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. Upon receiving a letter, the stationery it is written on is added to the player's 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. Five types of stationery—the Gallery Paper, Halloween Paper, Museum Paper, Post-Office Paper, and Snowman Paper—can only be cataloged from received letters and cannot be obtained as items.

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 stationeries are exclusive to message bottles found on vine/glowing moss islands during Kapp'n's boat tours, and message bottles found on the archipelago or from any of Wardell's messages in the DLC. These cards were added in version 2.0.