Clay

This article is about the lazy hamster villager. For the crafting material, see Clay (crafting material).

Clay
Gender	Male
Personality	Lazy
Species	Hamster
Birthday	October 19th
Star Sign	Libra
Catchphrase	"thump"
Clothing	Uncommon Shirt Animal Crossing: New Leaf Poncho-style Sweater Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Favorite saying	"Life is just a bowl of cherries."
Favorite song	K.K. Safari Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing: New Horizons K.K. Dirge Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise

“Folks keep asking if things are OK. I'll tell ya what's OK! Nothing! Everything in life is real un-OK!”
― Clay, Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Clay (どぐろう, Dogurou) is a lazy hamster villager who first appeared in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. His appearance is based on Japanese dogū, which are small figurines made of clay. His picture quote is likely a reference to the 1931 song "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries". He has the nature hobby.

Appearance

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A Shakōki-dogū (遮光器土偶), or "goggle-eyed dogū" figurine

Clay is a brown hamster. He has a rust-colored, raccoon-like mask around his eyes and light brown eyelids. This resembles the "goggles" of a google-eyed dogū. Although his eyes are closed by default, they can be seen during certain reactions, and are revealed to be completely black with a white pupil. He also has swirly, wisp-like eyebrows and three red dots below each eye. His paws and belly are light brown, with a rusty color around the edges. The insides of his ears are bright teal. Clay wears an Uncommon Shirt in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and a orange poncho-style sweater in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Personality

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

As a lazy villager, Clay 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 Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Clay goes to sleep at 11 PM and wakes up at 8 AM.

House

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Clay's house seems to be based on an African savannah. He has a fossil, as well as a hammock and a cow skull. There is also a bonfire in the center of the room. His choice of wallpaper and flooring is the garden wall and the western desert. Clay initially owns no stereo, but when he gains one, it plays the song K.K. Safari.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Clay's house has various pottery, fossils, and wood-burning fires. In the middle of his house, there is a bonfire, likely referencing how Jōmon pottery is thought to have been fired in open fires. In the front of his house, from left to right, there is a stone stool with a pot, an ammonite, a trilobite, a stone stool with a classic pitcher, and a pond stone. In the back of his house, there are two tiki torches surrounding a hay bed. For wallpaper, he uses the dig-site wall, and for flooring, he uses the dig-site flooring. Clay's house has a yellow-orange stucco-style exterior with a light brown straw roof and dark red door.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Leaf (exterior)
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp

Clay was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in the May 10, 2023 update.

Campsite Invitation Requirements

Friendship Level: 0

Friendship Rewards

• At level 7 friendship, he will reward the player with an uncommon shirt and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 9, he will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 15, he will request that the player crafts a creepy stone.
• At level 20, he will reward the player with a pic of Clay 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).

amiibo Card

amiibo Card
Back	#088 Clay Type Hamster Star sign Libra Birthday 10/19 Roll value 6 Hand sign Rock Request A spooky haunted house
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Trivia

• Oddly, Clay is naked in his poster for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This makes him, Ribbot, and K.K. Slider the only villagers to ever have been naked.
• As sometimes revealed during April Fool's Day in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Clay is the eldest of seven siblings.
• In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Clay's preferred styles are Elegant/Simple, and his preferred colors are Beige/Brown.

In other languages

Clay
Language Name Translation Japanese どぐろう (Dogurō) - French Guido - Spanish Boliche - German Dietmar - Italian Carmelo - Template:Nl Dutch Clay - Template:RU Russian Клэй (klei) - Template:CN Chinese 子墨 (Zǐmò) - Template:KR Korean 햄둥 (Haemdung) -