We can’t appear to get via a day on PC Gamer proper now with out somebody on the staff mentioning Moo Deng, the lovable pygmy hippo that has certifiably taken over the web. Everybody’s attempting to get their Moo Deng repair, and plainly Last Fantasy 14 gamers are not any totally different.
As noticed by GamesRadar, it appears one of many MMO’s minions, the Hippo Calf, has skyrocketed in worth in current weeks. It is a random drop throughout Vanaspati, a degree 84 dungeon within the Endwalker enlargement. Twitter person Cerulean posted two screenshots evaluating the value of the minion on Japanese server Tonberry—one proper as Moo Deng’s recognition was taking off, and one from final week as folks have been within the throes of hippo hype.
The worth had gone from a good 10,000 to 30,000 gil—which is a dang first rate worth for a minion that randomly drops from a comparatively current dungeon—climbing as much as 100,000 gil earlier than more moderen listings had it simply shy of an eye-watering 300,000 gil.
I went and had a gander by myself server and was stunned to search out not a single Hippo Calf on sale, although worth historical past confirmed me that gamers have been forking out over 100,000 gil so as to add one to their roster of minions. I attempted to peep Universalis, a preferred market board device for monitoring merchandise costs throughout servers, but it surely sadly solely retains observe of the final week of knowledge.
During the last seven days on Europe’s servers, costs dipped round as little as 45,000 gil, whereas one (I presume) Moo Deng fanatic shilling out almost 340,000 gil to get their fingers on one. Out of curiosity I additionally checked out the opposite sellable dungeon minions from Endwalker—the Wind-up Magus Sisters has been going for wherever from 28,000 gil to 70,000 this final week, whereas the extra standard Wind-up Anima finds itself comfortably within the 90,000 to 130,000 gil vary.
So whereas it is common for minions to fetch a excessive worth, Cerulean’s screenshots actually do appear to completely line up with Moo Deng’s rise to stardom. Regardless of the purpose for the Nice Hippo Calf Inflation of 2024, I am blaming Sq. Enix on this one. It capitalised on Moo Deng’s fame with an totally lovable brief video of the minion on Twitter, having an enormous ol’ yawn whereas being splashed with some water.
The quote tweets have been, as deliberate, drawing comparisons between the 2. That is your fault Sq. Enix, and I feel you must give everybody a free Hippo Calf to express regret. Not less than bump the drop RNG a wee bit extra in my favour so I do not lose my thoughts working Vanaspati 100 instances simply to get the lil man.
