Once a player has unlocked Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they will then be able to begin acquiring a myriad of paintings and sculptures to add to their museum's art gallery. That said, Redd the fox is not the most honest of salesmen, and fans will need to be on the lookout for forgeries when buying art from him. Indeed, there is a real and fake version of nearly all of the artworks in ACNH, and this guide will help players buy the right version of one in particular: the Valiant Statue.
ACNH Art Guide - How to Tell if Redd's Paintings Are Real or Fake
A familiar face returns with paintings and statues for sale, but which of Redd's artwork is real and which is fake? Find out with our ACNH art guide.
To begin, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Valiant Statue is based on the Winged Victory of Samothrace, a Hellenistic sculpture created around the second century BC that is currently housed at the Louvre in Paris. Also called the Nike of Samothrace, this incredible sculpture is formed from marble, and players who are trying to determine the authenticity of a Valiant Statue in ACNH should look to its legs.
Specifically, the fake version of the Valiant Statue in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has its left leg forward, while the real version has its right leg forward. This distinction can be seen quite clearly in the image found below, and players who reference this visual should have little trouble obtaining a legitimate Valiant Statute, which they can then donate to their museum art galleries in ACNH.
To note, while Blathers will not accept a fake version of ACNH's Valiant Statue for exhibition at the museum, players may still be interested in purchasing one for personal display. Certainly, the forged artworks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons have their own charms, and they are perfectly suitable options for breathing a little life into a villager's home.
Without question, the addition of artworks, both real and fake, to ACNH is a major development for the game, but it is not the only new thing to be found in Nintendo's extremely popular life sim. More specifically, shrubs have just come to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it is definitely possible that the impact of this new flora is even greater than the impact of paintings and sculptures.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 90 /100 Critics Rec: 99%
- Released
- March 20, 2020
- ESRB
- Everyone / Comic Mischief, Mild Fantasy Violence, Users Interact, In-Game Purchases
- Developer(s)
- Nintendo EPD
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Simulation
