What Should You Spend Nook Miles on First? | ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

This is a guide on Nook Miles exclusive items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Here you can find exclusive upgrades, recipes, and recipe set purchasable through Nook Miles. Read on to see our ratings and recommendations.

What Should You Spend Nook Miles On?

Nook Miles Exclusive Upgrades and Recipe Sets

First: Pocket Organization Guide

The very first thing we recommend spending your Nook Miles on would be the Pocket Organization Guide. This item will let you carry even more items in your inventory.

There are two inventory upgrades, from 20 to 30 slots and from 30 to 40 slots. Needless to say, you should get both as early as possible!

Next: Pretty Good Tools Recipes

The next item you should go for is the one titled Pretty Good Tools Recipes.

This will allow you to create normal Tools as opposed to their Flimsy versions. All Tools will break, but the higher durability is worth the extra materials.

Pretty Good Tools Recipes

Stone Axe	Axe	Shovel
Fishing Rod	Net	Watering Can

For Axes, you get both a normal Axe and a Stone Axe, so you can avoid chopping down trees if you want materials but don't want to have to grow new trees all the time either.

Also a Must: Tool Ring

The Tool Ring is, in the game's own words, “essential”. This useful item will let you select your favorite tools and bring them up via a quick draw menu.

This will allow you to play more comfortably, as you don't need to dig through your stuffed inventory to find the tool you need.

Hairstyles and Hair Colors (If You Care About Appearance)

If you want to increase the amount of hair styles and hair colors you have access to, you can buy these 3 items. This will give you more customization over your own character, and allow you to go about your day in style.

How to Change Your Face and Hair

Top 8 Pop Hairstyles

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Top 8 Cool Hairstyles

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Top 8 Stylish Hair Colors

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Get 6 New Stylish Hairstyles

Six new hairstyles were added in the Winter Update, giving you more options to style your character in the game!

Top 6 Stylish Hairstyles

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Pro Editor if You Want More Dynamic Designs

If you want to make your own pro designs right away, you'll need the Pro Editor. If you are used to the pro designs function of previous installments in the series, this one is a no-brainer!

How to Create Custom Designs & Use the Custom Design Pro Editor

Nook Miles Ticket to Farm Materials and Bells

If you want to get as many Bells as quickly as possible, you'll want to buy a Nook Miles Ticket.

What is NMT (Nook Miles Ticket)?

With this ticket, you can travel to distant islands and get your hands on valuable bugs, as well as money-rocks. Therefore, this will be a great way to get lots of money quickly, so we recommend getting them after securing the other items.

They are also often used when trading online, so print out your tickets and get trading!

Recipe and Fruit Trading Board

Nook Inc. Novelties if You Have Extra Miles

Once you have plenty of money and the other items, go for the Nook Inc. clothes and items. These Nook Inc. novelty items can only be obtained via the Nook Stop, a must for all true collectors.

Redeem the Hip Reaction Collection

The Hip Reaction Collection added in the Winter Update adds nine new reactions to the game. It's a must-have if you play with friends and family as it makes communication with others easier!

Hip Reaction Collection

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Sit Down	Wave Goodbye	Take a Picture
Sniff Sniff	Work Out	Yoga
Here You Go	Excited	Ta-da

Should You Buy Bell Vouchers?

Don't Buy Bell Vouchers

Another unique item you can buy with Miles is the Bell Vouchers. Bell vouchers have a single purpose, being sold at Nook's Cranny for 3000 Bells.

Even if you are running low on Bells, we don't recommend buying Bell Vouchers. While 500 Miles is cheap, you can easily get 3000 Bells by selling Bugs, Fish or even Shells.

For more effective ways to make Bells, you can check our guide over here:
Money Making Guide | How to Get Bells Fast

How to Use Nook Miles

Redeem Miles for Items at the Nook Stop

Nook Miles can be used at the Nook Stop (found inside Resident Services) to obtain exclusive items. Since these items and clothing articles cannot be obtained elsewhere, you're going to want to save a lot of Miles! See the link below for an explanation of the Nook Stop and Nook Miles.

Nook Stop Explained

Use Them to Pay for Your Getaway Package Loan

Nook Miles can also be used to pay for your Getaway Package loan. If you are planning to upgrade to a house, you will first need to pay 5,000 Nook Miles.
How to Pay Off Your Loan and Upgrade Your Tent and House

Nook Miles Exclusive Items and Recipes

List of Special Items

Added After Resident Services Upgrade

Added After Unlocking the Island Designer App

Permit and Cost
Waterscaping Permit 6,000 Miles	Cliff Construction Permit 6,000 Miles	Arched Tile Path Permit 2,000 Miles	Brick Path Permit 2,000 Miles
Dark Dirt Path Permit 2,000 Miles	Sand Path Permit 2,000 Miles	Stone Path Permit 2,000 Miles	Terra-Cotta Tile Permit 2,000 Miles
Wooden Path Permit 2,000 Miles	Custom Design Path Permit 2,300 Miles	-	-

Terraforming Guide | How to Use the Island Designer App

List of Nook Inc. Novelties

* Free to download if you have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

*2 Added in the Ver 1.2 update.

*3 Added in the Ver 1.3 update.

*4 Added in the Ver 1.4 update.

List of DIY Recipes (Added After Resident Services Upgrade)

See the list of Fence recipes in the next section.

Recipe and Cost
Fence Recipes 1,000 Miles each	Stone Tablet 800 Miles	Manhole Cover 800 Miles	Drinking Fountain 800 Miles
Wave Breaker 1,500 Miles	Destinations Signpost 1,500 Miles	Simple Well 2,000 Miles	Stone Arch 2,000 Miles
Stall 2,000 Miles	Brick Well 2,000 Miles	Silo 3,000 Miles	Fountain 3,000 Miles
Outdoor Bath 3,000 Miles	Robot Hero 3,000 Miles	-	-

List of Fences

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Bamboo Lattice Fence	Barbed-Wire Fence	Brick Fence	Bunny Day Fence
Corral Fence	Country Fence	Hedge	Imperial Fence
Iron Fence	Iron-and-Stone Fence	Lattice Fence	Rope Fence
Simple Wooden Fence	Spiky Fence	Spooky Fence	Stone Fence
Straw Fence	Vertical-Board Fence	Wedding Fence	Zen Fence

Types of Fences and How to Make and Break Them

List of Items

Getaway Package

Related Guides

All Tips & Tricks

Money, Miles and Shopping

Money, Miles and Shopping
Nook Mileage Program Activities & Rewards List	Nook Miles+ Challenges and Rewards
Nook Stop Explained	Spending Nook Miles
How to Get Nook Miles Fast	How to Make Money Bags (Bell Bags)
How to Get Bells (Money) Fast	Money Rock and How to Hit the Rock 8 Times
How to Grow Money Trees from Glowing Spots	How to Get Bank Interest
Should You Use the Drop-Off Box?	How to Get the Royal Crown
List of Nook Shopping Seasonal Items	How to Get and Use Bell Vouchers