Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Most Cottagecore Villagers (2024)

The cottagecore aesthetic is all about slow living and embracing nature. Florals, natural grains, and pottery are common design choices for cottagecore scenes. Beyond design pieces, many Animal Crossing villagers fit in with this look, from their character design to their own little houses.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a pleasant mix of one-time milestones, like unlocking the museum, and recurring activities, like Jack's Halloween Event. One of the best ongoing activities in the game is redesigning the island with different themes. New Horizons has so many craftable pieces and items in the store that fit the cottagecore aesthetic that it's a great theme for players who've had their island for a while and ones who've just started.

Updated on March 22, 2024, by Andrea Sandoval: Designing the island and getting some of the most-wanted villagers for the island is one of Animal Crossing: New Horizons players' favorite activities. From Gothic islands to citycore to cottagecore, the game provides a great variety of villagers for all types of aesthetics and vibes. We updated this list to include more information about the best cottagecore villagers in ACNH and to comply with CBR's new formatting style.

10 Murphy Might Be Grumpy But He's Perfect For A Cottagecore Island

Murphy is a villager with a cranky personality, which may not be the most obvious choice for a friendly neighbor. However, the bear's grass-green hue and forest-themed house make him a great addition to an island that celebrates nature and the countryside. Cottagecore fans will surely love Murphy's cozy video game aesthetic.

Murphy also wears thick-rimmed glasses and loves to read books outdoors, which makes him the perfect grumpy little forest academic. Animal Crossing: New Horizons players would do well to build a little library or reading nook around their front yard; maybe that would cheer them up.

9 Felicity Is A Cottagecore Star that Will Light up Any Island

No cottagecore island in ACHN is complete without at least one cat, and Felicity is the best choice in this area. She's an adorable villager with a peppy personality, doll-like makeup, and a '60s-style auburn bob. Her house has a pretty petal pink roof, and the inside looks like a sunny backyard with a wildflower carpet and white picket fence wallpaper.

Felicity would look great gifted with a little heart apron from the Able Sisters' shop. The apron dress often pops up in their inventory and comes in many colors, all of which would complement Felicity's homey, frilly lifestyle. Felicity's majestic vibes would make any island better.

8 Animal Crossing Players Would Love Lily's Affable Personality And Love For Nature

There's a reason that Lily is so beloved by ACNH players. She's a sweetie straight out of a fairy tale; she's both the princess and the frog with her teal amphibian coloring and pink blushed cheeks. With the Normal personality type, Lily is always friendly, positive, and charming.

Lily's another popular character with education as her special interest, so one of her favorite things to do around the island is put on her reading glasses and crack open a good novel. Her quiet, mindful activity makes her a great addition to an island devoted to a natural aesthetic and a quiet life.

7 Tia Is A Charming Teapot Themed Elephant That Has The Cutest Home

Tia has the cutest catchphrase: she loves to call her close friends "teacup," an extremely adorable attribute. What's more, it's very fitting, as she's a teapot-shaped elephant with a mint green house that resembles a peaceful café. Her lily-shaped record player looks like it belongs in a fairytale house.

Tia's default dress is cute and frilly, but she looks amazing when the player gifts her the Alice in Wonderland-inspired blue dress from the Able Sisters' shop. Tia has a Normal personality, which means she's extremely caring and loves visiting the player's house and doing great aesthetic photo ops.

6 Molly's Earthy Tones And Bookish Personality Are Perfect For The Rural Lazy Lifestyle

Molly is studious, and her special interest is nature, so she's often spotted outside reading and examining plants. She's so well-versed with flowers that she would make a great foraging partner. Though she's a duck, Molly loves hiding from the rain under her petal parasol. Her big eyes and her design's pretty earth tones make her a very dainty-looking villager.

Molly's house is cozy and is likewise designed with warm, earthy tones. She aspires to be a florist one day, so it's hard to imagine a more fitting neighbor on a cottagecore island. What's more, Molly embodies the old-fashioned, forest lady aesthetic with her gorgeous lime pintuck-pleated dress.

5 Sylvana Is As Close To Nature As Any Villager Can Be With Her Cherry-Blossom Themed Home

The name Sylvana means "one who lives in the forest." As her name suggests, Sylvana is a lover of nature, from flowers to trees to bugs to fossils. Gift her some bug art, and she will be endlessly pleased and most likely display it in her pretty cherry blossom-themed home, which bathes her place in a soft pink glow.

With a Normal personality type, Sylvana has a warm, motherly disposition. Not only is Sylvana thoughtful and kind to the player, but she's also a great community member. Her house is great for a visit because it's always set up for a picnic for two, and it doesn't hurt that it looks like a fairytale forest.

4 Beau's Connection To Nature Makes Him The Perfect Farmer Boy And Picnic Partner

Beau is one of the people's favorite Lazy villagers. The deer villager Beau is the sweetest and best boy around. He, too, has the wildflower carpet in his house, as well as a picnic setup, which makes for an adorable and relaxing environment. The rest of his decorations make his home look like a cozy campsite, perfect for his lazy personality and nature hobby.

Beau's pretty, twisted horns, clementine-hued fur, and hand-knitted green sweater make him a ready-made farmcore villager. He embodies nature-loving sensibilities so well that all he wants to do is slow down and listen to K.K. songs about flowers. Beau's chill personality is the perfect addition to a cottagecore island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

A pink teacup hat sits on the top of Chai's head. The pale blue elephant has a dreamy look about her with her doily-shaped fringe and expertly drawn cat-eye eyeliner. With a Peppy personality, Chai injects a great deal of energy into an island full of lazy and studious villagers.

Chai and Tia together make a great pair on a cottagey, garden-themed island; a player can't have too many tea-themed items, houses, and designs on their ACNH island. Chai has a sweet dollhouse-like home with a tea table, tea sets, and chibi furniture that will create a charming aesthetic.

2 Erik A Sweet, Lazy Boy With Majestic Sweaters And A Gorgeous Personality

Erik further proves the point that villagers with a Lazy personality type are great for islands with a nature-like, meditative theme. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a great game for cottagecore lovers because, though there is a kind of commerce in the game, it's very low stakes.

Erik doesn't care about money, running in the rat race, or pumping iron at the gym like some other personality types. Rather, he likes wearing sweaters and smiling kindly at strangers. He's so sweet and lazy that he can't make up his mind whether he's a moose or a deer.

1 Dierdre Is Perfect For Autumn Fans, As Well As The Best Cottagecore Villager

The name Dierdre has a Gaelic origin, making the character a full-on cottagecore villager. Dierdre is a deer villager whose house is an ode to autumn. There's always something to appreciate with every season's change in ACNH, from building snowmen in winter to Bug-Offs in the summer. But there's something really special about autumn in the game.

Players with Dierdre on their island will have one of the kindest Sisterly personality characters in the game. Plus, they will have a little pocket of autumn on their island all year round. She comes with a great outfit, too — a saffron-colored knit sweater with little flowers embroidered around the collar.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

A 2020 social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo.

Franchise

Animal Crossing

Platform(s)

Switch

Released

March 20, 2020

Developer(s)

Nintendo EPD

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Genre(s)

Simulation