Ways to make Gil?

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08-20-2019, 01:56 AM
mario710

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Originally Posted by MrKusakabe

A question: What do you need the money for?

I am also almost always comparably poor (right now I think 660,000 Gil). I used to be very much under pressure because of my funds ingame. That stopped as soon as I realized I do not need that much actually. I am just running my dailies, roulettes and some story quests, I could so far afford gear, Materia and all that stuff that got me always further in the story or at least a significant improvement with the Gils I made inbetween.

Apart from FC house related things, are you sure you even need those Gil?

If it's a personal sort of highsore you want to achieve then I can't help you. Or levelling crafters or something for the materials. But you are Level 80, so you should've figured out that Gil are not that super important as it's just a minor currency (compared to e.g. Tokens or Tomestones). Just to take off some pressure of your chest of the actual "need" to make Gil.

Anyone at max level with 660K max should be worried. By definition, you are below the poverty line.
08-20-2019, 02:01 AM
DumdogsWorld

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Originally Posted by mario710

Anyone at max level with 660K max should be worried. By definition, you are below the poverty line.

To be fair, there are different kinds of poverty is this game. There are those who make no gil, and then there are those (like myself) who spend it faster than we bother to make it.

*cough* materia *cough*
08-20-2019, 02:05 AM
Mistyregions

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrKusakabe

A question: What do you need the money for?

I am also almost always comparably poor (right now I think 660,000 Gil). I used to be very much under pressure because of my funds ingame. That stopped as soon as I realized I do not need that much actually. I am just running my dailies, roulettes and some story quests, I could so far afford gear, Materia and all that stuff that got me always further in the story or at least a significant improvement with the Gils I made inbetween.

Apart from FC house related things, are you sure you even need those Gil?

If it's a personal sort of highsore you want to achieve then I can't help you. Or levelling crafters or something for the materials. But you are Level 80, so you should've figured out that Gil are not that super important as it's just a minor currency (compared to e.g. Tokens or Tomestones). Just to take off some pressure of your chest of the actual "need" to make Gil.

Well looking at your character and jobs, and your fashion, I can probably come to the conclusion you dont do endgame, housing, or even glamor. So yah of course you dont need gil is your dont play the actual game.
08-20-2019, 02:16 AM
Ayuhra

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Originally Posted by UnrealTai

Im just going to come right out and say it and its probably going to make a few people pissed but hey, theres already enough of us doing it. Few more who read this is going to be small.

I see youre on Crystal DC.
Join the Centurio Hunt discord, and do hunt trains. You can make 3m per hour/hr and a half with them since there are so many players doing it, so a full train may last 90 minutes or less only.
You said you fall asleep gathering, this you will not. Besides the rate of gil per hour doing this exceeds anything except for MB waiting.

Take all the Goetia from one train, buy items in eulmore for goetia once train is over, sell items on MB, easy 1 million gil.
Take all the cluster drops, convert them in eulmore into whatever materia is selling good on your server, another 1.5-2.5 mil.
All within 90 minutes.

Proceed to upgrade all your gear to 450 since you can afford it now for only 90 minutes of a hunt train. Repeat process 1 more time and use all the clusters to put materia on your own crap, problems solved. Repeat as needed for greed.

As a gatherer, I can attest that the income is low on crystal DC because people are stupid and dont know how to cut by a penny, they cut by 80% multiple times until a 3000 gil item is only 70 gil.

Dont do it until SE handles the bot problem if ever. I make money on it but no where near as fast as 3m per hour doing hunt trains.

And yeah, maps are a waste of time. They are like going to a casino. They are fun but you typically are not going to come out ahead in the end. The above is guaranteed money for your time, and requires 0 effort into gather or crafting roles, just be lvl 80 thats it.

Do not think discord links can be posted here.
Just try to keep an eye on your party finder (world) during daytime hours, noon til midnight for hunt trains, If you see it, join them, then ask for a discord link.
They run 12 hours of the day pretty much, they do a train > swap servers > repeat all day.

If you went ahead and just dedicated an entire day off to trains you could easily make 15 mil +
Be sure to thank Melodius for putting this together for Crystal.

P.s. if people can stop high jacking the thread for personal bs thatd be great. Stop arguements and crap like sell your body, someone asked a legitimate question and theres like 3 legit responses in 6 pages. Is it toddler hour?

I am a crusty old woman who doesn't do Discord but do they ever post in Party Finder? Hunt train sounds more interesting than the crud I've BEEN doing...
08-20-2019, 02:43 AM
mario710

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Originally Posted by Mistyregions

Well looking at your character and jobs, and your fashion, I can probably come to the conclusion you dont do endgame, housing, or even glamor. So yah of course you dont need gil is your dont play the actual game.

Just logging in to log in.

/laughs
08-20-2019, 03:32 AM
DynnDiablos

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Originally Posted by Mistyregions

Well looking at your character and jobs, and your fashion, I can probably come to the conclusion you dont do endgame, housing, or even glamor. So yah of course you dont need gil is your dont play the actual game.

Wow, girl you read that little lala like a Rupaul reading room O_O
08-20-2019, 03:52 AM
Gihwezi

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Originally Posted by MrKusakabe

A question: What do you need the money for?
I am also almost always comparably poor (right now I think 660,000 Gil).

Oh so you broke broke.
08-20-2019, 04:29 AM
Jimmymagic

HUh? I have like 3.4 mil just from main scenario, roulettes, and selling low level mats on MB----I'm not even half way through Stormblood. BTW in my community anything under 20 mil is broke.
08-20-2019, 04:44 AM
jarlmcqueen

Fleece and Ovim fleece sell fairly well yet on my server. Those are always options. Easy kills and decent money for 30 min or less of work.
08-20-2019, 04:49 AM
mario710

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Originally Posted by XenabelleS

I'm floating between 300k and 400k. The most I have ever had is 600k. I'm not selling very much atm cause I need stuff to level crafters.

How is that even possible? From MSQ questing alone you'll amass 2.5 million.
08-20-2019, 04:50 AM
mario710

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Originally Posted by Jimmymagic

HUh? I have like 3.4 mil just from main scenario, roulettes, and selling low level mats on MB----I'm not even half way through Stormblood. BTW in my community anything under 20 mil is broke.

I doubt you speak for your entire community.
08-20-2019, 04:55 AM
Valkyrie_Lenneth

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Originally Posted by mario710

I doubt you speak for your entire community.

I have almost 70mil and a medium house, and I'm not a crafter. Nor do I capitalize on early time mat or gathering sales either. Maps and roulettes are most of my fortune.

The bump to roulette adv in need bonuses during heavensward and stormblood made getting gil ridiculously easy.
08-20-2019, 04:58 AM
Jimmymagic

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Originally Posted by mario710

I doubt you speak for your entire community.

ask anyone on there if you don't believe me? I have people in my former FC sitting on 100 mil or more. Gil is a non issue unless you buy everything and don't farm.
08-20-2019, 06:58 AM
Yamr3

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Originally Posted by Ayuhra

I am a crusty old woman who doesn't do Discord but do they ever post in Party Finder? Hunt train sounds more interesting than the crud I've BEEN doing...

Hang around player hubs and ask in Shout Chat if anyone can invite you to a Hunt Linkshell. Most of the time, Hunt Trains send out the notification that they're starting in Discord and the Linkshells. It may take a couple hours to find someone to invite you.
08-20-2019, 12:53 PM
Gihwezi

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Originally Posted by XenabelleS

I'm floating between 300k and 400k. The most I have ever had is 600k. I'm not selling very much atm cause I need stuff to level crafters.

Well tbqh I'm not a crafter either :x I don't have all my crafters to 50, and don't have any that's even 70. I also spend big money on glamour all the time because I'm big dumb and have extremely bad impulse control and will buy something just because I want it, so I blow gil pretty fast. I still have 20 million.
08-20-2019, 01:38 PM
Gwaeron

The game throws money at you for doing almost any activity. Just don't be wasteful and almost anything, even stuff that seems worthless, can be turned into money.

Turn old gear into GC seals and GC seals into money.
Desynth what you can.
Join roulettes as adventurer in need and get extra money, extra seals and possibly clusters to trade for materia.
Get Wondrous Tails rewards that can be sold directly or turned into something that can be sold.
Don't throw or sell worthless materia, take it to Central Thanalan and try to Get A Good Materia. The probability of getting DoL or DoH materia isn't too bad, and that stuff can be worth tons of money.
Don't take the Allagan bronze/silver/goldpiece rewards from quests, they're always worth less than other optional rewards.
Spend tomestones whenever you're about to be full. Check which material, orchestrion scroll or other tradeable item gives the most gil per tomestone at the moment.
Do the weekly custom deliveries. Gives tons of scrips, that can be traded for materia and other stuff that sells well.
If you find gathering for materials in one place for hours on end too boring, try the High-Octane Super Exciting version of traveling around to get legendary or unspoiled nodes.
Or just gather your daily Zonureskin map, usually worth around 100000 gil on my server, for a minute or two of work.
If you don't want to spend much time gathering but still make money, just spend the four Eorzean hours when you happen to be free and an ephemeral node spawns. Easy 400000 gil in just a few minutes from aetherial reduction with my poor gathering rate - I'm sure people with actual good gear can create much more aethersand => more money than I can in one cycle.
Buy stuff from the AH that is easy to turn into something considerably more valuable. ARR primal drops into barding, faded orchestrion scrolls into useful orchestrion scrolls. No farming required, just takes a minute to buy the material and do the craft.
Finish the facet quests, the last quest in each questline gives DoL/DoH materia VIII rewards so they're worth a few million all in all.
08-20-2019, 02:02 PM
Kokomi

The most scalable way to make gil is through gathering/crafting and knowing the marketboard. There are lots of other ways to make gil which have already been mentioned, and it should be more than enough to buy what you need unless you're interested in something like savage week 1.

If you want a consistent way to make millions of gil then IMO there isn't really an intrinsically "fun" method. I have fun crafting and trying to play the market because of the gil-making possibilities (and then proceed to never buy anything and hoard gil). But as a gatherer/crafter the sky is the limit, the only cost is your time spent on it when you could be doing other things that might be more fun.
08-20-2019, 04:44 PM
AlphaFox

Majority of my cash came from crafting materials, minions and orchestrion rolls from new content. Kinda helps not having a "OMG I need X now!!!" mindset. Usually rebuy or farm when it's cheaper or easier. Recall the bluebird, I think it was from the Aquapolis was about 10mil.
08-20-2019, 04:54 PM
RyuSaarva

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

Majority of my cash came from crafting materials, minions and orchestrion rolls from new content. Kinda helps not having a "OMG I need X now!!!" mindset. Usually rebuy or farm when it's cheaper or easier. Recall the bluebird, I think it was from the Aquapolis was about 10mil.

it was a rare drop from the solo level 50 green map, it became worthless soon after they added it to other content.
08-20-2019, 04:57 PM
AlphaFox

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Originally Posted by RyuSaarva

it was a rare drop from the solo level 50 green map, it became worthless soon after they added it to other content.

Yeah was quite sometime ago but still cashed in on the craze before the price drop.
08-20-2019, 04:58 PM
RyuSaarva

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Originally Posted by Jimmymagic

ask anyone on there if you don't believe me? I have people in my former FC sitting on 100 mil or more. Gil is a non issue unless you buy everything and don't farm.

great so a bunch of bankers made their own fc, most players don't have anywhere near your fortune.
08-20-2019, 05:08 PM
Amaterasu_

For all you people who has trouble making gil.
Invest your time into crafting and gathering, I cannot stress this enough.
You do not have to level all the crafters just one.
But it would be helpful it you at least have the cross skills of other crafting class.
Like “Tricks Of The Trade” which is very important for crafting HQ gear.
Also a gathering class that is able to support your crafter in gathering materials is also a huge money safer instead the materials from the market board.

Each day I sell around 250k - 500k of the gear I made with barely spending 20k on materials but depends on how lucky I am with the price costs.
On the weekends I mostly sell 1million +
Since more people are active during the weekends.

Learn your marketboard from your server.
Invest serious time into crafting and gathering and at the end it will reward you really well.
08-30-2019, 10:32 AM
Ssmiley_Bjakkzz

Helluuuuuuuu
08-30-2019, 01:18 PM
Genjuro

Before I started gathering I pedaled goods from vendors all over with a small mark-up for some pretty easy gil. I still do this with some specific items. You just have to research a bit. You won't be buying a house with the profits anytime soon, but it was okay.

I also hunted for pelts, meats, bones and stuff. The only thing about this was that it wasn't a guarantee drop so it became kind of a chore.
08-30-2019, 08:21 PM
MomomiMomi

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Originally Posted by RyuSaarva

great so a bunch of bankers made their own fc, most players don't have anywhere near your fortune.

Honestly, anyone who's been playing for a few years and isn't wasteful with their gil should easily have over 50 million gil without even trying.

Take this post here as an example of such a player:

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

I have almost 70mil and a medium house, and I'm not a crafter. Nor do I capitalize on early time mat or gathering sales either. Maps and roulettes are most of my fortune.

The bump to roulette adv in need bonuses during heavensward and stormblood made getting gil ridiculously easy.

In my own case, I stopped trying to make gil 4 years ago. I still have more than 100 million more than I had at the time I stopped putting effort into it. I do gather and craft, but only casually and for myself and friend. I don't intentionally do either for the purpose of selling them. The only time I put things up for sale on the MB is to make room in my inventory. I don't care what the price is and will aggressively undercut anyone who gets in my way. Drop the price by 100k or more? Don't mind if I do. The exception is when things are worth so little they aren't even worth listing, in which case I just discard or vendor them.

And no, I don't play a ton. I routinely unsubscribe to the game, for 3-6 months at a time sometimes.
08-31-2019, 01:09 AM
Renato

What works for me is materia selling.

I too get bored with crafting...gathering jobs like the fisher and miners, I do find pretty enjoyable though.

But honestly, You can make a pretty good amount of gil by just running high level dungeons, farming VII and VIII grade materia and selling it on the Market Boards. DET, CRIT and DH VIII materia sell for around 40k on my server. It definitely adds up.

Also, if dungeon running is your thing, roll for the minions and ochestrion rolls and hope RNG is on your side. Some of them sell for pretty high amounts.
08-31-2019, 02:30 AM
TheMightyMollusk

I send my retainers on quick ventures and sell whatever they bring back. Usually it's only good for pocket change, but once in a while they bring back something valuable. Once they brought me three sets of jet black dye in a single day, that was a nice pile of gil.
08-31-2019, 09:48 AM
Kacho_Nacho

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Originally Posted by Gwaeron

The game throws money at you for doing almost any activity. Just don't be wasteful and almost anything, even stuff that seems worthless, can be turned into money.

Turn old gear into GC seals and GC seals into money.

How do you turn old gear into GC seals then GC seals into money? I've never heard of this.

And to answer the OP, search the markboard for deals on good looking glamour gear. Buy them and sell for a higher but reasonable price.
Also, partner up with someone. One of you be the crafter. The other be the gatherer. This will allow both of you to level your jobs faster and start selling the stuff players really want.
08-31-2019, 10:06 AM
DenzelVilliers

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

How do you turn old gear into GC seals then GC seals into money? I've never heard of this

You must buy craft mats in your GC using seals for it, like Coke for example.
08-31-2019, 10:11 AM
Moonlite

Get as many retainers as possible and spam the hell out of ventures. Its a better form of lottery then golden saucer. Also you get extra MB slots to sell all that stuff.
08-31-2019, 12:05 PM
Nicodemus_Mercy

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

How do you turn old gear into GC seals then GC seals into money? I've never heard of this.

And to answer the OP, search the markboard for deals on good looking glamour gear. Buy them and sell for a higher but reasonable price.
Also, partner up with someone. One of you be the crafter. The other be the gatherer. This will allow both of you to level your jobs faster and start selling the stuff players really want.

You can use seals to buy things like cordials to sell, furniture (the portraits are popular), and the non-binding stuff for the Heavensward Anima relic.
08-31-2019, 04:35 PM
ElazulHP

I haven't touched crafting/gathering yet this expansion, but last expansion I made hundreds of millions of gil as an omnicrafter. Really that is where the most amount of gil is going to be made. Though it is an extreme time investment leveling everything up if you're starting from scratch. If you're just looking for some casual gil I'd at least recommend leveling your gatherers. Even a low level miner can make a million gil an hour selling materials that are required in all kinds of recipes. The omnicrafters rarely gather their own materials I've found instead favoring to buy from the MB in bulk and likewise craft in bulk so in that there is opportunity.

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