Nook Miles are a coveted currency in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. They can be used to redeem crafting recipes, inventory upgrades, character customizations, and even terraforming. The first main goal of the game is paying off your expensive 5,000-mile getaway package, and everyone wants those Nook Mile tickets.
Nook Miles are a new mechanic to New Horizons, replacing Phineas from past games. Now, players get more than just a badge; they get Nook Miles that can be turned in for various rewards like crafting recipes, Nook Mile tickets, exclusive furniture, clothing, and accessories. So, what’s the best way to grind out these miles?
First, focus on your Nook Mile Plus goals. These are infinite and always available to you once you get access to them by paying off your getaway package and upgrading your tent to a house. These goals are super easy to complete, and even though the reward is usually pretty small, completing a bunch of them will earn you a ton of miles.
Make sure you’re also checking the Nook Stop every day. The first time you log in, you’ll be rewarded with miles, and doing that on consecutive days will increase the number of miles each time. After seven days, you’ll get a free 300 miles, as long as you don’t miss a day.
If you have Nintendo Switch Online, go visit a friend. When you return home, the game will give you 800 miles. This only works once per day, but it’s a pretty sweet bonus. While you’re at your friend’s island, do something nice for them, like watering their flowers. You probably have a Nook Mile Plus goal for it anyway.
Look through your long-term Nook Mile goals; there’s probably a few you forgot you had and that are super simple to complete. Maybe you’re only a couple of fish away from completing the next milestone and the Angling for Perfection goal, where you just have to catch fish. Have you customized your passport? Go do it. Plant 20 shrubs, change your flag, or town tune with Isabel for the first time. Participate in a fishing tourney or bug off. Plant a ton of flowers, sell your weeds, fall into a pitfall, pretty much everything you do in a day will gain you miles.
If you have any popular villagers on your island that you don’t really care about anymore, get them to move out and trade them for those coveted Nook Mile tickets on sites like Nokizon or New Horizons community discords. You can charge a bunch of tickets to help you on your next island hopping adventure or just turn around and use them to trade them for your dreamy.
Your birthday will get you a free 2,000 Nook Miles as well. During the fun events you have in your life, take a second to just log in and get the bonus. There’s also a lot of birthday stuff to do in the game, so you might as well do that too and get your exclusive birthday items.
If you’re new to the game and aren’t too sure what to spend your Nook Miles on, make sure you get the basics. I’m talking about pocket expansions, hairstyle customizations, tool ring custom, pro design editor so you can make clothes, the pretty good tools upgrade, fences to help you get that three and five-star island, and make sure you save some for terraforming once you unlock that. Each path, waterscaping, and landscaping option all cost Nook Miles to unlock.
In conclusion, Nook Miles are a pretty cool new mechanic to the Animal Crossing series, and they are way more useful than the Meow Coupons from New Leaf. They help change up your daily routine and add new things to do, making your daily island life a little less boring. If you’re wondering how to grind for more Nook Miles, try out some of the tips mentioned above.