ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

All Island Shops and Facilities Upgrades

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This is a list of all shops and facilities in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to find each shop and facility's operating hours, moving cost, and unlock and upgrade requirements.

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List of Shops and Facilities

Resident Services

Exterior Interior

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Always open
(except on December 31)
Moving Cost Cannot be moved
Land Area 10 x 10

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
  • Available at game start.
What can you do there?

Resident Services is a facility that is unlocked from the very beginning of the game, and will be the most vital facility on your island as you progress through the game. Here you can use the workbench to craft various tools, items, and furniture, sell items (until Nook's Cranny is built), and pay back your loans.

What to Do at Resident Services

Resident Services (After Upgrade)

Exterior Interior

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Always open
(except on December 31)
Moving Cost Cannot be moved
Land Area 10 x 12

Upgrade Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Upgrade Requirements
1 Pay your initial 5,000 Nook Miles loan.
2 Build Nook's Cranny.
3 Build a bridge.
4 Choose where 3rd, 4th, and 5th villagers will live, and build their furniture.
5 After the 3rd villager moves in, Resident Services will be upgraded.
What can you do there?

After upgrading Resident Services, you will be able to consult with Tom Nook about building bridges and inclines, moving facilities and homes, and even buying land to get more villagers! The upgrade also unlocks Isabelle, who will be able to assist you with your island's rating, tune, flag, as well as consulting about your residents.

How to Upgrade Resident Services

Airport

Airport ExteriorExterior Airport InteriorInterior

Your airport color can be green, blue, orange, or yellow!

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Always open
Moving Cost Cannot be moved
Land Area Unknown

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
  • Available at game start.
What can you do there?

The airport is used to connect with other players, as well as to go on island tours. In order to play with your friends via internet, you will need a Nintendo Switch Online membership.

You can also visit Photopia at Harvey's Island to take fun photos of your character, other residents and even amiibos!

How to Unlock the Airport

Museum

Exterior (Tent) Exterior (1st Upgrade) Exterior (2nd Upgrade)
Interior (Bug Exhibit) Interior (Fish Aquarium)
Interior (Fossil Exhibit) Interior (Art Gallery)

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Always open
Moving Cost 50,000 Bells
Land Area 4 x 7

Unlock & Upgrade Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock & 1st Upgrade Requirements
1 Give Tom Nook 5 fish or bugs
2 Obtain construction kit for Blather's tent
3 Place the construction kit somewhere on the island and Blather's tent will be completed the next day.
4 Donate 15 different fish or bugs to Blathers and the tent will be upgraded into a museum in 2 days
What can you do there?
2nd Upgrade Requirements
1 Obtain a Ladder
2 Talk to Blathers at the Museum after donating 60 different Bugs, Fish or Fossils.
3 The next day, Isabelle will announce that a suspiscious visitor is on the island
4 The suspicious visitor is Redd. Find Redd and buy artwork from him
5 Donate the piece of artwork to the museum
6 The museum will close, be upgraded, and will reopen in 2 days (if done after the Ver. 1.2 Update, the art gallery will also be added)
New Things to do After the Upgrade

The Museum is a facility where you can become a patron by donating fish, bugs, and fossils.

How to Unlock and Upgrade the Museum

Nook's Cranny

Exterior Interior
Exterior (Upgraded) Interior (Upgraded)

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Moving Cost 50,000 Bells
Land Area 4 x 7

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
1 Head to Resident Services after upgrading your tent into a house
2 Advance through the events involving Tom Nook and Timmy
3 Collect the needed materials
4 Decide where to build Nook's Cranny
What can you do there?
  • Buy items
  • Sell items
  • Ask for turnip prices
Upgrade Requirements
1 Buy and sell for a total value of 200,000 Bells at the shop
2 After 30 days, the store will be upgraded
New Things to do After the Upgrade
  • Buy more expensive items
  • Choose from an increased assortment of items, in the cabinet
  • Use the outdoor Drop-off Box to sell items (even after normal business hours) at 80% of the in-store sell price.

Nook's Cranny is a store where you can buy and sell various kinds of items, such as furniture, tree saplings, wallpaper, and flooring. The selection of items is rotated each day and increases after upgrading the store.

How to Unlock Nook's Cranny and Upgrade It

Able Sisters (Tailor Shop)

Exterior Interior

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Moving Cost 50,000 Bells
Land Area 4 x 5

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
1 Build Nook's Cranny
2 Talk to Mabel at Nook's Cranny
3 Buy at least 2 items from Mabel, when she starts to appear in front of Resident Services
4 The next time Mabel appears, she will give you the tailor shop kit
5 Place the tailor shop kit on your desired location, and it will be built in 2 days
What can you do there?

There are a lot of clothing variations you can buy at Able Sisters, and you can use the changing room to purchase multiple items at once! The Custom Designs Portal also allows you to share your work online!

Also, try to talk to Sable each day to get closer to her and you'll receive rewards from her in return!
How to Unlock the Able Sisters Tailor Shop

Campsite

Exterior Interior

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Always open
Moving Cost 50,000 Bells
Land Area 4 x 4

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
1 Upgrade Resident Services
2 Ask Tom Nook "What should I do?"
3 Get the Campsite Construction Kit
4 Place the kit at your desired location on the island, and the campsite will open the next day
What can you do there?

The campsite is where your island's visitors stay, and where you can persuade them to move to and become residents of your island. If you have amiibos, this is the perfect time to use them!

How to Make the Campsite and How to Use an amiibo

Photopia (at Harvey's Island)

Exterior Interior

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Always open
Moving Cost Cannot be moved
Land Area Unknown

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
1 Build Nook's Cranny
2 Place your 1st bridge construction kit
3 Place house constructions sites for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th residents.
4 Talk to Harvey, when he visits your island the next day
5 Go to the airport and visit Harvey's island. There, you will find Photopia.
What can you do there?
  • Decorate the photo studio with furniture and items, already in your catalog
  • Invite residents to your photoshoot
  • Dress yourself and your residents with clothing, already in your catalog
  • Shoot photos
  • Participate in Reese and Cyrus's Wedding Season event (requires Ver. 1.2 Update)

Photopia is where you can shoot photos of yourself and your neighbors, with decorations and clothing from your catalog (you don't need to bring them with you). Have a fun time dressing up yourself and your neighbors in various scenes and situations!

After taking photos of your neighbors at Photopia, you will be able to buy their poster from the Nook Shopping catalog!

How to Unlock Harvey's Island and Photopia

Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler

Exterior Interior

Operating Hours and Moving Requirements

Operating Hours Open all day, but only when it randomly visits your island
Moving Cost Cannot be moved
Land Area Unknown

Unlock Requirements and What to Do at Facility

Unlock Requirements
1 Upgrade the game to Ver. 1.2
2 Complete the steps for the 2nd museum upgrade
3 After the museum has been upgraded, find Redd and talk to him. He will lead you to his boat (Treasure Trawler)
What can you do there?
  • Purchase artwork (paintings and sculptures), but watch out for fakes!
  • Purchase furniture with different color variations

Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler is where you can buy artwork for donating or decorating, but watch out for Redd's fakes!

Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler and Works of Art

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5 Anonymousover 4 years

i also realized the building's exterior decoration changes depending on the season

4 Anonymousover 4 years

and there goes the museum, gee thanks :>

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