Seems that everyone wants a cute baby hippo The viral buzz around adorable baby hippo Moo Deng has reached the world of Final Fantasy 14 . READ MORE: Ralph Ineson on becoming an unlikely sex symbol thanks to ‘Final Fantasy 16’ role Moo Deng is a baby pygmy hippo from Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo that has taken the internet by storm. A number of videos of her playing have gone viral, and there are now plans for a 24/7 livestream of her enclosure.
Gamers are wanting to get in on the action as well, with the demand for Final Fantasy 14 ’s own hippo calf minion sky-rocketing. The price of the minion on the player-driven marketplace has increased from 17,000 gil at the start of September to 300,000 gil now and players are also using Final Fantasy 14 mods to create Moo Deng merch (via GamesRadar ). Power of Moo Deng pic.
twitter.com/fWkOFSRTxO — Cerulean Ehh~ (@cerulean_ffxiv) September 24, 2024 moo deng!!! 🥺💜 #ffxiv #lalafell #Moodeng #StrawberryMods pic.twitter.
com/OfLrrlgaGJ — klauds (@largehoodie) September 24, 2024 Players can get their hands on a hippo calf minion without spending hundreds of thousands of gold coins though. The adorable Moo Deng lookalike is a rare reward for completing the Vanaspati Dungeon in Endwalker . Even developers Square Enix are getting in on the Moo Deng action.
The official Final Fantasy 14 X account shared a gif of their hippo calf copying one of the viral Moo Deng clips alongside the caption “Unbothered. Moisturised. Happy.
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