In Animal Crossing for the Nintendo Gamecube, certain items have a special Feng Shui color assigned to them. An item's Feng Shui color may coincide with its actual (visible) color, but eyeballing your furniture is not a particularly reliable way of determining the Feng Shui color of your piece. In reality, many items have a Feng Shui color that is very different their physical appearance. To determine an item's Feng Shui color, check its listing in the Master Item List.

So, why should anyone care about Feng Shui? If you play according to the rules of Feng Shui, your in-game luck will increase. Thus it will be more likely for you to receive items and money. It will also increase the frequency of present balloons in your town.

For the purpose of this guide, the northern side of the room should be considered the side of the room you face when you enter through the front door. The opposite wall is the southern wall. The other compass directions can be figured out easily in relation to these, but for the directionally impaired, we have provided a diagram of directional colors with the types of luck associated with said colors:

The digrams below indicate which parts of your home are under the influence of the various Feng Shui colors. Coordinate Feng Shui colored items to match the appropriate colored square. These diagrams also indicate how Feng Shui changes as you expand your home.

Feng Shui

The Initial House The First Expansion The Second Expansion

Special Items

Special Feng Shui items increase your luck no matter where they are in your house. However, if you place these special items in the corner of your house you will receive double the luck normally provided by that item. These special items are listed below.

Special Feng Shui

G Logo Hinaningyo Luigi Trophy Mario Trophy Angler Trophy Fishing Trophy Spring Metal Autumn Metal Samurai Suit Tanabata Palm Treasure Chest Tissue Dracaena House Model Manor Model Post Model Mailbox Piggy bank Festive Tree Big Festive Tree

Odds and Ends

If you use Feng Shui properly you will notice various effects in game. For example, shiny spots on the ground will yield more money, perhaps finding 10,000 bells instead of 1,000. Orange, Green, and Yellow Feng Shui will increase your ability to collect items. Villagers will be more likely to reward you with furniture and Redd will carry more exclusive items.

Items without an assigned Feng Shui color can be placed anywhere in the room. These items will not alter your luck. Areas of the room that are left blank do not give Feng Shui benefits for any specific colored items. Feng Shui affects your first floor for sure, and possibly your second floor as well. Some people report Feng Shui also affects your basement.