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The new Animal Crossing: New Horizons update to version 1.2 brought some new and familiar faces to players’ islands. One such returning character is Redd the art dealer, often referred to as Crazy Redd or Jolly Redd. Once a player installs the new update and has sold enough items to Blathers’ museum, Redd will arrive on the island with his Treasure Trawler, stocked with works of art to sell. Players can purchase this art to help Blathers open a new art wing of the museum.
Redd offers dozens of great works of art at bargain prices. But, there is a catch: not all the artwork Redd sells is real. In fact, he will often have fakes that are virtually worthless once a player purchases them, as Blathers cannot include forged pieces in the museum. Because Redd’s works of art come from famous real-world paintings and sculptures, the art history majors and the “spot the difference” fans in the Animal Crossing community could find the real painting or sculpture online and compare the two. However, some of the differences are more difficult to find without keen attention to detail. This guide will help players spot those small details and help them always find a good deal.
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How to Spot Fake Art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Redd has gotten better at disguising his fake pieces since Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Most of the time, finding the fake art in Redd’s collection comes down to tiny details, like the absence of a flower or collar that is present in the real-world piece. Some details are extremely subtle, like a slight smirk on the Mona Lisa that should not be there, or inverted eyebrows to make the Ōtani Oniji III As Yakko Edobei appear sad rather than angry. Like a typical game of Spot the Difference, players have to really look over each detail to find something not quite right. Additionally, these differences are not the same as they were in previous games.
Because these paintings are based on real works of art, players may enjoy the process of researching the art pieces and looking at them beside Redd’s offerings. While there typically is no substitute for research, some players have already found every possible work of art and its fake, as illustrated in the infographic below.
YouTube creator AbdallahSmash026 and his team spent nearly 10 hours seeking out all Redd’s art and comparing the original painting or sculpture to the fake ones. He walks players through each result in his video, available below:
Art Pieces That Are Always Real in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Several pieces Redd will have available for sale have no fake version, meaning if a player sees them, they are guaranteed to be the real deal. These are:
- “Familiar Statue” (The Thinker)
- “Great Statue” (King Kamehameha I)
- “Perfect Painting” (Apples and Oranges)
- “Twinkling Painting” (The Starry Night)
- “Mysterious Painting” (Isle of the Dead)
- “Proper Painting” (A Bar at the Folies-Bergère)
- “Nice Painting” (The Fifer)
- “Sinking Painting” (Ophelia)
- “Common Painting” (The Gleaners)
- “Glowing Painting” (The Fighting Temeraire)
- “Worthy Painting” (Liberty Leading the People)
- “Dynamic Painting” (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji the Great Wave Off Kangawa)
- “Moody Painting” (The Sower)
- “Flowery Painting” (Sunflowers)
- “Calm Painting” (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte)
- “Warm Painting” (The Clothed Maja)
These pieces are fantastic deals and will help build Blathers’ vision for the art wing of the museum.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on the Nintendo Switch.
