You can't keep Moo Deng for yourself, so Final Fantasy 14 players are swarming the MMO's Hippo Calf minion instead – and even Square Enix has caught the fever

Love for little pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng is in the air, spreading all the way over to the Final Fantasy 14 community - and even to Square Enix itself.

It's no secret that Moo Deng has gone wildly viral since her birth at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. She's reaching all corners of the web, including MMOs like Final Fantasy 14 where players are suddenly obsessed with the game's own Hippo Calf minion. Everyone has to have one - and while the market board's prices do indeed jump up and down over time, numbers for the semi-aquatic pet are soaring.

Power of Moo Deng pic.twitter.com/fWkOFSRTxOSeptember 24, 2024

As one fan points out in a post online, the "power of Moo Deng" may very well have reached the in-game market. Just a few weeks ago, the Hippo Calf minion cost only 17,400 gil - but now, it sits at a pricey 300 thousand gil in some servers. Players are finding other, less official ways to bring Moo Deng into the MMO, too. Fan-crafted mods like the one showcased in this screenshot feature the adorable pygmy hippo.

moo deng!!!