Armory chest filling up

So I am lvling up my bard that is lvl 52 and my carpenter job is at 31 while gathering job like botanist and mining is at lvl 30 .
Now the problem I am facing is that my armory chest is filling up and someone in my fc suggested that I desynthesize but for most armor the button is greyed out . Any way I can maybe reduce the bloat in armory chest without doing anything wrong that might effect bad on my leveling other jobs .

Just sell (through a retainer) or discard the junk you don’t need to keep. I try to keep my crafting and gathering jobs about even levels to avoid any issues, but even when I wasn’t, I only got low on space when I kept a bunch of the weathered or other low level garbage in my AC.

It isn’t really worth worrying about that junk. Just throw it out.

You need to have a crafting class at level 30 to unlock desysnthesis. Another option is to turn in unneeded pink/green/blue items to your grand company. If you're at least Sergeant Second Class you have access to "expert delivery" which lets you trade equipment for GC seals.

Really though, don't worry too much about hoarding equipment for leveling other classes. You can always get more gear later. The "hold on to it in case I need it later" mentality is hard to break, but you'll just drive yourself crazy and and fill up your inventory if you don't purge old items occasionally.

Tip in addition: try to have roles at same levels to share more gear between them

Inventory management is the not-so-secret end boss of FF14. No amount of space is ever enough, so it's unfortunately up to us to thoughtfully manage our items so we don't end up full and then have to spend hours cleaning our figurative rooms. A couple tips:

If you don't need something, get rid of it! Armor you're no longer using, crafting items you think you might use someday, etc. Marie Kondo has the right of it: look at each item you own, and ask yourself whether it's truly worth the inventory space it's occupying.

If you decide to get rid of something, sell them via your Retainer on the Market if they'll earn you some decent cash, otherwise just sell them to a vendor or discard them.

In case it's not obvious, you can move the gear in your armory to your other inventories as well. So if you have gear you're not actively using, but you want to save it for another job you're leveling, you can store it in your retainer, etc, until you need it.

With the exception of your primary combat class, I recommend only updating your gear for a class every 10 levels. You don't need to keep around boots that are level 31, 33, and 37; the increase in stats is generally not going to make a meaningful difference. Getting rid of this "inbetween" gear will help keep you uncluttered.

Don't forget to store gear that you're only keeping around because it looks cool in your Glamour Dresser, which can be accessed at any inn. You can then make your new gear look like the gear in your Glamour Dresser, without having it in your actual armory.

If you're feeling very low on cash and resources, you can find out how easy it is to replace gear by looking at the details listed below its stats. If there's a "Sale Price" (not "Sells for"), that means that's the price to buy the item again from an NPC vendor. If it doesn't have a Sale Price, that means the gear is either crafted or drops from a dungeon or something. You can check the Market Board for items like this, which will give you the going price if it is crafted gear and if it's not listed then that means it probably comes from a dungeon, which generally means it takes a little luck to replace it.

And in the end, don't stress too hard about whether it's okay to get rid of something. Most items are either garbage or easily replaced, and the more you play, the more money and strength you'll have to easily replace them.

Best of luck!

Also, make sure you do the "My Feisty Little Chocobo" quest at Camp Tranquil in the South Shroud. Among other things, it gives you an extra 70 inventory slots in the form of a 'chocogo saddlebag.'

Thanks people .that has cleared my mind about what to do

Another inventory tip... get the companion app upgrade... costs $5/mo. Gets you an extra retainer, AND another saddlebag.

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Originally Posted by RiversideGuy

Another inventory tip... get the companion app upgrade... costs $5/mo. Gets you an extra retainer, AND another saddlebag.

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Honestly: not worth it. An extra retainer is 2$. So getting more of those is way cheaper.

Yes and no... the only way to get that other choco saddlebag, inv you can access everywhere. PLUS I think it also gives on a free destination. Thought extra retainers were more than 2 bucks though.

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Originally Posted by RiversideGuy

Yes and no... the only way to get that other choco saddlebag, inv you can access everywhere. PLUS I think it also gives on a free destination. Thought extra retainers were more than 2 bucks though.

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Not everywhere. Not in instances where you would actually need them. When are you not in a city / a house / somewhere with a retainer bell? Barely any need to get in the world but yes it is the only way to get the second bag. Retainers give you 175 slots (the bag gives 70) and can gather you items, carry gil and shards and have 20 slots for selling items. I honestly think the app upgrade is overpriced.