Tips for making money help

Anyone have advice to make money in this game? right now am 35 have 60k
and only have crafting job LW at lvl 13. but everyone tells me that you dont earn
anything by having a crafting job. Kinda love the crafting system in this game.

And do you need all the crafting jobs? so you can use the crossskills?

if so what rotation are ppl using when crafting?

Big thanks any help i can get cheers Richard

Botanist.

Gather items, sell on markets.

40 dura = inner quiet, steady hand, waste not, basic touch, basic touch, basic touch, basic touch, steady hand, waste not, basic touch/hasty touch, basic touch/hasty touch, synthesis if 2x synth

and cross skill is important to make HQ, most of them you can get at lvl 15 easy peasy!

check marketboard frequently, what sells the most

Thanks all :) Dura whats that?

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Originally Posted by oceanlord

40 dura = inner quiet, steady hand, waste not, basic touch, basic touch, basic touch, basic touch, steady hand, waste not, basic touch/hasty touch, basic touch/hasty touch, synthesis if 2x synth

and cross skill is important to make HQ, most of them you can get at lvl 15 easy peasy!

check marketboard frequently, what sells the most

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do you need crafting jobs get those?

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Originally Posted by Moridin82

Thanks all :) Dura whats that?

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durability, material have 40 durability, gear have 80 durability
when your durability reach 0 but the synthesis havent finished yet then it is a failure and there is a chance you will lose all the material

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Originally Posted by Moridin82

do you need crafting jobs get those?

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yes, take every DoH and see by yourself what skill they have

Botanist, farm and sell logs or shards

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Originally Posted by ish007xx

Botanist, farm and sell logs or shards

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Where to obtain shards? that dungeona end game ?

Sell phil tomestones

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Originally Posted by Moridin82

Where to obtain shards? that dungeona end game ?

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You can get shards from gathering nodes of all levels. You will just have to go to different zones depending on what element you want, but the gathering log will tell you everything.

Materia is a pretty good way of making money on legacy servers as there are a lot of higher level crafters that will buy them.

Whoever told you that you don't gain anything from having a high level crafting jobs is dead wrong.

It is not as lucrative as it was in 1.0 but you can still make a ton of money. But if you are looking for some quick ways to gain gil without crafting try selling stacks of low level crafting mats that can be purchased from vendors. Things like Rubber, Rock Salt, Mineral Water, etc. They can all be purchased for next to nothing and resold on the wards for 4-5 times what you paid. People know there are vendors that sell them but would rather just pay at little more and get what they need in one place and not have to run around to find them. Its not a huge profit but selling a few stacks a day can earn you 5-10K depending on your servers market.

If you get into crafting, you'll need just about every craft in order to HQ things. Cross-class skills are very important. My rotation uses Inner Quiet, Steady Hand II, Hasty Touch, Tricks of the Trade, Careful Synthesis, Manipulation, and Rumination. I keep the first two buffs up full time and spam Hasty Touch. Whenever my condition is Good, I hit Tricks of the Trade. I use Manipulation when I hit 20 durability (Main reason for this setup is to be able to use manipulation a lot via CP restoration), and Rumination when I hit a point where I need more CP and have no other options, with Careful Synthesis to actually finish the synth.

Now, as far as making money with crafts goes, most things won't make you money. However, you can make money on things that are highly desired by the community. Mostly this will be things used in quests, such as the crafting class quests, crafting leves, or the relic quest. It can also work a a convenience factor, as you can obtain any item you please without having to worry about the market for the most part.

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If you are looking for some quick ways to gain gil without crafting try selling stacks of low level crafting mats that can be purchased from vendors. Things like Rubber, Rock Salt, Mineral Water, etc. They can all be purchased for next to nothing and resold on the wards for 4-5 times what you paid. People know there are vendors that sell them but would rather just pay at little more and get what they need in one place and not have to run around to find them. Its not a huge profit but selling a few stacks a day can earn you 5-10K depending on your servers market.

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I dunno. I find it so annoying that many people sell items totally undercost, even at a price cheaper than NPC vendors'. Even some HQ ones. sold for 1-10 gil. Yes, there are some that sells well, but one really must study the market to find them. I really wonder why they waste time and slots to sell in the marketboard, they could go straight to any vendor and in many cases make more money.

ok cheers thanks

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Originally Posted by Michelasso

I dunno. I find it so annoying that many people sell items totally undercost, even at a price cheaper than NPC vendors'. Even some HQ ones. sold for 1-10 gil. Yes, there are some that sells well, but one really must study the market to find them. I really wonder why they waste time and slots to sell in the marketboard, they could go straight to any vendor and in many cases make more money.

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Well I am actually referring to the items that you purchase from NPCs for anywhere from 1 -8 gil each, and they sell for 20-60 gil each. Doesn't seem like much but if you're selling by the stack it generates a worthwhile amount quick enough. But again, it really depends on your server.

The only reason people pay more for this stuff is for convenience of getting everything they need in one window. They don't want to have to track down an NPC to save a few gil.