Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler fake art guide

Stefan L 24/04/20 Comments Closed

The art dealing fox Redd is back in Animal Crossing: New Horizons after the release of update 1.2.0, and he’s looking to offload painting and statues from his treasure trawler.

But as you’re trying to fill the new art gallery wing of your museum, you’ve got to beware that Redd might try to offload a shonky counterfeit on you. Blathers won’t accept that to the collection, so you’ll have to keep a keen eye for how to avoid this. Here’s how to spot fake art in Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler.

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How to get Redd on your island

There’s a few hurdles to jump through before Redd will visit your island. Firstly you need to update the game to version 1.2.0, and then go and visit Blathers in the museum. Talking to the curatorial owl, he’ll tell you of his plans to open an art gallery in the museum and to bring him some works of art to appraise.

The next day, Isabelle’s daily report will talk of a shifty looking character being spotted on your island. That’s Redd, and you just have to run around and find him. As luck would have it, he’s got some artwork that he’s trying to sell – don’t ask how he got it, OK? He’ll give you an astronomical price to start with, but turn this down and he’ll give you a much more reasonable offer. Purchase this piece of artwork.

Take this piece of art to Blathers and show it to him. He’ll ask you to donate it, and if you do, he’ll announce that he’s got some renovations to do. This will happen the next day – Isabelle is on hand again to announce the museum renovations in her daily update – and open the day after.

With the art gallery open, keep an eye out for Redd on your island again. Talking to him, he’ll say that he’s acquired a boat where you can buy art and furniture. Tell him you want to check it out and he’ll dash off to his trawler, which is moored off the “secret beach” on the northern edge of your island – you’ll either need the ladder or island editing tools to reach this spot.

What does Redd sell?

In Redd’s trawler he sells both furniture and art, but while you can buy as much of the furniture as you want, you’ll be restricted to one piece of art per day that he visits. As mentioned above, some of the art can be fake, and Blathers won’t accept the worthless junk. So don’t mess up!

How to spot fake art

All of the artwork that Redd sells is based off real world works, and spotting a fake will be down to checking it against the real one. The differences are different in New Horizons compared to New Leaf, so you can’t use old memories of that game to spot what to look for.

Thanks to Acadiaa on Reddit for digging into the game files and pulling up comparisons.

Thankfully, some pieces of art are safe to buy:

Calm Painting
Common Painting
Dynamic Painting
Familiar Statue
Flowery Painting
Glowing Painting
Great Statue
Moody Painting
Mysterious Painting
Nice Painting
Perfect Painting
Proper Painting
Sinking Painting
Twinkling Painting
Warm Painting
Worthy Painting

Each fake does have a decent tell to help you spot them:

Paintings	How to tell if it’s fake
Academic Painting	The real Vitruvian Man does not have a coffee cup stain in the top corner
Amazing Painting	The central man in the fake Night Watch painting has lost his hat
Basic Painting	Fake Blue Boy has a full fringe of hair
Detailed Painting	The fake Rooster and Hen with Hydrangeas has purple hydrangeas – they should be blue
Famous Painting	The fake Mona Lisa has evil eyebrows
Graceful Painting	The fake Beauty Looking Back painting is 3/4 of the frame, while the real is around 1/2 size
Jolly Painting	The real Summer has a flower bud sticking out of its chest
Moving Painting	Fake Birth of Venus has no tree in top right corner
Quaint Painting	The fake Milkmaid is pouring a lot more milk than the real one.
Scary Painting	The fake Otani Oniji II man has got worried eyebrows
Scenic Painting	The fake The Hunters in the Snow has fewer dogs and one hunter
Serene Painting	The fake Lady with an Ermine has a blue ermine in her hands
Solemn Painting	The fake Las Meninas has the man in the doorway with an upward pointing arm
Wild Painting Left Half	The fake Wind God on the left half is green instead of white skinned
Wild Painting Right Half	The fake Thunder God on the right half is white skinned instead of green
Wistful Painting	The fake Girl with a Pearl Earring has a star on her earring

Statue	How to tell if it’s fake
Ancient Statue	Fake Doguu has antenna ear pieces
Beautiful Statue	Fake Venus de Milo has necklace or collar
Gallant Statue	Fake David has a cloth in his right hand
Informative Statue	Fake Rosetta Stone is blue
Motherly Statue	Fake statue has a tongue hanging out of its mouth
Mystic Statue	The fake Bust of Nefertiti has an earring
Robust Statue	Fake Discobolus of Myron has a bracelet or wristwatch
Rock-head Statue	Fake Olmeca Head is smiling
Tremendous Statue	The fake Houmuwu Ding has a lid
Valiant Statue	Fake Winged Victory of Samothrace has both legs covered
Warrior Statue	Fake Heibayo has shovel instead of a sword