Gil Guide! : FFXI General Discussions

Ok I just thought i'd post a few easy ways to make money , i dont know if any has posted these yet but here it goes.
First off is fishing , all you need is about lvl 10 or so fishing and head off to the farry, and fish up nebs, cancelling everything that comes up as !!!. This should net you about 2 stacks or so of nebs an hour on a good day tho you can 3 an hour. which on my server will net at least 80k+ish an hour.
Secondly I am a lvl 75 thf so the best thing for me to make money is to go and farm in Yhoator Jungle for Goblin Hunters and Bouncers because they drop Gold Beastman Coins about 10% of the time which on average i can get about 1 stacks an hr but on a good day i can get almost 2. This can make me almost 200-400k in about an hr or more.
Last but not least when i was a little noob back in the day i made a killing farming Pashow Marshlands for Beastman Blood and Silk off Leeches and Crawlers. I would on a good day get at least 1 stack of each an hour which made me about 120k an hour.
Hope this helps someone and pardon me if any of these methods have been posted and goodluck .

Gunslinger

*edited for corrects on the gold beastcoins been a while since i farmed there so my memory isnt too sharp >.< my apologize*

Fishing nebs is nice but i advise you to wait til level 12 fishing and only fish those when moon phase is a bit high. Other wise you will go 1-2 ferry trips not getting anything, and useing a hume rod with shrimp lure/crayfish paste gives you alot better chance to get nebs.

As for farming gold coins in the jungle, I got like 3 to drop in an hr on full moon and 75thf. I tried to farm there again and same outcome. I really sure it's not 75% drop rate.

Farming in marshlands is good but their is usually other people farming there. Haveing two people or more will cut down how much you make an hour since there isnt many leaches around. Farming Beehive chips there and craft them to beeswax is helpfull too.

Killing my dreams and Actually the best is Halycon rod + shrimp lure is the best and you should be able to pull them up at a decent rate with like 10+ fishing skill ive tried, Pardon me about the gold beast coins been a while but i know i used to get alot when i farmed there >.< im pretty sure i used to get like a stack an hour or so. Forgot to add the bees and also the Goobues they can drop cuttings the odd time too, i normally dont get much competition since i farm early in the morning . Also one thing i forgot to add is if you are like 20+ fishing skill Sea Serpents Grotto is awesome for fishing especially with a fish bot cause u can pull up Grims and Breams which sell decent on my server. Best of luck hope this helped someone.

Just thought id post something to help out some of those free members trying to make some gil , tell me if this helped ya or need ne more info on any of these.

Gunslinger

Halycon rod is second most expensive rod on my server and I never really used them. I fished for about a month straight on nebs and wasn't able to do well til i was level 12. Nebs sell extreamly fast and for a good price. It's not a bad idea but I do advise waiting to level 12. This was is my exprience and my friends. I would recommand this since any level can do this, just have to watch out for monsters.

Agreed , cept i have money so ive always used halycon lol. I really dont know about any other rod since i just got my lushangs rod a month ago

whats a good way to skill up your Fishing skill? i fished for about an hour and got one 0.1+

I know ive been fishing forever and i get like +1 ever hr

fishing is entirely random. if you want to increase your skill faster do not fish up stuff too high for your level

i fished nebs one day.. was very annoying.. made good gill tho

[url]http://www.clanwind.com/ffxi/fishing/[/url]

This site is probally best site for fishing infomation.

http://www.finalfishing.com/

that one is better i believe

main reason why? clanwind database is outdated a little bit. how outdated? look in the upper right corner Database v.40.9, Last Update: 11/20/04 11:55 PM CDT

finalfishing (kida's database) is newer and a lot more up to date. also has some better stuff

[quote="lilfisher"]http://www.finalfishing.com/

that one is better i believe

main reason why? clanwind database is outdated a little bit. how outdated? look in the upper right corner Database v.40.9, Last Update: 11/20/04 11:55 PM CDT

finalfishing (kida's database) is newer and a lot more up to date. also has some better stuff[/quote]

Yep.

Once you get Lu Shang and hit level 60 fishing it's pure profit. Fishing is the most consitent way of making gil in the game.

I recommend crayfish ball. You can grab it from fishing guild in both WD and whitegate. Nothing else will bite crayfish ball but nebs.

Shrimp lure you'll be cancelling tons of Tuna. And if you use halcyon/hume rod, noble ladies will also snap your line losing your lure. Not everytime, but it can.