Ankha

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Favorite saying	"All that glitters is not gold."
Catchphrase	"me meow"
Clothing	Red aloha shirt; Egyptian outfit; Mummy shirt; Palatial tank dress
Umbrella	Checked umbrella; Leaf umbrella; Ghost umbrella
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages ナイル; 클레오; Cleo; Kleo 艳后; Neferti; Patri; Ankha 艷后; Neferti; Patri; Анка
	Phrase in other languages クフフ; 파트라; miao miao; mi-miau 尼罗; mi-i-i-ouh; marramius; sfinx 尼羅; mi-i-i-ouh; marramius; ми-мяу

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Ankha is a snooty cat in the Animal Crossing series. She first appeared in Doubutsu no Mori+ as an islander, and after being absent in Animal Crossing: Wild World, she appears in all subsequent games as a villager. Her name is likely derived from the ankh, which is the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that reads life. Her Japanese catchphrase, kufufu, is a combination of the Pharaoh Khufu, and ufufu, a Japanese onomatopoeia for laughter. Egyptians worshiped cats and had a cat goddess, Bastet, which may be the basis for Ankha's design.

In New Horizons, Ankha has the nature hobby and may be found reading a book pertaining to an item she is studying, which can be either flowers, bugs, fish, or fossils.

Characteristics[edit]

Artwork of Ankha from Animal Crossing.

Appearance[edit]

Ankha is a navy blue-and-gold-striped cat. She wears navy blue eyeliner in the style of Egyptian royalty: surrounding the eyes, and wings out towards the outside of the bottom corners. She has orange eyeshadow which can be seen when she blinks. Her large black pupils look upwards, and her mouth is constantly curved into a scowl, even when she is happy. Her uraeus headgear is an upright golden Egyptian cobra with blue stripes. She has a slightly different style in City Folk, where she lacks the normal pharaoh headdress, which was replaced with a scarab head pendant, but it was changed back to a headdress in New Leaf.

Personality[edit]

Below is a brief description of the snooty personality. For more information, click here.

As a snooty islander in Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+, Ankha is talkative and vain; she is warmer than her mainland counterparts and focus on being well-liked as well as beautiful, but she can still be catty or rude in some situations.

As a snooty villager from Animal Crossing: City Folk onward, Ankha will appear arrogant and snobbish towards the player and other villagers, but will appear friendly and nice in some discussions, provided they are mature and do not insult her lifestyle. She finds appearance important, and will get angry or upset if someone criticizes her sense of style or fitness, which means a conversation between her and a jock personality may leave either one upset or angry. Her attitude towards the player changes, as she begins to warm up to them, but she will still retain some arrogance and subtle rudeness. She may not get along with lazy villagers, due to their lifestyles - lazy villagers having a strong interest in food or relaxing, both of which will make her uncomfortable, angry, and upset when in conversation. She will upset peppy villagers, usually by gossiping about them, and finding small things to judge them on. She will get along well with normal, cranky, and other snooty villagers.

Villager information[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

As an islander in Animal Crossing, Ankha has a favorite fruit and one she is allergic to. She is allergic to apples and loves cherries, meaning giving her the former reduces the likelihood of her dropping Bells, and giving her the latter increases the likelihood of her dropping Bells.

Species	Personality	Catchphrase
Cat	Snooty	me meow
Default clothing	Red aloha shirt
Default umbrella	Checked umbrella
Voice
Fruit preferences
Favorite fruit	Cherry
Allergic fruit	Apple
Doubutsu no Mori e+ traits
Star sign	Virgo
Favorite style	Fancy
Least favorite style	Funky
Live song gift	K.K. Casbah

In City Folk[edit]

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Ankha cannot be one of the starting villagers in the player's town.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 22	Snooty	me meow
Default clothing	Egyptian outfit
Default umbrella	Leaf umbrella
Favorites
Favorite clothing style	Stylish
Least favorite clothing style	Funky
Favorite furniture styles	Dignified and Retro
Favorite furniture color	Yellow
Favorite series	Regal Series

In New Leaf[edit]

All that glitters is not gold.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 22	Snooty	me meow
Default clothing	Mummy shirt
Default umbrella	Leaf umbrella
Favorites
Favorite style	Historical
Least favorite style	Rock 'n' roll
Favorite color	Yellow
Biography
Siblings	Eldest of 10 kids
Skill	Writing about pickles
Goal	Astronaut
Halloween fear	Monster mask
Coffee preferences
Type of beans	Kilimanjaro
Amount of milk	None
Amount of sugar	None

In New Horizons[edit]

All that glitters is not gold.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 22	Snooty (B)	me meow
Default clothing	Palatial tank dress
Other default clothing	During rain (if not using umbrella): Raincoat (Yellow) & outdoor hat (Yellow) During snow: Short peacoat (Orange) & knit hat (Red) Sleepwear and if sick: Pajama dress (Brown) While exercising: Athletic jacket (Red) While doing yoga: Tank (Brown) While sunbathing: Triangle shades Fishing Tourney: Athletic jacket (Red) Bug-Off: Athletic jacket (Red) Bunny Day: Wood-egg outfit & wood-egg shell Halloween: Flashy animal costume (Red) & impish horns (Red) Turkey Day: Straw boater (Dark brown) Turkey Day (chef): Chef's outfit (Brown) & chef's hat Toy Day: Santa hat Countdown: Full-length dress with pearls (Berry red) & heart shades (Yellow)^{[nb 13]} Birthday & Wedding Season photoshoot: Full-length dress with pearls (Berry red), giant ribbon (Orange)^{[nb 14]}, & heart shades (Yellow) Happy Home Paradise DLC exclusive clothing: As a student for the school: School uniform with necktie (Navy blue) As the teacher for the school: Checkered sweater vest (Light brown) & rimmed glasses (Black) As the cashier/employee for the restaurant: Café uniform (Brown) As the chef/apprentice for the restaurant: Chef's outfit (Brown) & chef's hat As a staff for the café: Diner apron (Red) As the receptionist for the hospital: Nurse's jacket (Blue) As the doctor for the hospital: Doctor's coat (Red necktie) As a patient for the hospital: Pajama dress (Brown) As the shop manager for the apparel shop: Staff uniform (Yellow) While practicing hula: Hula top (Red) & hibiscus hairpin (Red) While floating in the ocean: Horizontal-striped wet suit (Red) & round tinted shades (Dark brown) During DJ KK's concerts: Paradise Planning event tee (Red), light-up flower crown (Yellow), & neon shades (Orange & lime)
Default umbrella	Ghost umbrella
Initial NookPhone	Blue
Final NookPhone	Cool - Fabric 6
Favorites
Favorite styles	Gorgeous and Simple
Favorite colors	Colorful and Brown
Hobby	Nature
Handheld items
Bag	Paper
Book	Gardening/Bug/Fish/Fossil
Food	Lollipop
Drink	Soda can
Popsicle	Ramune-soda

In Happy Home Paradise[edit]

Happy Home Paradise client information

Ankha
Thought bubble	I enjoy the elegance of the ancient world.
Client's vision	Ancient Oasis
Required items	Golden Dung Beetle Elegant Mirror
Favorite song	K.K. Bazaar

Unlocked items
Furniture:	Ruined Seat Golden Seat Elegant Console Table Sleeping Bag Elegant Dresser Elegant Mirror Log Stakes Ruined Decorated Pillar Ruined Broken Pillar Ruined Arch Stone Arch Brick Oven Virgo Harp Creepy Skeleton Barrel Aries Rocking Chair Wooden Box Angled Signpost Plain Wooden Shop Sign Tiki Torch Wheat Field Birdbath Simple Well Glowing-Moss Statue Forbidden Altar Golden Altar Golden Casket Golden Vase Classic Pitcher Golden Dishes Unglazed Dish Set Bread Golden Candlestick Antique Map Gold Bars Decoy Duck Bunny Garden Decoration Golden Garden Bunny Golden Dung Beetle Golden Urn Mystic Statue Ankha's Photo Wall-Mounted Candle Leo Sculpture Ankha's Poster Candle Chandelier
Interior:	Dig-Site Wall Ancient Wall Golden Wall Desert Vista Golden Flooring Pyramid Tile Dig-Site Flooring Saharah's Desert Simple Medium Brown Mat Yellow Persian Rug Dark Stones Rug Starry-Skies Rug
Clothing:	Palatial Tank Dress King Tut Mask
Other items:	K.K. Bazaar

House[edit]

In each game in the series, Ankha's house is themed after a pyramid, befitting her Egyptian-styled appearance.

In Animal Crossing[edit]

As an islander, Ankha's house in Animal Crossing will begin with only one furniture item, along with the exotic wall and bamboo flooring. She will request specific items for the player to give to her, which she will place in her house. After she places two items in her house, she will upgrade her wallpaper, and after she places five items, she will upgrade her flooring. Madam Rosa requests for the same items as Ankha, although her house has different wallpaper and flooring.

Exterior of Ankha's house in Animal Crossing

Interior of Ankha's house in Animal Crossing

Item:

Master Sword

Requested
items:

White Queen	Harp
Regal Vanity	Regal Dresser
White King	Retro Stereo
Ivory Piano	Pachira

Wall:

Ancient Wall

Floor:

Ancient Tile

Music:

K.K. Dirge ^{[nb 15]}

In City Folk[edit]

Interior of Ankha's house in Animal Crossing: City Folk

Items:

Tiki Torch (×2)	Mummy's Casket
Sphinx	Broken Post
Pyramid	Corn Plant
Retro Stereo

Wall:

Ancient Wall

Floor:

Ancient Tile

Music:

Marine Song 2001

In New Leaf[edit]

Exterior of Ankha's house in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Interior of Ankha's house in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Items:

Pyramid (×2)	Sphinx (×2)
Mummy's Casket	Throne
Tiki Torch (×2)	Broken Post

Wall:

Ancient Wall

Floor:

Ancient Tile

Music:

Marine Song 2001 ^{[nb 16]}

In New Horizons[edit]

Interior of Ankha's house in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Exterior:

Shape:

Roof:

Orange stone roof

Siding:

Yellow stucco exterior

Door:

Purple metal-accent door

Interior:

Items:

Golden Toilet	Pyramid
Wall-Mounted Candle	Golden Casket (×3)
Libra Scale	Gold Bars
Golden Dishes

Wall:

Ancient Wall

Floor:

Pyramid Tile

Music:

K.K. Bazaar ^{[nb 16]}

Other appearances[edit]

In Happy Home Designer[edit]

Happy Home Designer client information

All that glitters is not gold.

Official example

Ankha
Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 22	Snooty	me meow
Default clothing	Mummy shirt
Umbrella	Leaf umbrella
House request
Thought bubble	I want to live surrounded by ancient artifacts because I really adore mummies!
Client's vision	An ancient tomb.
Required items	Mummy's casket Golden chair Golden screen
Favorite song	K.K. Bazaar

Unlocked items
Furniture:	Tiki torch Genie's lamp Mummy's casket Sphinx Pyramid Large pyramid Golden chair Golden screen K.K. Bazaar Ankha's pic
Interior:	Stone wall Ancient wall Ancient tile
Clothing:	Mummy shirt Palatial tank dress Pharaoh's outfit Coin headpiece King Tut mask Leaf umbrella
Starting house:

In amiibo Festival[edit]

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 22	Snooty	me meow
Clothing	Mummy shirt
Umbrella	Leaf umbrella
amiibo card traits
Dice value	3
Hand sign	Rock
Desert Island Escape traits
Movement	×4
Hunger	×2
Vision	×2
Favorite fruit	Durian

In Pocket Camp[edit]

Ankha was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on January 31, 2022.^[1] Prior to her addition to the game, her icon, picture icon, and map icon were added to the game's files in November 2020 and remained unused.

All that glitters is not gold.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 22	Snooty	me meow
Default clothing	Mummy shirt
Biography
Description	Ankha is a cat veiled in mystery... She may look young, but some have said she might actually be 3,000 years old! If that's true, she's holding up really well.
Loading screen description	Ankha is a cat veiled in mystery... She may look young, but some say she's actually 3,000 years old! If that's true, she's holding up really well.
Preferred theme
Primary reward	Wood
Version added	4.4.2e
Date unlocked	January 31, 2022
How to invite	Blathers's Treasure Trek (map obtained on Tutu and Pals' Island)
Friendship rewards
Level 7	Mummy shirt Sparkle stones
Level 9	Sparkle stones
Level 15	Crafting request: Pyramid
Level 20	Ankha's pic Sparkle stones
Level 25^{[nb 17]}	Sparkle stones

Card profiles[edit]

Animal Crossing e-Reader card[edit]

Card back

#014 Ankha - Series 1
Gender:	Female
Sign:	Virgo
Clothes:	red aloha shirt
Petphrase:	me meow
Profile:	Ankha's face shines with beauty and the sparkle of the youth, but she claims she was a cat in Cleopatra's court. That would make her 3,000 years old! How many years do nine lives make?
Password:	`rQ9dnN7Clqv2T%`
	`3oNLI7AQoOhixO`

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#014 Ankha

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amiibo card[edit]

Card back

#188 Ankha - Series 2

Star sign:	Virgo
Birthday:	September 22
Dice value:	3
Hand sign:	Rock

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#188 Ankha

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Gallery[edit]

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Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
amiibo card artwork
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Trivia[edit]

Ankha has had a different outfit as her starting clothes in every single mainline game that has been released in English.
Ankha's pose on her amiibo card resembles the look of a mummy sarcophagus.
Ankha appears on the album cover of "K.K. Break."

Names in other languages[edit]

	ナイル Nairu	Nile; from the famous Egyptian river, the Nile River

	클레오 Keulleo	From Cleopatra

	艳后 Yànhòu	From 埃及艳后, a byname of Cleopatra

	艷后 yim6hau6	From 埃及艷后，a byname of Cleopatra

	Анка Anka	Similar to English name

	Ankha	Same as English name

	Kleo	From Kleopatra, the German name for Cleopatra

	Patri	Derived from Cleopatra

	Neferti	From the Egyptian pharaoh Nefertiti

	Cleo	Derived from Cleopatra

Notes[edit]

↑ Animal Crossing
↑ City Folk
↑ New Leaf to Pocket Camp, includes Pocket Camp appearance after New Horizons
↑ New Horizons
↑ Animal Crossing
↑ City Folk to amiibo Festival
↑ New Horizons
↑ Nairu
↑ Yànhòu
↑ Yànhòu
↑ Keulleo
↑ Anka
↑ Ankha's headwear during the Countdown can either be the New Year's silk hat or the New Year's hat, each rotating every year. The hat's variation will vary depending on what variations Tom Nook is selling at his stand.
↑ If it is Ankha's birthday, her headwear will be replaced with the birthday hat (Blue variation).
↑ K.K. Casbah in Doubutsu no Mori e+
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Does not contain a stereo initially
↑ Repeats for levels 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, and 80

References[edit]

↑ "Seven new campers have arrived! I can't wait to meet them—I'm sure you all feel the same!" @Pocket_Camp on X (formerly Twitter) (January 31, 2022). Archived from the original on July 27, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.