Making GIL with Gathering/Synthesis/Items/etc?

[Rhyagelle]

I see. I thought it'd be manual, but was hoping there was a better method. lol I'll check the boards today then, thanks guys!

[Dragonblanco]

I see. I thought it'd be manual, but was hoping there was a better method. lol I'll check the boards today then, thanks guys!

The best and most accurate methods will require you to take your time and look through it. That said, there are websites you can try to use but they rely on players using their mods (which is against ToS) to search and update pricing. Things like https://www.ffxivmb.com/

But a lot of it really is patience. If there were very quick and easy ways to get rich, everyone would do it. Just like real life, it takes special knowledge and/or a lot of hard work to get there. Btw, when you're getting things like Gysahl Greens, you're making sure to buy from vendors, right?

*Note*
I'm assuming you know this, but if you look at item descriptions it always shows if items can be desynthesized, how much you can sell to a vendor, but then it also says Shop Selling Price. It's very important to pay attention to that. If you see it can be bought from a vendor cheaper, then be careful on blowing money on the Market and all. If you don't know where it's sold, check out the official guide. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/

On their database it shows where items can be purchased and/or what it takes to craft it.

[Dragonblanco]

Thank you everyone for replying! We're not super far into the game, just got a few quests into Ceorthas, when we decided we needed money and fast. Repairs, food, gyshal greens etc was adding up really fast. I don't think we have Treasure Hunts unlocked yet, and only have the first lvl16 Roulette, but we do have the Palace of the Dead unlocked. We'll try to get a bit further into game too, so we can get the other things unlocked.

(We are on Primal, in Famfrit by the way).

EDIT

How do we check what's selling best on our server?

And wow, ok. I know it was showing you on Siren. If you're on Primal, try reaching out to me sometime in-game. I'm Dragon Blanco@Exodus I can always try to help you out a bit here and there. Even more if you'd get your butt over to Exodus! lol

[Rhyagelle]

And wow, ok. I know it was showing you on Siren. If you're on Primal, try reaching out to me sometime in-game. I'm Dragon Blanco@Exodus I can always try to help you out a bit here and there. Even more if you'd get your butt over to Exodus! lol

Yes, that's my main on Siren. I started a new character on Primal's Famfrit to play with my friend and sister (newcomers), and realized just how little I had finally and how much I actually spent in game. As for your earlier reply, yea, I make sure to buy them from vendors and whatnot. And I'm not sure I'm comfortable using mods, so I'll just do it the manual way and track through the board.

[Drkdays]

Just do bunny fates in Eureka. You'll make millions in a days, and that's if you don't find a mount to sell.

Also, a good tip for leveling through the game on a new character is to sell on the Market Board the HQ gear you get from quest rewards that you don't necessarily need. Easy money.

[Iscah]

Thank you everyone for replying! We're not super far into the game, just got a few quests into Ceorthas, when we decided we needed money and fast. Repairs, food, gyshal greens etc was adding up really fast.

You don't need to be buying food other than really cheap fruit to give you the flat 3% EXP buff.

The potentially cheapest option is alligator pears sold on the marketboard – they're leftovers from a class quest requiring people to gather loads of them looking for HQ ones. So you can often get those selling in big stacks for 1 or 2 gil apiece. If not then the cheapest fixed prices from NPCs are oranges from the culinarians' guild in Limsa (3 gil) or milk from the material suppliers in the main city market halls.


I would also guess that if you're "being prepared" with food, you may also be buying new gear as you level up. You only need to be geared for the content you're currently doing, because you'll be synched back down anyway, and the MSQ will be giving you gear from quests. You also get one piece of gear for your class guaranteed to drop at the end of every dungeon.

And have you unlocked the challenge log? There's a lot of free gil to be had from that.

[Rhyagelle]

You don't need to be buying food other than really cheap fruit to give you the flat 3% EXP buff.

The potentially cheapest option is alligator pears sold on the marketboard – they're leftovers from a class quest requiring people to gather loads of them looking for HQ ones. So you can often get those selling in big stacks for 1 or 2 gil apiece. If not then the cheapest fixed prices from NPCs are oranges from the culinarians' guild in Limsa (3 gil) or milk from the material suppliers in the main city market halls.


I would also guess that if you're "being prepared" with food, you may also be buying new gear as you level up. You only need to be geared for the content you're currently doing, because you'll be synched back down anyway, and the MSQ will be giving you gear from quests. You also get one piece of gear for your class guaranteed to drop at the end of every dungeon.

And have you unlocked the challenge log? There's a lot of free gil to be had from that.

Yes, mostly we have food from quests, but sometimes it runs out so we buy some cheap stuff from vendors, like raisins or something. I'll check for the alligator pears today. And yes, we finally found where to unlock the challenge log and unlocked it last night. We're gonna do it today as well.

[Illmaeran]

Something else to look into are Levequests. There are usually one or two per tier that have very easy material requirements and will net you a decent amount of gil; especially if you can find easy ones with triple turn ins.

If you don't mind having to go back out and collect materials to make gear as you level up, sell everything you get as long as it's going for at least 2x price you can get from a vendor. This will make sure you're not actually losing money due to market board fees. It may not seem like much at the time, but every little bit helps.

Unless you're using the materials for GC or Levequest turn-ins, sell all the HQ items you gather as they sell faster and make more money per sale. You'll be out leveling your personally crafted gear fast enough that making HQ versions for personal use isn't worth it. If you can reliably HQ these items, make a couple extra to put on the MB, chances are someone will buy it.

ALWAYS hand craft items. This will give you a better chance at making HQ items, will net you a lot more EXP per item which will get you leveled faster, which will allow you to make more lucrative items more quickly, etc, etc, etc.

Don't get caught up playing the Undercutting game. Find what you think to be a reasonable price for an item that isn't the lowest on the list, but isn't the highest either, and let it stay there. Demand is usually lowest during the week so people drop prices in hopes for sales. When demand goes up on the weekend chances are good that it'll sell. In some cases it's worth adjusting the price every day just to sell low-value NQ stuff to free up space to sell other things, but normally doing an adjustment on Sunday morning and sometimes mid-week helps. If you think something's valuable enough from your POV, it's worth leaving on the MB at the price you want to sell it at then wait for it to sell. It can take a while sometimes, but it'll eventually sell. I wouldn't use more than 5 slots per retainer on items like this though. Keep that low value stuff moving.

Make use of your retainers. Do as much content that gives you GC seals as possible which you will then use to buy Ventures and keep your retainers out in the field gathering things. Most of the time Quick Exploration doesn't results in big-ticket items, but sometimes it does, and with a 1 hr cool down, you can get a number of them done each day. Doing Hunting ventures is a fantastic way to target items that either sell well or can be used to make easy to craft items that sell for a decent amount.