Fans of Animal Crossing: New Horizons will notice some new additions to the island with the latest update.
Not only is Nature Day taking over for a limited time, but there are a couple of traveling vendors that will appear periodically on your island. The first is Leif, who sells shrubs and flowers, but the other is Redd.
Fans may remember Redd from past Animal Crossing titles. This wily fox is coming to your island to sell you their merchandise, which includes paintings and statues. However, not everything is as legit as it seems.
Here's everything you need to know about Redd in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including how to access them and how to tell which works of art are fake and which are real.
HOW TO ACCESS REDD IN ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS
First, New Horizons players need to make sure their game is updated to the latest version (version 1.2).
Once that's done, head over to the museum and speak to Blathers. The owl will explain that the museum has expanded a bit to include pieces of art. New Horizons players have reported online that it takes a day for Redd to begin showing up on your island after speaking with Blathers.
Players will know Redd has arrived on their island when they travel to the northern shores. Redd's boat will be docked there, but you'll need to find the fox walking around your island. Speak to them and you'll be able to enter to boat to purchase some art.
PURCHASING ART AND TELLING WHAT'S FAKE AND REAL
Once you've entered Redd's boat, he'll explain how he will sell you pieces of art for Bells. Players can then donate these pieces of art to the museum or use them to hang in their homes and around the island.
But the trick is telling what's real and what is fake. There are certain pieces of art that don't have fake versions, so no matter what, you'll purchase the genuine one. Redd will only give you the option to purchase the first time you speak to him, but after making that purchase you will unlock the option to look at the piece of art before buying.
Players will need to look at the art to tell if they are real or fake. For the art buffs out there, these pieces of art are identical to their real life counterparts, so you may be able to tell what's legit. For example, you can purchase the Mona Lisa, but there may be a fake version that has something off about it that Redd is trying to sell.
The residents of the Animal Crossing subreddit have begun compiling the pieces of art and which have fake versions and which don't.
The following pieces of art DO NOT have fakes so be confident in your purchase:
- Perfect Painting
- Warm Painting
- Dynamic Painting
- Common Painting
- Proper Painting
- Nice Painting
- Flowery Painting
- Moody Painting
- Worthy Painting
- Calm Painting
- Great Statue
- Familiar Statue
- Twinkling Painting
- Sinking Painting
- Glowing Painting
- Mysterious Painting
The rest of the pieces you'll find on Redd's ship can have a fake version. You'll want to take a look at it before purchasing to see if there's a noticeable difference between what it's supposed to look like versus a mocked up version.
Some can be easily noticeable while others may not be. The Animal Crossing subreddit compiled albums showing the real and fake versions of each piece of art and statue side-by-side, to help players tell the difference.
For the paintings and the statues, the real version is on the RIGHT side.
If you purchase the fake version, Blathers won't accept it in the museum and players report that hanging them up in your home or on your island can hurt the house and island ratings, so be careful. But if you want to hang the fakes up in your house basement—once you've unlocked it—feel free, as it's not taken into account for your house rating.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.
Have you met Redd yet? Which pieces of art do you have so far? Let us know in the comments section.
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