Although Final Fantasy 14 players can call forth a variety of adorable minions, the real-world popularity of Moo Deng the baby hippo has affected the game's Hippo Calf minion. At the time of writing, the market board price of the Hippo Calf in Final Fantasy 14 had skyrocketed to rates approaching the 1 million Gil mark on certain servers.
Throughout Final Fantasy 14, players can collect miniature minions as vanity collectibles, and some can also be used as playable units in the Gold Saucer mini-game Lords of Verminion. In each Final Fantasy 14 content update, Square Enix adds more minions that can be obtained via quest rewards, retainer ventures, and occasionally as a rare drop from instanced content. In the case of the Hippo Calf minion, it can be obtained either via the level 85 main story dungeon called Vanaspati or from treasure sacks that can be obtained in the Eureka Orthos deep dungeon.
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Given that the Hippo Calf can also be sold on the player-run market board for Gil, its availability and price...
