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There are many ways to make money in Final Fantasy XI, but for some reason people want more. The reason you see many complaining about making money though, is because people don't want to waste time on crafting or mining. My friends, you must. I will give you a simple walkthrough on mining and how to really cash in. I will build this guide in steps as best I can.

Step 1 >> My first recommendation to the beginning miner is to logout, get a new handle and start up a mule character. If you already have one, then you are set. For those not in the know, a mule is basically a holding bin character. Not necessarily a character you're going to play, but just someone to hold items and so forth. YOU MUST START A NEW CHARACTER IN BASTOK. Why is this you say? Well, Zeruhn mines is my answer. In the bastok mines district there is a low level mining cave that you can get started in.

Step 2 >> The gear. Now, if you have a little cash with your REAL character, go ahead and forward about 2k to your mule. This is for a set of 12 pickaxes, they usually go for 206 a peice at Boytz goods in the mines district. They sell from the vendor in the back room of his store.

For those of you who don't have this money, not a problem. Grab signet, head to the mines and start killing bats. Drops include ~ bat wings (1.5-2k on ah), wind crystals (1-2k on ah), and Zeruhn Soot (1.5-2k on ah) After 30-45 minutes, you should have at least 12 of one of these items. Put it on the ah, go back to your main for a while and level or whatnot, come back later and you'll have some cash in the bank. Use it to get your pickaxes.

On a side note, my mule is a mithra theif, during the mining, kill everything and continue collecting wings and soot and crystals and you'll also slowly level up. At 15, theives get the drop bonus. Just a recommendation.

SO. Now that you can afford some pickaxes lets move on to our next step, the armor. Field armor is what you're going to be buying, and for a full set you'll be spending about 50k. WHAT?! 50k you say. That can be made in a few hours if you do it right.

Now, I prefer buying in this order >> Gloves ~ 5k, Feet ~ 5k, Body ~ 28-30k, Legs 10k (I think).

Get in the mines and get to work. At Zeruhn you're primary ores you're selling are going to be Zinc and Iron. You'll also get pebbles, tin, and copper. Those are useless. Forget them. Drop them. You need the inv. space. As a matter of fact, it's best to mine with only your pickaxes, and your mining gear, and maybe a weapon (I just use hand to hand). Now, mine and mine, until either A. You break all your pickaxes, B. you fill up your inv. with iron and zinc and if you're lucky, some Darksteel ore. What you want to do first, is head to your mog house and transfer all your bat wings, soot, and crystals into your safe. That way, everytime you finish a mining exp. and you drop these items off, you can sort them and have them build to 12 without taking up space in your inv.

Head to the AH. Typically I pull in about 7-10k for every 2k I spend on my picks, and 12 picks go in about 30-45 minutes depending on how crowded the mines are.

So on another side note, it's best to start mining an hour before you think you're going to log, or before you have to do something or whatever. That way you can throw your ore on the ah, put the rest up in your bazaar for maybe 50gil; less than the ah, and sit down and leave your comp alone for a bit. Typically you can sell it all. If that doesn't interest you, you're ore will typiucally after aboutu 30 minutes of being on the ah. So go back to collecting wings and what not.

Once you raise up your money buy your equipment and now you're really going to start bringing in the money.

This is the best I can do for everyone now. I'm going to jot down the ore that can be mined in certain places, and the levels you need to be there as far as I know. There are more I'm sure, but my highest character is in his 30's so I don't really get access to all the great places.

Zeruhn Mines 1 and up
Iron Ore ~ 500gil
Zinc Ore - 2-300 gil
Darksteel Ore - 5.5k - 10k
Silver Ore - 300gil

Palborough Mines
Iron Ore
Silver Ore
Mythril Ore - 2.5k
Platinum Ore - 17-20k

Yughott Grotto
Iron Ore
Silver Ore
Gold Ore - 12k

That is about as much as I can offer now. I will add more as I learn. Remember to always check the ah on prices and good luck. In my first 2 days of mining, I made about 100k +. It only takes a little patience.

The D.
Midgarsormr Sever. Akurei and Anrui

White Mage Power.

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