue
Mitzi	Simple	Brown, beige
Moe	Active, Simple	Black, gray
Monique	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, pink
Olivia	Cool, Elegant	White, black
Punchy	Simple	Blue, light blue
Purrl	Cool, Elegant	Gray, blue
Raymond	Elegant, Cool	Black, gray
Rosie	Cute	Pink, red
Rudy	Active, Simple	Yellow, beige
Stinky	Active, Simple	Red, blue
Tabby	Active, Cool	Black, gray
Tangy	Simple, Cute	Green, yellow
Tom	Cool, Simple	Black, gray

Chickens

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Ava	Elegant, Cute	Red, gray
Becky	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, pink
Benedict	Simple	Blue, purple
Broffina	Gorgeous, Elegant	Black, red
Egbert	Simple	Beige, brown
Goose	Simple, Active	Blue, white
Ken	Cool, Simple	Purple, blue
Knox	Elegant, Gorgeous	Brown, red
Plucky	Cool, Simple	Light blue, yellow

Cows

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Naomi	Elegant, Gorgeous	Colorful, purple
Norma	Cute, Simple	White, light blue
Patty	Simple, Cute	Orange, red
Tipper	Gorgeous, Cute	Colorful, pink

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Cubs

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Barold	Simple, Cool	Yellow, black
Bluebear	Cute, Simple	White, blue
Cheri	Simple, Cute	Yellow, light blue
Chester	Simple	Yellow, green
Judy	Cute, Elegant	Pink, white
June	Cute, Simple	White, red
Kody	Active, Simple	Colorful, white
Maple	Simple, Cute	Beige, green
Murphy	Simple, Cool	Blue, white
Olive	Simple	Brown, yellow
Pekoe	Elegant, Cute	Red, beige
Poncho	Simple	Orange, yellow
Pudge	Simple	Green, blue
Stitches	Simple, Cute	Colorful, white
Tammy	Cool, Active	Red, purple
Vladimir	Simple, Cool	Yellow, colorful

Deer

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bam	Active, Simple	Green, brown
Beau	Simple, Cute	Beige, orange
Bruce	Cool, Simple	Black, red
Deirdre	Simple	Orange
Diana	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, pink
Erik	Simple	Beige, red
Fauna	Simple, Cute	Beige, white
Fuchsia	Cool	Pink
Lopez	Gorgeous	Gray
Zell	Cool, Gorgeous	Purple, gray

Dogs

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bea	Simple, Cool	Light blue, green
Benjamin	Simple	Red, white
Biskit	Gorgeous, Simple	Colorful, purple
Bones	Simple, Cute	Beige, brown
Butch	Cool, Simple	Blue, gray
Cherry	Cool, Elegant	Black, purple
Cookie	Cute	Green, light blue
Daisy	Simple, Cute	Colorful, light blue
Goldie	Simple, Cute	Yellow, orange
Lucky	Simple	Beige, white
Mac	Active, Cool	Red, white
Maddie	Simple, Cute	Purple, pink
Marcel	Simple, Cool	Green, blue
Portia	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, black
Shep	Simple, Cool	Light blue, blue
Walker	Simple	Orange, red

Ducks

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bill	Active	Blue, purple
Deena	Simple, Cute	Colorful, blue
Derwin	Simple, Elegant	Yellow, beige
Drake	Cool, Simple	Brown, red
Freckles	Simple, Cute	Green, colorful
Gloria	Gorgeous, Elegant	Black, gray
Joey	Simple	Green, blue
Ketchup	Cute	Light blue, white
Maelle	Cool, Simple	Pink, white
Mallary	Cool, Gorgeous	Blue, white
Miranda	Elegant, Gorgeous	Blue, purple
Molly	Cute, Simple	Yellow, pink
Pate	Simple, Cute	Yellow, white
Pompom	Cute, Simple	Pink, light blue
Quillson	Elegant, Cool	Beige, orange
Scoot	Active, Simple	Beige, blue
Weber	Cool, Simple	Blue, black

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Eagles

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Amelia	Cool, Elegant	Black, white
Apollo	Cool, Simple	Black
Avery	Simple, Gorgeous	Orange, brown
Buzz	Simple, Active	Yellow, red
Celia	Elegant, Cute	Pink, green
Frank	Gorgeous, Cool	Brown, yellow
Keaton	Gorgeous, Cool	Blue, white
Pierce	Elegant, Active	Orange, yellow
Sterling	Simple, Elegant	Blue, red

Elephants

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Axel	Active, Simple	Green, white
Big Top	Simple, Active	Green
Cyd	Cool, Active	Black, yellow
Dizzy	Simple	Yellow, blue
Ellie	Simple, Cute	Gray, pink
Eloise	Elegant, Simple	Green, orange
Margie	Elegant, Cute	Pink, red
Opal	Elegant, Cool	Black, orange
Paolo	Simple, Elegant	Gray, light blue
Tia	Cute, Elegant	Black, white
Tucker	Active, Simple	Yellow, orange

Frogs

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Camofrog	Cool, Active	Blue, white
Cousteau	Elegant, Gorgeous	Green, red
Croque	Elegant, Cool	Red, orange
Diva	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, light blue
Drift	Simple, Active	Orange, red
Frobert	Active, Simple	Blue, colorful
Gigi	Gorgeous, Elegant	Black, white
Henry	Cool, Simple	Blue, light blue
Huck	Simple, Cool	Green, yellow
Jambette	Cool	Brown
Jeremiah	Simple	Orange, yellow
Lily	Cute, Simple	White, yellow
Prince	Simple, Active	Yellow, white
Puddles	Cute, Gorgeous	Green, pink
Raddle	Elegant, Simple	White, gray
Ribbot	Simple, Active	Blue, light blue
Tad	Active, Simple	Yellow, colorful
Wart Jr.	Simple	Blue, purple

Goats

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Billy	Simple, Active	Blue, purple
Chevre	Cute, Elegant	Red, pink
Gruff	Cool, Gorgeous	Purple, black
Kidd	Elegant, Cool	Gray, white
Nan	Simple, Elegant	White, yellow
Pashmina	Cool, Elegant	Red, colorful
Sherb	Simple, Cute	Gray, blue
Velma	Elegant, Gorgeous	Light blue, purple

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Gorillas

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Al	Active	Red, white
Boone	Elegant, Cool	Colorful, red
Boyd	Simple, Cool	Red, black
Cesar	Cool, Elegant	Blue, light blue
Hans	Elegant, Gorgeous	Gray, blue
Louie	Active, Simple	Gray, red
Peewee	Active, Cool	Orange, blue
Rocket	Active, Cool	Pink, red
Violet	Gorgeous, Cool	Purple, pink

Hamsters

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Apple	Cute, Simple	Colorful, red
Clay	Elegant, Simple	Beige, brown
Flurry	Elegant, Cute	Red, pink
Graham	Simple, Cool	Green, orange
Hamlet	Simple, Active	Purple, blue
Hamphrey	Cool, Simple	Gray, beige
Rodney	Gorgeous, Cool	Pink, colorful
Soleil	Cool, Gorgeous	Red, yellow

Hippos

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bertha	Cute, Elegant	Pink, white
Biff	Gorgeous, Active	Black, blue
Bitty	Cute, Elegant	Pink, orange
Bubbles	Active, Cute	Purple, pink
Harry	Cool, Simple	Green, orange
Hippeux	Elegant, Gorgeous	Brown, green
Rocco	Simple, Cool	Yellow, black

Horses

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Annalise	Elegant, Active	Blue, purple
Buck	Active, Simple	Gray, brown
Cleo	Cute, Elegant	Light blue, white
Clyde	Simple, Cute	Green, white
Colton	Gorgeous, Elegant	Cute, red
Ed	Gorgeous, Elegant	Black, gray
Elmer	Simple, Cool	Blue, white
Julian	Gorgeous, Cool	Purple, blue
Papi	Simple	Orange, light blue
Peaches	Cute, Simple	Colorful, light blue
Reneigh	Cool, Gorgeous	Black, purple
Roscoe	Cool, Gorgeous	Black, gray
Savannah	Cool, Simple	Light blue, blue
Victoria	Active, Simple	Yellow, orange
Winnie	Cool, Simple	White, gray

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Kangaroos

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Astrid	Cool, Active	Black, colorful
Carrie	Cute	Red, colorful
Kitt	Elegant, Simple	Purple, red
Marcie	Cute, Elegant	Pink, beige
Mathilda	Cool, Gorgeous	White, red
Rooney	Active	Gray, black
Sylvia	Simple, Gorgeous	Yellow, green
Walt	Cool	Black, gray

Koalas

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Alice	Cute	Red, pink
Canberra	Active, Cool	Green, light blue
Eugene	Cool, Gorgeous	Black, gray
Gonzo	Simple, Cool	Black, green
Lyman	Simple, Active	Light blue, yellow
Melba	Cute	White, green
Ozzie	Simple, Cute	Yellow, orange
Sydney	Cute, Simple	Beige, yellow
Yuka	Cool, Elegant	Orange, yellow

Lions

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bud	Active, Simple	Green, yellow
Elvis	Gorgeous, Elegant	Red, black
Leopold	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, green
Lionel	Gorgeous, Active	Green, gray
Mott	Active, Elegant	Blue, green
Rex	Simple, Cute	Blue, light blue
Rory	Simple, Active	Blue, red

Mice

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Anicotti	Simple, Elegant	Red, pink
Bella	Cool, Active	Black, purple
Bettina	Simple, Elegant	White, red
Bree	Elegant, Gorgeous	Black, blue
Broccolo	Simple, Cute	Colorful, yellow
Candi	Simple, Cute	Light blue, yellow
Chadder	Elegant, Gorgeous	Black, gray
Dora	Simple, Elegant	Blue, light blue
Greta	Elegant, Simple	Pink, purple
Limberg	Simple, Cool	Green, blue
Moose	Cool, Gorgeous	Purple, red
Penelope	Cute, Gorgeous	Pink, red
Rizzo	Simple, Cool	Black, gray
Rod	Active, Cool	Blue, light blue
Samson	Simple, Active	Red, yellow

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Monkeys

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Deli	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, brown
Elise	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, red
Flip	Active, Simple	Blue, yellow
Monty	Cool	Yellow, gray
Nana	Cute	Pink, white
Shari	Cute, Active	Light blue, yellow
Simon	Simple, Active	Red, colorful
Tammi	Cute, Active	Purple, green

Octopuses

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Marina	Cute	Pink, red
Octavian	Cool, Simple	Black, white
Zucker	Simple, Cute	Blue, yellow

Ostriches

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Blanche	Elegant, Gorgeous	Black, brown
Cranston	Simple, Cool	Beige, brown
Flora	Cute, Active	Colorful, pink
Gladys	Elegant, Cute	Green, pink
Julia	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, red
Phil	Elegant, Cool	Green, red
Phoebe	Gorgeous, Cool	Black, red
Queenie	Gorgeous, Elegant	Black, gray
Sandy	Simple, Cool	Light blue, white
Sprocket	Simple, Active	Orange, green

Penguins

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Aurora	Cute, Elegant	Pink, red
Boomer	Simple, Cool	Brown, beige
Cube	Simple, Cute	Yellow, colorful
Flo	Cool, Gorgeous	Red, purple
Friga	Elegant, Gorgeous	Pink, black
Gwen	Gorgeous, Elegant	Green, white
Hopper	Cool, Simple	Yellow, red
Iggly	Active, Simple	Red, blue
Puck	Active, Simple	Blue, red
Roald	Active, Simple	Red, yellow
Sprinkle	Cute, Elegant	Light blue, white
Tex	Cool, Elegant	Black, gray
Wade	Simple, Gorgeous	Light blue, blue

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Pigs

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Agnes	Simple, Elegant	Pink, white
Boris	Cool, Gorgeous	Purple, black
Chops	Gorgeous, Elegant	Red, green
Cobb	Simple, Active	White, blue
Curly	Simple, Active	Yellow, colorful
Gala	Cute, Elegant	Pink, white
Hugh	Simple, Active	Beige, yellow
Kevin	Active, Simple	Black, red
Lucy	Cute, Elegant	Pink, red
Maggie	Cute, Elegant	Green, yellow
Pancetti	Cute, Gorgeous	Red, yellow
Peggy	Cute, Active	Blue, Red
Rasher	Cool, Simple	Blue, black
Spork	Simple, Active	Green, colorful
Truffles	Cute, Gorgeous	Green, red

Rabbits

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bonbon	Cute, Elegant	Light blue, yellow
Bunnie	Cute	Green, pink
Carmen	Elegant, Cute	Green, beige
Chrissy	Cute	Pink, white
Claude	Simple	Black, colorful
Coco	Simple, Cute	Beige, green
Cole	Simple, Cute	Orange, colorful
Doc	Simple, Elegant	Gray, beige
Dotty	Simple, Cute	Blue, black
Francine	Elegant, Gorgeous	Blue, black
Gabi	Cute, Gorgeous	Brown, red
Gaston	Simple, Gorgeous	Brown, orange
Genji	Elegant, Simple	Green, purple
Hopkins	Simple, Active	Blue, Yellow
Mira	Cool	Black, blue
O’Hare	Active, Cool	Blue, light blue
Pippy	Cute, Simple	Green, brown
Ruby	Cute, Active	Light blue, pink
Snake	Active, Simple	Black, blue
Tiffany	Gorgeous, Cool	Black, red

Rhinos

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Hornsby	Simple	Green, brown
Merengue	Cute, Simple	White, red
Renée	Cool, Active	Purple, yellow
Rhonda	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, black
Spike	Cool, Gorgeous	Black, gray
Tank	Active, Simple	Red, green

Sheep

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Baabara	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, blue
Cashmere	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, beige
Curlos	Active, Gorgeous	Red, green
Dom	Active, Cute	Red, colorful
Eunice	Simple, Elegant	Beige, orange
Frita	Active, Cute	Yellow, red
Muffy	Gorgeous, Elegant	Black, purple
Pietro	Gorgeous, Simple	Colorful, red
Stella	Simple	Yellow, beige
Timbra	Elegant, Gorgeous	Green, brown
Vesta	Simple, Cute	Orange, red
Wendy	Cool, Gorgeous	Red, Green
Willow	Cute, Gorgeous	White, pink

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Squirrels

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Agent S	Active, Simple	Blue, black
Blaire	Gorgeous, Elegant	Orange, brown
Cally	Cute, Elegant	Red, green
Caroline	Cute, Gorgeous	Colorful, white
Filbert	Simple, Cute	Blue, white
Hazel	Active, Cute	Red, yellow
Marshal	Elegant, Cool	Light blue, blue
Mint	Gorgeous, Cute	Pink, purple
Nibbles	Cute, Active	Red, yellow
Peanut	Cute	Red, colorful
Pecan	Elegant, Gorgeous	Purple, beige
Poppy	Cute, Elegant	Green, yellow
Ricky	Cool, Simple	Blue, red
Sally	Simple, Elegant	White, beige
Sheldon	Active, Cool	Green, yellow
Static	Cool, Active	Black, yellow
Sylvana	Cute, Simple	Green, purple
Tasha	Elegant, Gorgeous	Beige, gray

Tigers

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Bangle	Gorgeous, Cute	Yellow, green
Bianca	Cute	Pink, orange
Claudia	Gorgeous, Elegant	Purple, white
Leonardo	Active, Gorgeous	Red, blue
Rolf	Cool, Active	Blue, black
Rowan	Active, Simple	Light blue, gray
Tybalt	Active, Simple	Blue, purple

Wolves

Villager	Clothing type	Colors
Audie	Cute, Active	Green, white
Chief	Cool, Simple	White, gray
Dobie	Simple, Cool	Brown, beige
Fang	Simple, Cool	White, light blue
Freya	Elegant, Cool	Green, blue
Kyle	Gorgeous, Cool	Black, white
Lobo	Cool, Active	Black, beige
Skye	Cute	Blue, white
Vivian	Gorgeous, Elegant	Gray, purple
Whitney	Elegant, Cool	Blue, Light blue
Wolfgang	Cool, Active	Black, green

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So, there you have it. Our Animal Crossing Gift Guide. This will help you out immensely on your quest to making friends (or enemies!) with your villagers.

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