The Peridot Carbuncle Minion was obtainable through the purchase of the Emerald Carbuncle Plush on the Mogstation. As of this writing, there is currently no way to obtain this specific Minion in the game.
The Mogstation deal originally coincided with the launch of Patch 3.0 and the Heavensward Expansion.
But so far, the Minion and Plush haven’t ever been offered again by the online store. The code was included with your purchase and then redeemed in-game for the Peridot Carbuncle. This isn’t to say the deal won’t return, but it has not since it ended on December 31st of 2017.
There are several alternatives that could get you a Carbuncle fix, however.
Three different Account-wide Carbuncle Mounts are available for purchase. This means that they’ll be available to all of your characters, regardless of their Server. Once purchased, you claim them directly from your in-game Mogmail.
The three available are:
- Rubelite Carbuncle – Red
- Aquamarine Carbuncle – Blue (pictured above)
- Citrine Carbuncle – Yellow
They do go on sale from time to time and may help to ease the pain of the Peridot Carbuncle Minion being unavailable.
You may also be interested to know that there’s a method of keeping your Carbuncle by your side. Even after you’ve replaced them with their summoned counterparts of Ifrit, Garuda and Titan.
Once you’ve hit level 50 on the Summoner Job, seek out Thubyrgeim (The Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks – Arcanist’s Guild). He’ll offer you the short Quest called “An Egi By Any Other Name” – provided you’ve completed your Level 50 Job Quest.
Here, you’ll be able to transform your Egis into their Carbuncle counterparts: The Topaz, Ruby, and Emerald Carbuncles!
This is actually due to the fact that Carbuncles aren’t truly living creatures. They’re actually mathematical equations by the summoner given form by your Aether. This is what allows you to alter their appearance, and why Alphinaud always gets a cooler Carbuncle than you.
The following commands will allow you to change the shape of your Egis:
/egiglamour "egi name" "glamour"
Egi Names:
- Garuda-Egi
- Titan-Egi
- Ifrit-Egi
Egi Glamours:
- Emerald Carbuncle
- Topaz Carbuncle
- Ruby Carbuncle
So, for example, you’d type /egiglamour "Garuda-Egi" "Emerald Carbuncle" will give it the appearance of your original companion.
Likewise typing /egiglamour "Garuda-Egi" would revert it back.
All things considered, there’s plenty of ways to (hopefully) fill that Carbuncle-sized hole in your life.
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