Egg Hunt Guide

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Introduction

This guide is up to date for the following year Egg Hunt activities:

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024

The Egg Hunt is an event where players are tasked to gather a certain combination of "Initial Eggs". Each of these eggs represent one letter of the alphabet.

"A" Egg "B" Egg "C" Egg "D" Egg "E" Egg "F" Egg "G" Egg "H" Egg "I" Egg "J" Egg "K" Egg "L" Egg "M" Egg "O" Egg "P" Egg "Q" Egg "R" Egg "S" Egg "T" Egg "U" Egg "V" Egg "W" Egg "X" Egg "Y" Egg "Z" Egg

Your goal is to "Hunt" for these eggs to spell certain combinations. See more on that below.

New in 2024: Initial Eggs can now be delivered to characters on the same account via the Delivery Box. This allows players to collect more eggs per Vana'diel day.

Moogle Locations

In each city, two Moogles are placed in different locations who hand out eggs. See below for their locations:

San d'Oria

EggHuntSandoria.jpg

Bastok

EggHuntBastok.jpg


Windurst

EggHuntWindurst.jpg

Obtaining Eggs

By speaking to the moogles, you will receive one free, albeit random, egg per Vana'diel day.

  • You can also trade eggs with fellow adventurers, purchase from Bazaars, and send them back and forth from other characters on your PlayOnline account.

Your first task is to obtain your First 3 combination, which means the first 3 letters of your character's name. As an example, if your character name is "Moogle", you will have to gather an "M" Egg, and two "O" Eggs. The reward is the Egg Helm.

  • Note: If you already own an Egg Helm from a previous year, you can skip this step and retrieve the helm. The moogle will continue to ask you for your First 3, but you can instead trade other advanced combinations.
  • After obtaining your "First 3", you will then obtain two random Initial Eggs from the event moogle per Vana'diel day.

Manipulating Eggs

By partying up with other adventurers, the Moogle will offer you a choice of picking the egg of the first letter of the other adventurer's name.

  • If the adventurer you team up with is wearing an Egg Helm icon.png Egg Helm, you receive their first letter plus an additional random egg.
    • This may have been removed at some point. As of 2024 only saw one egg while in a party regardless of Egg Helm.
  • If you are not in a party, you will receive two random eggs.
    • Until you complete your "First 3", you only obtain one egg per day.
  • If you do not want a first letter, you can still choose to obtain a random egg instead. Regardless of which option you pick, it still counts as your freebie for the day.

Additional Eggs

By trading items in the shape of eggs to the Moogles, you can receive additional eggs.

  • Only one additional trade per Vana'diel day can be performed.
  • If you trade an item to receive two or more eggs, the eggs you obtain in return will always the same initial.
Item Name Quantity Required Initial Eggs Received
Bird Egg 12 1
Hard-boiled Egg
Lizard Egg 6
Apkallu Egg 1
Soft-boiled Egg
Colored Egg
Party Egg 1 2
Sairui-Ran 99 3
Lucky Egg 1
Imperial Egg 1 8

HELM

In addition to trading certain egg-shaped items, one random egg per Vana'diel day can be obtained by:

Redeeming Eggs

Reward List

The following table is a complete list of all items obtainable in the Egg Hunt event. Use the "Obtainment Method" column on the right along with the following two sections on this page to see how to obtain each item.

Reward Type Name Obtainment Method
Furnishing Prinseggstarta Round 4: Region First 5
Egg Buffet See Below
Egg Lantern Round 3: Region First 5

OR

Weekday (If you have Orphic Egg)

Egg Stool Round 2: Region First 5 (San d'Oria)
Egg Table Round 2: Region First 5 (Bastok)
Egg Locker Round 2: Region First 5 (Windurst)
Hatchling Egg Round 1: Region First 5 (Windurst)
Clockwork Egg Round 1: Region First 5 (Bastok)
Melodious Egg Round 1: Region First 5 (San d'Oria)
Jeweled Egg 10,000 Gil from Moogle Stalls
Flower Egg 10,000 Gil from Moogle Stalls
Lamp Egg 10,000 Gil from Moogle Stalls
Wing Egg 10,000 Gil from Moogle Stalls
Shield Hatchling Shield 10,000 Gil from Moogle Stalls
Head Egg Helm First 3
Rabbit Cap Easter Bunny
Eyre Cap Thanks, Kupo.
Throwing Orphic Egg Weekday
Fortune Egg 7 of a Kind

OR

Initial Straight 8

Happy Egg 7 of a Kind if you have a Fortune Egg in your inventory

OR

Initial Straight 8

Medicine Red Drop Randomly rewarded for First 3 after obtaining the Egg Helm

OR

Spell out any other elemental day

Clear Drop
Green Drop
Yellow Drop
Purple Drop
Blue Drop
White Drop
Black Drop
Misc. Chocobo Ticket

Egg Combinations

Combination Name Description
First 3 First three letters of your character's name
Initial Straight 8 Eight consecutive alphabetical letters beginning with the first letter of your name
7 of a Kind Seven eggs of the same letter
Region First 5 First five letters in the name of a region under control of the nation that you are participating in the event.
Weekday The name of the same elemental day you turn over the items to a moogle.

OR

Any different element day spelt out.

Easter Bunny Spell either "RABBIT", "HARE", or "BUNNY"
Thanks, Kupo. "THANKYOU"

Weekday

The Weekday combination is not as hard as you may think. Below are the combinations that work.

Element Day Combination
Element: Fire Firesday F, I, R, E
Element: Earth Earthsday E, A, R, T, H
Element: Water Watersday W, A, T, E, R
Element: Wind Windsday A, I, R
Element: Ice Iceday I, C, E
Element: Thunder Lightningsday T, H, U, N, D, E, R
Element: Dark Darksday D, A, R, K

Rounds

The following items are obtained from the egg hunt event after first trading the First 3 combination of eggs and obtaining the Egg Helm:

  • Round 2: Egg Buffet, Part I
    • The egg buffet has four components. The first three components are obtained in the same way as the nation eggs from Round 1, however, the corresponding nation eggs must be in the player's possession (safe, locker, sack, or inventory), or else they will be received first. For example, if the Gustaberg region is controlled by Bastok, trading the G, U, S, T, and A eggs with the Clockwork Egg already in possession will result in receiving the Egg Table.
  • Round 3: Egg Buffet, Part II
    • The fourth component of the egg buffet, the Egg Lantern is obtained when the letter eggs are traded for a nation for which the player has already received the corresponding furniture items from Round 1 (nation eggs) and Round 2 (Egg Buffet components). For example, if the Gustaberg region is controlled by Bastok, trading the G, U, S, T, and A eggs with the Clockwork Egg and Egg Table already in possession will result in receiving the Egg Lantern.
      • The player can trade all four of the Egg Buffet components to the Moogle in their mog house to receive the Egg Buffet (the Egg Buffet can be broken apart into the four components in the same manner). However, Round 4 must be completed with the individual components in possession.
  • Round 4: Prinseggstarta
    • The final item, Prinseggstarta is obtained when the letter eggs are traded for a nation for which the player has already received the corresponding furniture items from Rounds 1, 2, and 3. For example, if the Gustaberg region is controlled by Bastok, trading the G, U, S, T, and A eggs with the Clockwork Egg, Egg Table, and Egg Lantern already in possession will result in receiving the Prinseggstarta.

Special Furnishing

Trade an Egg Locker, Egg Table, Egg Stool and Egg Lantern to your Moogle in your Mog House. You will then receive the Egg Buffet furnishing in exchange for the four that you traded.

  • Note: After obtaining the Egg Buffet, you can then re-obtain the individual egg furnishings afterwards.

Event Stalls

♦Stall Locations

San d'Oria Flag.jpg Northern San d'Oria (D-8)
Bastok-Flag.jpg Bastok Mines (H-9)
Windurst-Flag.jpg Windurst Waters (north side) (G-10)

Wares

Item

Cost (Gil)

Location

Wing Egg description.png 10,000 All
Lamp Egg description.png 10,000 All
Flower Egg description.png 10,000 All
Jeweled Egg description.png 10,000 All
Hatchling Shield description.png 10,000 All