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Jacob, named Jakey in European and Australian versions, is a villager who first appears in Dōbutsu no Mori e+. He is a bird of the lazy personality. His Japanese catchphrase "chuuuuurp" is similar to Anchovy's. Jacob returns in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - welcome amiibo, where his added catchphrase "ya feel" is a complementary to Wade's "so it goes." Jacob originally appeared on the album cover for King K.K. before being replaced by Jay, another bird villager.

He shares the same birthday as Nan. Jacob's name could come from a jay bird, much like another villager named Jay, which connects to its species.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Jacob may be found reading a book pertaining to an item he is studying, which can be either flowers, bugs, fish, or fossils.

Appearance

Jacob is a multi-colored bird. He has a light-green mark on top of his head, which is mostly red, but his cheeks and the bottom-center of Jacob's face are yellow. Jacob's eyebrows are curved similarly to a left-sided arch. Jacob's eyebrows and beak are a grayish blue. The lower part of Jacob's body is red, while his belly is yellow. Jacob has light-green hands. When Jacob gets shocked, his eyes turn red.

Personality

As a lazy villager, Jacob will be friendly and easy to get along with due to his laid back lifestyle. Like all lazy villagers, he has a love of food and relaxing. He will enjoy partaking in the usual hobbies, usually for relaxing reasons or for food, like when fishing. Jacob will get along well with other villagers, but may offend or confuse jock villagers, who have a lifestyle of exercise and fitness, which conflicts with the lazy lifestyle of relaxing and food. He 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 big sister villagers, and occasionally cranky villagers, but may from time to time annoy snooty villagers, who disagree with the lazy lifestyle.

House

Jacob's House in Dōbutsu no Mori e+
Jacob's House in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
The exterior of Jacob's House in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - welcome amiibo
Jacob's House in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The exterior of Jacob's House in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

History

In Dōbutsu no Mori e+, Jacob can only move into town if his e-Reader card is scanned.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, Jacob can only move into town if his amiibo card is scanned, or if he is invited to move in from another player's town.

Jacob was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on September 26, 2020 on 3.4.0 update.

In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Jacob's theme is natural, his primary reward is Preserves, he initially wears the Green tie-dye tee, requires Coco and Pals' Island, and his description is "Some people are just born with style. Jacob wishes he wasn't one of those people. He's often so busy giving fashion advice, he barely has time to dress himself in the morning!"

Game data

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

	Siblings	Skill	Goal	Halloween fear

	Youngest of 5 kids	Staying up late	Poet	Mummy mask

Favorite style	Least favorite style	Favorite color	Coffee preferences
Basic	Omate	Green	Mocha A little bit of milk One spoonful of sugar

Quote
Your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.

Description
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

“Some people are just born with style. Jacob wishes he wasn't one of those people. He's often so busy giving fashion advice, he barely has time to dress himself in the morning!”

– Profile

Jacob was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in the September 26, 2020 update, along with Coco and Curly.

Campsite Invitation Requirements

Friendship Level: 0

Friendship Rewards

At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with a green tie-dye tee and sparkle stones (x1).
At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 15, he will request the player to craft a cardboard bed.
At level 20, he will reward the player with a pic of Jacob and sparkle stones (x1).
At level 25, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 30, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 35, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 40, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 45, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 50, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 55, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 60, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 65, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 70, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

	Favorite styles	Favorite colors

	Simple	Green / Red

Quote
"Your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness."

Dōbutsu no Mori e+ e-Reader card

Card back

#061 ジャコテン (Jakoten) - Series 3
Gender:	Male
Clothes:	メロンソーダなふく	melon soda clothes
Star sign:	乙女座	Virgo
Favorite phrase:	っつーの	ttsūno ("I said")
Profile:	見た目が派手っていうものも、やっぱり才能なんですね。本人は嫌らしいですけど。才能というものは、求める人だけが持っている訳じゃないですからね。ああ、うらやましい。	I suppose being flashy in appearance could be considered a talent. He doesn't seem to care that he looks like that, though. Talent is not something that only those who pursue it possess. Ah, how enviable he is.
Favorite saying:	薫は香を以て自ら焼く	Smoke burns in its own incense (A talented person's talent can end up being detrimental to them)^[1]