Animal Crossing New Horizons Redd art guide: Real vs fake paintings & statues

Determining the authenticity of Redd’s artworks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is crucial to avoid being duped. Our guide will help you distinguish the real art pieces from the fakes in the game.

Beware of the shady dealings in the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Jolly Redd is notorious for selling art on his boat, but not all of it is authentic. It’s up to you to identify the real masterpieces.

This traveling merchant will visit the tiny northern beach of your island on random days, offering up four pieces of art for sale. Some are genuine and can be donated to the museum, while others will be fake (and are essentially useless).

Because of Redd’s trickery, it’s really important to double-check every piece of art before you purchase it from him. We’ve put together an ACNH art guide to help you spot the real from the fake and avoid ending up with a useless forgery.

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Contents

• How to spot fake art in Animal Crossing New Horizons
• Differences between real and fake paintings
• Differences between real and fake statues
• Where to find Redd

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How to spot fake art in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Every piece of art in ACNH is based on a famous painting or statue, so if you know what the genuine work looks like, you should – in theory – be able to spot a fake piece of art.

The differences between real and fake pieces of art are often very small, though, so it’s easy to be fooled. To make matters worse, some pieces of art have multiple fake versions, while some don’t have any.

We’ve listed all of the art you can find in Animal Crossing New Horizons below, including details of how to spot the difference between real and fake pieces.

Animal Crossing New Horizons art guide: Real vs fake paintings

Here are all of the paintings in Animal Crossing New Horizons alongside the differences between real and fake versions (if there are no details, there are no fake versions):

Ensure to take extra care when examining the Wild Paintings for a fake, as these, in particular, are quite difficult to distinguish between. Despite the differences being simple, there are two halves and the colors are inverted for each one. Double-check the table above before buying them.

As we mentioned before, some of these paintings have multiple fake versions, but they will always have the differences listed above – and sometimes extra differences that make them even easier to spot.

ACNH art guide: Real vs fake statues

Here are all of the statues in Animal Crossing New Horizons alongside the differences between real and fake versions (if there are no details, there are no fake versions):

The most difficult fake to spot is probably the Rock-Head statue, as the difference between the real one’s neutral mouth and the fake one’s smiling mouth is very small. Make sure you examine it well.

The Valiant statue is also quite tricky. Make sure you’re thinking from the woman’s perspective when examining which leg is stepping forwards.

Where to find Redd in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Before you’re able to get Jolly Redd to appear on your island, you’ll first need to ensure that you’ve completed a few prerequisites:

• Make 60 donations of fossils, fish, or bugs to the museum then speak to Blathers, who will bring up the prospect of displaying art at the museum.
• The next day, look for Redd roaming your island. He’ll offer you a painting for 498,000 Bells, but after you decline he’ll reduce the price to 4,980 Bells. Donate this piece of art to the museum, and it will close for renovation.
• Once the museum reopens, Redd will start visiting your island on random days. You can find his boat at the tiny beach on the north of your island, which will require island terraforming abilities or a classic ladder to reach.

Every time Jolly Redd visits your island, you’ll be able to purchase one painting or statue only, and it will be delivered to you via mail the following day, so make sure you choose wisely – and avoid those fakes.

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