Wisp

"Spirit" redirects here. For the collectible in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, see Super Smash Bros. Ultimate § Spirits.

"YEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKK! A G-G-GHOOOOOOST!"

— Wisp, Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Artwork of Wisp from Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
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Species			Gender
Ghost			Male
Birthday		February 26th
Favorite saying		"I'm a kindred spirit."
Role		Items Roof painting Weed removal Cockroach removal amiibo scanning
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Name in other languages  ゆうたろう  깨빈  Spirideo  Buhu  幽幽  Follet  Buh  Wisp  幽幽  Follet  Buh  Уисп

Wisp is a ghost in the Animal Crossing series. He first appeared in Doubutsu no Mori+ and appears in all subsequent games except Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: New Leaf prior to the Welcome amiibo update. He appears at night, usually between 12 AM and 4 AM, and rewards the player with items or services after a specific task is completed.

Characteristics

Appearance

Artwork from Welcome amiibo.

Wisp is a white ghost with beige lips, a pair of white teeth, black eyes, and gray eyebrows.

Clothing

In Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+, Pocket Camp, New Horizons, and Happy Home Paradise, Wisp wears a hitaikakushi.

In City Folk and Welcome amiibo, Wisp wears a blue genie hat, which has a round-shaped golden brooch with a red gem and a feather with its colors being blue, cyan, green and white.

Personality

In Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+, Wisp is kind, polite, and friendly to the player, but also fears his boss. In City Folk and Welcome amiibo, he acts like a helpful and generous genie. In New Horizons, he has a more fearful side, despite being a ghost himself, as shown when the player approaches him to talk to him and then he mistakes them as a ghost and gets scared.

Appearances

In Animal Crossing

Artwork from Animal Crossing.

In Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+, Wisp can appear in a random acre between 12 AM and 4 AM. In order for Wisp to appear, the town must have 8 or more weeds. Once this requirement is met, Wisp will appear on a random night in 2 to 4 days. The weed requirement does not have to be maintained between meeting it and Wisp's appearance. When the player first enters the acre where Wisp is, he is not visible, but makes himself known by calling out to the player. With Wisp's name appearing as "??????", he says "Ooo... Can I ask you something...?" If the player gets near Wisp, he tells the player that he must collect five spirits that have wandered into the town by 4 AM, or else he is in big trouble and his superior will punish him horribly. He asks the player to catch them with a net because he has seen how good the player is at catching insects and offers a reward in return. Wisp will return every night for 4 days until his spirits are caught and returned to him. Once his spirits are returned or 4 days pass without doing so, Wisp will appear again in 2 to 4 days as long as the town has 8 or more weeds.

Each Wisp spirit is placed in a different acre and does not move between acres. However, the game internally categorizes the spirits as insects, meaning, due to the fact that having a low town rating drops the chance that a fish and insect spawn in an acre to as low as 50% chance each, it is possible in a town with low rating that a spirit will not spawn when its acre is entered. If this happens, the spirit is relocated to a new random acre and the chance of it spawning is calculated again when that acre is entered. The spirits initially only appear within acres in the B, C, D, or E rows; but can appear in any acre, including ones within the A and F rows, if they are relocated due to the player either leaving an acre without catching one or low town rating. Spirits cannot appear in an acre where another spirit resides or where the player is moving into.

After the player catches and returns the five spirits, Wisp will offer them one of three rewards as thanks:

• Pull weeds! - Wisp will remove all the weeds in the player's town.
• Paint my roof! - Wisp will repaint the roof of the player's house to a color of their choosing.
• Give me stuff! - Wisp will give the player a random item that they have not obtained before, which can be any reorderable furniture, wallpaper, carpet, clothing, umbrella, stationery, or any of the following non-reorderable items: Redd's unique furniture, raffle furniture, Wendell's wallpapers, Saharah's carpets, Gracie's clothing, or gyroids. If the player has obtained all of these items, Wisp instead gives them a peach.

In City Folk

Artwork from City Folk.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, on certain nights, the player can find an empty lamp somewhere in the town. After the player finds the lamp and returns it to Wisp, the genie will ask the player to rub the lamp in their attic, where he will offer to grant them one wish. The player does not have to rub the lamp straight away, and can save the wish for later use. As in his original appearance, Wisp will offer three choices:

• Weed! - Wisp will remove all the weeds in the player's town, excluding clovers and dandelions.
• Smash Roaches! - Wisp will remove all the cockroaches in the player's house.
• Give me stuff! - Wisp will give the player the choice of a random furniture, accessory, hat or clothing item. Usually this is an item that is not currently in the catalog (excluding rare items).

In Welcome amiibo

Wisp in Welcome amiibo.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, a magic lamp will appear randomly while walking around town. If the player places the lamp in their house, Wisp will appear. Unlike Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: City Folk, Wisp helps with amiibo. Wisp can only be used once a day. While Wisp did not appear in Animal Crossing: New Leaf at the game's launch, he was added as a major character in the Welcome amiibo update. When the player rubs the lamp, Wisp will appear and the player can use an amiibo card. When the amiibo is scanned, the player can choose for the villager to move to their town or to get something, usually furniture.

If a special character's amiibo is scanned, that character's RV will appear at the campground with special items that can be bought with MEOW Coupons. Wisp will take over running buildings if the usual proprietors are in their RVs; however, he will not be able to fulfill some roles, such as Isabelle's, preventing the player from using their services for the day. If the Villager amiibo is scanned, Wisp will appear at the campground in an RV.

If the player attempts to sell the magic lamp at Re-Tail, Reese will inform them that the lamp is valuable and will ask if they are sure they want to sell it. If the player sells it anyway, Reese will buy it for 10 Bells and it will reappear outside the next day.

In New Horizons

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Wisp mistaking the player for a ghost in New Horizons.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Wisp returns to a form closer to his original appearance. On certain nights from 8 PM to 5 AM, the player can find Wisp wandering around the island. If talked to, Wisp will mistake the player as a ghost and get scared, which leads to his five Wisp spirit pieces scattering across the island. As of version 1.5.0 of the game, performing the "Haunt" Reaction in Wisp's line of sight will trigger the same event. Similarly to Animal Crossing, the player can find and catch the five spirits using the Net and return them to Wisp. After the spirits are returned, Wisp will offer the player the choice of receiving an item they have not had before or something expensive. If the spirits are not returned, they disappear from the inventory the next day.

Since version 2.0, Wisp can be invited over to Photopia, The Roost, and the archipelago in Happy Home Paradise for a vacation home. The latter is the only way to obtain Wisp's photo.

Chance rates

Category rates

Depending on the player's housing status, Wisp will give the player a random item from each of these four categories.

Category	Tent	House
Furniture	75%	75%
Wallpaper	0%	5%
Flooring	0%	5%
Clothing	25%	15%

"Something new"

If the player chooses "something new", Wisp gives the player an item in the following categories within the pricing range.

Category	Min	Max
Furniture	0 Bells	10,000 Bells
Wallpaper	0 Bells	9,999 Bells
Flooring	0 Bells	9,999 Bells
Clothing	0 Bells	9,999 Bells

"Something expensive"

If the player chooses "something expensive", Wisp gives the player an item in the following categories within the pricing range depending on the status of Nook's Cranny.

Category	Min	Max
Nook's Cranny (not upgraded)
Furniture	3,500 Bells	15,000 Bells
Wallpaper	2,000 Bells	9,999 Bells
Flooring	2,000 Bells	9,999 Bells
Clothing	2,000 Bells	9,999 Bells
Nook's Cranny (upgraded)
Furniture	6,600 Bells	100,000 Bells
Wallpaper	2,000 Bells	9,999 Bells
Flooring	2,000 Bells	9,999 Bells
Clothing	3,500 Bells	9,999 Bells

Prior to 2.0.0

Category rates

Category	Tent	House
Furniture	75%	40%
Wallpaper	0%	24%
Flooring	0%	24%
Clothing	25%	12%

"Something new"

Category	Min	Max
Furniture	300 Bells	2,499 Bells
Wallpaper	300 Bells	2,499 Bells
Flooring	300 Bells	2,499 Bells
Clothing	300 Bells	1,999 Bells

"Something expensive"

Until version 2.0, Wisp has a chance of 90% to give a random item from Table 1 and 10% chance to give a random item from Table 2, both within the pricing range.

Category	Min	Max
Table 1
Furniture	2,000 Bells	14,999 Bells
Wallpaper	1,850 Bells	9,999 Bells
Flooring	1,850 Bells	9,999 Bells
Clothing	1,800 Bells	9,999 Bells
Table 2
Furniture	10 Bells	14,999 Bells
Wallpaper	10 Bells	2,999 Bells
Flooring	10 Bells	2,999 Bells
Clothing	10 Bells	2,999 Bells

Prior to 1.3.0

"Something new"

Category	Min	Max
Furniture	300 Bells	2,499 Bells
Wallpaper	300 Bells	2,499 Bells
Flooring	300 Bells	2,499 Bells
Clothing	300 Bells	1,999 Bells

"Something expensive"

Category	Min	Max
Table 1
Furniture	2,000 Bells	14,999 Bells
Wallpaper	1,850 Bells	9,999 Bells
Flooring	1,850 Bells	9,999 Bells
Clothing	1,800 Bells	9,999 Bells
Table 2
Furniture	10 Bells	14,999 Bells
Wallpaper	10 Bells	2,999 Bells
Flooring	10 Bells	2,999 Bells
Clothing	10 Bells	4,999 Bells

Prior to 1.2.0

"Something new"

Category	Min	Max
Furniture	0 Bells	1,999 Bells
Wallpaper	0 Bells	1,499 Bells
Flooring	0 Bells	1,499 Bells
Clothing	0 Bells	1,499 Bells

"Something expensive"

Category	Min	Max
Furniture	0 Bells	14,999 Bells
Wallpaper	0 Bells	14,999 Bells
Flooring	0 Bells	14,999 Bells
Clothing	0 Bells	14,999 Bells

In Pocket Camp

Wisp's willow tree in Pocket Camp.

Wisp makes a cameo in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, sometimes floating around Wisp's willow tree, a furniture item that was available for a limited time from August to October 2020.

Other appearances

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Wisp appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

#550

Wisp

Description

NTSC-U: Cute Lil Wisp is first met when he shyly asks for your help in collecting five spirits before the sun rises. Who would have thought the simple bug net would be able to catch them? Cool! When you next meet him, in Animal Crossing: City Folk, he becomes a lamp spirit that's scared of ghosts. Don't judge him! Ghosts are scary! PAL: When cute Lil Wisp shows up in the first Animal Crossing, he shyly asks players to help him collect five spirits before dawn. Surprisingly, you can just use any old bug net for the job! In Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City, he appears as a lamp spirit with a fear of ghosts. Odd thing for a spirit to be scared of, don't you think?

Acquisition

Random

Villager information

RV in Welcome amiibo

Description:	He's used to living inside a tiny lamp and is uncomfortable with wide-open spaces and strangers. So why is he camping? He must be here for some reason...
Items:	GameCube Drawer  NDS Lite Bench  Nintendo Bench  Villager Statue  Wii Remote Cabinet  Wii U Console
Wall:	Lunar Horizon
Floor:	Galaxy Floor
Music:	I Love You

Wisp's "Order furniture" list in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo

Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Lunar horizon		Wallpaper	3 MEOW Coupons	1,900 Bells	Saharah  RVs
Galaxy floor		Flooring	3 MEOW Coupons	210 Bells	RVs
GameCube drawer		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells	RVs
NDS Lite bench		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells	RVs
Nintendo bench		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells	RVs
Nintendo DSi bench		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells	RVs
Villager statue		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	2,000 Bells	RVs
Wii Remote cabinet		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells	RVs
Wii U console		Furniture	3 MEOW Coupons	8,100 Bells	Fortune #51  Fortune #52  RVs

The player can only order from campers up to three times per day. The items arrive via mail.
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.

In New Horizons

I'm a kindred spirit.

Birthday	Gender	Species
February 26	Male	Ghost
Initial NookPhone	White
Final NookPhone	Playful - Fabric 4
Happy Home Paradise traits
Hobby	Play
Book	Comic

In Happy Home Paradise

Happy Home Paradise client information

Wisp
Client's vision	Vacation-Home Concept

Unlocked items
Furniture:	Wisp's photo  Wisp's poster

Card profiles

Animal Crossing e-Reader card

Card back

#255 Wisp - Series 4
Gender:	Male
Sign:	Pisces
Profile:	You'll have to stay up late if you want to meet Wisp. This friendly (but very, very timid) ghost only visits during the darkest hours of night. But if you can stay up for him, he'll give you a special treat in return for your help.
Password:	G&td8fius2@@Kx
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254 Valise

e-Reader card #255 Wisp

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amiibo card

Card back

#419 Wisp - Series 5

Star sign: Pisces Birthday: February 26

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List of amiibo cards #419 Wisp

420 Lottie

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Trivia

• In a character popularity poll held on the Doubutsu no Mori+ website, Wisp ranked as the 19th most popular character with 846 votes, ranking above Kiki but below Gulliver.
• In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if the player attempts to invite Wisp through the amiibo Call Center and has not returned all of his spirit pieces, he will not appear at The Roost. Instead, he will relay a message saying, "When you're done resting in the café, please look for my spirit pieces!"
• In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Wisp has the voice of a lazy villager.
• Wisp shares his birthday with Sheldon.

Names in other languages

	ゆうたろう Yūtarō	From 幽霊 yūrei (ghost) and 太郎 tarō (male name suffix)
	깨빈 Kkaebin	From "도깨비 (ghost/monster)" combined with the name "Kevin"
	幽幽 (iQue) Yōu You	幽 is used in compounds for "ghost" and "spirit"
	Уисп Uisp	Transcription of English name
	Wisp	Same as English name
	Buhu	-
	Buh	From "Bu," word used to scare people
	Follet	From feu follet for will-o'-the-wisp
	Spirideo	From spirito, "spirit," and deo, Latin for "god"