Lucky cat (New Horizons)

Lucky cat  #951
Variation shown: White
Buy price			Sell price
Not for sale			1,675 Bells
Height			Size
			1.0 × 1.0
Obtain via		Gulliver
Customize		Cyrus:  2,400 Bells 3 kits 2 variations
HHA themes		Heritage / Harmonious
HHA points		451
Internal information
Filename: FtrManekineko Internal ID: 131
Variations
In other games
Doubutsu no Mori+ (black maneki-neko) Doubutsu no Mori+ (maneki-neko) Wild World (lucky black cat) Wild World (lucky cat) City Folk (lucky black cat) City Folk (lucky cat) New Leaf (lucky black cat) New Leaf (lucky cat)
Names in other languages  まねきねこ  招财猫  chat fétiche  gato de la suerte  gatto della fortuna  кот удачи  복고양이  招財貓  chat fétiche  gato de la suerte  Glückskatze  gelukskat

The lucky cat is a customizable miscellaneous furniture item in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As a miscellaneous item, it can be placed on either the ground or on the surfaces of tables and other similar furniture items that have surfaces for items.

The lucky cat can be obtained from Gulliver as a reward for finding his five communicator parts. The item's color can be customized either by using 3 customization kits or by Cyrus at Harv's Island for  2,400 Bells.

This item appears as a furniture item in the homes of Petri. As a result, this item has a chance to be purchasable by the player if they were invited by any of the preceding villagers.

In Happy Home Paradise, no villagers or facility unlock this item for designing. It can only be used once the player's catalog is unlocked after completing the 27th vacation home.

Variations

The lucky cat has 2 variations.

White   White   Yellow	Black   Black   Yellow

Use in crafting

The lucky cat is used as a crafting material in the DIY recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
278	Lucky gold cat		Furniture	Not for sale	Snooty villager	2× Gold nugget 1× Lucky cat

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Total lucky cats needed to craft all available items: 1.

Version differences

Prior to version 2.0, the lucky cat variant body part was named "Variation".

Real-life information

Real life image of a lucky cat.

The maneki-neko (招き猫, maneki-neko^?), meaning beckoning cat, is a Japanese figurine said to give good luck to the owner. Usually made of ceramic or plastic, the cat is usually depicted under the Japanese Bobtail breed, but other variants were also created, including black to ward off evil, and yellow/gold for wealth. The cat holds a koban coin, and has one paw raised in a beckoning gesture; this paw may be mechanized to move back and forth.

The maneki-neko was thought to have originated from Edo (present-day Tokyo), where Imado dolls were sold in the region. The earliest known recording of the maneki-neko dates back to 1852, in the ukiyo-e piece Joruri-machi Hanka no zu. More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

In other games

• Black maneki-neko (Doubutsu no Mori+)
• Maneki-neko (Doubutsu no Mori+)
• Lucky black cat (Wild World)
• Lucky cat (Wild World)
• Lucky black cat (New Leaf)

References

• Includes data sourced from the ACNH Spreadsheet project (Spreadsheet - Translations)