Leif
Island Gardening Merchant
A plant-related merchant who sells vegetable seedlings and flower seeds, and also provides weed pulling services.
Quotes
- Plants are the island's treasures. Please grow them with care.
- Leave the weed pulling to me!
- If you pick good seedlings, beautiful flowers will surely bloom.
- I'll help make the island even prettier.
Trivia
- Leif is popular as one of the premier gardening merchant characters in the series.
- Seedlings and seeds sold vary by weather and season.
- Weed pulling service effectively removes weeds.
- Leif's shop is permanently located in Paniel's Island plaza.
- A reliable ally for players who struggle with weed pulling.
- Many hedgehog species characters are associated with gardening and plants.
Alternate names
Leif
Leif the Nursery
Mr. Leif
Profile
- Species
- Hedgehog
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- A hedgehog animal wearing primarily green clothing. Has the atmosphere of a gardener knowledgeable about grass and flowers.
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Green
- Distinguishing features
-
- Body covered in spines
- Pointed nose
- Wears a green vest
- Iconic items
-
- Vegetable seedlings
- Flower seeds
- Gardening tools
- Weed pulling basket
- Hat
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Kind
- Detailed personality
- Loves plants and flowers dearly and kindly teaches gardening knowledge to island residents. Serious and polite, calm and trusted.
- Keywords
-
- Kind
- Mild-tempered
- Courteous
- Hardworking
- Knowledgeable
- Courteous
- Politeness enthusiast
- Motto
- Preaches the importance of living in harmony with nature.
- Talents
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- Plant knowledge
- Gardening techniques
- Weed pulling techniques
- Communication skills
- Skills
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- Selling vegetable and flower seedlings
- Weed pulling service
- Observation skills
- Motivation
- To maintain the island's environment beautifully and enrich residents' lives.
- Habits
- Often tends to plants.
- Favorite foods
- Vegetables, Fruits
- Hobbies
- Gardening, Nature observation
- Favorite places
- Forest, Meadow
- Favorite colors
- Green, Brown
- Music
- Sounds of nature
- Disliked insects
- Pests, Moths
- Disliked situations
- Cluttered places, Dirty gardens
History
- Backstory
- Passionate about plants, provides seedlings and seeds for island environmental maintenance. Also operates a weed pulling service and is trusted by island residents as a merchant.
- Debut date
- March 20, 2020
- Work title
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Media type
- Game
Opening shop on Paniel's Island
- Significant event
- Opening shop on Paniel's Island
- Description
- Sells vegetable seedlings and flower seeds in Paniel's Island plaza and provides weed pulling service.
New seedlings and seeds added via updates
- Significant event
- New seedlings and seeds added via updates
- Description
- Sales items increased with updates since 2020.
Participation in seasonal events
- Significant event
- Participation in seasonal events
- Description
- Sells seedlings and seeds at island seasonal events and provides special flower seeds.
Relationships
Tom Nook
Business partner
Runs businesses together in the Nook Inc. shopping district and maintains a cooperative relationship.
Timmy
Ally
Indirectly assists as staff in store management.
Tommy
Ally
Collaborator in store operations.
Paniel's Island Traveling Merchant
Paniel's Island Traveling Merchant: unknown
Media appearances
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Game / Supporting
2020 Nintendo Switch
Voice cast and creators
unknown
- Voice actor
- unknown
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Nintendo
- Creator name
- Nintendo
- Role
- Original author
Ryo Ono
- Creator name
- Ryo Ono
- Role
- Character designer
Related goods
Leif plush
- Item name
- Leif plush
- Category
- Plush or doll
- Availability
- Regular
Leif gardening set figure
- Item name
- Leif gardening set figure
- Category
- Figure
- Availability
- Limited
Leif-themed stationery
- Item name
- Leif-themed stationery
- Category
- Stationery
- Availability
- Regular