How FFXIV's Richest Players ACTUALLY Make Gil

Over my time running this channel, I have gotten a lot of requests for videos on how to make gil. However, I've never actually done it, and in this video I'll go over why. Consider this the only gil-making video you will ever need.

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00:00 Introduction
00:15 The problem with gil-making guides
01:02 Can you actually make gil with crafting?
01:45 Understanding the market
02:35 The problem with relying on FOTM
03:33 So...what actually sells?
04:53 Research your market and plan your approach
05:40 If you don't want to craft at all...
06:20 Hard or tedious to find or make = lots of gil
06:50 Spend your time wisely
07:35 Summary

[Jolsn]

Sorry if I just ruined your market-niche ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[vecialesca]

"I've been pulling in half a million gil selling windows"

This guy is the Bill Gates of FFXIV

[Cyphafrost]

Pro tip: if you ever decide to craft something even semi-niche for yourself, gather the materials yourself + a ton extra. Then craft multiple of the thing you wanted and sell the excess.

[oglieotr]

This isn’t just good advice for FFXIV, it is good business advice. Nicely done.

[snoweefrost]

A friendly tip: Gatherers can make gil with little time investment because nobody wants to farm lower lvl items. It doesn't give you good EXP, doesn't sell for much, but the way FF14's crafting loop is such that lower tier unprocessed goods are required for every other higher tier a crafter goes up. Meaning that through all cycles of crafter grind there is a marginal & consistent demand for even the lowest level 'trash'.

[Neener_XIV]

The point of convenience is legit: in Limsa there's a dye merchant literally next to the market board, I just buy dye off the NPC and flip it on MB for roughly 5x what I paid. And people are always buying dye.

[Soress]

orchestrion scrolls are my jam in making gil. cheap to buy, easy to make and usually a good net profit anywhere from 50k-100k on certain songs

[tylerlopez]

This is probably best gil making video online. He even makes a great point at the end explaining how to wealthy gillionaires play this game almost exclusively to craft and amass money. And they’ve been doing it for expansions. Very well done video.

[alexandersimpson]

This mans a genius. Out of any gil making video I've seen over what, 8 years since ARR's release, no one has said the word convenience. It makes perfect sense. Bravo

[kimaclaret]

I love the realistic expectations and straightforward explanations in your videos. You do this better than anyone else.

[Agaroki]

During the "Gold Rush", Levi Strauss made a ton of cash. Not from gold but from crafting and supplying the necessary equipment for others to participate in the event. Jeans, picks, shovels, etc. Know your market!

[kkeungi]

I remember I used to make crazy gil growing and selling the fruits that color change chocobos for awhile cuz there was zero competition. But that changed VERY quickly and soon everybody was doing the same thing.

[genisay]

To add to this... Do the ARR and Heavensward hunts and use the currency you gain from those to buy aetheryte tickets, then go to your teleport window and use the gear to change your teleport settings. You can set a hard price cap on teleports, say, 300 gil, so that anything over that will ask if you want to use a teleport ticket. This method alone will save you loads and loads of gil on getting around in the world, and hunts can be cashed in daily and weekly with not a lot of time spent to do them. I have easily made a couple million gil just on my savings.

[sophiab]

Here’s some more hints, items required for completion of quests. Mats needed for crafting levelling grinds, often people couldn’t be bothered to stop crafting to gather. If your selling food or pots break them up into smaller stacks, I’ve noticed that they sell faster because people don’t have to shell out as much money.

[DuelerIsKing]

This is like the first proper video I've seen explaining gil making /market board as a proper concept and not just a "Hurr durr this is the flavor of the week lets murder the entire market while we undercut each other to floor in 2 days". like yeah you can't really get away from using something as the example but honestly good job on this.

[lifeoflynne]

thank you so much for this video as it confirmed my confusion about the popular gil making videos. I had an inkling that there should be more focus on the convenient factor rather than rushing to only make the end product, much appreciated ^^

[Raukuu]

This is a great video! Also another point that you mentioned briefly but it's very understated: your time is valuable, so don't spend it grinding very hard to make or gather items. Use it to find a niche and then save time doing things that are fun for you. Many people burnout really hard trying to "grind" the market thinking they'll make millions.

[ahorseofcourse]

I made 5 million gil dancing half-naked in a club.

I am a male Roegadyn.

[rickydargence]

Honestly, for casual players or if you only play a little per day, doing one or two hunts a week is a very good way to make gil, not only do you cap on tomestones super fast but the money you can get from selling Heaven's Eye Materia X and IX (Or whichever is selling the best at the moment) will be more than enough to get by, and as a bonus you can get nuts to get some cool things like a couple mounts, glams and minions on the side. Highly reccomended.

[claratalbot]

Thank you so much for this video. These are some really great tips to help with making gil. While I tend to not carry more than 10 mil gil around with me at any given moment, I found joy in selling things like flowers and outside furniture which then led to my ultimate goal of owning a house/shop in the game