Is crafting/gathering worth it?

[teehehejiminxd]

I'm trying to earn a lot of gil, and seeing how many jobs there are seems pretty intimidating to me.

[✚ Mariel ✚]

Gatherer is decent with only scrip gear. To get best results you need insanely expensive gathering gear which won't be reimbursed anytime soon. It's also not too terribly time consume to level or use if you only get the unspoiled nodes. I wouldn't bother with fishing though

Crafting jobs are a different matter, they have synergy so you need all of them to get good results. Additionally they cannot provide good results unless you buy their super expensive crafting gear, and the potential to lose a lot to shifting prices is a pressure. Therefore I cannot recommend them, better to make friends with a crafter and pay them a commission instead.

[Misa]

it usually is yes but you won't earn much till you reach 80 now.

[mona]

it depends. crafting is set up so that you can't just level up one class, since they all have cross-class skills. if you level up one, you'll need to level them all to use the one in its best form.

however, gathering is easier. you can't power-level through it like you can with crafters, but it comes in handy. where do you think crafters get their crafting materials from? gathering.

i'd advise leveling up botanist and miner, personally. botanists can gather items that weavers, culinarians, carpenters, and leatherworkers (to an extent) use. miners can gather items that armorers, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, and alchemists use. fisher is a pretty worthless class to level up unless you enjoyed the fishing in ffxv. this is just a discount version of that fishing.

i'd personally recommend levelling up gathering. at higher levels (and even lower ones), certain items sell for a lot. hope this helped!

[Unholy Eve]

It's worth it.

It's a large time sink if starting from 0 and a big gil sink if you're looking to Omnicraft. That said you can find lower level items/gear that can still sell for a pretty penny. Also don't bank on anyone telling you what they craft to make money, very few will give away their secrets.

[teehehejiminxd]

Thanks for all the advice, and I think I'll focus on the gathering classes, since it seems much more easier to profit from.

[Winter]

I've earned a decent amount of money gathering.