How to earn all Nook Miles Rewards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces a fun new way to buy interesting furniture, snazzy new outfits, and other premium miscellany: Nook Miles. Tom Nook introduces you to Nook Mileage early in the game, but you’ll never stop working towards these goals.

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Instead of a boring achievements list, our favorite tanuki raccoon offers us the chance to earn Nook Miles by completing specific goals. As you progress through your normal daily life on your island, your NookPhone will ring every so often, letting you know you’ve completed a secret goal. While some of these awards require you to complete a simple task, like talking to all of your neighbors in one day, many of them reward consistent, long-term gameplay, like planting several hundred flowers.

Editor’s Note: This list is incomplete as many of these time-intensive goals haven’t been reached by any player yet. We will update this guide as more complete information becomes available.

Goal NameRequirementMiles AwardedLeft titleRight title
[Town Name] Miles!Unlock Nook Miles500Nook Inc.’sPatron
Angling for Perfection 1Catch 10 fish300AccomplishedLad/Lass
Angling for Perfection 2Catch 100 fish500CompetentFishing Fan
Angling for Perfection 3Catch 500 fish1,000ModerateBeach Bum
Angling for Perfection 4Catch 2,000 fish2,000FierceFisher
Angling for Perfection 5Catch 5,000 fish
Island Ichthyologist 1Catch 10 unique fish300Small-FryPesca Pro
Island Ichthyologist 2Catch 20 unique fish500EnergeticAngler
Island Ichthyologist 3Catch 40 unique fish1,000Pond-RaisedTropical Fish
Island Ichthyologist 4Catch 60 unique fish2,000HookedReaction
Island Ichthyologist 5Catch 80 unique fish3,000Pole-fishingExpert
Island Togetherness 1Talk to your all your neighbors one day300UnhinderedWallflower
Island Togetherness 2Talk to all your neighbors for 10 days500UnabashedlyShy Kid
Island Togetherness 3Talk to all your neighbors for 20 days1,000RespectedOne
Island Togetherness 4Talk to all your neighbors for 30 days2,000Ludicrously Popular“IT” Guy/Girl
Island Togetherness 5Talk to all your neighbors for 50 days
You’ve Got the Bug 1Catch 10 bugs300Freshly DeliveredEgg
You’ve Got the Bug 2Catch 100 bugs500WeakGrub
You’ve Got the Bug 3Catch 500 bugs1,000EmergingPupa
You’ve Got the Bug 4Catch 2,000 bugs2,000
You’ve Got the Bug 5Catch 5,000 bugs
Bugs Don’t Bug Me 1Catch 10 unique bugs300Hobby-LevelBug Fan
Bugs Don’t Bug Me 2Catch 20 unique bugs500Night-OwlInsect
Bugs Don’t Bug Me 3Catch 40 unique bugs1,000DefiantAnt
Bugs Don’t Bug Me 4Catch 60 unique bugs2,000PolymorphingCreature
Bugs Don’t Bug Me 5Catch 80 unique bugs3,000ScarceCritter
Have a Nice DIY! 1Collect 10 DIY Recipes300TriviaRepresentative
Have a Nice DIY! 2Collect 50 DIY Recipes500SavvyIntellectual
Have a Nice DIY! 3Collect 100 DIY Recipes1,000UnderstatedAuthority
Have a Nice DIY! 4Collect 150 DIY Recipes2,000Knowledge-ThirstySidekick
Have a Nice DIY! 5Collect 200 DIY Recipes3,000CleverFather/Mother
DIY Tools 1Craft 5 tools300CreativeEnthusiast
DIY Tools 2Craft 50 tools500CraftyClub Member
DIY Tools 3Craft 200 tools1,000HipVirtuoso
DIY Tools 4Craft 1,000 tools
DIY Tools 5
DIY Furniture 1Craft 5 furniture300HandmadeResident
DIY Furniture 2Craft 50 furniture500EmergentArtisan
DIY Furniture 3Craft 200 furniture1,000PickyCrafter
DIY Furniture 4Craft 1,000 furniture
DIY Furniture 5
Furniture Freshener 1Customize 5 furniture300UniqueEccentric
Furniture Freshener 2Customize 20 furniture500Change-it-UpChallenger
Furniture Freshener 3Customize 50 furniture1,000Detail-OrientedEngineer
Furniture Freshener 4Customize 100 furniture2,000Mold-BreakingModder
Furniture Freshener 5Customize 200 furniture3,000RemodelingInspiration
Rough-hewn 1Chop 20 wood from trees300SpecificProducer
Rough-hewn 2Chop 100 wood from trees500AggressiveProblem Solver
Rough-hewn 3Chop 500 wood from trees1,000SharpGuard
Rough-hewn 4Chop 2,000 wood from trees2,000PointyTack
Rough-hewn 5Chop 5,000 wood from trees3,000 Productive Superhero
Trashed Tools 1Break 1 tool300RascallyClown
Trashed Tools 2Break 20 tools500OverboardCrusher
Trashed Tools 3Break 50 tools1,000RowdyPunk
Trashed Tools 4Break 100 tools2,000Rough-And-TumbleMeanie
Trashed Tools 5Break 200 tools3,000ChaoticRuiner
Rock-Splitting ChampBreak a rock (after eating fruit)500Sports-MindedMuscle
Bona Fide Bone Finder!Find a fossil300DiscoveredFossil
Fossil Assessment 1Get 5 fossils assessed300AnonymousSomething or Other
Fossil Assessment 2Get 30 fossils assessed500AncientTruth
Fossil Assessment 3Get 100 fossils assessed1,000History-LovingResearcher
Fossil Assessment 4Get 300 fossils assessed2,000EvolvingScatterbrain
Fossil Assessment 5Get 500 fossils assessed
Greedy Weeder 1Pull and sell 50 weeds300MessyLawn Clippings
Greedy Weeder 2Pull and sell 200 weeds500OmnivorousCustodian
Greedy Weeder 3Pull and sell 1,000 weeds1,000HerbivorousSorter
Greedy Weeder 4Pull and sell 2,000 weeds2,000VigorousSprout
Greedy Weeder 5Pull and sell 3,000 weeds3,000WildBeast
Flower Power 1Plant 10 flowers300GreenhouseFlower
Flower Power 2Plant 50 flowers500ThornyRose
Flower Power 3Plant 100 flowers1,000HeavenlyRejuvenator
Flower Power 4Plant 200 flowers2,000Sweet-SmellingBlossom
Flower Power 5Plant 300 flowers3,000GorgeousGroom/Bride
Flower Tender 1Water 10 flowers300RefinedCaretaker
Flower Tender 2Water 50 flowers500DetailedKeeper
Flower Tender 3Water 100 flowers1,000CarefulGardener
Flower Tender 4Water 500 flowers2,000CaretakingRingleader
Flower Tender 5Water 1,000 flowers3,000Flower-LovingBoss
Tomorrow’s Trees Today 1Plant 5 saplings300OutdoorsyDefender
Tomorrow’s Trees Today 2Plant 10 saplings500OrganicDietitian
Tomorrow’s Trees Today 3Plant 30 saplings1,000Hay-FeverishSneezer
Pick of the Bunch 1Sell 20 fruit300InexperiencedObservationist
Pick of the Bunch 2Sell 100 fruit500PrecociousBounty
Pick of the Bunch 3Sell 500 fruit1,000SeasonalTree
Pick of the Bunch 4Sell 1,000 fruit2,000MatureKind
Pick of the Bunch 5Sell 3,000 fruit3,000RottenScent
Fruit Roots 1Plant a Cherry treeTwin’sOther Half
Fruit Roots 2Plant an Orange treeTotalFreshman
Fruit Roots 3Plant a Pear treeUnpearablePear
Fruit Roots 4Plant a Peach treePluckyStar
Fruit Roots 5Plant an Apple treeCrispMr./Ms. Popular
Fruit Roots 6Plant a Coconut treeTropically GrownCoconut
Go Ahead. Be Shellfish! 1Sell 10 shells300Shell-GrabbingShell Fan
Go Ahead. Be Shellfish! 2Sell 50 shells500SeashoreSeashell Seller
Go Ahead. Be Shellfish! 3Sell 200 shells1,000ShiftyShellector
Go Ahead. Be Shellfish! 4Sell 500 shells2,000Over-ShelledShell Master
Go Ahead. Be Shellfish! 5Sell 1,000 shells3,000ShellfishShellaborator/Shellarina
Clam and Collected 1Dig up 5 clams300TidalSeason
Clam and Collected 2Dig up 20 clams500ReadyCoast Dweller
Clam and Collected 3Dig up 50 clams1,000BuriedGenius
Clam and Collected 4Dig up 100 clams2,000RareProdigy
Clam and Collected 5Dig up 200 clams3,000Water’s EdgeMermaid
Trash Fishin’ 1Fish up 3 trash items300UntossableTrash
Trash Fishin’ 2Fish up 10 trash items500Eco-friendlyEcologist
Trash Fishin’ 3Fish up 20 trash items1,000WaterwayCleaner
Cast Master 1Reel in 10 fish in a row, without letting any get away300Mistakenly CaughtFish
Cast Master 2Reel in 50 fish in a row, without letting any get away500Bait-SnatchingFrenzy
Cast Master 3Reel in 100 fish in a row, without letting any get away1,000Wave-TossedLife-Form
Dream House 1Expand your home once500One-RoomLoner
Dream House 2Expand your home twice1,000Single-OccupantBeginner
Dream House 3Expand your home five times2,000HomeySentiment
Dream House 4Expand your home six times3,000Second-FloorLandlord
Dream House 5Expand your home seven times5,000BasementBackbone
Decorated DecoratorGet an S ranking from the Happy Home Academy1,000HappyOverachiever
Hoard Reward 1Place 5 furniture items in your home at once300InteriorSort
Hoard Reward 2Place 15 furniture items in your home at once1,000TentativeRemodeler
Hoard Reward 3Place 30 furniture items in your home at once2,000ComparativeSundries Fan
Hoard Reward 4Place 100 furniture items in your home at once3,000AssumedAppliance Fan
Hoard Reward 5 Place 150 furniture items in your home at once 5,000AboundingInterior-Design Fan
Good Things in Store! 1Store 20 items in your home300OverstuffedStylist
Good Things in Store! 2Store 50 items in your home500Partially ObscuredTalent
Good Things in Store! 3Store 100 items in your home2,000At-CapacityManager
Good Things in Store! 4Store 200 items in your home3,000Self-PossessedCoordinator
Good Things in Store! 5Store 300 items in your home5,000InvulnerableLife Hacker
Remarkable Remodeler 1Remodel your house once500HomeTransformer
Remarkable Remodeler 2Remodel your house 3 times1,000DreamyDreamer
Remarkable Remodeler 3Remodel your house 5 times2,000QuintessentialSpace
Smile Isle 1Fulfill 1 request for a villager300KindlyStandard
Smile Isle 2Fulfill 10 requests for villagers500ReliableAlly
Smile Isle 3Fulfill 50 requests for villagers
Smile Isle 4
Smile Isle 5
Reaction Ruler 1Learn 1 reaction300OveractingNeophyte
Reaction Ruler 2Learn 10 reactions500ApprenticeDancer
Reaction Ruler 3Learn 20 reactions1,000Dad-JokingSemiprofessional
Reaction Ruler 4Learn 30 reactions2,000SoloComedian
Reaction Ruler 5Learn 42 reactions
Island ShutterbugTake a photo300PhotogenicPhotographer
Edit CreditEdit your passport300FutureTraveler
NookPhone LifeUse your NookPhone300SmartphoneSavant
That’s One Smart PhoneUse your NookPhone a lot1,000Digital-AgeChild
Shop to It 1Buy 1 item through Nook Shopping300InternetSurfer
Shop to It 2Buy 20 items through Nook Shopping500ConnectedReviewer
Shop to It 3Buy 50 items through Nook Shopping1,000Widely AcceptedConnector
Shop to It 4 Buy 100 items through Nook Shopping 2,000DisconnectedWorrywart
Shop to It 5
Buy 200 items through Nook Shopping
Growing Collection 1Add 100 items to your Nook Shopping catalog300CasualMaterialist
Growing Collection 2Add 200 items to your Nook Shopping catalog500CuriousForce
Growing Collection 3Add 300 items to your Nook Shopping catalog1,000GreedyCollector
Growing Collection 4Add 400 items to your Nook Shopping catalog2,000MaterialisticAvatar
Growing Collection 5Add 500 items to your Nook Shopping catalog
Nook Miles for Miles! 1Complete 5 Nook Miles+ tasks300So-CalledGround Traveler
Nook Miles for Miles! 2Complete 50 Nook Miles+ tasks500NoviceRookie
Nook Miles for Miles! 3Complete 200 Nook Miles+ tasks1,000Wide-RangingHobbyist
Nook Miles for Miles! 4Complete 1,000 Nook Miles+ tasks
Nook Miles for Miles! 5
First-Time BuyerBuy your first item300Full-fledgedConsumer
Seller of Unwanted StuffSell your first item300Down-And-OutEventuality
Moving Fees Paid!Pay off your moving fees500AutonomousLife
Bell Ringer 1Spend 5,000 bells300InvestedShopaholic
Bell Ringer 2Spend 50,000 bells500ThriftyFamily Member
Bell Ringer 3Spend 500,000 bells1,000CovetousPersonality
Bell Ringer 4Spend 2,000,000 bells2,000WastefulCelebrity
Bell Ringer 5 Spend 5,000,000 Bells
Miles for StalkholdersBuy turnips from Daisy Mae on Sunday morning300WeekendStalkholder
Cornering the Stalk Market 1Make 1,000 Bells in profit selling Turnips300Status-MindedSpeculator
Cornering the Stalk Market 2Make 10,000 Bells in profit selling Turnips500AvariciousMoneybags
Cornering the Stalk Market 3Make 100,000 Bells in profit selling Turnips1,000UpstartTrader
Cornering the Stalk Market 4Make 1,000,000 Bells in profit selling Turnips2,000WorldwideBellionaire
Cornering the Stalk Market 5 Make 10,000,000 Bells in profit selling Turnips 3,000ShadowyFixer
No More Loan Payments!Pay off the first home loan1,000ResponsibleBill Payer
Bulletin-Board BenefitPost something on the bulletin board300RumormongeringInfluencer
Popular Pen Pal 1Send 5 letters300Art-SchoolBoy/Girl
Popular Pen Pal 2Send 20 letters500Science-yStudent
Popular Pen Pal 3Send 50 letters1,000Liberal-ArtsPoet
Popular Pen Pal 4Send 100 letters2,000SubcultureDenizen
Popular Pen Pal 5Send 200 letters3,000DeadlineWriter
Flea Flicker 1Catch 1 flea off of a villager300TidyWild Child
Flea Flicker 2Catch 5 fleas off of villagers500Highly AwareNeatnik
Flea Flicker 3Catch 10 fleas off of villagers1,000FastidiousCharacter
Cicada MemoriesFind a Cicada Shell
Netting Better!Catch 5 wasps in a row without getting stung1,000AccurateDeadeye
Pit-y PartyBury a Pitfall Seed300Wild-ChildTroublemaker
Taking the Sting OutGet stung by wasps twice, causing you to faint300Teary-eyedCrybaby
Faint of HeartGet attacked by a tarantula or scorpion300RisenPhoenix
Overcoming PitfallsFall into a Pitfall300TrappedReckless One
Lost TreasureShoot down a balloon and have it fall into water500CatchableKlutz
It’s Raining Treasure! 1Shoot down 5 balloons300Easy-breezySlingshot Ace
It’s Raining Treasure! 2Shoot down 20 balloons500AtmosphericFloaty Thing
It’s Raining Treasure! 3Shoot down 50 balloons1,000RestlessHunter
It’s Raining Treasure! 4Shoot down 100 balloons2,000FlyingParadise
It’s Raining Treasure! 5Shoot down 300 balloons3,000ElusiveVagabond
Fun with FencesPlace 20 fences500EfficientPartitioner
Snowmaestro 1Build one snowman
Wishes Come True 1Wish on a shooting star once300Late-Night Meteorite
Wishes Come True 2Wish on a shooting star 30 times1,000WishfulLegend
Wishes Come True 3Wish on a shooting star 200 times2,000OvernightSuperstar
Exterior DecoratorPlace 10 pieces of furniture outdoors300Outdoor-LovingDecorating Fiend
[Town Name] Icons 1Change the island flag500FlappingFlag Waver
[Town Name] Icons 2Change the town tune500HummingMusician
Island Designer 1Lay down paths500TrailblazingRunner
Island Designer 2Terraform water1,000Swept-AwayPioneer
Island Designer 3Terraform cliffs1,000CliffhangingCreator
Wispy Island Secrets 1Help Wisp once300CowardlyGhost
Wispy Island Secrets 2Help Wisp 10 times
Wispy Island Secrets 3
Gulliver’s Travails 1Help Gulliver once300FlightlessFowl
Gulliver’s Travails 2Help Gulliver 10 times
Gulliver’s Travails 3
ManiaKK 1See a K.K. Slider show once300FickleMusic-Lover
ManiaKK 2See a K.K. Slider show 10 times500CovertSupporter
ManiaKK 3See a K.K. Slider show 30 times
ManiaKK 4
ManiaKK 5
True Friends 1Have a “good relationship” with one villager300SoothingPal
True Friends 2Have a “good relationship” with two villagers500FriendlyBuddy
True Friends 3Have a “good relationship” with three villagers1,000FriendshipSeeker
Birthday Celebration 1Celebrate 1 villager’s birthday300UntamedParty Animal
Birthday Celebration 2Celebrate 10 villagers’ birthdays
Birthday Celebration 3
Happy Birthday!Celebrate your birthday in-game2,000CelebratoryBirthday Boy/Girl
Fishing Tourney! 1Participate in the Spring Fishing Tourney
Fishing Tourney! 2Participate in the Summer Fishing Tourney300Summer-BornChiller
Fishing Tourney! 3Participate in the Fall Fishing Tourney
Fishing Tourney! 4Participate in the Winter Fishing Tourney
Bug-Off! 1Participate in the Bug-Off 1 time300AdolescentYoungster
Bug-Off! 2
Bug-Off! 3
Bug-Off! 4
Countdown CelebrationCelebrate New Years Eve1,000CelebratoryMerrymaker
Making a ChangeUse a closet to change outfits500TrendyModel
First Custom Design!Create a Custom Design500AspiringArtist
Custom Design Pro!Create a Pro Custom Design300ProDesigner
Paydirt!Dig up buried bells from a glowing spot300LuckyType
Shady Shakedown 1Shake a piece of furniture out of a tree300CarefreeFigure
Shady Shakedown 2Shake 10 pieces of furniture out of trees1,000JovialBrute
Shady Shakedown 3Shake 20 pieces of furniture out of trees2,000SpiritedGifted One
Shady Shakedown 4Shake 50 pieces of furniture out of trees3,000FactualOutlaw
Shady Shakedown 5
Golden Milestone 1Get a Golden NetShiningJewel
Golden Milestone 2Get a Golden Fishing RodTop-NotchLuminary
Golden Milestone 3Get a Golden Watering CanUltimateMiracle
Golden Milestone 4Get a Golden SlingshotRoyalPrince/Princess
Golden Milestone 5Get a Golden AxeGlitteringEmperor/Empress
Golden Milestone 6Get a Golden Shovel
Island and Yourland 1Visit another players’ island once300TravelingPerson
Island and Yourland 2Visit another players’ island 5 times500OccasionalTourist
Island and Yourland 3Visit another players’ island 10 times1,000GlobalWanderer
Host the Most 1Host 1 person on your island300HospitableFriend
Host the Most 2Host 5 people on your island500LonelyChum
Host the Most 3Host 10 people on your island1,000Well-KnownPartier
Active Island Resident 1Play for three days300Self-pacedChill Soul
Active Island Resident 2Play for 20 days500ActiveSpecialist
Active Island Resident 3Play for 50 days1,000SleeplessAdventurer
Active Island Resident 4Play for 100 days2,000NicknamedGamer
Active Island Resident 5Play for 300 days


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