How to Get Free Gil in Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XIV is Square Enix's MMORPG, combining a sprawling story with its own economic system: Gil, the game's universal currency used to buy gear, materials, housing, market mounts and services from other players. Unlike Mog Station's 'Moguri Coins' (the official cosmetic store, paid for exclusively with real money and with no legitimate free route), Gil is earned by playing: you don't need to pay anything extra beyond the monthly subscription and expansion to build it up. That said, how much you earn depends heavily on your level, your jobs and how much time you put in. This guide covers the methods that actually move the needle in 2026 — crafting with the Market Board, treasure maps, retainers, hunts and gathering — with figures cited by the community and specialized guides, so you know where to invest your hours if you want a steady stream of Gil.

What's the fastest way to get Gil in Final Fantasy XIV?

We've gathered and verified every real method for getting free Gil, ranked from most to least profitable based on the time they take and what you can actually earn from each. No tricks, no generators — just the game's own mechanics.

~3-5M Gil/hour (expert crafters) Variable

Crafting + flipping on the Market Board

This is by far the most profitable method, but also the one requiring the most upfront time: leveling jobs to 100 and learning your server's prices. It involves crafting items with real demand (raid food for Culinarian, glamour for Weaver, materia and housing pieces for Goldsmith, potions for Alchemist) and selling them on the Market Board, or directly buying cheap on one world and reselling on yours (cross-world flipping). Per-item margins tend to be modest (2-5%), but the sales volume on raid materials and consumables makes up for it. Tools like Universalis (universalis.app) are close to mandatory so you don't undersell.

~1-2M Gil per chain of 5 maps Daily

Treasure Maps

Level 100 gatherers get weathered treasure maps (currently the top tier as of patch 7.5x) from gathering nodes in Living Memory zones. Each map opens a portal to a short dungeon with chests, and an extra chest appears at the end if you go in a group of 8. The community cites between 1 and 2 million Gil per full chain of 5 maps, and up to 2.5M per player in roughly 90-minute sessions with a full group. Since the map-gathering timer is 18 hours, the usual strategy is to stockpile maps over several days and run one long group session instead of soloing.

~2-3M Gil/week (with 10 retainers) Daily

Retainer Ventures

Each character can have up to 10 retainers, who not only sell your items on the Market Board but can also be sent on exploration ventures that return materials and, at higher levels, Gil directly. It's the most passive income source of all: you only need to check them and resend them once or twice a day. It can't compete Gil-per-hour with crafting, but it doesn't require active presence, so it accumulates 'for free' while you do other things in the game or are even offline.

~400,000-700,000 Gil/hour Daily

A- and S-rank hunts

Hunt trains are community groups that sweep a map killing A- and S-rank hunt marks as soon as they spawn after the daily/weekly reset. Rewards include hunt seals (redeemable for sellable items) and, for S marks, chests with good loot. It's a social method — usually organized via Discord or Party Finder — with reasonable Gil-per-hour if you join right at the reset, but it drops off outside those windows because the marks are already dead.

Variable, depends on the material and server Daily

Node gathering (mining, botany, fishing)

High-level gathering nodes (materials like Raw Eblan Danburite or other current-expansion exclusives) feed both your own crafting and direct resale to other crafters on the Market Board. It doesn't pay as much Gil-per-hour as advanced crafting, but it's accessible from day one, requires no starting Gil investment, and serves as a natural entry point: many new players earn their first 100,000-300,000 Gil gathering and selling raw materials before they can afford to level up a crafting job.

Variable, from thousands to several million per item Every patch

Selling glamour, mounts and rare items on the Market Board

Rare glamour pieces, mounts from old extremes/savage fights or limited events, and certain collector's items appreciate over time because they're no longer available. It's not a recurring or predictable method, but it's worth holding onto rare drops from old content instead of desynthesizing them: checking their price on Universalis before selling can turn a forgotten item into a sizeable one-off payout.

How much free Gil can you get per month?

Source	Estimated amount	Frequency
Retainer Ventures (10 retainers)	~8-12M Gil	Monthly (daily check-in)
Treasure maps (1 weekly group session)	~4-8M Gil	Monthly (4 sessions)
Crafting + Market Board	Variable (depends on hours invested)	Variable
Daily A/S hunts	Variable (depends on reset attendance)	Daily
Estimated total	Not fixed: roughly ~15-25M Gil/month for a casual player (just retainers and the odd treasure map) up to 100M+ Gil/month for an advanced crafter actively flipping	—

The range is this wide because Gil in FFXIV depends directly on market knowledge and active time invested, not just play time: two players with the same play time can have radically different income depending on whether one just logs in daily for retainers while the other crafts and checks prices multiple times a day.

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Frequently asked questions

Can you get Mog Station's Moguri Coins for free in FFXIV?

No. Mog Station is Square Enix's official store for cosmetics and convenience upgrades, and everything it sells is paid for only with real money (card, PayPal, etc.). There's no legitimate way to get Mog Station balance by playing, completing quests, or through Gil. Any website offering Mog Station balance 'generators' is a scam trying to steal your account details.

Do I need to pay the monthly subscription to farm Gil in FFXIV?

Yes, beyond the free trial (limited in level and features), FFXIV requires an active monthly subscription in addition to buying the base game and its expansions. It's a fixed game cost unrelated to Gil, but it's worth keeping in mind before investing time in farming: without an active subscription you can't access the Market Board or your retainers.

What's the fastest way for a new player to earn Gil?

For a freshly started character, the most realistic approach is combining basic gathering (selling materials on the Market Board) with retainer exploration ventures as soon as you unlock them, since neither requires starting Gil or leveled jobs. Advanced crafting and Market Board flipping are far more profitable long-term, but they require capital and knowledge of your server's market that a new player doesn't have yet.

How to get free Gil in Final Fantasy XIV