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Sent you a PM with my method these days.

A less secretive one that's good for BST/DNC is farming Dynamis solo. A BST/DNC can get anywhere from 15-30 coins in a 1-2 hour session in Dynamis solo, depending on luck (and a little bit of practice.)

So what's 15 divided by 30? She ranged the hours like she ranged the coins.

Idk about the excellent gear honestly, I have decent gear nothing great or special and I usually pull in 150+ each run, you just have to jump in and get to "work" to maximize how much you make in currency each run,

Dynamis as BST/DNC DNC/THF THF/DNC really is the cats *** for current money. a 2 hour session can net you a cool 700K, and that can be done every day. (being conservative @ 100 Currencies, more often you will see over 100 on a bad day.) Figure 5 days of farming dynamis gives you 3.5Mil a week thats good income for casual play, and a good purse to have for the weekend when you have higher hours.

If you have a higher playtime, you can add other events to a schedule to make money, such as Limbus (ABC's sell still but not as fast as Dynamis Currency). As well as a plethora of other "currency" type items in various repeatable events, voidwatch, abyssea, woe.

Essentially look for repeatable content that consumes little time and has a high demand item in return. Dynamis is the best, because everyone wants to have a Relic.

Exactly, no big secret. Voidwatch. Made over 15 mil in the last month just doing voidwatch. I dont partake in any other farming, bores the hell out of me.

The hands from the T4 Jeuno Beetle still sell for 1,5 mil, Brawny Adargas are still 2 mil, Jingang Greatsword around a mil, most other weapon armor drops that can be sold around that 500k-1mil mark too. AH-able weapons and armor drop regularly. Pulse Cells are rare but 5-6 mil each.

Heavy Metal Plates can be sold for 100k overnight, or 90 if you want to sell them instantly (why would you, it's a guaranteed sell, even at 120k over a few days).

And you can always use the Cruor from it to brew a NM in Abyssea that drops something good and exciting. Maybe even merc a Caturae for his drops, or Merc Shinryu.

It doesnt take rocket science to find something profitable in this game. Most basic level <20 crafts have them, most common monsters have items in demand too for consumables. But you cant expect people to just hand you their idea's and suggestions. Do a little research, maybe even find random players on FFXIAH and see what they have been selling themselves for gil. Tons of options available.

And if all fails, you could even play the AH. Buy things that are massively undercut that you know you can NPC for higher amounts of gil.

Let me post a guide I made for a friend who went, "but I'm broke!". You know who you are. I'm updating this here for post cru nerf..
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...But I'm Broke!
Gilmaking in a post Abyssea World
By Elizara

I started this when a friend of mine came back (you know who you are) and actually said that! Said person is afraid of the gil mountains you have to climb now a days.

...As most of you are aware, it's easier to climb these gil mountains than you think. I won't give away all my secrets, some you'll have to think about because I'm going to be pretty vague here. Rather not lose my gilmakers by ratting on them specifically but hopefully I can help someone out here.


Anyway, lemme go though the possibilities of making gil. Also a few tips, NEVER put your gilmaking all in one basket; multiple ways are best. FFXI AH should be your friend, and don't forget stuff you can NPC; that can at least pay for food/meds.

1. Farming Stuff People Don't Farm Anymore; Clusters are ok gil. So are certain scrolls that are used to proc in abyssea. Get say, a AM or some IV spells off a mob and you've made yourself a cool 200k. And oh yes, if it's scrolls, I suggest you farm somewhere you can get some npcables too; that's quick gil :)
2. Farming NPCables in aby; Dark rings I hear are worth a lot of money if you get them from gold chests in aby. I've heard of people who funded relics this way...
3. “NPCing the Colbri Feathers” – You'll prolly ask, “Eli, what the frick do you mean?” What I mean is using stuff you get from merit/xp parties to get stuff to NPC. So this means; weapons you get from Heroes zones that you can get from a npc...all that kinda stuff. (Sadly blinkers to gil isn't as good anymore)
4. Dynamis stuff ; I think most know about this one. Currency is worth a nice amount of gil (if you don't plan on a relic weap), so are the new upgrade items for AF2. I made a lot of gil from dyn tho yeah, I need to get so I can solo in there better :D
5. Farming and Crafting; If you get a craft up all the way, great. Maybe you got a way to mint gil if you're smart about it. The trick is you really want some things that you can easily profit on the NQ with. (Some crafters are going to look at me funny for that) Why? HQ things are no way to make a living in FFXI. Getting hqs is really random and you can't always control WHEN you'll get a hq; you can go though a whole stack of mats and only get 1. Which isn't good. Also, if you got time to farm mats, that can help profits as well; BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME. Anyway, check ah, check costs, if you can find something you can make that gives good profits and sells frequently, go for it.
6. Fishing and NPCing the catch; As a cook this INFURIATES me when I go look for fish (and I'm considering taking up fishing myself), but I know people fund relics with this. Heck, I heard of one guy who funded 3 relics with fishing and npcing the catch. Check around and see which fish give you the best time to gil ratio. ^^
7. Selling Stuff From Brown Chests from GoV; Ah yes. Sometimes there's junk in there, but sometimes there's stuff that can sell for a pretty penny. (cells come to mind if you don't do Voidwatch)
8. Selling Stuff You Don't Need from Voidwatch – I know, that event can be quite infuriating. But I've gotten two rancor collars (I keep my tonberry hate low, dangnabbit, that's useless to me!) and that's worth a bit. It's random as bleep, so don't feel obligated to voidwatch. It's more like icing on the cake when you actually get something good and you don't need it.
9. Being a Merc; Yes this still can work. I've heard of people when easy brews first came out actually selling a brewing service. (I don't think that'd work anymore) Just check for a opportunity and pounce.
10. Selling Teles/Retrace/D2 while watching shouts; Old method, still viable. Used to be better at one point because you could shoutsell, but if you're doing something like watching shouts or crafting in Jueno and someone wants a Tele Dem, there's some spare gil for you.
11. HELMing; Most people don't try to do this, but there is money to be had, especially with new items. Make sure you use a job that can cast its own s/i and reraise and go for it. Oh and do your research. Obviously things like mining gold ore no longer works (argh gold drops from Voidwatch) so don't do this blindly.
12. Selling Imp Coins; IS is dearer now but there is still a demand for imperial currency. Heck there proly will be as long as the game is up because of mog lockers. So do a few Besiged's and get a stack or two to sell.
13. Doing Limbus and selling Ancient Beastcoins – I think this is self explanatory. Quite a bit of the old standbys for coin gear are still good..that's why this works..
14. BCNMs and such fights; I don't think I need to explain this much either. Best gil is from bcs you can either solo or do with no more than three people tho imo; less to share unless you're doing your go/your orb your drop.
15. Selling Abyssea Pop Items; Check the AH. Some pop items take a while to farm, and people are lazy and will pay like 200k each for 'em. Need I say more?
16. Avatars/Quests; If you kill the 6 primes, that's 60k a day. Solo a puppeh and it's more. Need I go on? Also there's quests ya can do for some gil; I know my brother relied on one to get over a mil once. However it's kinda tedious. ^^
17. Gardening – No, I don't mean ore. (Ore is not profitable anymore) There are some cooking mats that are profit if you can get them consistently. Get some cheap pots, check FFXI Wiki for directions, and give it a try. Oh and if you remember the wildgrass thing; if you farm your crystals it still works for med gil, tho don't try wildgrass if you buy your crystals. (Well, unless you're raising a bird..)
18. Selling Chocobo Cards/Chocobo Racing/Chocobo stuff; If you raised a bird and it's colored, great. Sometimes you can sell a card from that bird for someone wanting to raise a bird for a few k. Also if you got a racer, you can sometimes win some nice gil at the races. I don't know though how well chocobo digging does anymore though since I never bothered leveling it..proly not so hot.

As you can see, no one is totally helpless making gil. Oh and last thing to say, be patient. Gil making takes time. It can take more time than xping as a matter of fact now a days. But totally worth it. :)
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I hope that helps!

You stated the reason that you are pulling maybe 100 instead of 150. No merit WS. The difference between Rampage and 5/5 Ruinator is huge. Your don't think using a WS that does 3k+ every time will increase kill speed as compared to one that does 1200-ish? The increase in kill speed from that alone could net you another 50 coins over a 2 hour period EASILY. Considering a proc'ed mob usually drops 2-3 coins, we're only talking an extra 17-25 kills over 2 hours to close that 50 coin gap. Doubling your WS damage can surely amount to that many extra kills during that time.

I get 140-170 usually, always doing Valkurm. There are usually 10+ people in zone, often as many as 20 on my server, so no...you don't need an empty zone to get good results. Sure, the Hippo camp is stupidly crowded from 8:00-16:00. That's why you should - brace yourself - go kill something else instead of fighting for pulls! Gasp! Don't be afraid of DC camps, and cycle NMs into your rotation (they occasionally drop a 100-piece).


Also, lol @ ppl "funding a relic" by farming Dark Rings in Abyssea. Nobody has done that, ever. What are they, 7k each or something? Plus they don 't stack, so you'd need to leave Aby to sell them, come back and start all over building lights again. A relic costs roughly 150M. Nobody funded that by selling Dark Rings. I don 't know who Eli "heard" had done that, but pffftt.

I know; people actually did that before blinkers were well known. I heard someone in one of my shells doing that! (they actually asked for the rings so they could fund their relic)

Not that I'd do it. Rather stick to farming + cooking, with dynamis and VW along with it. ^^

Yes, I get all TEs.

I can handle the DCs, as in I don't die, but they tend to take so long it never seems worth it.

I do indeed spam steps, flourishes, spur (never seen spur proc - it doesn't target the monster- not sure it can- but I use it out of habit anyway), ready, AND primal howl (which does proc mobs) and there are just some times that I get unlucky (I believe each JA action has a 20% chance with all TEs).

I mostly have that problem with stuff like flies and bombs that seems to go down a lot faster. Out of curiosity, are ready moves that hit more than one target able to proc more than 1 target? Or just the main target? Wondering, cause I've never seen it happen.

I've had Dipper Yuly's Noisome Powder proc multiple targets at once many times.