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When Can I Sell My Town to Tom Nook? (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

Nintendo 3DS

When your town has progressed to a certain level, if you choose to start over with a new town, Tom Nook will appear and ask to give you Bells for your town.

  • If you want to sell your town to Tom Nook, make sure the tree in your town plaza is level three or above. If it’s smaller than this, he won’t offer to buy the town.
    A small tree with two branches is labeled No and a large tree with many branches is labeled Yes
  • Tom Nook will only offer to buy your town if you’re going to erase it to start a new one.
  • When going through the steps to erase your town, do not select the Delete it! option until you are ready to delete. If Tom Nook hasn’t appeared by that point, your town’s level is not high enough to receive Bells.

    Important: Once this is selected, your town will be deleted and cannot be restored.

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