What do I do with all my old equipment

[Viper]

I have tons of it. My Armory Chest is full of stuff for most types.

[Illyasviel09]

Personally, i use the stuff i don't want anymore to get Company Seals. If i can't, then i convert them into materia. If i can't do that, i sell them. IF they can't be sold, then i just drop them.

In my server, materia I and II can be more expensive than V most of the time, so it's a way to get some extra money

[Tempus animae]

If you have/use retainer. You can give old gear to them too.

[Mio Rin]

Most of the old gear up to lv50 can be reused on most of the other jobs of a similar nature (e.g. most DPS classes use the same gear, and all mages share the mage gear. Only tanks and lancers need their own sets) and generally at least 2 jobs share each gear set after lv50, so I'd advise keeping some of the old gear (a set for every 5 or 10 lvls is enough) until you're done leveling that role on all classes/jobs you like.

After that, you can donate it to your grand company for seals, desynthesize it or donate it to the Enclave (Stormblood area) if you don't convert it to materia.

[Virtus Tenebrae]

If you save your old gear to be used on other classes you "might" level up, you're going to run out of inventory space scary fast (as you already know). Here's what you can do though.

- Spiritbond it; this destroys the gear and turns it into a piece of materia. This can only be done if you've worn it enough to get it to 100% spirit. Gear with materia slotted inside it binds faster. Since high-level combat materia is so easy to get now-a-days, I'd suggest only doing this for fun, getting fodder materia, or progress on the achievements for spiritbonding.

- Desynthesize it; this destroys the gear and refunds one of its crafting materials and some crystals. Desynthesis is a long term investment for getting a bunch of free stuff from the gear you get from raids, trials, and dungeons. If you're not invested in crafting classes, don't bother.

- Expert Delivery; free company seals. This is only for the uncraftable gear you get from dungeons and the like. You need to be a certain military rank with your Grand Company to have this option though.

- Sell it; just bite the bullet. The gear is worthless. You KNOW its worthless. You know what's not worthless? Inventory space.


Those 4 suggestions are for old and unused combat gear. If you're having inventory troubles with event gear, then there's a better solution. Go to an inn and go to the Armoire. It's a special chest that stores most event gear. Its worth checking out what can actually be stored away in it, so as to not be taking up space elsewhere.