Looking for a corny new friend in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Filbert, the squirrel may drive you nuts. The Animal Crossing franchise —published by Nintendo, which has American subsidiaries in Washington—contains a vast ensemble of strange and silly anthropomorphic talking animals. Villagers, in particular, are central to the gameplay loop of these titles as they offer daily tasks and friendship. Follow this guide for what you need to know about a villager named Filbert.
Filbert in Animal Crossing
Filbert is a blue squirrel introduced in the Nintendo 64’s Doubutsu no Mori, the first title in the Animal Crossing franchise. He has appeared in every game in the series since his debut. Squirrels, as an Animal Crossing species, trend towards the ladies, featuring sixteen females to six males overall. Filbert has a lazy personality and is currently the lone squirrel featuring this personality trait. He has a nature hobby, meaning he will read books while examining flowers and insects. His birthday is on June 3, making him a Gemini. Interestingly, most of the other squirrel villagers have birthdays in either the summer or fall, but Filbert’s is in spring.
Filbert’s English name likely derives from filbert nuts, a term generally used interchangeably with hazelnuts. Despite their names often being used identically, the two types of nuts grow on different species of trees. However, they have enough commonality that using the terms mutually in conversation is acceptable. The lazy, blue squirrel’s favorite saying, “Don’t go nuts or anything,” also plays into this connection to nuts that are ubiquitous for squirrels in New Horizons. Meanwhile, his initial catchphrase, “bucko,” likely references the prominent buck teeth that squirrels possess. Now that you know more about Filbert, read on to find out how to obtain this nutty fellow.
How to Get Filbert
Finding Filbert could be a tough nut to crack. One way to acquire him is via your campsite, which occasionally hosts a random villager who offers to play minigames. If you engage them enough, they may request to join your island. Due to the huge number of characters in the game, the likelihood of this being the blue squirrel you are after is low. The Nook Stop terminal in Resident Services allows you to scan an Amiibo card and request a villager to stay at your campsite. When you greet said villager inside, they will request that you craft items for them. This must be done on three separate days, so villagers invited this way won’t immediately join your island.
Another avenue you can explore to find the lazy squirrel is via a Mystery Island Tour. These Tours can be initiated at the airport and require using Nook Miles Tickets. Like the campsite, villagers discovered on Mystery Island Tours are random, meaning the odds of finding him aren’t optimal. You may burn through your stash of tickets faster than a squirrel through acorns. New Horizons’s online capabilities offer an alternative as you trade villagers with other players. Villagers will sometimes suggest they should move, resulting in them packing all their belongings in boxes the following day. Once they are in boxes, another player can converse with them and convince them to relocate to their island.
A Nutty Companion
Filbert is a unique member of his species who engenders widespread adoration. Fans of the Animal Crossing series can be ambivalent about lazy villagers. While some enjoy their quirkiness, others find their dispositions and conversations off-putting and strange. The blue squirrel villager averts this, as he is easily one of the more in-demand villagers in the game. He often ranks, at the least, in the top 100 villagers in popularity polls, sometimes even breaking into the top 50. His popularity may make it difficult to snatch him up from another player. But if you have him as one of your island’s residents, you will have a nutty companion sure to deliver lots of laughs.
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