How to Fix a DISASTER Inventory (bag cleanup guide)

Does it spark joy? 🤔 Bonus: 2-minute timelapse of a 3-hour cleanup process ✨ How to manage your inventory space in FFXIV !

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[ZeplaHQ]

Here's my organization list, as shown in the video. ♡


❗ If it CAN go in the Armoire, it SHOULD.
Zepla:


🛎️Retainer 1: Dungeon & Raid Gear
Retainer 2: Weapons + Crafter Gear
Retainer 3: Mats & Currency
Retainer 4: Eureka stuff/ Things to Sell
Retainer 5: AF Gear/ job quest gear

👚 Glamour Dresser: Mogstation Glam, PvP, level 1 crafted glamours., Grand Company Glamours

👜 Saddlebag: gardening seeds, dyes, terebinth, fishing bait


Rimini:

🛎️Retainer 1. Weapons + Mats & Currency
Retainer 2. Pre-5.0 Dungeon & Raid Gear

👚 Glamour Dresser: Mogstation Glam, PvP, level 1 crafted glamours, Grand Company Glamours, Job Quest Gear, Shadowbringers gear

👜 Saddlebag: dyes, terebinth, glamour prisms

[hiddenhypex]

I never knew I needed a FFXIV Marie Kondo in my life, and you've shown me the light. Would love mini-series of clutter cleaning hahaha

[FinalShadow]

I just love Zepla's voice. Makes it real easy to actually watch the vids.

[Rc]

Turning in gear for seals was such a game changer when I started doing it a few months ago. Not sure why I hadn't been doing it from the start. It's so convenient, especially with the 90k seal cap when you're promoted to Captain

[Lonlyboysh]

"Emotional baggage in shb"
Im still at ARR and this emotional baggage weighs a ton already

[AnnoyingSquib]

I seriously wish they would just give fishers a tackle box already. My chocobo's saddlebags are full of bait. I know they tried to limit the amount of bait by selling certain lures, but we should have had a better way to store bait for a long time now.

[smirwarf]

I did not know you could get more retainers and extend the bag to show all bags! This video was super helpful thank you! Time to finally clear my bags before continuing on the stormblood msq.

[RyuSaarva]

I fix my inventory by throwings things away...and then in the next patch I go to gather them again because you need them for the new recipes.

[orniky]

Exactly the kind of video i just needed, my bags are constantly full and my retainers are a mess, thanks a bunch zepla!

[ItsCharmazing]

I'm new to ffxiv so I don't have a lot of stuff, but this helped me learn what everything can do. Thank you!

[ApexMark]

Very well done. Short, concise, valuable content, entertaining, and with a beautiful, articulate voice. The ending was great. : )

[bryantm]

I just did a similar process a few weeks ago, but with 8 years worth of stuff! Oh man, it took me an entire nights worth of play time, but man was it worth it. I also have 5 retainers, but my list is a bit different because I do not have any crafters leveled and I only do mining as a gathering job-- the organization is as follows:

Retainer 1: Mats, Materia, Currency
Retainer 2: Tank gear
Retainer 3: Physical DPS gear (tight fit!!!)
Retainer 4: Magic DPS / Gathering gear
Retainer 5: Healing gear

Saddlebag - Current currency, food

[Squeebop]

Thank you thank you thank you!

I have needed this so bad! I'm just getting back after taking a break during HW and I don't know what to do with all my stuff.

This video was just what I needed, I learned so much from it.

You're the best!

[DigiFox]

Your milage may vary with this one, but here's a good tip:
There's a setting in Character Settings that allows you to put all new gear in your inventory rather than directly into your Armoury Chest. As someone who's Armoury Chest was just *full* of guff that he didn't need, this setting now saves my goddamn life, since you can sort stuff before it goes into that void at all. Might be worth considering provided you've got the bag space to begin with :)

[JDWonders]

It's cool to see how the way you organize retainers differs from me.

I keep items that are "commonly used" on my character inventory, so it just ends up being a mix of random things.

I'm a high-volume omnicrafter, so all of my retainers are dedicated to crafting materials of all kinds.
Retainer 1 = Metals
Retainer 2 = Woods
Retainer 3 = Cloths
Retainer 4 = Leathers
Retainer 5 = Plants
Retainer 6 = Meats
Retainer 7 = Alchemy + Misc Craft Materials
Retainer 8 = Dyes, Prisms, & Gear Storage
Retainer 9 = Materia of literally every kind, including discontinued ones like PvP materia, elemental materia, and main stat materia.

In my chocobo saddlebag I carry potions, ethers, cordials, +int/str/mind/agi pots, meals, other random consumables, and boss "totems".

I also realize that my glamour game is pretty weak compared to yours. My system only works for me because I lean very heavy towards materials hoarding and only lightly towards gear hoarding.

[Wlf]

Words cannot express how much I need this advice

[nekoali]

Good, useful information. Thank you. I'm still new to the game, so I haven't got to this level yet, but I can already see everything filling up my inventory spaces and it's good to get a head start on it, rather than wait until it gets out of hand.

[overratedcynic]

I can also recommend to use the browser application 'Retain me Not' that shows which items on your retainer are double on retainers, salvagable or can be put into the armoire

[rativiper]

Holy crap this is awesome! And the ‘open all’ option for your bag😍. This is going to change my life!

[lordofthehares]

Brilliant video Zepla! And thank both you and your friend for the footage. I know what I am doing when I get on tonight!