Makeing gil a beginners guide

[Lich3636]

well im at school and so incredably bored i decided id make a guid to help the inexperienced get gil plz note this is not a get quick rich guide it will require some work and patience but what fun would it be if we could get all the gil we want without doing anything now then on with the show and plz feel free to post some ways for begginers to make gill im mostly in the sandorian area so bastok and windrust will miss out on some if you dont contribute

1: alwase have signet cast on you a guard near the gate out of town will cast it the will have RK or diff 2 letters signet lets you get crystals for killing things you sell these at the auction house NOT the npc shops a npc will give you 15gil for a fire crystal while it goes for 150-200 at ah
you also get conquest points for killing monsters with signet on you you can redeem these points with the the guy who cast signet on you the rank one item royal footmens tunic costs 1000 points but can be sold at ah for about 3k on asura

2: in the beggining sell everything you find at ah

3: starting a craft, these will sap money at first so you should hunt some monsters for the materials you can make a very small profit from smithing a stack of bronze ingots you get around a 1388 gil profit if you buy the crystals on asura

4: fishing, while still technicly a craft this is very different from the others it takes a long time to lv your craft lv in this and rods will break often i suggest getting a taru fishing rod (1k on asura) and a couple stacks of bait (experiment what you get a bite from and where befor you buy stacks in sandoria insect past works well fishing in northsandy and port sandy) and makeing a day out of fishing you equip the rod as a ranged wepon and bait as ammo and type /fish while faceing a pond start in citys so you dont fish up a monster the fishing gear while expensive if your starting out is well worth the money

5:Mineing and logging (note this next section is for sandorians only because i dont know any other spots): grab some hatchets if your strong enof to kill orcs and head to the orc out post (im not even gunna try to spell it its ghelesbob or something) and start tradeing logging points hatchets the harvesting gear realy helps but is very expensive the gloves and boots are only 2k (asura) but the rest is 10k+
if your around lv 20 (lv 25+ if you dont want aggro) head to yugotto grotto just turn left as you enter the orc outpost and turn left again if you see a large tunnle (ussualy guarded by a orcish grunt or 2) you went the right way in this grotto you can mine with all the harvesting gear but legs i ussualy get about 1 gold ore (10-11k) every stack of picks i use and ussualy a iron ore every time i dont seem to get much darksteel tho another plus if you head down one level you can camp ashmaker goblut a nm that drops hermit wands very often (2k) and sometimes priest robes (not sure but i think around 14k)

6:farming: farming is when you kill alot of a animal and sell its parts in the beggining i suggest farming the weakest thing in each towns starting area and selling the items

7: exploiting the ah: many people are just to lazy to walk to the shop and buy the items so they buy them at the auction house for a inflated price (note all items are not like this most are cheaper at ah then at shop) so you do a little reaserch and find a item where you make a nice margine of profit buying from a shop and selling to ah (dont try crafting materials they sell out pretty much the second the shop opens)

well i cant think of to much else a low lv can do to make money plz add to this topic so bastok and windrust can get money to

[Roogle]

Let's organize it a bit better, okay?

One: Always have Signet casted on you by guards near the edges of town. He will have a name followed by his title; for example, in San d'Oria, their title is RK, or something like that. Obtaining the Signet status will allow you to extract crystals from monsters. Sell these crystals in stacks at the Auction House, but not the regular shops. Regular shops will give you only 15 gil for a Fire Crystal, while you can sell it at the Auction House for much more. In addition to extracting crystals from monsters, you can also get Conquest Points for killing monsters. You can redeem those points with the guards who cast Signet for really nice items that you can sell at the Auction House or keep as equipment.

Two: In the beginning, sell EVERYTHING you find at the Auction House.

Three: Start a craft. This will sap money from you at first, so you should hunt individual ingredients from monsters that you can also get experience points from. You can make a very small profit from smithing a stack of Bronze Ingots. You get around a 1,388 Gil profit, including if you buy the crystals, on the Asura server.

Four: Fishing, while still technically a craft, is very different from the others. It takes a long time to level your craft level on this and your fishing rods will break often. I suggest getting a Taru fishing rod, which goes for about 1,000 Gil on the Asura server, a couple stacks of bait, and making a day out of fishing. Experiment with different bait before you buy stacks. In San d'Oria, insect paste works well. When you go out to fish, remember to equip your fishing rod in the ranged weapon slot, and the bait should be equipped as ammo. Type /fish while facing a body of water and you will begin to fish. Start in cities so you don't fish up a monster. The fishing gear, while expensive if you're starting out, is well worth the money.

Five: Mining and logging: Grab some hatchets or pickaxes if you're strong enough to kill beastmen and head to the beastmen outpost near your country. If you live in Bastok, head to the Palborough Mines. If you live in San d'Oria, head to the Ghelsba Outpost. If you live in Windurst, head to Giddeus. When you arrive, go to a logging point and trade hatchets to it. The harvesting gear will really help, but is very expensive. The gloves and boots are only 2,000 Gil on the Asura server, but the rest is more than 10,000 Gil. Logging points are scattered throughout the dungeons and you might not even find any while you're there, but before you go in deep, make sure you're around level 20 or above level 25, if you don't want aggro. If you're in Ghelsba Outpost, try going to the Yugotto Grotto. Just turn left as you enter the Orcish outpost and turn left again if you see a large tunnel, usually guarded by an Orcish Grunt or two. There are good places to log here and you can camp Ashmaker Goblut, who drops a Hermit's Wand and a Priest's Robe.

Six: Farming! Farming is when you kill a lot of the same monster and sell its drops. In the beginning, I suggest farming the weakest thing in each town's starting area and selling those items.

Seven: Exploiting the Auction House! Many people are just too lazy to walk to the shop and buy the items themselves, so they buy them at the Auction House for an inflated price. Note: All items are not like this. Most items are cheaper at the Auction House than at a shop. Do a little research and fit an item where you make a nice margin of profit buynig from a shop and then selling to the Auction House. Don't try crafting materials, as those sell out from a shop by the time the shop opens.

[VDeity]

A great way to make money is to hold onto those Beastmen's Seals!

If you're choosing between an Earth Crystal and a dinky old Beastman's Seal which no NPC will buy... don't make my mistake (I learned around my late teens to keep them). Keep everyone you get, cast lots on them in parties if they let you. Though they won't make you any instant cash, later on you can use them to trade for certain orbs which let you take part in BCNM (Burning Circle Notorious Monster) battles. These are fights where you and your party of 3-6 (depending on level and area) fight 10-12 NMs for awesome drops.

I wouldn't recommend BCNM20 or 30, if you can, take BCNM40's. You can get Phalanx (170,000 gil on Ragnarok), Erase (300,000 gil on Ragnarok), Utsusemi: Ni (180,000 gil on Ragnarok) and dozens of other lesser items from these battles. :)

[Vaprice]

And don't forget to save up those crystals and sell them ins tacks (12 of them).

I did stupid mistakes when starting and now have all of the basics down.

And the best way for making gil is fishing for me. Once you get a maot carp its around 400 gil alone. Think about what a stack would be like. I have about 3 of them right now in the AH. ><

[Citizen Bleys]

Gods, I'm kicking myself in the balls for dropping Beastmen's Seals back when I was a <20 whm with no subjob ><

[Bison]

ok, guys, maybe u can help me, im a lvl 15 almost 16 whm, i do have about 13 beasty seals. i dont have a trade as i just been lvling and selling old gear to buy new, with a little help from friends.. Now. im payin for it, i have no gil... i need new gear, and ill be lvl 18 with a sub ina few days, so i need gil badly. Whats that about that seals? i didnt understand what u ment, and fishing... hey, 400 for 1 fish, sounds good to me, ill get myself a rod huh!

can anyone give me some tips/help/advise anything
keep it simple, dont get to technical lol, im dumb.

u was saying about getting a robe that sells for alot of gil from the guy that gives u signet? well how do i do that?

Help! eak! lol

[Lionx]

In Jeuno theres an NPC named Shami that will take stacks of Seals in 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60. If you trade them that you can get an orb, and you can then in turn, trade it to the Burning Circles in Pal Mines, Giddeus, or Ghelsba. Then you fight a boss (BCNM) for randomized loot that can total over 400K. However if you trade 20 seals, its lvl 20 capped for that fight, if its 30 seals, the lvl 30 cap. The more seals the higher the lvl cap is. Recommended to bring only trusted friends in your LS and specific jobs(like BCNM 40 NEEDS a BRD) so you dont fail or/and get ripped off.

And i believe that you trade Conquest Points is what they are talking about.

[Lich3636]

***************UPDATE (if any one even cares)***************

Im adding up dates every once in a while these will be more specific then the begginers guid these will be quests and such

ONE: garrison and eco warrior) these are for 18+ and more often then not some one dies these both need 3 full partys eco can only be done once and give you a dragon chron page (500-999 exp) and 5k no mater what where as garrison can be done as much as you want but it requiers red cryptext which can be found on third tier orcs (sergants and the like) you will get a small amount of money at the end (highest i got was 1111) but there are any where from 3-7 item drops mannequin feet and legs, garrison gear,and dragon pages since there are 3 partys and only a few items odds are you wont get a item but if you do the items range from 15k-80k in price almost every one does eco on sunday and its hard to start a garrison i wont speak of eco since its a very common quest and everyguid lists it garrison you need 3 full partys and a red cryptext (this is for west rony btw) and trade the cryptext to the guard at west rony out post everyone will get a lv cap of 20 and you will then have to fight 4 waves of orcs getting harder each time have 2 ppl be kiters and have them trade off kiteing between rounds (kiteing is when the will get the monster to aggro them then run all around west ronfaur till the party kills all the orcs and heals then bring it back they kill it the next round starts)
back srry it took me so long
the orcs you face will be third tier orcs fighters,serjants,andcurse makers there will also be orcish cassure or something they arnt to bad but fight them in a group on the final round a orcish fighterchief will spawn he is EVIL he has the potential to wipe out all the particians and half the party on his own he has a 2 hour it is hundred fists everyone whos seen a mnk in action will immediatly see the threat so every one should team up and go for him first or you could goad him into useing his 2 hour then kite him the kiter will die unless the pally uses 2 hour and even then he will probably die but its one life instead of 10

TWO:Drain scroll: this is the best quest if you are low lv and rank 2 you can turn 1k into 30+k easy (if your planing on being a blm or drk you may wanna consider not selling this but if you need the money you can alwase buy it later) you need to be able to enter chatue de orguil in north sandy either rank 2 if your sandorian or rank 3 if not you also need fairly high fame when the bard at the tavern says "your deeds have earnd the kingdom much honer" I did the bat wing quest like 50 times along with most quest i can do =) then you need some beast mens blood you can buy from ah for around 1k or go out and kill leeches but if anyones accedently hit a leech in valkurm they wont be choosing this method now talk to one of the guards in chatue dungon it starts with a N if you have enof fame (not rank fame) he will tell you he needs some beast mens blood give him 1 vial and he will give you a drain scroll theses sell for quite a bit on any server

well thats all for now odds are no more updates till after xmas HAPPY CRISMAHANAKWANZIKA PPL

[Citizen Bleys]

u was saying about getting a robe that sells for alot of gil from the guy that gives u signet? well how do i do that?


I'm going from memory, here, but I think that refers to the Royal Squire's Tunic, which you purchase with Conquest Points. Again, this is from foggy memory, but it's the Rank 2 item that you can only buy if you're San d'Orian and San d'Oria is #1 in the Conquest Ranking.

Last time I blew CP on it, it sold for 6k. I think the price has dropped somewhat since then. Most CP items are worth 2-3k each at Rank 2. Naturally enough, Rank 3+ items are worth more, and the most valuable are the ones that are only available when your nation is #1 in the Conquest Ranking.

Personally, I'd rather farm Fire Crystals with a low-level job in Ghelsba and save my CP for Warp scrolls.

[eternalshiva]

Or the Sandy Tunic, which is lvl 10 or 15, They sell between 7-10K at AH on Titan and you get them uber cheap --> Conquest Points xD But I'm keeping all mu CPs for a Rank 10 Aketon :D That's why I leveled blm lol.. no more warp scrolls for ME!

When you're high enough levels, Clusters are a good way to make easy cash. They sell fast and they 1-2K, sometimes 5K. That's how I'm making my cash right now :/

[sc0ttk0lasinski]

Lich you really need to learn how to spell :tongue: , but I did understand the mostpart, I started 2 weeks ago and I am a Whm20/Blm8 or Blml8/Whm4....however you wan't to look at it. well keep up the good advise :D

[UltimateSpamGrover]

You all know there's different prices on different servers, right?

[Lionx]

While there might be different prices on different servers MOST items somehow generally fall into the same niche. Iron ores usually 500gil and Apple Pies 2.8K and etc...theres very few items that are different, at least the rarer ones. Most commonly used items are in a close range.

[Iridant]

A good way to make some spare gil is to make mules in san d'oria or bastok to get fame for warp/drain scrolls and sell them on the AH. Warp requires less fame and is easier.
Another way:
Grow dark/light ores and sell them in jeuno

[°¿°¿°]

hmmm not shure if this is a good way to make money or not but i got all mine by fighting toad stools in the caves at ghelsba outpost you get dark crystals and sleep shrooms from them wich both can range from selling at auction house for about 1.9k to 3k a stack in unicorn at least

[Citizen Bleys]

While there might be different prices on different servers MOST items somehow generally fall into the same niche. Iron ores usually 500gil and Apple Pies 2.8K and etc...theres very few items that are different, at least the rarer ones. Most commonly used items are in a close range.

The difference between the prices of Leaping Boots between Alexander and Asura is a meagre 300k.

[Lionx]

The difference between the prices of Leaping Boots between Alexander and Asura is a meagre 300k.

And i am sure Leaping Boots are a common drop...

[Citizen Bleys]

Certainly not on Asura, but they're gettable by a 15-30 on Alexander even without some high-level buddy.

[Lionx]

Just because the NM is fallable by anything over lvl 15ish doesnt mean that its that easy to get them. My friend over a week period or so killed him all the time...and he got ZIP despite him getting most of the spawns. All the times he killed her, no drop at all. Its an extremely low drop..hence the huge price tag =/

and btw yes he has like 3 ppl camping with him and double Treasure Hunter.

[Miriel]

A good way to make some spare gil is to make mules in san d'oria or bastok to get fame for warp/drain scrolls and sell them on the AH. Warp requires less fame and is easier.


Yeah, I just quest for Aspir and Warp twice a week or so, and I'm all set. :)

[Lich3636]

************************Update2***********************

after much festive eggnog, Halo2, phantom brave (surprisingly fun kind of like kartia for ps was), KOTR,Vamp the masqureade, and of course ff. I have returned <waits for applause but gets none>...... ok then this time we will talk about bcnm or Burning Circle Notorious Monster. These are boss fights that have some very nice drops i suggest you only do these with friends because some drops are worth alot even to high lvs. To begin I hope you all have been saveing your beast men seals <YES THEY ACTUALY SERVE A PURPOSE> you take these to jueno and trade them to a guy in port jueno shami i think but i may be wrong to lazy to check he will tell you what you can get for diffrent #s of seals but since this is a begginers guid i would think you would want the lv20 orb for 20 beast men seals. You use these at a burning circle there one in giddius,and i belive theres one in gusgen, theres also one in the orc out post <except its the hut you fought the 3 orc nms in the save the children quest>.
The lv 20 one for here is a max party of 3 lv capped at 20 and you will fight 2 furries and colacola (or something like that) for this I suggest 2 mellee and 1 healer a good combo is 2 mnks and a whm the mnks hit there 2 hour and pound away while the whm heals. In the next few days we are going to try with a war/mnk, rdm/whm, and a whm/blm and see how that turns out.From this fight you can get some pacts (good for the aspireing summoner) some equipment and I heard theres a chance at astral ring since the update so far i havent tried this since then but i will investigate. The giddius one is aggainst 3 leeches i belive and i forget the other lv 20 one for all of these you will want to take some food to up your stats and maybe a couple potions if you can aford to you will want to wait for all of your 2 hours and keep the healer alive at all costs. I sugges going after the furries first in the sandorian bcnm as they will go down easyer than colacola (or something like that it may be cora cora but i am thirsty right now) colacola likes casting poison so either bring some antidotes or make sure your healer has poisonna (no reason they shouldnt have it as its a lowlv spell but you never know

edited in some punctuation for all you do to popular demand but cut me some slack i type this in school during a 30 minute study hall i have to come up with a topic and such
ps
??? what the hell does ps stand for anyway

[Citizen Bleys]

it would help a lot if there was the occasional insertion of punctuation spaces and capital letters as this would make the tutorial slightly easier to read than babylonic cuneiform thank you

[Misfit]

I agree with the above poster, thanks. ^^

[Lich3636]

thank you all for your help and critisisim constructive or otherwise and i hope i have helped some begginers out there

[Lich3636]

this is no update but a call for help my ls never seems to have more than 2 members on at a time <dam you WoW> so i need some asurans to join we are all fairly insane and the ls will often have random words like CANTELOPE run through it but we help each other out in times of need

[AaronD]

If i need cash quick Moat Carp fishing at Knightwell in Ronfaure does it for me...initially its a pain because of low skill and if you want to have an advantage u can buy the equipment. i think i paid like almost 30-40k for it all then 8k for a composite rod. the bait is the good part, right now i'm using little worms until i get rank 10 in fishing (i'm only 5+4 from my equipment so 9) they cost like 12 gil a piece i think. i spend about 2 hours to get 12 moat carp and they sell for 4-5k on Pandy and sometimes i get a stack of crayfish sell for 1k.

if you dont mind the boredom of fishing its a good profit margin considering the cost of bait is low...but buy like 4-5 stacks of bait at low skill because u lose your catch alot. once you get the skill and start making 4-5k an hour fishing its a nice profit. then once u get higher in rank you can move onto bigger things!

i suggest checking out fishing FAQ and manuals to know what stuff to use and when to move on to different baits

[Lich3636]

good points on fishing on the above post i used to fish and was makeing a ok profit (after i got a taru fishing rod and i didnt have to replace the rod every 5 fish) but like he said it is extramly boring for those of us who seek more danger you can head to yugotto grotto around lv 22 (all orcs will be ep in the early parts) or 25 if you dont alot of aggro you can mine (great profit since darksteel is up to 10k a ore on asura and gold is at 14k also asura). head deeper in and get the chest key from orcs then go find the chest for a ok item. you can farm orcs since you can get scale armor from grunts and a gun from stone chucker, heck you can eaven camp a nm Ashmaker gotblut he seems to have a 100% drop rate for hermits wand since every time iv killed him hes dropped and iv asked every one I see kill it and they got it and a chance at preist robe which sells for alot more. note i didnt put update because iv mentioned this befor and i am that bored .

Ps.
DEATH TO THE SALAD EATERS
Ps Ps.
<puts on mandagora belt> I AM THE MANDAGORA KING

[lordblazer]

I craft and fish but i found fishing to be really relaxing especially when you goto bibki bay.But Now im back to crafting mainly smithing and golds smithing.I made 24 xiophos and man i sold them in my bazaar for 2k each man they sold like wild fire in newb areas.But getting the materials was pretty otugh.Thast why I'm thinking aobut starting a traders union LS that literally lets people within the LS trade stuff in donate stuff and able to get it to help them in there crafts.

[Lich3636]

<bangs head on moniter> uggggg I went to palgroug (or what ever the mines near bastok with all the qadave) with out a map ill never make that mistake again I was there for 3 hours I finnaly gave up and blood ported (I was asking for help but all I ran into where either Japs or bots)

[Lionx]

Who the hell made up that stupid blood port term? Sounds dumb, prolly Brandy made it...the official term since the beta test for dying and HPing is Ghetto Warp ^^(Seirously it is).

/sh = ignore for me! Shouts in most zones cept the financial districts are usually spam...with the exception of casinos lately.

BTW jap = offensive racial slur >< JP easy and simple

[FFVIII Fan]

help!!! im on lvl 7 with no money, no armor and a standard sword! i saw this page about getting money for beginners and have question, what is the points you get and what are they. u said you do something with them to the guards who cast signet on u. is it the points u cast lots on? and any other means of getting gil would b apprieciated! ;)

[Citizen Bleys]

Conquest points are earned for fighting with Signet cast on you. The harder the battle, the more Conquest Points you get. Conquest Points can be redeemed by your Signet-casting guards for various items; the higher your Rank, the more items you can get (but high-ranking items tend to cost a sod of a lot of CP; Most I've ever spent is 16k CP in one go)

[Lionx]

Its not hard to get cash, with inflation in some items now you can easily just sell crystal stacks. Fire, Wind, Ltng, Dark, and Light crystals sold to the AH in stacks of 12 will easily net you up to 2000+ gil.

[AaronD]

sell stacks of 12 of anything lol, if your in ronfaure sell hare hides/meat in pandy server in san d'oria they sell for like 3k...easy 3k if u ask me lol

[Lich3636]

my internets been down for a few weeks (still down im at a friends) so i havent been playin ffx1 id just like to thank all of you who have been helping begginers with their questions iv also been writing a story wich takes up my free time i dont have it on the internet but when i do ill post where it is here

[Lich3636]

muhahahahaha soon i shall have the internet back it i still dont have it mostly because im to lazy to sit down and figure out whats wrong also my books up to its sixth chapter but it still dosent have a site to call home poor poor Chem well i guess i should say someing about gil ummm if your bored and dont wanna leave town start a casino youd be suprised at how addicted some can get while this way sucks at getting gill and some times you may lose some its something to do and if your lucky youl get some screw you money dont expect alot unless you take high bids

[sc0ttk0lasinski]

Jon your a freak. :tongue:

[Lich3636]

(throws a oddly shaped turnip at scott)

[Lich3636]

dam road runner cant come lazy !@#$%^&* (bangs head on moniter)ahhhh i miss doing that cant do that on a flat screen some one entertain me with a irish jig till road runner comes and i no longer have to type this at school

[Misfit]

{English} {language}, {Do you need any help?}

[sc0ttk0lasinski]

J0n y0u 4r3 s0 r3t4rt3d :tongue:

[Lich3636]

youd think ppl saying i have terrible english and grammar skills would make me strive to better them but it dosent because I hate english in all forms except creative writing where my true insanity comes forth
DEATH TO THE SALAD EATERS

[Del Murder]

Stay on topic or this thread will get closed. And don't double post.

[Lich3636]

well i guess it is time we got back on track anyway so lets see ok iv been very sandy orentated in this so lets talk about windy for a while

kill every crawler you see they drop silk thread its a kind of low drop rate but at 10k a stack im not complaining if you realy need money you can also hut yagudo for there necklases there not worth as much but in hard times you gotta take what you can get also its easter time so talk to the moogles for a egg iv been selling mine the market fluxuates alot but i dought it will drop below 1k currently there at 5k and last night i saw them going for 50k

[Lionx]

10K?! SIGN ME UP :x

[Lich3636]

i guess i have been unfair to the actual begginers I have been mostly talking about things lv 15 and up can do so for a change im gunna talk about what lv 1s can do for some starting gil. First things first do the adventure coupon quest it nets you a pitiful amount of gil but in the beggining you need all the money you can get your hands on. Next look at your map and go join every guild in your town they will give you a free crystal to start out take these crystals and sell them at the ah depending on what town you scart in you could make up to 1.5k on these alone (as alwase my prices are from Asura so the amount fluxuates from servers but hey its free gil). next have signet cast on you by one of the gueards at the gates of town and go out and do this :chop: to creatures (or this :twak: if your a mage) Bastok does realy well at early crystal farming because of the low lv bats that drop wind crystals regardless of town sell everything you find at the ah if you dont have a stack dont drop it sell it at the ah anyway. These tips will surely help even the greenest of rpgers get there next set of armor and wepons (I advise against getting bows and arrows as it is very money consumeing if you want to pull however get something cheap or reusable so either keep wooden arrows for a long time or buy a boomerang)

[Lionx]

Bastok is the poorest, its filled with Earth and Water crystals. Sandy and Windy are best.

Sandy - Orcs = Fires
Bats=Winds
Gob=Fire/Ltng

Windy - Yag =Winds
Gob=Fire/Ltng
Bird=Fire
Crawler = silk

[Lich3636]

crafting bronze ingots 1 fire crystal 3 cooper ores and 1 tin ore and cooper ingot 1 fire and 4 coopers are nice ways to get some money but expect failure unless your skill is around 2 where failures dont happen as much