FFX14's hippopotamus pet is now 900% more expensive thanks to Moo Deng

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The internet loves Moo Deng, a pygmy hippopotamus who lives in a zoo in Thailand. The little hippopotamus has gone viral on the internet and is so popular SNL even got involved. And all of this popularity has led to high prices for virtual baby hippos Final Fantasy 14.

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I won’t waste too much time explaining Moo Deng here in this post because you probably already know who the popular pygmy hippopotamus is because you A.) use the internet and B.

) clicked on this article. But the short explanation is that earlier this month, a zoo in Si Racha, Thailand, posted some pictures of Moo Deng on Facebook and she quickly became a viral sensation. The zoo had to impose time limits on viewing and install cameras to watch for fans harassing the little hippo. And now it seems a lot of people want to have their own digital Moo Deng FF14.

As first reported by GamesRadarIn-game prizes for FF14Since Moo Deng became an internet star, the number of hippo calf servants has increased dramatically. On September 24th Someone posted Moo Deng’s prices on a server FF14

. Before Moo Deng went viral, you could pick up a hippo calf for around 30,000 gil. Not too expensive. Now you have to pay almost 300,000 gil for a calf.

One thing that likely contributed to the rising prices of the calf was a tweet from the official Final Fantasy 14 Twitter account. On September 21stthe official game account tweeted a picture of the calf with the caption: “Unaffected. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Concentrated. Blooming.” The tweet also included a short clip of the hippo calf opening its mouth and being sprayed with water, which is classic Moo Deng behavior. So it was obviously a reference to the famous hippopotamus and probably led to even more players joining in FF14 to buy the servant.

Of course, when you check your server’s pricing, you may not see such high prices as they may vary from server to server. Still, how PC gamer Reportsgenerally the price of the hippopotamus in FF14 is higher compared to other minions.

If you don’t want to buy a hippo calf pet, you can grind level 84 Endwalker Vanaspati expansion dungeon. However, keep in mind that this is a random drop, so you may have to do it a few times. Good luck. And if you do find one, you might be better off selling it for a few hundred thousand gil while the internet is still obsessed with Moo Deng.