Where are the hardcoded (non-MB) gold "faucets" in FFXIV?

[Kacho_Nacho]

Ultimately, it's not difficult to accumulate gil so long as you don't spend gil. And outside of teleport costs, there's little, if any, need to spend gil.

Gil is mainly for vanity items, housing related things, and convenience purchases. You should never need to buy gear* from either vendors or the market board for gil just to hit an ilvl requirement.

Also remember that, like in pretty much every other MMO, if you aren't max level yet, then you aren't making the most gil/gold/credits/XXXcurrency that you can. But if you're expect something like WoW's 2000 gold emissary quests of 5000 gold island expedition missions, you're not going to find those here. The closest thing to that is the weekly Doman Enclave turn in that will get you 40,000 gil a week.

It's possible to have enough gil to buy an apartment before hitting Heavensward story content, but if you aren't playing the market, that will probably severely deplete your gil and you'll need time to accumulate more to furnish it.

*emphasis mine*

The bolded part is true for damage dealers and healers. However, tanks may need to purchase accessories to bring up their ilevel requirements. It depends on how lucky you are with drops.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

*emphasis mine*

The bolded part is true for damage dealers and healers. However, tanks may need to purchase accessories to bring up their ilevel requirements. It depends on how lucky you are with drops.

That's really only true pre-50. Once you have access to Tomestone gear there's no reason you need to spend gil on gear.

Only partially true. You never need to buy gear for your main class while leveling, but when leveling your third or fourth class you may find that buying the gear is the least troublesome way of getting it.
After you reach level cap and gear up for the endgame you may also want to buy gear. It is either that or leveling crafters yourself or grinding tomestones for gear. Buying better gear from the Market Board is a legit way of getting it at level cap.

Also... I never said buying gear wasn't legitimate. I merely meant that once you have access to Tomestone gear, you don't have to spend Gil on gear to meet ilvl requirements while leveling. Meeting gear requirements with alt jobs is incredibly easy with access to tomestone gear. Heck even pre 50, if you have one combat job at 50+ you have the capability of earning GC seals in significant quantities and can buy pre-50 gear for your alt jobs with those to fill any gaps until you can use Tomestone gear.

[Kacho_Nacho]

That's really only true pre-50. Once you have access to Tomestone gear there's no reason you need to spend gil on gear.

Yeppers. Actually, discovered Idyllshire right after I posted.

I was like "I have HOW MUCH I can spend???" *giggle*

It was nice being able to gear up my main and an alt class so quickly. Biggest decision was which alt job to get to ilvl.

Anyways... I'm contributing too much to thread drift.

Back on topic, your mileage may vary, OP, but I have found selling items which low to medium level crafters want provides me a comfortable flow of gil.

There are always individuals leveling DoHs and they get impatient. So, they buy the mats they need rather than gather them. That's what's known as a market and I focus on those players.

[Avenger]

Treasure maps (particularly lv80 8p maps) may be one of the easiest ways to get gil using a battle job.

[Hiply]

So I decided to roll an actual alt to level SMN with - instead of adding the job to Hiply - and I gave him a 200k gil boost to get going. At 55 he's in mostly 120s and has ~630k on him from doing almost nothing but MSQ and unlock quests. I expect that trend to continue, and unless I feel some need to buy glamour gear I'll always have more money than I need. Poetics are your friend.

One thing I will do, when I start getting rafts of V and VI materia from runs and/or hunts at later levels, is go play materia roulette where I will occasionally hit the jackpot with some decently rare crafter materia that boost my gil count. Other than that, off-job quest HQ quest reward items can sell really well too once you start seeing them.

[Barraind]

I never said buying gear wasn't legitimate. I merely meant that once you have access to Tomestone gear, you don't have to spend Gil on gear to meet ilvl requirements while leveling.

If you're on a road to 70 server, and on normal servers to a lesser extent, if you arent spending gil, you should get used to taking gear upgrades for your main class every chance you get when offered, cause you're never going to have enough currency to stay behind, let alone caught up. My most recent alt was 58 before i could afford a single piece of ironworks visible gear.

You're also going to die when sneezed on at the start of every new expansion.

[Deceptus]

Do you daily and weekly hunts. At lvl 80 It's an easy 15K Gil per day, 120K gil per week.