Honest Merchant
Hey there!
Welcome to my landing page.Here you'll find my collection of projects that relate to FFXIV.
The FFXIV Economy Guide
A possible schema for including realism-based economies in RP
This project is the result of studies on historical economics and presents one possible way these lessons and bits of knowledge can be applied to simulate a more intricate model of Eorzean commerce
-Disclaimer: I am not a professional historian and I have absolutely no qualms with how any person or organization chooses to deal with money in RP, if they do at all. Whatever methods are most enjoyable for the player, whether that is writing commerce into abstraction or digging into the numbers, please keep using what is the most fun to you-
That said, let's finally get down to it. ⌄Below⌄ you'll find various links to my economy guide, which includes various price and wage lists, as well as discussions on the nature of money and commerce in the world of FFXIV. I hope this is useful to those who are interested in this kind of thing and may want to include it in their RP experience.
Enjoy!
Here are a few quick-reference tables for those who'd rather stay on this page. For more detailed info, additional price lists, and analysis/theorycrafting, please check out the full document from one of the sources above!
FFXIV RP Standardized Price List
These are prices in a City (Ul’dah, Gridania, etc.) where the good is in new condition, produced within 30 miles by decent roads / less than a week by land travel
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Apples, 1 lb. | 5 gil |
| Oats, 1 lb. | 15 gil |
| Bread loaf, Fine Wheat, 8 oz. | 36 gil |
| Flatbread, Rye, 1.5 oz. | 6 gil |
| Chicken, Whole | 16 gil |
| Sausage, Cured Pork, 1 lb. | 28 gil |
| Pork, Salted, 1 lb. | 54 gil |
| Salted Butter, 1 lb. | 106 gil |
| Ale, 1 gallon | 63 gil |
| Wine, 1 gallon | 425 gil |
| Dress, Linen | 1600 gil |
| Gown, Furred | 4015 gil |
| Dress, Fine Silk | 13,340 gil |
| Buckskin, Tanned, 1 sq. yard | 355 gil |
| Silk Fabric, 1 sq. yard | 2932 gil |
| Ink, 1 oz. | 90 gil |
| Candle, Tallow, 4 oz. | 11 gil |
| Oil, Whale, 1 gallon (256 lamp hours) | 177 gil |
| Book, 24 page, leather bound | 2670 gil |
| Horse, Average | 8890 gil |
| Horse, War | 22.2k gil |
| Barrel, Cedar, 15 gal. water-tight | 880 gil |
| Donkey Cart, wooden | 3560 gil |
| Wagon**, Large Plains-crossing Cargo | 10.7k gil |
| Ship**, Ocean-going Merchant Galleon | 6.7 mil. gil |
| Sword, Second-hand peasant’s | 376 gil |
| Longsword, by a Master Smith, New | 6675 gil |
| Musket, New | 12k gil |
| Plate Armor, Full Harness | 75.5k gil |
| Cuirass, Munitions-grade | 11.9k gil |
| Chair, Quality hand-crafted | 2758 gil |
| Inn Lodging, 1 person avg./day | 60 gil |
| Rents, Tiny Cottage, 1 year | 3764 gil |
| Wages |
|---|
(12-14 hour workdays) |
| Manual Laborers: (Lumberjacks, miners, porters etc.) ~200 gil/day |
| Generic Laborers: (Cooks, potters, chandlers, etc.) ~270 gil/day |
| Skilled Laborers: (Carpenters, leatherworkers, masons, etc.) ~320 gil/day |
| Artisans: (Mastersmiths, brewmeisters, chemists, etc.) ~440-710 gil/day |
| Knight Banneret: ~3010 gil/day |
| Knight: ~1505 gil/day |
| Man-at-arms, squires, and mounted regulars: 752 gil/day |
| Common Soldier/Archer: ~190-370 gil/day |
| Barons/Minor Nobles: ~2.7-6.7mil / year |
| Total Crown Revenues: ~451mil /year |
| Farmer (20 acres): ~62,238 gil / year [170 gil / day] |