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[DISCUSSION]Minion Interaction Thread! (self.ffxiv)
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submitted 6 months ago * by Akahiri Ryu'gam on AdamantoiseAkaharu
I'm trying to find out all the interactions and hidden things about Minions. So I thought we could all make a list!

Fights:
-Louisoix and Bahamut fight in each the others presence
-Wolf Pup and Coeurl Kitten fight in each the others presence
-Toberry will (attempt to) assist you in combat
-Coeurl Kitten will (attempt to) assist you in combat
-Wolf Pup will (attempt to) assist you in combat
-Tonberry will fight other minions even groups of them
-Y'shtola will 'cast' protect during battles
-Vanguard will (attempt to) assist you in combat
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Group Interaction:
-Moogles will dance together (apparently the PostMoogle will too!)
-Mammets salute each other
-Chocobo Chicks make a circle
-Mandragora will gather and take turns dancing
-Mummy's Little Mummy will run by its kin
-Spriggans huddle
-Buffalo fight each other
-Fledgling Dodos herd
-Goobbues Sproutlings herd
-Tender Lambs herd
-Slimes herd
-Amalj'aa herd
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–––-Emotes:
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/poke
-Slimes melt
-Dust Bunny will freak out
-Wind-up Sun goes higher/lower
-Chigoe Larva will backflip
-Demon Brick falls over
-Mummy's Little Mummy falls over
-Beady Eye spins in air then extends wings
-Baby Bun moves it's head around
-Bite Sized Pudding melts
Demon Box will make have the Moogle on it lift the box revealing the Spriggan (also happens spontaneously)
-Assassin Fry will swim in a circle (when swimming [refer to Miscellaneous])
-Vanguard will 'retaliate'
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/beckon
-Succubus floats to your shoulder/head
-Baby Opo-opo climbs you
-Nutkin climbs you
-Nanamo climbs you
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/cheer
-Tender Lamb does a small dance (works on other player's as well)
-Minions of Light will do a FF1-esque victory dance
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/pet OR /stroke
-Tender Lamb acts very happy
-Coeurl Kitten cleans itself
-Other player's Coeurl Kitten's run away
-Wolf Pup will roll over for you to scratch his belly
-Apkallu flaps his wings
-Cactuar Cutting spins in a circle
-Baby Behemoth gets grumpy
-Smallshell does a small dance
-Kidragora spins in a circle
-Treasure Box attempts to bite your hand
-Littlefoot does a chestbump
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/handover
-Feeds a minion
Minions have a unique animation after feeding (THEORY: Only Live/non Wind-up)
-Gets a Baby Opo-opo off the shoulder
-Gets a Nutkin off the shoulder
-Gets a Tight Beaked Parrot off the shoulder
-Apkallu bobs his head after
-Fat Cat Any minion will run to you (even if you aren't the owner)
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/slap
-Goobbue Sproutling will run around (you didn't need to slap that hard did you?)
-Assassin Fry will swim away (when swimming [refer to Miscellaneous])
-Tiny Tortoise will slide away and spin around in its shell
-OBEDIENT will not run away (Thank you for experimenting /u/Ghonsac)
INDEPENDENT will always run away (Thank you for experimenting /u/Ghonsac)
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/clap
-Minions will face you
-Minions of Light will do a FF1-esque victory dance
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/throw
-Hoary the Snowman will tip his hat to you if you throw a snowball
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Miscellaneous:
-Tight Beaked Parrot will eventually sit on you during no activity
-Bluebird will eventually sit on you during no activity
-Succubus may appear on your shoulder when summoned or take a place there overtime anyway
-Succubus won't leave your shoulder/head unless dismissed (on rare occasions of long periods of inactivity it will leave [thanks /u/Vinyl_Trace])
-Ultros giggles at female characters emotes and moves away from males
-Wind-up Sun disappears when UI is hidden but not the light it gives off
-Any emote will make the Bluebird leave your shoulder
-Assassin Fry swims in static water (ie. lakes)
-Plush Cushion will wiggle sometimes if nobody is on it
-Plush Cushion deflates slightly if you stand on it
-Fat Cats won't move after being fed unless its owner moves a little bit away
-Let's see how many we know! Keep 'em coming!
EDIT: Wow, I'm surprised at how much this blew up over a few hours. It's really cool to see all these interactions that we haven't seen!
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Definitely gonna try these!

Sweet jesus I had no idea about 99% of this stuff.

Cool!

U can beckon the owelette as well and it will sit on ur shoulder