Stationery

Stationery are items that can be used to write letters.

In games prior to, most stationery can be purchased from Tom Nook's store or Timmy and Tommy's store in packs of four. Prior to, the stationery used on a letter the player receives is added to their catalog. Some stationery cannot be obtained by the player and can only be added to the catalog when receiving letters from special senders.

In, stationery is replaced with cards, which are chosen in the airport when sending a letter. Cards function the same as stationery but do not go into the player's pockets and thus are not items.

In
A total of 64 stationery items appear in, , and. One stationery in and, the , is replaced with the , in  and.

Stationery can be purchased in packs of four from Tom Nook's store for 160 Bells. It can also be obtained from the dump, the Lost & Found, Wisp, and villagers. Three types of stationery—the, , and —can only be cataloged from received letters and cannot be obtained as items.

In
A total of 63 stationery items appear in.

Stationery can be purchased in packs of four from Tom Nook's store for 160 Bells. Eight types of stationery—the Academy Paper, Formal Paper, Fox Paper, Insurance Paper, Nook Paper, Snowman Paper, Tortimer Paper, and Town-Hall Paper—can only be cataloged from received letters and cannot be obtained as items.

In
A total of 64 types of stationery appear in, with 56 appearing in the catalog.

Stationery can be purchased in packs of four from Tom Nook's store for 160 Bells. Eight types of stationery—the Academy Paper, Auction Paper, Formal Paper, Halloween Paper, Lantern Paper, Nook Paper, Snowman Paper, and Tortimer Paper—can only be viewed in received letters, do not appear in the catalog, and cannot be obtained as items.

In
A total of 64 types of stationery appear in. In addition to standard stationery, Melody Paper, which allows the player to attach a town tune to a letter, can be purchased.

Stationery can be purchased in packs of four from Timmy and Tommy's store for 160 Bells. In the original version of the game six types of stationery usually only used by special characters— the Academy Paper, Gallery Paper, Halloween Paper, Museum Paper, Post-Office Paper, and Snowman Paper— can only be obtained from villagers in the mail in return for sending them a gift. These items were not reorderable with the exception of the Academy Paper, which could also be obtained from the Lost and Found as a result of this. In the update, these items were made unobtainable and were removed from the catalog. Three new unobtainable stationeries were also added: the Campground Paper, Nintendo Paper, and Nook's Homes Paper.

In
A total of 68 cards appear in. Unlike in previous games, cards cannot be obtained as items.

Cards can be sent at the airport for 200 Bells. Some cards are themed around seasons or events and are only available for a limited time.

Seasonal designs
With the exception of holiday-specific cards, seasonal cards have different times depending on the hemisphere the player chose their island to be at.

Special designs
These designs are unavailable to use as a standard card itself, only being used by special characters.

The following cards can only be used by the player when sending a present to another player via Wardell's catalog in the DLC. These are also seen in message bottles found on vine/glowing moss islands during Kapp'n's boat tours, and message bottles found on the main archipelago island, or from letters sent from Wardell in the DLC. These cards were added in version 2.0.