Hatching-tide (2023)

Eggy, Eggy, Stabby Fun! was the 2023 edition of the seasonal event Hatching-tide in Final Fantasy XIV.
The event was started by accepting the sidequest by talking to the Jihli Aliapoh at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre in Old Gridania (X:10.2 Y:9.4).
==History==
Jihli Aliapoh admits that this year's vision was rather peculiar because it featured tonberries, creatures of myth known less for their seasonal whimsy and more for their habit of mercilessly stabbing things. This dream proved prophetic indeed, when Sylphs descended upon Gridania, dismantling decorations, harassing residents, and otherwise making a nuisance of themselves. These mischievous creatures are deathly afraid of the tonberries' wilting gaze, and with the help of a self-proclaimed tonberry connoisseur named Hamlyn, Jihli Aliapoh's volunteers have donned tonberry costumes to scare off the sylphs.
Hamlyn delivers a Tonberry costume for the Warrior of Light to scare the troublesome Sylphs in Gridania. Once done, Jihli is delighted to learn that the Sylphs' mischief has been thwarted and that preparations for the festival are once again underway. She tells him that Pawlin has sent a generous amount of eggs for the celebration, and she has needed to hire the Goldsmiths' Guild in Ul'dah to help decorate the eggs. Nonotta interrupted this brief relief with panicked reports of chaos in Central Shroud. The caravan of Archon eggs coming from Ul'dah had been attacked by angry sylphs and the delivery mammet went into a frenzy trying to stop the theft. Jihli theorizes that the reason for the attack must have been that the sylphs were jealous of the celebration, since they were unable to hold their own annual spring festival due to an incident.
Hamlyn suggested using the same strategy they had just used in Gridania, disguise themselves as Tonberry and scare the sylphs away. After a frantic fight involving the sylphs and a giant mammet, Warrior of Light manages to retrieve the scattered Archon eggs. Hamlyn laments the absence of large crowds that could have witnessed the miraculous feats performed by a Tonberry. However, some citizens saw the whole thing and thanked Warrior of Light for retrieving their eggs. To prevent further incidents, Hamlyn has the idea that they decorate the eggs with a Tonberry theme. Jihli accepts the suggestion and says that because the eggs are packed, they would still need a tonberry guard with the caravan.
==Quests==
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==Rewards==
Items:
*Gears:
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*Emote: 
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*Furnishing: 
**
*Orchestrion Roll: 
**
Achievement:
*It's Not Easy Being Green
==Activities==
Name	Level 	Location 	Time limit 	Objective
Name	DescriptionSpawn conditions (if any) 	DescriptionSpawn conditions (if any) 	DescriptionSpawn conditions (if any) 	DescriptionSpawn conditions (if any)
 	15 	Central Shroud (x25.2 y29.3) 	15 minutes 	
 	In a fit of jealousy, a group of suspect sylphs has begun raiding this Ul'dahn caravan for its cargo of precious Archon eggs. Thwart this attempted highroad robbery by reminding these sylphs how scary tonberries can be─and remember to pick up some eggs on your way home.	In a fit of jealousy, a group of suspect sylphs has begun raiding this Ul'dahn caravan for its cargo of precious Archon eggs. Thwart this attempted highroad robbery by reminding these sylphs how scary tonberries can be─and remember to pick up some eggs on your way home.	In a fit of jealousy, a group of suspect sylphs has begun raiding this Ul'dahn caravan for its cargo of precious Archon eggs. Thwart this attempted highroad robbery by reminding these sylphs how scary tonberries can be─and remember to pick up some eggs on your way home.	In a fit of jealousy, a group of suspect sylphs has begun raiding this Ul'dahn caravan for its cargo of precious Archon eggs. Thwart this attempted highroad robbery by reminding these sylphs how scary tonberries can be─and remember to pick up some eggs on your way home.
==Behind the scenes==
During the event it was possible to find several NPCs wearing tonberry costumes, these NPCs were: Erenville as "Gleaning Tonberry", Alka Zolka as "Marine Tonberry", Setoto as "Scholarly Tonberry", Yellow Moon as "Mooning Tonberry", Redolent Rose as "Too-beautiful Tonberry", a Sylph as "Suspect Tonberry", Namono Tayamono as "Austere Tonberry", Boric as "Timid Tonberry", Rurusha as "Sweet Tonberry", Pukni Pakk and Kupcha Kupa as "Swaying Pomberry", Raya-O-Senna as "Sprightly Berryseer", and A-Ruhn-Senna as "Solemn Berryseer".
==Gallery==
Gleaning Tonberry from FFXIV.png|Gleaning Tonberry.
Marine and Scholarly Tonberry from FFXIV.png|Marine and Scholarly Tonberry.
Mooning and Too-beautiful Tonberry from FFXIV.png|Mooning and Too-beautiful Tonberry.
Suspect Tonberry from FFXIV.png|Suspect Tonberry.
Austere, Timid and Sweet Tonberry from FFXIV.png|Austere, Timid and Sweet Tonberry.
Swaying Pomberry, Solemn and Sprightly Berryseer from FFXIV.png|Swaying Pomberry, Solemn Berryseer and Sprightly Berryseer.
==External links==
*Official site
==Citations==
Category:Seasonal events in Final Fantasy XIV