Stationery

Stationery, also referred to as paper (びんせん), is a gameplay element in the Animal Crossing series; its primary function is for letter writing, and for receiving items in the mail. It comes in packs of four, with a variety of different patterns and themes.

Stationery can be obtained in a number of ways:
 * It can be purchased at store, or in and, the Nookling Stores.
 * It may be given to the player by villagers for completing requests ( only).
 * Found at the dump or in the Police Station's 'Lost and Found' (}}).
 * Found in the Town Gate's 'Lost and Found' ( and ).

If the player receives a letter written on previously unencountered stationery, the stationery will be automatically added to the player's catalog in. This also applies to stationery sent by special characters or the HRA. Although these types of stationery cannot be bought or written on, they will appear in the catalog.

In, the mail system works differently, and stationery is no longer an item. Instead, the different cards stored on the card stand at the airport serve the same function and mail delivery costs 200 Bells, regardless of the design which is used in a letter. Consequently, any card designs used by a player do not appear in their catalog. Some stationery is only available to use for a limited time, often coinciding with the dates of in game events or seasons.

In

 * For more information on diaries, see Diaries & Journals

In, letter papers and diaries can be purchased. Letter papers that is available for purchase at Tom Nook's are sold at Bells 160 per stack of four and can be ordered via Catalog. Tom Nook will buy them back for Bells 10 per piece. Diaries are similar to letters. They can be written in and also hold the calendar.

In

 * Bank Paper
 * Cow Paper
 * Crater Paper
 * Elegant Paper
 * Geometric Paper
 * Hamburger Paper
 * Invite Card
 * Ocean Paper
 * Nook Paper
 * Notebook Paper
 * Rainbow Paper
 * SMB3 Paper
 * Snowman Paper
 * Southwestern Paper
 * Tartan Paper

In
All stationery is bought at Nookling Stores for 160 Bells, and sells for 40 Bells (if selling all four sheets of stationery), unless otherwise stated.


 * Academy Paper
 * Airmail Paper
 * Bathtub Paper
 * Bejeweled Paper
 * Birthday Card
 * Bubble Paper
 * Buttercup Paper
 * Butterfly Paper
 * Camouflage Paper
 * Card Paper
 * Chic Paper
 * Cloudy Paper
 * Composer Paper
 * Cool Paper
 * Cow Paper
 * Crater Paper
 * Elegant Paper^
 * Fireworks Paper
 * Floral Paper
 * Flowery Paper
 * Forest Paper
 * Formal Paper
 * Four-Leaf Paper
 * Gallery Paper#
 * Geometric Paper
 * Goldfish Paper
 * Halloween Paper#
 * Hamburger Paper
 * Hieroglyph Paper
 * Imperial Paper
 * Industrial Paper
 * Lacy Paper
 * Lemon-Lime Paper
 * Leopard Paper
 * Lined Paper
 * Lotus Paper
 * Lovely Paper
 * Maple-Leaf Paper
 * Mosaic Paper
 * Museum Paper#
 * Mushroom Paper
 * New-Year's Cards
 * Night-Sky Paper
 * Nook Paper
 * Notebook Paper
 * Ocean Paper
 * Petal Paper
 * Piano Paper
 * Plaid Paper
 * Polka-Dot Paper
 * Post-Office Paper#
 * Rainbow Paper
 * Ribbon Paper
 * SMB3 Paper
 * Snowman Paper#
 * Snowy Paper
 * Southwest Paper
 * Sparkly Paper
 * Star Paper
 * Tartan Paper
 * Tile Paper
 * Town-View Paper
 * Vine Paper
 * Weathered Paper

(^)Costs 800 Bells, sells for 200 Bells.

(#)Received by special means or villagers, and cannot be bought or ordered from the catalog. Sells for 40 Bells.

In
Cards sent from the card stand are not items and are not technically purchased; instead, there is a universal service fee of 200 Bells per sent card. No designs alter this price.

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.