Where can I find merchants that sell my level gear?

[Artaniss]

I am now 15 and my gear is lacking I can not use the market nor do I want to at low levels because you out level gear so quick so I was wondering where I can find merchants that sell gear for my level as I gain every 5 levels or so? Please let me know.Thanks...

[Katra]

From what I've noticed, you can usually buy level appropriate gear at camps where you usually accept that level range's leves. Using the Limsa region as an example, at level 15 you can start to do leves at Aleport. There is a merchant in Aleport that will sell gear appropriate for levels 15-20. Going by the database, http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...c/10a26df097c/, the merchant seems to be at (22, 22). There may be some exceptions, such as possibly Quarrymill. The leves in Quarymill range from 20-30, but I think the gear sold is only for either the lower or upper 20s from what I remember.

If you are interested, you can visit this page, http://eorzeareborn.com/map/, to see where to pick up leves at any given level.

[Urthdigger]

Honestly any gear you find from a merchant is going to be the same gear players can craft. You'll likely be able to find it CHEAPER on the marketboards, as well as high-quality versions (slightly higher stats, on par with dungeon drops of the same item level)

[nuyu11]

NPC sell more expensive... Market Board more cheaper.
But I suggest don't buy it, ask you FC friend to craft for you, don't ask for HQ gear ask them to craft normal gear, they will hep.

[Tusembobel]

Ye, I would suggest u to visit market more often, cause some leves or class quests reward you with some pieces of gear. And ofc when half of server have same stuff they sell it very cheap. But. If u plan on focusing some single class so far just don't bother with gear untill you are 50 lvl. From 50 all gear stuff are bought with different tomestones, which are rewarded to u for dungeons, fates, leves, treasure maps, etc.

[Niwashi]

Honestly any gear you find from a merchant is going to be the same gear players can craft. You'll likely be able to find it CHEAPER on the marketboards

Sometimes that's the case, and I do agree you should check the Market Board, but its listings are quite variable. Something that costs a couple thousand gil from a vendor might be available one day for only a couple hundred on the MB, but another day the MB listings might start at ten or twelve thousand, or might not be available at all. Vendors are the fallback when the MB either doesn't have what you want or only has it at ridiculously high prices. (And knowing what vendors would charge for it helps identify what qualifies as "ridiculously high prices".)

Oh, this variability means that while leveling up it's also a good idea to check the MB for stuff you can't use yet but will be able to within a few levels. If you find a particularly good deal on something you're going to want later, pick it up while you can. By the time you need it, it might not be available or might cost a lot more.

as well as high-quality versions (slightly higher stats, on par with dungeon drops of the same item level)

This is the the other big reason for checking the MB. Vendors only sell normal quality, so if a HQ version is available and affordable on the MB, it beats out anything else you can buy. (And sometimes you'll find HQ items for not much more than the NQ ones cost.) This is a particularly significant benefit for weapons, given how important their Damage stat is to your effectiveness, and for the major left side armour like chest and leg pieces. (For some of the jewelry pieces, on the other hand, the difference between NQ and HQ versions can be pretty negligible.)

[Anapingofness]

Niwashi nailed it.
Always check the MB for cheaper items since prices will fluctuate daily.

[Risvertasashi]

NPC sell more expensive... Market Board more cheaper.
But I suggest don't buy it, ask you FC friend to craft for you, don't ask for HQ gear ask them to craft normal gear, they will hep.

Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you ask them for HQ gear? Possibly my FC has spoiled me but I thought the sub-50 stuff was really easy to HQ...

[monochromicorn]

CHEAPER)

I LOL'd at this, most of those items are way overpriced on mb, even nq. I made my first 100k (not a lot, but when you make a profit of 1k or so, it can take a bit) relisting this stuff. After you hut 25, most people don't know where or don't care to find out where the items are sold, so the buy from the mb, even nq, for quite a bit more than the item is even worth.

Going g to the mb for leveling gear is the worst idea ever, I do not support it.

As was stated, go to where you find mobs at similar levels as you, go to the town, and if there's a leve meet and a merchant, they will sell you level appropriate gear.

[Nyalia]

It takes literally two more button presses to HQ a piece of level 15 gear (Great Strides + Advanced Touch - 500 quality should be enough). I can't imagine why anyone would craft an NQ item for a new player (instead of HQ), and the mats for those very low-level items are dirt cheap from NPC vendors.

If the OP was on my server, I'd offer to help, but since I'm not, hopefully he has people he can ask (such as an FC).