How to Make Gil Using Crafting in FFXIV Dawntrail

Endgame Combat gear, as well as Crafting and Gathering gear, can be incredibly profitable due to how high in demand it is, especially with content updates. Patch 7.2 will release new endgame gear alongside new craftables for players to sink their teeth into while patch 7.3 releases items for Crafting and Gathering classes.

There are a few additional things to be aware of. DoH/DoL gear receives a spike in sales when new combat gear is released as players catch up, while Combat gear increases in sales in the patch after when you can augment the gear.

While endgame gear is important, the materials used to make them are just as important. Intermediate materials, both related to the current endgame and materials used while leveling, can all have value.

Generally speaking, the materials related to the current endgame will be more profitable due to having higher demand, but some leveling materials are used for a wide range of items, as well as content such as the Free Company workshop and Submarines.

At the start of a new patch, intermediates can end up more profitable than gear. A good example of this is listing an ingot at 300k that is selling fast compared to a crafted chest worth 2mil that won't sell until the price is lower.

Furnishings can be incredibly accessible, allowing you to make vast amounts of Gil with lower level crafting classes due to most furnishings having low level requirements.

The demand for furnishings often ebbs and flows with the housing lotto, as new houses being obtained increases the demand for furnishings. Many items at lower levels sell for decent amounts, and with large profit margins often just needing lumber and a low level carpenter. There are many items at higher levels that sell for a lot more, such as furnishings using Extreme drops or items that have been recently released.

The downsides here is furnishings do not stack, so you can quickly run out of retainer sale space. If you plan to make a lot of items, you will need storage to hold them until you can list them. It may also be better to have a few high value furnishings on the side, while you mostly focus on items that sell faster. Always check the sale history on items before you commit to them.

Skybuilder's Scrips are obtained exclusively through the Ishgardian Restoration and can be exchanged for a large variety of cosmetic items including minions, mounts, music rolls and more!

The crafts themselves are incredibly easy when at level 90, allowing you to skip everything using Trained Eye, making it so each craft takes less than 10 seconds.

The mounts are generally some of the least profitable, due to how many scrips they cost. Dyes are often valuable, but minions and other cosmetic items vary massively depending on how popular the item itself is, your server and if it can be obtained elsewhere.

As you craft, you will accumulate stamps used in Kupo of Fortune. This is a minigame allowing you to obtain additional items you can also sell.

Scrip farming is an integral part of the DoH/DoL endgame loop, and therefore the items you can purchase with your Scrips can be heavily in-demand. Crafting scrips have almost always been significantly more valuable and in demand compared to their gathering counterpart. Crafting Scrips can offer you a range of materials, as well as Materia used in endgame crafting. Gathering classes instead tend to spiritbond for Materia.

Materia prices are often at their peak before a new update. This is due to players trying to catch up at the last minute, and panic buyers concerned of a price spike, usually caused by the very same people. This makes it very easy to take advantage of and have thousands of Materia prepared ahead of a new update.

Treasure Hunts often reward a large range of crafting materials, the most valuable of which are used in cosmetic glamours such as the weapon coffer added in patch 7.1.

You can either farm these yourself or, by server hopping, you can find cheap materials to quickly craft and make a sale off of. This can come with a bit of risk if the item is new, as the price of both materials and the glamour itself is always changing.

While not the best method, it is still worth mentioning given its popularity. Raid food and Pots are incredibly accessible only requiring either Alchemist or Culinarian to be able to craft these items. They have low profit margins, but incredibly fast sale time when raids are new.

The issue being due to their accessibility, they often have a large amount of bots also listing on the market that undercut much faster than other markets.

With the release of Dawntrail, many crafters will be using Leves to level to the new cap of 100. This means that there is a great gil making opportunity right here.

While making your own leve items to level, make a few extra to list on the market. Some crafters will be buying their way through and you can therefore take advantage of this. If you find certain leve items sell faster on your server you could even focus on these as a gil making method once you hit 100 if they are profitable.