FINAL FANTASY XIV Online: FFXIV: Guide to making Gil

Steam Community guide by Smol.

Introduction

I'm writing this guide for every player to access whether new or old to hopefully use as a resource to the various ways of Gil making. While I cannot cover every single gil making method in the game, a majority of these methods I have personally used and discovered through various players I have encountered and watched.
By no means do I claim to be the first to use or "own" these methods because there are A LOT of guides and videos out there that cover the same thing in their own way.
If you are just here for straight forward Gil making methods then you probably want to skip down to the bottom. BUT if you really want to know your options then I would recommend getting comfy and grabbing some snacks.
DISCLAIMER:
A lot of the methods I am going to mention have a lot more depth to them when getting into the specifics of things that I wont mention but regardless, WILL require you to do your own digging and research within your server's market board to guarantee your own success.
Getting that out of the way, why would you trust me?
Well, why wouldn't you trust a stranger on how to make Gil? With the little credibility I have

and smol amount of wealth I've made

I think you can trust some of the things here...
While I may not be Gil Capped yet like a certain someone[cdn.discordapp.com] that I know. This is more than enough credibility. I have a pretty good understanding of gil making and was just like you desperately searching for ALL the ways to make gil.
I had pretty much leveled my gatherers to 80 during my ARR-HW time and only focused on making gil and the only reason I ever continued story was because I learned there were more mining nodes locked behind MSQ

The Basics

There are MANY ways to make Gil in-game, but in my opinion there are 3 main competitors: Crafters, Gatherers and Combat Classes.
Crafters take the number one spot because of the amount of gear, cosmetics, housing items and materials they can sell in rapid succession.
Gatherers are straight forward compared to the other competitors by providing crafters with raw material, rare materials and crystals.
**DoW/DoM **classes are the easiest way to make Gil and have the most unique way of making Gil by being able to use the systems given by the game such as; Grand Company, Dailies, Extreme trials and mob drops.

Beginner Level: Combat Classes

The easiest way to make gil is using your Combat Class, not only will you be progressing with the story with these classes, but it gets easier the more levels and gear you get.
Gil making methods are very limited and tedious for Combat Classes in the early game and can't really hit those big profit margins until Endgame
Even so, Combat Classes will most likely be the method for you if you don't have the time and don't want to throw Gil at levelling Crafters and Gatherers.

Daily Roulettes

This method is probably the most common and straight forward method anyone will tell you.
Dailies may seem underwhelming and straight forward however, the rewards from dailies add up overtime and are a good source of passive income.
Dalies will reward you with EXP, Gil and Tomestones depending on your level.
While it is not necessary it is worth mentioning, if you are not in a rush to finish your dailies then it might be worth your time to wait for the respective "Adventurer in need" bonus for your class.

Cracked Plainclusters and Stellaclusters can be exchanged for materia and then be sold on the marketboard.

Poetics

Poetics are unlocked at level 50 and are rewarded from dalies and are spendable after completing ARR. If you don't plan to use your poetics for gear or relics I would recommend stocking up on either Unidentifiable Bone or Unidentifiable Shell.

You will be able to exchange these in** Idyllshire's** Tomestone exchange, from Bertana under "Uncanny Knickknacks" in exchange for Grade 3 Shroud topsoil or Grade 3 Thanalan Topsoil.

The Idyllshire poetics vendors are unlocked after finishing the Heavensward expansion.

Challenge log

Challenge logs are a pretty passive method of gaining gil, but can come in handy in the early game for some spending cash.
Requirments:
Lvl 15+ for any combat class

Farming Mob Drops

Using my server's price for reference, prices may vary
Mob drops are exclusive drops from well... mobs. A lot of mob drops are complete junk that aren't worth your time farming even as you reach higher levels. But, you know what they say.
One man's junk is another man's treasure.
This was my go to farm method for easy profit throughout those long Queue times. I would only realistically RECOMMEND this method if you want some spending cash because this will really only help you if you are new/starting out.
That being said, here is the list of what you should be killing.

Farm Routes

I will only post the mob locations within the areas they are located and let YOU decide where you want to farm.
Also a HUGE shout out to those that contribute to the lodestone playguide.
More specifically to Maso Meso and Elyth Theria comments who helped a lot with this section.

Fleece

Aldgoat Skin

Gigantoad Skin

Boar Hide

Beginner level: Retainers

Retainers are one of the best free features in the game that is a must have in order to** maximize profits**. Retainers services are very beneficial in tons of ways that the game does an okay job of explaining on its own, but to sum it up:
Retainers are like personal vendors who carry up to 5 pages of inventory storage, gather materials/mob drops depending on what class you assign them to and most importantly, allow you to sell on the market.

The game gives you 6 Venture Tokens to start you off with your first retainers
Your first problem while setting up your retainer is probably going to be deciding what job/class to assign it to.
Your options will be the following: FSH, MIN, BTN, and all Combat classes.
While you COULD look up what each retainer job has to offer and collect; it really won't do you any good because you will not have the knowledge and experience to know what you personally need.
I would HIGHLY recommend to just choose whatever gathering class you are interested in, along side your combat class OR if you know what crafters you plan to level first, then choose a gatherer that will help your chosen crafter.
You can always reset your retainers job and choose exactly what you want at later stages in the game at the expense of having to level them up again. Retainers will always be useful and are super beneficial throughout your time playing even if you aren't big on crafting or gathering because they'll save you a lot of time and gil.
Your second problem after acquiring your retainer is actually getting Venture Tokens

There are only a few ways of actually getting Venture tokens, but the only method that matters is through your Grand Company. More info in grand company section

Making gil with your retainer

Depending on your server
Retainer drops will most likely be really cheap and will probably go for under ≤500 gil.
I would recommend just leveling/gearing up your retainers and RESEARCH your own market board to figure out the best profit you can get from them.
If you are unsure or too lazy to research your own market board then I would recommend just making your retainer gather raw materials for Airship/Submarine component's or gather Shards/Crystals.
Another thing you can do if you don't feel like managing them every hour is to just send your retainer on Quick Explorations or Feld/Highland exploration for other goodies.
The only real stat that matters for retainers is Gathering for DoL and Item level for DoM/W
High gathering = More drops
High Item level = More drops
Both is good.
You can ALWAYS use your retainer for something so make sure to always keep them active. An idle retainer is a bad retainer.

Unlocking Retainers

After completing your MSQ Mission, "The Scions of the Seventh Dawn" (lvl 17) you'll need to complete;

An Ill-conceived Venture
Location:
Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X9,Y11)

New Gridania (X11,Y12)

Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (X9,Y8)

Beginner level: Grand Company

Your Grand Company is another great feature in the game that is surprisingly versatile, on top of being a gil method in of itself, it provides some unique ways of saving gil through the Squandron System and Hunts.
The only problem is that all the methods used in making the most out of your grand company are locked behind your Grand Company Rank.

With that being said, you should really just focus on ranking up your GC Rank to Sergeant Second Class At this rank you unlock all the features that will help save a lot of Gil via Hunt Board, and Squadrons.
Just make sure to always look for any

in your respective Grand Company area.

Farming Grand Company Seals

Early game ranking up within your Grand Company sucks. You don't unlock the BEST way of farming Company Seals until, you guessed it, Sergeant Second Class.
Your only source of Company Seals will come from your Grand Company Hunting log, Grand Company Delivery, Dailies and Beast tribes.

Expert Delivery

Unlocked at Sergeant Second class, basically the game lets you hand over Gear in exchange for Company seals based on Item level.
Which is pretty handy when you want to get rid of gear you will never use again or dungeon drops. Expert Delivery will be the BEST way to farm Company Seals once you have your combat class leveled.

Gil methods - Grand Company

Okay so maybe you get the message that you need to be at Sergeant Second Class
So what are your options in terms of making Gil?
The only tabs that matter within Grand Company Seal exchange are Material and Materials. These are the things I would recommend exchanging.

Private-Corporal

• Venture tokens - BEST method to acquire Venture Tokens to pay your retainers.

Sergeant Second Class

• Furniture/Housing items - Unique to company
• Cordial - Potion used by gatherers
• Company-Issue manual - EXP boost till level 50 for DoH/DoL

Second Lieutenant

• Coke - Material for DarkSteel
• Hardened Sap - Material used for Treated Spruce Lumber
• Scheelite - Material used for Wolfram Ingot (BSM Master Recipe 1)
• Petrified Log - Material used for Ancient Lumber (CRP Master Recipe 1)
• Tawnty Latex - Material used for Terminus Putty (ACH Master Recipe 1)
• Kingcake - Material for anima relic
• Titanium alloy Mirror - Material for anima relic
• Adamantite Francesca - Material for anima relic
• Dispelling Arrow - Material for anima relic
  As always, make sure to check your market board

Hunts

Unlocked through that magical icon within your grand company area at Sergeant second class

Hunts are exactly what it sounds like, Daily/Weekly hunts for mobs in exchange for gil and a currency called Allied Seals.

While the gil may not seem that impressive, the main thing that will come in handy are the Allied Seals.
More hunts are unlocked as you progress through Heavensward,Stormblood and Shadowbringers. That I wont go over.

Exchanging seals

Talking to your local Hunt Billmaster will allow you to exchange these seals for some mediocre gear and decent goodies. Here are the only things worth exchanging.

• Aetheryte Ticket - Never spend gil on teleporting again. (Free teleport)
• Valfruit Seeds - ONLY exchange if you have access to a gardening plot
• O'Ghomoro Berry Seeds - ONLY exchange if you have access to a gardening plot
  The BEST way to farm allied seals is with blue mage via Blue Mage log and Masked Carnivale. I wont go into details because that's a whole other guide.

Beginner Level: Gatherers

Gathering is personally one of my favorite Gil methods and was my original source of income. While some may call it** very boring**, I personally think its a really relaxing activity and one of the easiest and simplest method of making Gil. You just pick up a tool and gather away.
DoH Description Location

MIN, mines and hits rocks Ul'dah - Steps of Thal[cdn.discordapp.com]

BTN, Harvest and hits trees Old Gridania[cdn.discordapp.com]

Leveling gatherers

As you're probably going to find out on your own, gathering is just stat checks and somewhat managing your GP, but this really won't be a problem until you reach past 50 and are trying to hit milestone levels 58,65,70,80.
There's is really only a couple of ways to level gatherers other than just gathering and the REALLY good ways of leveling gatherers are locked until the start and end of Heavenward, but even so, here are your options:

Grand Company Delivery Missions

• EXP scales with level for Gatherer
• HQ deliveries give double EXP
  
  
  Levequest
  - Gain 3 every 12 hours.
  - Store up to 100 Levequest
  
  Collectables
  - Unlocked at the start of Heavensward
  -** Access to Yellow/white Gatherers' Scrip**
  
  
  Diadem
  - Unlocked at the end of Heavensward
  - BEST method to level gathering jobs
  
  ** Custom Deliveries**
  - Unlocked at Idyllshire
  -** Weekly source** of White/Yellow Scrip
  
  More details on this later

Making profit

While doing almost anything is profitable as a gatherer, a lot of it is just complete junk and is not worth your time gathering.
While I would love to tell you every single junk node and non-junk node worth farming, its just way too much unnecessary information that you can discover on your own.
If you think you'll have trouble finding stuff to gatherer, here are a few recommendation

• Unspoiled nodes - (Timed nodes unlocked @ lvl 46) are pretty much where a majority of your money making is going to come from as a gatherer.
• Class quest items - Slower method, but people will buy class quest items instead of gathering it themselves
• Housing Recipes - Popular housing items used A LOT in housing like White Rectangular Partition are a good start
• Normal/Master Recipes - Browse over recipes for crafters and gather the raw materials used to make those recipes
• Ishgard Restoration Recipes - Ishgard restoration recipes require a material from the diadem accessible to only gatherers
• Airships/Submarines components - Materials needed in bulk and will always be bought
• Timeworn maps - **Unlocked past lvl 40+ ** always hidden, recommend going for Boarskin Map in the early game. More unlocked at later stages of the game

Miner Nodes

Miner is by far my favorite gatherer of choice and is my most knowledgeable gatherer between Botanist and Fisher. While there really isn't anything different or special with the job, one thing worth noting is that miner pairs REALLY well with BSM/ARM/GSM
As I said before, I would love to talk about each and every ore in the game and their uses but that's waaay too much unnecessary information that you can** find out** on your own.
Anyways, here is my recommendation on what to mine:


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