So we can’t enter Redd’s ship on day one?

[JasonBurrows]

Hm... weird.

Maybe wait until tomorrow. The art dialogue with Blathers would have happened the first time you spoke to him after updating

I wonder if I need to have donated a certain amount of bugs, fish and fossils before the art gallery extension dialog occurs?

 

[Krissi2197]

I wonder if I need to have donated a certain amount of bugs, fish and fossils before the art gallery extension dialog occurs?

It's possible! I'm not sure how many things you've donated but I've caught all the fish and bugs available so far. Have a good handful of fossils too.

 

[JasonBurrows]

It's possible! I'm not sure how many things you've donated but I've caught all the fish and bugs available so far. Have a good handful of fossils too.

These are all of the donations that I have made if I have been recording them correctly on the ACNH Guide app.

13 Bugs Donated.
13 Fish Donated.
13 Fossils Donated.

 

[Insulaire]

I also nearly had a heart attack when Redd asked for something like 340,000 bells. I said "no thanks" and then he lowered it to 3,400 or something. Lol. I really thought for a moment that the art was going to cost that much.

Mine was 498,000 and I was like "Uh, do I need to go to the ABD machine?" before I saw that both possible responses were variations of "No"-- so no one can pay that much, at least!

 

[Morningowl]

These are all of the donations that I have made if I have been recording them correctly on the ACNH Guide app.

13 Bugs Donated.
13 Fish Donated.
13 Fossils Donated.

It had has been said that you need to donate 60 between all three section so your getting there.

 

[JasonBurrows]

It had has been said that you need to donate 60 between all three section so you getting close.

Awesome! Thank you.

 

[Feraligator]

My Redd's just been standing at the plaza all day today and literally has not moved.
My villagers do this sometimes, they just stand there for a good half an hour without doing anything...

 

[LuchaSloth]

So...I just spoke to Redd again, and now it makes sense why you can't enter the boat yet:

He says "I got a really good deal on a fishing trawler. I think it might make a good shop". Hence, the boat is not yet a shop. In fact...the only reason why he ends up making it a shop at all, is because he gets you to buy his potentially shady painting. When you do that, he makes a comment about how "nice" the people on this island are. So...yeah, he was merely traveling through with this boat and he had one painting to sell. You buy it...so he gets the idea to convert his boat into a shop...because he thinks the island is full of suckers. Lol.

 

[Corrie]

I couldn't find Redd at all until I TTd to the next day. Can't get in the boat either