Who is Redd in Animal Crossing? Meet the pesky art dealer scamming islanders

A mysterious and cunning kitsune has begun appearing on people's islands
Jolly Redd will set up his boat shop on your island's secret beach
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Jack Webb @JackWebb9224 April 2020

Redd, otherwise known as Jolly Redd and even Crazy Redd has started touring people's islands on Animal Crossing, peddling his illicit wears.

This untrustworthy fox has been implemented into the game following an update on Thursday.

Just like in previous Animal Crossing games, his shop, Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler, will weigh anchor outside your island where the fox will try to sell both authentic and counterfeit paintings, as well as sculptures, to you.

It's up to your keen eye to decide on whether or not what you're buying from the cunning fox is legitimate or a horrendous, exorbitantly expensive fake.

Redd is very sneaky and he oozes sleaze, so be on your guard when interacting with him.

Who is Jolly Redd?

Redd is a travelling merchant in the Animal Crossing series, who has just been implemented into the big April Nature Day update for New Horizons.

Always looking to swindle and turn a tidy profit, he's known for overcharging unsuspecting villagers for fake pieces of artwork and being all-round sarcastic and sneaky.

In New Horizons, Redd has tried to escape his mischievous label and rebranded himself as Jolly Redd.

He's running his illicit black market store out of a boat, the Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler, which will dock at the secret beach on the northern tip of your island.

When players first encounter him, he will be wandering around and, after trying to charge you over 200 thousand bells for a painting, will reasonably offer it to you at a severely reduced rate.

The first painting you buy off him is always genuine, he's not going to trick you right away.

What is Redd selling?

When his boat is up and running, Redd sells everything from pieces of art — fake or otherwise — to furniture and some fabulous sculptures.

Beware of fakes in Redd's shop
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As mentioned above, some of his artworks will be fake and you'll have to make the call as to whether or not it's the real deal.

Spotting the forgeries is like a mini-game of spot the difference — just look up the real art IRL and in most cases, you'll be able to see if there are differences between the two.

Clothing, hair styles and colours might be different in the fake, so it's definitely a challenge trying to spot small details in real-world pieces or art recreated in the game.

It's important to note that some pieces of art have no fakes and are always legitimate.

Where can you find him?

Do you know that tiny bit of beach at the northern-most part of your island? That's where he'll weigh anchor.

One you give Blathers some art, he'll apply for a gallery wing
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For him to move there with his boat and open the store, you'll first need to talk to him when he's wandering around your island and buy your first piece of art from him.

Once you've done that, take it to Blathers and he'll tell you all about the expansion of the museum and then the next calendar day you'll have a new gallery wing of the museum.

There you have it, go forth and become the best art collector in all of Animal Crossing.

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