EPONA

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Epona the villager in New Leaf

This Epona is a peppy horse villager from the Welcome amiibo update, not a mount. Her birthday is 21 November, the Japanese release date of Ocarina of Time. Scan Sheik, Ocarina Link, Majora Link, or Rider Link so her RV parks at the campground, then invite her.

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Illustration of a chestnut mare, the reference for this villager
Illustration with a moon, nodding at Termina props in her RV

Villager card

FieldValueStatus
Species / personalityHorse, peppy, female1 source
Birthday21 November2 sources
Catchphraseneigh1 source
Favorite sayingEven the wildest horse can be tamed.1 source
Skill / goalGalloping / Hero’s companion1 source
ClothesEpona outfit1 source
InviteCampground RV only. Not a campsite random and not a street-pass move1 source

Nookipedia lists the house as a meadow scene: outdoor bath, storefront, covered wagon, rice-plant bed, watering trough, cucco ornament, Lon Lon Milk, tiki torch, and a saddle fence. The wallpaper is Meadow Vista, the floor is Backyard Lawn, and the music is Wandering. The RV is the Zelda kit: a gossip stone, Lon Lon Milk, a piece of heart, Termina’s moon, Hyrule wall, and Zelda floor. I am copying that inventory from one encyclopedia. A second guide would have to disagree before I drop an item.

She does not wander into town from the old campsite pool. The Welcome amiibo update is the gate. The four compatible figures are Sheik, Link from Ocarina of Time, Link from Majora’s Mask, and Rider Link. Smash Link and Twilight Princess Link, the figures that spawn the horse in Breath of the Wild, are not the invite set for this villager. Card numbers and resale prices are omitted; Nookipedia’s page as I used it did not give a street price I am willing to freeze.

Steps

  1. Own the Welcome amiibo update.
  2. Scan one of the four compatible figures at the Wisp lamp so the RV arrives.
  3. Talk to her in the RV and invite her to move in.
  4. Do not expect a normal move-in from another town. The page says the RV invite is the path.

FAQ

How do you get Epona in New Leaf?

Scan Sheik, Ocarina of Time Link, Majora’s Mask Link, or Rider Link and invite her from the campground RV.

When is Epona’s birthday?

21 November, matching the Japanese Ocarina of Time release in 1998.

What is her catchphrase?

“neigh.” The saying is “Even the wildest horse can be tamed.”

Is she the same character as Link’s horse?

She is a villager designed as that reference. She does not appear in Zelda as a talking neighbor.

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Which figures do whatOther gamesThe 21 November game

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