Best ACNH Deer Villagers for Your Island (+ FREE Quiz!)

Animal Crossing New Horizons has 12 adorable deer villagers that you can get on your island. They all have unique personalities and characteristics. Take this quiz to find out which one you’re most like!

Animal Crossing New Horizons is a video game for the Nintendo Switch. It also has the popular amiibos and amiibo cards that let you unlock new villagers in-game. Maybe you like wishing on shooting stars, collecting sea creatures for Blathers, or collecting furniture and art from Redd.

Want to know more about the deer animal crossing villagers in ACNH? We pulled some quick facts from the Animal Crossing wiki to give you an easy walkthrough of these special characters.

1. Bam

Bam, a blue deer villager from Animal Crossing.

Bam is a deer villager with the jock personality type. Bam has blue fur with large light blue outlines around his eyes and a snout of the same color. He has deep blue freckles above his black nose and thick eyebrows.

2. Beau

Beau (ぺーター, Pētā?, Peter) is a lazy deer villager in the Animal Crossing series.

Beau is a lazy deer villager in the Animal Crossing series. Beau is very similar to an antelope, which are deer-like animals that are common in Africa and Eurasia. As a lazy villager, Beau will be friendly and easy to get along with due to his laid-back lifestyle. Beau will get along well with other villagers but may offend or confuse jock villagers.

3. Bruce

Bruce, a teal deer with a light-blue stripe pattern on his forehead.

Bruce is a cranky deer villager who made his debut in New Leaf. Bruce is a teal deer with a light-blue stripe pattern on his forehead. Because of his curved horns and the stripe pattern on his head, he resembles a gazelle or goat more than a deer. Cranky villagers will usually appear in a grouchy or agitated mood. He will easily get along with jock, snooty, and other cranky villagers, and occasionally lazy and normal villagers as well.

4. Chelsea

Chelsea is a normal deer villager that has white fur with a pink-eared headband, short green hair, and the insides of her ears are pink. Chelsea’s appearance is based on My Melody, a Sanrio character. Chelsea has a normal personality and frequently acts kind towards the player. Normal villagers generally get along well with lazy, peppy, smug, snooty, and other normal villagers.

5. Deirdre

Deirdre is a sisterly deer villager who has teardrop-ended eye blazes, whole-eye pupils, dark nose and hooves, auburn lobed hair, eyebrows, ear tips, white lips, belly fur, tail tip, reddish ear-ways, blush, and eyelids. Deirdre may get along with jock villagers who share her love of sports, lazy and normal villagers for how laid-back they are, and peppy villagers.

6. Diana

Diana is a snooty deer villager who is a white deer with a curled, lilac lock of hair. She wears pale pink makeup and black mascara with two eyelashes towards the end. The insides of her ears are the same lilac as her hair. Diana has a snooty personality, which means she loves make-up and gossiping. As a snooty villager, Diana will first appear rude and arrogant towards the player, often talking about herself and her own experiences. She will get along with cranky villagers due to their similar rude personalities, and usually normal villagers as well.

7. Erik

Erik is a lazy deer villager. Erik is a brown deer with sandy-colored antlers. His snout is orange-brown, and he has black hooves. His antlers and nose shape closely resemble those of a moose. As a lazy villager, Erik will be friendly and easy to get along with due to his laid-back lifestyle. Erik will get along well with other villagers but may offend or confuse jock villagers. e will get along with other lazy villagers with whom he will talk about food, comics, or superheroes. He will also get along well with normal, peppy, smug, and sisterly villagers, and occasionally cranky villagers, but may from time to time annoy snooty villagers, who disagree with the lazy lifestyle.

8. Fauna

Fauna is a normal deer villager with brown fur, ruddy cheeks, a black nose, and pink inside her ears. She has circular, black eyes that have round white highlights in the center and two eyelashes at the bottom. Fauna has a normal personality and frequently acts kind towards the player. Normal villagers generally get along well with lazy, peppy, smug, snooty, and other normal villagers. Fauna may conflict with cranky and sisterly villagers.

9. Fuchsia

Fuchsia is a sisterly deer villager with a vibrant color scheme. She has a tuft of blond hair on her head. Her inner ears, nose, and eyes are a brilliant light blue, and so is her belly. Fuchsia may get along with jock villagers who share her love of sports, lazy and normal villagers for how laid-back they are, and peppy villagers. However, she may conflict with smug and snooty villagers due to their arrogant nature.

10. Lopez

Lopez is a smug deer villager whose appearance resembles an antelope. He is golden-yellow with white cheeks and eye rims, with a light blue muzzle and inner ears. He has light brown horns that have a slight bend. Generally, Lopez will get along with lazy, normal, snooty, and peppy villagers, and may conflict with cranky villagers.

11. Shino

Shuno is a peppy deer villager with yellow cream-colored deer with red horns and gray-tipped ears. Her snout is white and her nose is a light salmon color. Shino has a peppy personality, which means she has a tendency to over-react in conversations about trivial subjects, and will usually be over-excited to see the player or other villagers. She will get along well with other villagers, particularly lazy, normal, jock, sisterly, and other peppy villagers, but she may annoy and upset cranky and snooty villagers, whose personalities differ from hers.

12. Zell

Zell is a smug deer villager who has the appearance of a blackbuck antelope. His fur is dark brown with white markings on his eyes, mouth, and right ear. He also has white hooves and spiral horns. Generally, Zell will get along with lazy, normal, snooty, and peppy villagers, and may conflict with cranky villagers.