First thing you’ll want to do is head over to resident services and spend a lot of time over at the ABD. Hope you’ve been saving up those nook Miles cause you have a lot to purchase. Right away you’ll want to buy all the upgrades you can unlock instantly. That would be the Island Life 101 Service, Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+, Pro Camera App, Custom Designs Patterns+, Pro Decorating License, Custom Fencing in a Flash, New Reactions Notebook, and Top 4 Rad Hairstyles. There are also a few new recipes; if you’re lucky, one or both of the two daily fence recipes will be one of the nine new fences available. Additionally, there is a recipe for a wooden storage shed, which will allow you to access home storage from anywhere on your island. Lastly, there’s a donation box recipe which can act as a tip jar for visitors - only the island owner can collect donations from the donation box.
Now it's time to check out all the new items you can purchase with nook miles cause there are a bunch. If it's been a minute since you’ve made a lot of purchases, it's worth remembering you can only order 5 shippable nook miles items per day, so choose wisely and order all 5 items to maximize your collection. I recommend picking up the ABD if you want a second ATM on your island right away. There is also the Storage Shed available for purchase, but you can also build wooden storage sheds using the recipe and save a slot for another nook mile item.
Next you’ll want to talk to Isabelle and set up your island ordinance. You have four options; Beautiful Island makes your villagers help pick weeds and water flowers and is a great choice if you're tired of dealing with the daily maintenance of your island.
Early Bird wakes up your villagers and opens up all the shops earlier and is perfect for players who like to get in their Animal Crossing time in the morning before work/school.
While Night Owl does the opposite, keeping the shops open and villagers up later and is perfect for someone like me who gets most of my animal crossing time in at night.
Last is Bell Boom, which increases how much items sell for, but also increases how much items cost. This is best for those of you looking to focus on making more money.
An ordinance change costs 20,000 bells and you'll have to wait until the next day for it to take effect.
Finally, talk to Tom Nook about upgrading your storage space. The first of three storage upgrades starts at 700,000 bells and will take a day to go into effect so buy that now if you’ve got the cash. You can also check out the new house customization options but keep in mind you can’t do both the house customization and storage upgrade in the same day so you’ll need to pick one.
Now that we’ve taken care of all that, head out and make a quick stop by Nook’s Cranny. You’ll be able to purchase the Ladder Set-up Kit recipe and basic cook recipes. However, that's pretty much it.
Ok I know you’re all itching to get the cafe open but it's gonna take at least 2 days so you want to get started right away. Run over to the Museum and talk to Blathers. He’ll ask you to find Brewster so you can get the cafe open. No one knows where Brewster is but Blathers hints he’s likely looking for gyroids, which can be found on an island Kapp’n will take you too.
So head over to your dock and talk to Kapp’n. Kapp’n only offers one tour a day so it's important you talk to Blathers about Brewster first. As long as you did this, you should find Brewster right away on the first island Kapp’n takes you too. Talk to Brewster and he’ll tell you to return to blathers. Make sure to pick the island clean and dig up some gyroids while you're there
After you return to Blathers he’ll start preparing for Brewsters arrival. Tomorrow the museum will close for construction and then the following day the cafe will finally open.
The final thing we need to take care of on your first day is setting up the new shopping plaza, which is another multi-day process. Grab 100,000 bells and then head over to Harv’s island. He and Harriet will give you the spiel on the plaza and then you are free to pick which of the seven merchants you’d like to set up first, including Lief, Redd, Kicks, Saharah, and new merchants Tortimer, Katrina, and Reese and Cyrus. Each shop costs a donation of 100,000 bells and you can only build one a day.
If you are interested in the new cooking recipes I highly recommend setting up Leif first, as he is the only way to get the crops you need to start your garden. Make sure to return to Harv’s every day and donate for a new shop. After the first day an ABD will be added letting you withdraw money on the island so you don’t need to worry about bringing it with you anymore.
After the first shop is set up, Harriet will open her salon station. Once a day she will offer you a free new hair style. Even if you don’t like the look she gives you and ask to revert it back, the new style will still unlock permanently as an option at a vanity or mirror.
And that right there is everything you want to take care of so you can get access to all your new shops and goodies right away. If you found this helpful, give this video a like and sub to gamespot because we ain't done yet. We’ll have plenty more guides for Happy Home Paradise on the way you won’t want to miss.