Nook & Store Guide

When the game begins Tom Nook will have a store called Nook's Cranny. It is barely more than a shack, but he has big plans for expansion based on what you buy and sell! His stock will change on a daily basis, and he sells: medicine, tools, flower seeds, tree saplings, paint, wallpaper, carpet and flooring, an occasional painting, and furniture.

In addition to selling items, Tom Nook will also buy items for Ľ their original price. So if something sells for 400 bells in his shop, he will pay you 100 bells for it. He will also buy turnips. He will have 2 prices for turnips each day: one before noon and one after.

As you play the game and collect or buy items, Tom Nook will start your own personal mail order catalog. This catalog is made up of all the items you have ever bought, found or been given. Most of these items you can reorder. There will be some special items that are not re-orderable. Examples of these types of items are: gyroids, fossils, special furniture series such as those from Jingle or Franklin, and special items such as the throne.

Upgrades

As you play (buying and selling) Tom Nook will eventually upgrade his store. When he upgrades is based on how much you buy from him and sell back to him, as well as time. You no longer have to have someone from another town buy something in order for him to do his final upgrade. Paying your mortgage has no impact on when upgrades take place. Each of the different shops has different hours. With each upgrade, he will carry more items.

This chart shows the hours and what is necessary for each upgrade (store will not be upgraded on a holiday):

Store	Total Transactions Needed	Minimum Days Previous Store Must Be Open	Store Hours
Nook's Cranny	None	Open first day	8 am - 10 pm
Nook 'n' Go	30,000 bells	8 days	7 am - 1 am
NookWay	80,00 bells	15 days	8 am - 10 pm
Nookington's	150,000 bells	22 days	9 am - 9 pm

Once you have obtained Nookington's, Nook will occasionally ask you about your preference about the store. He will ask which you prefer: variety of items, balance of items, or better hours. Depending on what you answer, he will change his store or leave it the same.

Your answer	Resulting Store
Variety	Nookington's
Balance	NookWay
Hours	Nook 'n' Go
Nothing much	No change in store

Nook's Point System

In each of Nook's stores you will find a green machine. This is "Nook's Point-Tracking System." With each item you buy you will earn points (1 point for every 100 bells spent). As you earn points, you will earn new membership ranks. These new ranks will result in you earning discounts on the items you buy. In addition, you will receive models of Nook's store.

Points	Rank	Discount	Model
0	Basic	0%	None
300	Bronze	0%	Nook's Cranny
5,000	Silver	5%	Nook 'n' Go
10,000	Gold	10%	Nookway
20,000	Platinum	20%	Nookington's

In addition, you can receive 3 "visitor points" each day by selecting that option, or 5 "visitor points" per by if you select that option in someone else's town. You may only get "visitor point" once a day - either in your town or another town.

"Visitor Point" Prizes

"Visitor Points" can be exchanged for prizes. These items will not be re-orderable from your catalog. Here is a list of what is available.

Points	Item
500	Banana
800	Triple Shells
1,000	Yoshi's Egg
2,500	Bad Bro Stache
3,000	Toad Hat
4,000	Peach's Parasol
5,000	Hero's Clothes
5,000	Varia Suit
5,000	Wario Hat
6,000	Hero's Hat
6,000	Majora's Mask
6,000	Samus Mask
6,500	Midna's Mask
10,000	Kart

5-point Days

Once in a while, you will see a notice on the Town Message Board from Tom Nook announcing a 5-point special day. On that day anything you buy in his shop or order from your catalog will earn you 5 times the normal points.

Note: Thanks to Liquefy for his research on the store upgrades.