Gil sinks

[Vahlnir]

I'm terrible at making money in this game. It doesn't matter what I do I always have like under 2 million all the time.

Well, you see...

Is your problem making it, or is the problem how you spend it?

Even if you're not actively selling things on the MB, the game is throwing gil your way for doing just about any content that isn't PvP or Gold Saucer.

Levequests reward gil - might as well use up all those leve allowances you're accumulating.

Treasure maps reward gil in addition to the loot drops.

Many of the challenge log entries reward gil.

Roulettes reward gil your first time plus there's the Adventurer in Need bonus.

Doman Enclave is worth 40k a week once you've completed all the quests (the 20k value of the items donated plus an additional 20k bonus).

Daily and weekly hunt bills reward gil (not to mention you can use any Allied or Centurio Seals earned to buy Aetheryte tickets so you can stop paying teleport fees).

Side quests reward gil. Beast tribe dailies reward gil.

None of the amounts are huge but they all add up as you do more content. Making gil isn't a problem as long as you're actively playing the game. I have to laugh those times I'm passing by the Limsa Aetheryte and see people complaining about being poor. Of course they're poor. They're sitting there doing nothing instead of doing something that will earn gil.

Now spending it wisely is a problem for many players. They don't pay attention to what they're buying. The only notice they've run out when they don't have enough for the next item they wanted to buy. You'll end up with a lot of gil if you do the content the rewards the item you want yourself instead of heading to the MB to buy for convenience.

Pretty much all of this. The game literally throws gil at players, even passively. There's even more options available too that aren't listed here. Treasure maps, retainer ventures, grinding for items no one really wants to, etc.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I mostly make money by desynthing dungeon loot and selling it, along with whatever my retainers bring back from ventures, on the MB. I'm not super-rich, but I'm usually sitting at around 30 million with no real effort.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

I mostly make money by desynthing dungeon loot and selling it, along with whatever my retainers bring back from ventures, on the MB. I'm not super-rich, but I'm usually sitting at around 30 million with no real effort.

Pretty much the same for myself. Couple that with dailies, everything kinda adds up. Although quite recently I've almost completely stopped crafting and been working on that coffee biscuit leve on Crystarium. They rack up decent amount of gil for such a small effort, so I expect I'll have more freedom in spending Spending poorly & lack of self control is what makes us poor at the end of the day.

[Ardeth]

Well, you see...



Pretty much all of this. The game literally throws gil at players, even passively. There's even more options available too that aren't listed here. Treasure maps, retainer ventures, grinding for items no one really wants to, etc.

To be fair I spend more money on crafted 510 gear than anything else. I can't be assed to farm tomes atm. Trying to get everything to 80 and if I like a Job I buy the whole set. Sometimes it's under a million gil and sometimes it's over. Just depends on the market. I'm not buy rmt gil desperate, but the market for my random venture crap is rough is all I'm gonna say. I have had more luck selling cloth from the event than anything else lately. But I don't know what I would do if I had like 10 million gil. I would probably by the 10 things I want that cost 1 million gil that I don't want to buy because I would be too poor to teleport. But as I said gil is worthless to me outside of like mounts and glamour and even then not to sound rude but other player's drive glamour into the ground. It's like that with everything that comes out that you can buy. You see 1000 megiteck beds and your like maybe I don't want it. But honestly the last thing I bought was the Bozja hair and I want my money back the freaking rat tail mullet on the back flaps when I walk, but I didn't do my research so that's on me.

[Reinha]

To anyone struggling to have more than 1-2 mil at a time:

- Two level 80 battle retainers can bring 15-20k Gil / hour when you pick the right material. Ventures are by far the best use of GC seals assuming you don't already have too many venture coins. Even better if you have more than two retainers. (1 min each time, 40k+ Gil / day)
- Leveling roulette every day as adventurer in need. Buy crafting mats with uncapped tomes from the tome vendor. Try other roulettes for more Gil. (15 min, 30k Gil / day)
- Gather a zonureskin map every day. (2 min, 25k Gil /day)
- 6 cookie levequests per day. You can collect a map while you get coffee beans. (20 min, 50-100k per day depending on NQ/HQ)
- Dwarf beast tribe dailies, buy 3 of the rare crafting mat. (5 min, 20k Gil / day)

Check prices and make your own plan. It takes minimal effort to make at least 100k per day at level 80. You'll have at least 20 mil by the time Endwalker launches.

[Curisu]

You should also look on how you spent gil.

Do you really need that mount/ hairstyle/ glamour/ crafted gear at patch day?
Can't you wait 1-2 weeks when the price dropped by 50-90%?
If you want to buy something expensive, use the world travel system and check the other Marketboards.

Don't buy something when everyone else is buying it.
Like, don't buy treasure maps on the weekend.
Don't buy materia when new gear is available.
Don't buy buff food and potions on reset day.

Just think a bit about your spending and be more strict with yourself especially when you know that you are not good with handling money.