Final Fantasy XIV: How to REALLY make money fast in-game

With the dawn of Ishgardian housing available in the next patch release, many players in Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward are working their asses trying to make some gil and buy a house.

While player housing needs are wildly different (most want personal houses, while FCs shoot for either medium/large plots), one things is common to us all: we want them moneis $$$$ !!

There are plenty of guides out there but to be honest all they tell you is: resell NPC-bought items, run many dungeons, don't teleport, get a gathering class, and voilà, millions in minutes.

Well, these methods work, but on the very long run. In my experience, all NPC-bought items sell rather badly (except for iron ore, but the profit is minuscule), running dungeons doesn't give you millions in days and is very time consuming when done on duty finder, trying to walk/run thought Eorzea to get to your destination is time-consuming and boring, and not all gathering classes make you earn much coin until you unlock the unspoiled nodes.

What should you do then to get a millions in days??

This is Sakti's game secrets, so make sure to read them all!!

1. First off, get yourself a miner. Miner gathered goods are used for most of the crafting classes, and therefore you can start making sales early in the 1-50 levelling. Examples of these are saltpeter, alumen, cobalt ore, grenade and bomb ash, etc. Not to mention that once you unlock the unspoiled nodes at 50 you get access to the much demanded darksteel ore and grade 3 soil, which can make you earn thousands if gil. At lvl 60 Adamantite ore rules.

2. Get yourself a blacksmith. The miner/blacksmith combo made me earn 10 million in 3 months of casual sales. Sales are huge for darksteel ingots, wolfram ingots, and all of the end-game tools, furnishings, and special weapons. You also have to level up their desynthesis skills so you can sell special mats from primal extreme dungeons, specifically from weapon desynthesis, and the aged pestle pieces necessary for the zeta weapon relic. Not to mention, if you specialize you can make millions on the HQ item needed for the new Anima relic weapon (going for ~800K each in Excalibur as of now).

3. Spend time in the garden. I have seen seeds go for 1gil each, and their products sell for thousands. Invest your time in the garden because this is one of the best methods to make money in a short/medium term. Noteworthy are the inter crossing breeds, glazenuts, and Thavnairian onions. Oh and the new peppers for the Ifrit minion.

4. Make your retainers do quick exploration missions. Most of the time they bring back trash, but when they're well-geared they can bring you some wonderful sundries, such as Thavnarian onions, pieces of armor (which you can exchange for company seals), pieces of furniture, rare dyes, and the most desired Kingly Whisker. This is a good investment of ventures, for sure, and a good way to level up retainers fast.

All in all, this is my advice. If you want money you need to work for it, so I wish you all a happy crafting and a happy gathering and gardening. Battle does not really make you rich unless you spend all your time doing high-level dungeons and the roulettes. If you know more ways to make gil fast, please leave a comment below!!