MadisonCrossing
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*Since my Perfect Town thread (posted a few days ago) seemed really helpful for me, I decided to create an Animal Crossing: New Leaf Unlockables Thread! I'm really sorry if there already is one - if there is, I can always just close this thread. But I think a new unlockables thread would really help. Like my Perfect Town thread, the link to the website will be at the bottom of the page; all credit goes to the website. Thanks!*
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Unlockables Guide
When you first move into your village, there will only be a few shops open. You can upgrade and add some new shops if you don't know how to unlock them.
Item Shop
You can upgrade the item shop so it sells more items. You can do so by spending Bells at the item shop and doing a few other things. Only items that can be sold out count towards your total. In other words, stationery, wrapping paper, and melody cards don't count towards the Bell total. Fortune cookies are counted as 500 Bells.
Upgrade To The Convenience Store
To upgrade to the Convenience Store, you must have a house rather than a tent. Upgrade from the tent by giving 10,000 Bells to Tom Nook. The Convenience Store upgrade occurs after 12,000 Bells have been spent in the shop (all players on the game card can contribute) or you have bought at least 15 items. It must be at least 10 days since you created the town.
Upgrade To The Supermarket
The Supermarket upgrade occurs after you have spent at least 25,000 Bells in the shop. It must be at least 10 days since the Convenience Store has opened. It must be at least 10 days since the Garden Center opened.
Upgrade To The Home Center
The upgrade occurs after you have spent at least 50,000 Bells in the shop. It must be at least 21 days since you opened the Supermarket.
Upgrade To The Department Store
The upgrade occurs after you have spent at least 100,000 Bells in the shop. It must be at least 30 days since you built the Home Center. You also have to pass Gracie's Fashion Check at least four times.
Garden Center
To unlock the Garden Center, the total number of times you have done any of the following actions must be at least 30: pulled weeds, watered flowers, planted trees or flowers. If you don't have a golden watering can or haven't earned a 100% approval rating, talk to Isabelle at the front desk of the Town Hall and ask for advice. If you do all of the things she asks, she will eventually give you a watering can. You can also get a fishing rod or bug net if you keep asking her for advice.
Nook's Homes
Nooks' Homes is open from the beginning. Once you pay off your down payment and get a house instead of a tent, Nook's Homes will start selling new exteriors, such as new roofs, mailboxes, and so on.
Happy Home Academy
After you pay off your first home loan using the ABD in the Post Office, talk to Tom Nook. Then exit Nook's Homes and go back in. Tom Nook will introduce Lyle, who will give you advice on increasing your HHA score.
Happy Home Showcase
If you're still living in a tent, pay off your down payment by giving 10,000 Bells to Tom Nook. Then use the ABD in the Post Office to pay off your first house loan. Be sure to talk to Tom Nook after that. The Happy Home Showcase will be open after that.
Museum Shop
Donate at least 20 items to the Museum, with at least one from each category (bugs, fish/deep sea fish, fossils, works of art). Then talk to Blathers each day. One day, he will be thinking about something. Talk to him and he will talk about the Museum Shop. After that, the Museum Shop will be added to the list of things you can build in your town. Just sit in your mayor chair and ask to build something, then choose the Museum Shop.
QR Codes
In the Able Sisters' Shop, you can unlock a QR Code Machine that creates a QR Code that represents a custom design. Other players can scan this code to get your custom designs into their games. To unlock this, talk to Sable, who is working at the sewing machine. You have to talk to her each day for several days in a row. Then the QR Code Machine will be unlocked.
Club LOL
For Club LOL to open, your shop has to be upgraded to the Convenience Store, and you have to have reached 100% approval rating according to Isabelle. Then the next day that you play, Dr. Shrunk will be outside your house and will ask you to get signatures for his petition. Agree to do so, then talk to six of your villagers and ask them to sign the petition. Once you have six signatures, go talk to Dr. Shrunk in Main Street to give him the petition. After five days, Club LOL will be open.
Kicks
Spend at lease 8,000 Bells in the Able Sisters's shop to unlock the Shoe Store, Kicks. It must be at least 10 days since the town was created.
Shampoodle
Spend at least 10,000 Bells in Able Sisters' or Kicks. It must be at least 10 days since Kicks was built. *It takes three days for Shampoodle's to open.*
Fortune Teller Shop
Katrina is a fortune-telling cat that sometimes shows up in your town square. After you and any other players in your town get your fortune a total of 20 times, the mayor of the town has to talk to her. When this happens, the Fortune Teller Shop will be added to the list of things you can build in your town. Lloid, the fundraising gyroid, will be in the Train Station.
Dream Suite
The Dream Suite is a place where you can visit dream versions of towns, where you can do whatever you want without affecting the real town. After you have been the mayor for seven days, go to the Town Hall. If Isabelle is sleeping, talk to her. This unlocks the Dream Suite in the list of Public Works Projects you can build.
The Roost Caf?
Donate at least 50 items to the Museum, and open the Museum Shop (see above). After the Museum Shop has been open seven days, talk to Blathers. He will eventually be thinking about something when you go into the Museum. Talk to him at that time to add The Roost Caf? to the list of Community Projects.
Thanks for reading! I edited a few things that were incorrect, so this is the correct version of the guide. I cut some parts out to make it shorter and easier to read. Feel free to ask any comments if necessary, and if I made a mistake please correct me and I will fix it! Thank you, and I hope this is helpful!
LINK
http://www.thonky.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf/shop-unlock-guide/
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Unlockables Guide
When you first move into your village, there will only be a few shops open. You can upgrade and add some new shops if you don't know how to unlock them.
Item Shop
You can upgrade the item shop so it sells more items. You can do so by spending Bells at the item shop and doing a few other things. Only items that can be sold out count towards your total. In other words, stationery, wrapping paper, and melody cards don't count towards the Bell total. Fortune cookies are counted as 500 Bells.
Upgrade To The Convenience Store
To upgrade to the Convenience Store, you must have a house rather than a tent. Upgrade from the tent by giving 10,000 Bells to Tom Nook. The Convenience Store upgrade occurs after 12,000 Bells have been spent in the shop (all players on the game card can contribute) or you have bought at least 15 items. It must be at least 10 days since you created the town.
Upgrade To The Supermarket
The Supermarket upgrade occurs after you have spent at least 25,000 Bells in the shop. It must be at least 10 days since the Convenience Store has opened. It must be at least 10 days since the Garden Center opened.
Upgrade To The Home Center
The upgrade occurs after you have spent at least 50,000 Bells in the shop. It must be at least 21 days since you opened the Supermarket.
Upgrade To The Department Store
The upgrade occurs after you have spent at least 100,000 Bells in the shop. It must be at least 30 days since you built the Home Center. You also have to pass Gracie's Fashion Check at least four times.
Garden Center
To unlock the Garden Center, the total number of times you have done any of the following actions must be at least 30: pulled weeds, watered flowers, planted trees or flowers. If you don't have a golden watering can or haven't earned a 100% approval rating, talk to Isabelle at the front desk of the Town Hall and ask for advice. If you do all of the things she asks, she will eventually give you a watering can. You can also get a fishing rod or bug net if you keep asking her for advice.
Nook's Homes
Nooks' Homes is open from the beginning. Once you pay off your down payment and get a house instead of a tent, Nook's Homes will start selling new exteriors, such as new roofs, mailboxes, and so on.
Happy Home Academy
After you pay off your first home loan using the ABD in the Post Office, talk to Tom Nook. Then exit Nook's Homes and go back in. Tom Nook will introduce Lyle, who will give you advice on increasing your HHA score.
Happy Home Showcase
If you're still living in a tent, pay off your down payment by giving 10,000 Bells to Tom Nook. Then use the ABD in the Post Office to pay off your first house loan. Be sure to talk to Tom Nook after that. The Happy Home Showcase will be open after that.
Museum Shop
Donate at least 20 items to the Museum, with at least one from each category (bugs, fish/deep sea fish, fossils, works of art). Then talk to Blathers each day. One day, he will be thinking about something. Talk to him and he will talk about the Museum Shop. After that, the Museum Shop will be added to the list of things you can build in your town. Just sit in your mayor chair and ask to build something, then choose the Museum Shop.
QR Codes
In the Able Sisters' Shop, you can unlock a QR Code Machine that creates a QR Code that represents a custom design. Other players can scan this code to get your custom designs into their games. To unlock this, talk to Sable, who is working at the sewing machine. You have to talk to her each day for several days in a row. Then the QR Code Machine will be unlocked.
Club LOL
For Club LOL to open, your shop has to be upgraded to the Convenience Store, and you have to have reached 100% approval rating according to Isabelle. Then the next day that you play, Dr. Shrunk will be outside your house and will ask you to get signatures for his petition. Agree to do so, then talk to six of your villagers and ask them to sign the petition. Once you have six signatures, go talk to Dr. Shrunk in Main Street to give him the petition. After five days, Club LOL will be open.
Kicks
Spend at lease 8,000 Bells in the Able Sisters's shop to unlock the Shoe Store, Kicks. It must be at least 10 days since the town was created.
Shampoodle
Spend at least 10,000 Bells in Able Sisters' or Kicks. It must be at least 10 days since Kicks was built. *It takes three days for Shampoodle's to open.*
Fortune Teller Shop
Katrina is a fortune-telling cat that sometimes shows up in your town square. After you and any other players in your town get your fortune a total of 20 times, the mayor of the town has to talk to her. When this happens, the Fortune Teller Shop will be added to the list of things you can build in your town. Lloid, the fundraising gyroid, will be in the Train Station.
Dream Suite
The Dream Suite is a place where you can visit dream versions of towns, where you can do whatever you want without affecting the real town. After you have been the mayor for seven days, go to the Town Hall. If Isabelle is sleeping, talk to her. This unlocks the Dream Suite in the list of Public Works Projects you can build.
The Roost Caf?
Donate at least 50 items to the Museum, and open the Museum Shop (see above). After the Museum Shop has been open seven days, talk to Blathers. He will eventually be thinking about something when you go into the Museum. Talk to him at that time to add The Roost Caf? to the list of Community Projects.
Thanks for reading! I edited a few things that were incorrect, so this is the correct version of the guide. I cut some parts out to make it shorter and easier to read. Feel free to ask any comments if necessary, and if I made a mistake please correct me and I will fix it! Thank you, and I hope this is helpful!
LINK
http://www.thonky.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf/shop-unlock-guide/
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