Gil making advice

[Jojoya]

Hello everyone,

Basically just picked up mining & crafting isn’t my forte, but I would to know if you can generate as much Gil by simply gathering mats that’s in demand for the crafting professions?

Would Botanist & Fishing help as much?

I am not to knowledgeable with the MB’s affairs & find it overwhelming to understand its system other than just selling.

Would much appreciate any tips

Can you generate a lot of gil? Sure. Will it be as much gil for the same time investment as a crafter? No. There are too many gathering bots flooding the MB.

Botanist has about the same potential as mining if you keep an eye on the marketboard for current prices and go after what's currently in demand.

I would avoid fishing for making gil. SE has turned it into more of a hobby than a useful gathering class, and the RNG for what little crafters want to buy gets annoying at times.

Sounds likes you understand the marketboard itself - it's there for players to sell to other players. The hard part is figuring out what other players want to buy and what they're willing to pay for those items.

If you don't want to get into researching prices, the level 60 materials gathered in Diadem are consistent sellers because so many players use the Restoration for leveling crafting jobs. Don't worry about which is the best seller since you can't control what you get. Just gather whatever level 60 material appears on a node.

As Vidu said, don't forget to gather your daily map if you have maps unlocked (you can pick up the quest in Wineport if you haven't done it yet). Search the MB for "timeworn" so you can check current map prices then go to nodes that drop the most valuable ones.
Leather, Goatskin, Toadskin, Boarskin and Peisteskin - level 40-50 nodes
Archaeoskin, Wyvernskin and Dragonskin - level 60 nodes
Gaganaskin and Gazelleskin - level 70 nodes
Gliderskin and Zonureskin - level 80 nodes

If you want to go the Aetherial Reduction route, check MB prices carefully first to see which Aethersands are going for good prices and being purchased on a daily basis. Some of them are almost never used anymore. Dawnborne (HW) is sometimes a good choice because it's needed for some of the level 60 crafting quest and GC supply items, and the bots aren't always gathering it. The ShB Aethersands are heavily botted so double check the MB prices before you gather those to make sure it's going to be worth your time.

If you're willing to give crafting a try, Coffee Biscuit leves are the current popular way to make a decent chunk of gil for little time investment. A week's worth of leve allowances is worth about 750k gil and it only takes about 90 minutes to gather, craft and turn in. As long as you do the crafting and gathering yourself, it completely bypasses the MB so you don't have to worry about other players cutting into your profit.