Cranston

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Favorite saying	"Hard work beats talent."
Catchphrase	"sweatband"
Clothing	Lotus tee; Oversized shawl overshirt (Brown)
Umbrella	Maple umbrella; Camo umbrella
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages トキオ; 타키; Carmine; Guido 朱禄; Gabin; Carmelo; Cranston 朱祿; Gabin; Carmelo; Крэнстон
	Phrase in other languages およよ; 오요용; boa; happahappa 哎呀呀; omelette; gruqui; zweetband 哎呀呀; omelette; gruqui; не потей

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Cranston is a lazy ostrich villager in the Animal Crossing series. He first appeared in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and has appeared in all subsequent games. He is the only lazy ostrich in the series. His name may come from the crane, a bird which he resembles.

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

Characteristics

Appearance

Artwork of Cranston from Welcome amiibo.

Cranston is an ostrich with dominantly white feathers graduating to peach. He has pinkish feet and orange markings around his eyes. He has a brown beak, with an orange spot at the tip of it. Despite being an ostrich, he strongly resembles a crested ibis, which the species is also referenced in his name in other languages.

Personality

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

As a lazy villager, Cranston has a relaxed, laid-back lifestyle and will appear friendly toward the player. He often talks about food and is humorous or naïve during conversations. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy, smug, and cranky villagers, while snooty and jock villagers may not get along with him due to their conflicting lifestyles. In New Horizons, Cranston goes to sleep at 11 PM and wakes up at 8 AM.

Villager information

In New Leaf

Hard work beats talent.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 23	Lazy	sweatband
Default clothing	Lotus tee
Default umbrella	Maple umbrella
Favorites
Favorite style	Modern
Least favorite style	Official
Favorite color	Red
Biography
Siblings	Second quadruplet
Skill	Backflips
Goal	CEO
Halloween fear	Monster mask
Coffee preferences
Type of beans	Blend
Amount of milk	None
Amount of sugar	None

In New Horizons

Hard work beats talent.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 23	Lazy (A)	sweatband
Default clothing	Oversized shawl overshirt (Brown)
Other default clothing	During rain (if not using umbrella): Raincoat (Red) & rain hat (Red) During snow: Peacoat (Beige) & snowy knit cap (Brown) Sleepwear or if sick: PJ outfit (Gray) & terry-cloth nightcap (Orange) While exercising: Athletic jacket (Black) While doing yoga: Tank (Brown) While sunbathing: Triangle shades As a tourist: Blue hotel aloha shirt/ Blue hotel cardigan or Orange hotel aloha shirt/ Orange hotel cardigan^{[nb 10]} Fishing Tourney: Athletic jacket (Black) & denim cap (White) Bug-Off: Athletic jacket (Black) & straw hat (Brown) Bunny Day: Water-egg outfit & water-egg shell Halloween: Magic-academy robe (Orange) & impish horns (White) Turkey Day: Straw boater (Cream) Turkey Day (chef): Chef's outfit (Brown) & chef's hat Toy Day: Santa hat Countdown: Tailcoat (White)^{[nb 11]} Birthday & Wedding Season photoshoot: Tailcoat (White) & top hat (Brown)^{[nb 12]} 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 (Cream) As the receptionist for the hospital: Nurse's jacket (White) As the doctor for the hospital: Doctor's coat (Red necktie) As a patient for the hospital: PJ outfit (Gray) As the shop manager for the apparel shop: Staff uniform (Yellow) While practicing hula: Hula top (Beige) & hibiscus hairpin (White) While floating in the ocean: Horizontal-striped wet suit (Black) & round tinted shades (Dark brown) During DJ KK's concerts: DJ KK logo tee (Neon orange)^{[nb 13]} & tropical turban (Green)
Default umbrella	Camo umbrella
Initial NookPhone	Beige
Final NookPhone	Traditional 1 - Fabric 11
Favorites
Favorite styles	Simple and Cool
Favorite colors	Beige and Brown
Hobby	Nature
Handheld items
Bag	Classy
Book	Gardening/Bug/Fish/Fossil
Food	Sandwich
Drink	Smoothie or coffee cup
Popsicle	Chocolate

Ideal clothing for Cranston – Beige / Brown Simple and Cool clothing

Villagers prefer clothing that matches any one of their favorite colors or styles.
For brevity, the following list only shows clothing that matches both favorite colors and one favorite style.

Name	Price	Available from
Ancient belted robe (Beige)	3,640 Bells	Able Sisters
Camo tee (Brown)	960 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Checkered sweater vest (Brown)	1,440 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Conductor's cap (Brown)	1,680 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Conductor's jacket (Brown)	1,960 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Cook cap with logo (Brown)	920 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Coverall coat (Beige)	1,120 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Delivery jacket (Brown)	1,120 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Dirty tank top (Light brown)	Not for sale	Recycle box
Fast-food cap (Brown)	800 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Fast-food uniform (Brown)	1,200 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Fedora (Beige)	1,100 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Flight jacket (Brown)	1,680 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Frugal outfit (Brown)	450 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Hanten jacket (Brown)	1,120 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Hi tee	640 Bells	Nook Shopping
Layered polo shirt (Beige)	960 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Loungewear shirt (Brown)	1,320 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Midwinter sweater	1,200 Bells	Nook Shopping
Paper restaurant cap (Brown)	490 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Reindeer sweater (Brown)	1,680 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Shop uniform shirt (Brown)	1,080 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Straw hat (Brown)	490 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Tweed cap (Brown)	1,100 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters
Yodel cardigan (Beige)	1,440 Bells	Mabel Able Sisters

More Beige Items
More Brown Items

More Simple Items
More Cool Items

In Happy Home Paradise

Happy Home Paradise client information

Cranston
Thought bubble	I'm drooling thinking about a home filled with rice dishes.
Client's vision	A Nice Rice Paradise
Required items	Tea Table Curry with Rice Bamboo Lunch Box
Favorite song	Welcome Horizons

Unlocked items
Furniture:	Log Stool Zen Cushion Pile of Zen Cushions Round Pillow Log Bench Zen Bench Wood-Plank Table Low Folding Table Futon Wooden Storage Shed Bamboo Shelf Bamboo Partition Clay Furnace Retro TV Bonsai Shelf Tractor Scarecrow Campfire Cookware Wheat Field Winnowing Machine Handcart Water Pump Hearth Raccoon Figurine Mochi Pestle Senmaizuke Barrel Tall Lantern Stacked Bags Rice Cooker Steamer-Basket Set Kettle Yunomi Teacup Biryani Ketchup Fried Rice Pilaf Risotto Premium Nigirizushi Super-Premium Nigirizushi Jarred Mushrooms Nearly Busted Radio Wooden Bucket Firewood Cranston's Photo Cranston's Poster Hanging Lightbulb
Interior:	Straw Wall Zen Architecture Wall Chic Tearoom Wall Bamboo Wall Rice-Paddy Wall Common Flooring Rush Tatami Flooring Floral Rush-Mat Flooring Bamboo Flooring Dirt Flooring Green Bamboo Mat Natural-Wood Square Tile Light Bamboo Rug Tatami Mat Ivory Medium Round Mat
Clothing:	Misty Tee Farmer Overalls Farmer Overalls Farmer Overalls Farmer Overalls Farmer Overalls Gizzard-Shad-Sushi Costume Tuna-Sushi Costume Straw Hat Straw Hat Straw Hat
Other items:	Axe Straw Fence

House

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Cranston's house has an outdoorsy look. The three baby beds are a reference to his stork-like appearance, as storks are believed to deliver babies.

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

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

Items:

Picnic Table	Clothesline Pole
Dice Stereo	Sea Bass
Pineapple Bed	Baby Bed (×3)
Minimalist Minitable	Fire Hydrant
Merry-Go-Round

Wall:

Sky Wall

Floor:

Daisy Meadow

Music:

Steep Hill

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if Cranston is one of the villagers who moved in during the main storyline after the villager house development quest, his house will have a combination of non-craftable furniture, plus items crafted by players during the island development storyline, primarily from the Log Series and applicable native fruit sets. He cannot have his initial house interior unless he moves out of the player's island or the Happy Home Paradise DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

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

Exterior:

Shape:

Roof:

Yellow thatch roof

Siding:

Plain zen exterior

Door:

Red rustic door

Interior:

Items:

Imperial Partition	Imperial Bed
Imperial Low Table	Anthurium Plant
Paper Lantern	Red Carpet (×2)
Imperial Chest	Wall-Mounted TV (50 in.)
Portable Record Player	Incense Burner
Hanging Scroll	Imperial Decorative Shelves
Imperial Dining Lantern

DIY workbench:

DIY workbench^{[nb 14]}

Kitchenware:

Gas range^{[nb 14]}

Wall:

White Subway-Tile Wall

Floor:

Stone Tile

Music:

K.K. Faire

Other appearances

In Happy Home Designer

Happy Home Designer client information

Hard work beats talent.

Official example

Cranston
Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 23	Lazy	sweatband
Default clothing	Lotus tee
Umbrella	Maple umbrella
House request
Thought bubble	As long as I can grow my own rice, I'll never want for anything else.
Client's vision	A place to grow rice.
Required items	Rack of rice ^{[nb 15]} Scarecrow ^{[nb 15]} Rice bales
Favorite song	My Place

Unlocked items
Furniture:	Tea table Rice balls Kettle Campfire cookware Wheat bundle Wheat field Rack of rice Rice bales Scarecrow Pointy-hat scarecrow Tractor My Place Cranston's pic
Interior:	Rice-paddy wall Dirt floor
Clothing:	Subdued-print tee Sharp outfit Lotus tee Conical straw hat Maple umbrella
Starting house:

In amiibo Festival

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 23	Lazy	sweatband
Clothing	Lotus tee
Umbrella	Maple umbrella
amiibo card traits
Dice value	2
Hand sign	Paper
Desert Island Escape traits
Movement	×6
Hunger	×1
Vision	×0
Favorite fruit	Banana

In Pocket Camp

Cranston was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on December 27, 2020.^[1]

Hard work beats talent.

Birthday	Personality	Catchphrase
September 23	Lazy	sweatband
Default clothing	Lotus tee
Biography
Description	Cranston is extremely dedicated to the slacker life. He once spent weeks designing a device to keep him from having to walk to the fridge for a soda.
Preferred theme
Primary reward	Steel
Version added	4.0.1
Date unlocked	December 27, 2020
How to invite	Blathers's Treasure Trek (map obtained on Genji and Pals' Island)
Friendship rewards
Level 7	Lotus tee Sparkle stones
Level 9	Sparkle stones
Level 15	Crafting request: Deer scare
Level 20	Cranston's pic Sparkle stones
Level 25^{[nb 16]}	Sparkle stones

Card profiles

amiibo card

Card back

#392 Cranston - Series 4

Star sign:	Libra
Birthday:	September 23
Dice value:	2
Hand sign:	Paper

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Names in other languages

	トキオ Tokio	Pun on the male given name and「鴇」(toki, Japanese crested ibis)

	타키 Taki	Corruption of "따오기" (ttaogi, crested ibis); also a possible play on "타조" (tajo, ostrich)

	朱禄 Zhū Lù	Homophony with「朱鹭」(zhūlù, Japanese crested ibis), also a combination of「朱」(Zhū) and「禄」(lù, blessing)

	朱祿 zyu1luk6	Homophony with「朱鷺」(zhūlù, Japanese crested ibis), also a combination of「朱」(Zhū) and「祿」(lù, blessing)

	Крэнстон Krènston	Transliteration of his English name

	Cranston	Same as his English name

	Guido	-

	Carmelo	Pun on the male given name and perhaps "carmesí" (crimson)

	Gabin	-

	Carmine	-

Notes

↑ Prior to New Horizons, includes Pocket Camp appearance after New Horizons
↑ New Horizons
↑ Prior to New Horizons
↑ New Horizons
↑ Tokio
↑ Zhū Lù
↑ Zhū Lù
↑ Taki
↑ Krènston
↑ The player can change the outfits that tourists wear from the hotel's mannequins.
↑ Cranston'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 Cranston's birthday, his headwear will be replaced with the birthday hat (Blue variation).
↑ If it is DJ KK's first time performing on the archipelago, Cranston will instead wear a Paradise Planning event tee (Red variation)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Does not appear in the villager's house by default.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 This furniture is initially placed outside by default
↑ Repeats for levels 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, and 80

References

↑ "Seven more animals are ready to make your acquaintance! It was probably a long trip getting in, so let's be sure to give them all a warm welcome." @Pocket_Camp on X (formerly Twitter) (December 27, 2020). Archived from the original on June 16, 2021.