In Animal Crossing: City Folk, the only shop in town belongs to Tom Nook. When you first begin playing the game, Tom Nook's shop will start off as Nook's Cranny, a small shack with very few different items for sale each day. As time passes, Tom Nook will eventually use his profits to increase the size of his shop to hold more items.
Nook's shop has three upgrades after Nook's Cranny, giving Nook's store a total of 4 different sizes, each which different store hours and stock. After a certain amount of days has passed, when Nook has earned enough bells, he will close down the store for a day to renovate to the next store size.
Tom Nook's Store Upgrades
Store
Hours
Stage
Image
Nook's Cranny
8 AM - 10 PM
Beginning shop
Nook'n'Go
7 AM - 1 AM
Renovation of Nook's Cranny, at least 8 days after game is started, with at least 30,000 bells worth of purchases
NookWay
8 AM - 10 PM
Renovation of Nook 'n' Go, at least 15 days after renovation from Nook's Cranny, with at least 80,000 bells worth of purchases
Nookingtons
9 AM - 9 PM
Renovation of NookWay, at least 22 days after the renovation from Nook 'n' Go, with at least 150,000 bells worth of purchases
In AC:GC and AC:WW, it was required for a player from another town to buy an item from Nook's store for it to be upgraded to Nookington's. In AC:CF, a player from another town doesn't have to buy an item from Nook for him to upgrade to Nookington's.
Below is a table showing the number of items in each renovation of Nook's stores.
Store
Furniture
Tools
Flowers
Saplings
Flooring
Wallpaper
Stationary
Medicine
Paint Can
Nook's Cranny
2
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
NooknGo
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
Nookway
5
4
4
2
2
2
4
1
1
Nookingtons
8
6
7
3
3
3
4
1
1
Downgrading
About a month after the upgrade to Nookington's, Nook will start to doubt his service. As each player leaves the shop, Nook will ask them what they look for in a store.
1) Saying "Variety" will make Tom Nook change the store into Nookington's. 2) Saying "Balance" will make Tom Nook change the store into NookWay. 3) Saying "Hours" will make Tom Nook change the store into Nook 'n' Go. 4) Saying "Nothing much" will result in no store change.
After a few days, Nook will think over the votes of each player and make his decision based on which answer received the most votes.
A) If you choose an option that has Nook change to a store other than the one you currently have, Nook will close down for a day to renovate, like normal. B) If you choose an answer resulting in an change to a store size that you don't want, you will have to wait until next month for Nook to ask you again.
Nook’s Points
Tom is sure savvy at his retail profession, and he knows how to keep his customers coming back. With free stuff, of course! For every 100 bells you spend on items at the shop, you earn 1 Nook point, or more on special days where you receive special bonus points! You even earn Visitor Points just for visiting the shop everyday! Step up to the green machine that appears in all of Nook’s shops to check out the progress of your points and find out what level your membership status is.
Ranks
Rank
Basic
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Points
1st Purchase
300
5,000
10,000
20,000
Store Discount
0%
0%
5%
10%
20%
Reward
N/A
Nook's Cranny model
Nook 'n' Go model
Nookway model
Nookington's model
Note: Discounted goods award less Nook Points.
Each title improvement automatically sends that character a mail from TNPS, announcing the promotion and including a model of one of the many models of Nook's shop, which can be placed as furniture in your house:
Nook's Cranny Model
Nook N' Go Model
Nookway Model
Nookington's Model
Point Rewards Below is a table showing the rewards that you can get from the TNPS and the value of the item.
Banana
Tripple Shells
Yoshi's Egg
Bad Bro 'Stache
Toad Hat
Peach's Parasol
Hero's Clothes
Varia Suit
Wario Hat
Hero's Cap
Majora's Mask
Samus Mask
Midna's Mask
Kart
Once in awhile, Nook will feature a spotlight item in his shop. These items are rare and collectable, and aren’t seen around too often. Tom will also release seasonal gifts at certain times of the year. You can only purchase them for a limited time, so buy them while you can!
Spotlight items
Arwing 7,200
Baby Panda 480
Basic Painting 1,960
Black King 8,000
Black Queen 8,000
Blue Corner 6,800
Blue Dresser 2,100
Cabana Armchair 1,800
Cabin Bookcase 2,300
Cement Mixer 1,600
Classic Bookcase 2,560
Common Painting 1,900
Covered Wagon 3,800
Deluxe Washer 5,200
Dolly 6,800
Dracaena 2,000
Exotic Chest 1,800
Garden Gnome 3,380
Green Pantry 2,290
Hamster Cage 2,290
Hi-Fi Stereo 5,400
IV Drip 1,480
Ivory Piano 3,500
Jukebox 3,200
Kiddie Stereo 1,900
Lovely Kitchen 2,280
Lucky Gold Cat 6,200
Master Sword 2,800
Modern Cabinet 2,580
Moon 32,000
Mummy’s Casket 4,400
Ninja Sword 9,600
Plum Bonsai 1,900
Podium 1,280
Ranch Hutch 2,560
Regal Clock 3,360
Robo-Stereo 2,200
Samurai Suit 4,500
Skeleton 3,360
Sleeping Bag 1,960
Throne 800,000
Treasure Chest 8,600
Unknown Machine 4,800
Washbasin 2,880
White King 8,000
White Queen 8,000
Catalog Tips & Hints
Each of your characters in City Folk have their own personal catalog in which they can buy items from conveniently. They are then shipped to your house within one day. Tom records every item that you’ve purchased from his shop, along with everything you’ve sold from him. To view your catalog, just speak with Nook at his shop.
There are also items that you cannot order from your catalog, even though you have had these items before. Here is a full list of AC:CF un-orderables.
