Lucky gold cat (Wild World)

Lucky gold cat #303
Welcome Kitty Set
Buy price			Sell price
6,200 Bells			1,550 Bells
Size		1 × 1
Obtain via		Spotlight item  Wishy the Star
Rarity group		None
HRA genres		Old-school / Chic
HRA category		None
HRA points		151
HRA penalty if facing wall		Unknown
Colors		Yellow   Yellow
In other games
City Folk (lucky gold cat) New Leaf (lucky gold cat) New Horizons (lucky gold cat)
Names in other languages  きんのまねきねこ  N/A  chat fétiche O  gato suerte oro  gatto fort. oro  N/A  검은 복고양이  N/A  N/A  N/A  Goldkatze  N/A

The lucky gold cat is a furniture item in Animal Crossing: Wild World. It is part of the Welcome Kitty Set.

The lucky gold cat can be obtained from Tom Nook's store as a spotlight item for  6,200 Bells or in a letter from Wishy the Star.

This item appears as a furniture item in the homes of Elise.

Real-life information

Real life image of a lucky gold 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

• Lucky gold cat (New Leaf)
• Lucky gold cat (New Horizons)

References

• Includes data sourced from the ACWW Spreadsheet project (Spreadsheet)