Ione

*This article is about the normal squirrel. For the related material, see Aurora (disambiguation).*

### Initial phrase

gleam
 キラキラ (kirakira)
 빤짝 (ppanjjag)
 亮晶晶 (liàngjīngjīng)
 destello
 albedou
 brillbrill
 knibbi
 twinkel
 сияние (siyaniye)

### Initial clothes

Twinkle Tee **PC**
Astro Dress (Blue) **NH**

### Appearances

PC, NH

**Ione** (スピカ, **Supika**?, Spica)

​ is a normal squirrel villager intoduced in the *New Horizons* 2.0 update. She was revealed in the October 15, 2021 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct and has the fashion hobby.

Ione's astral motif and international names are based on Greco-Roman myths that stars were named after. For example, her French name "Terra" is the Roman name for Gaia, the goddess of the Earth, while her Spanish name "Auri" comes from "aura" and perhaps Aurora, the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology.

## Appearance

Ione is a light blue squirrel. She has blue, sleepy-looking eyes, with two white marks next to each eye and a pink, heart-shaped nose. Her hair and eyelids are very pale greenish-yellow. The insides of her ears are a light sea-green, as are the tips of her arms and legs. Her most notable feature is her tail, which, instead of having a spiral design like most other squirrel villagers, is solid blue. It also has several star-like sparkles on it. In the dark, Ione's inner ears and paws will glow. Ione wears a blue Astro dress.

## Personality

Ione has a normal personality, and frequently acts kind towards the player. Normal villagers generally get along well with lazy, peppy, smug, snooty and other normal villagers. Ione may conflict with cranky and sisterly villagers. As a normal villager, Ione will usually wake up at 6:00 am and is easier to befriend than most. Both normal and peppy villagers reference an unseen friend known as Moppina.

## Pocket Camp

Ione was added to *Pocket Camp* in the October 28, 2021 update.

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### Friendship Rewards

* At level 7 friendship, she will reward the player with a Twinkle Tee and sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 9, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 15, she will request that the player craft a Star Projector.
* At level 20, she will reward the player with a pic of Ione and sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 25, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 30, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 35, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 40, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 45, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 50, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 55, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 60, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 65, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
* At level 70, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

## Trivia

* Ione is one of the eight new villagers that came with *New Horizons*'s 2.0 update, along with Petri, Quinn, Shino, Cephalobot, Marlo, Sasha, and Tiansheng.
	+ She, along with the other *New Horizons* newcomers, was added to *Pocket Camp* in an update that was released at the same time as the release of *New Horizons*'s 2.0 update.
* Most of Ione's names in different languages have some relation to mythology or cosmology. This matches Ione's space motif.
	+ Spica is the name of the brightest star in Virgo's constellation. Coincidentally, Ione's star sign is Virgo.
	+ "Ione" is Ancient Greek for the violet flower, and the name of a nymph in Greek mythology.
	+ Terra is the Roman name for Gaia, the goddess of the Earth in Greek mythology.
	+ Auri comes from Aurora Borealis, since Ione glows in the night.
	+ Vega is also the name of a star. However, Vega is not part of Virgo's constellation, instead being part of the constellation Lyra.
	+ "Pervinca" is Italian for the periwinkle flower, which in turn is named after the Latin word for "to bind."
	+ 穗星 comes from 彗星, meaning comet.
* Ione and Lucky are the only non-robot villagers that glow in the dark.
* Ione shares her birthday with Peewee, the cranky gorilla, as they both have birthdays on September 11th.
* Ione's Japanese catchphrase, *kirakira*, is the Japanese onomatopoeia for "sparkly".
* In *New Horizons*, Ione's preferred styles are Cool/Cute, and her preferred colors are Black/White.

## In other languages

  Spanish
  German
  Italian
  Dutch
  Russian

## References

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es:Auri
fr:Terra

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