Find Grand Company here:
- Maelstorm – Limsa Lominsa.
- Order of the Twin Adder – Gridania.
- Immortal Flames – UIdah.
Your choice will only affect the appearance of the starting location. Once you decide on your faction, you will still have time to change, but it has limitations.
How to join Grand Company
After you complete the quest The Company You Keep, you will receive an automatic invitation to join one of the factions.
You will gain access to:
- NPC Commander Officer.
- Provisioning Missions.
- A military rank that can be upgraded.
- Company Seals System.
The main mechanics, Company Seals
Company Seals are an in-game currency that you will receive for completing quests and other activities in Grand Company. They can be spent on resources for crafting, equipment, mounts, which you can then sell and get your cheap FFXIV gil.
How to earn Seals:
- Complete daily Expert Delivery and bring all the equipment that you do not need.
- Provisioning and Supply Missions – hand over resources for crafting and get Seals for it.
- Participate in FATE and special zones for Grand Company.
- Complete Levequests with a buff from the faction.
- Participate in Frontline – PVP content for members of different factions.
Rank Promotion
You will start your progression with the rank of Private Third Class and can go through the career path to Captain, and for PVP activities to Storm, Flame or Serpent Captain.
How to increase the rank:
- To do this, you need to earn Company Seals.
- Complete the quest to increase the military rank.
- The higher your rank, the more unique items you can buy and the more storage space you will get. You will be able to hire Retainers and gain access to Squadrons from NPCs.
How Grand Company helps you earn gil
There are several useful ways to earn Final Fantasy XIV gil using the Grand Company mechanics.
Expert Delivery
Bring in your starting equipment and hand it in to the GC officer to receive Company Seals. This is usually from 200 coins, depending on the rarity. Farm equipment and weapons in dungeons, and bring everything that is not suitable for you to exchange.
Exchange Seals for useful items
By accumulating Seals, you will be able to buy items that can be sold profitably through the auction system.
Items for sale:
- Glamour Prism – can be sold for 500 gil.
- Dark Matter – repairs equipment.
- Venture Tokens – allows you to access Retainers missions and farm rare items.
- Gear for Desynthesis – these items can be disassembled for rare resources and sold.
- Aetheryte Tickets – make teleports cheaper.
Earning gil with Retainers and Ventures
You can go farming for rare resources and equipment yourself. Look for resources, clothes and accessories to decorate your character and rare mounts and minions – animals and creatures that always travel with you.
The rarest costumes and mounts can cost several thousand FFXIV gil.
Squadron Missions
When you reach the military rank of Second Lieutenant, you will gain access to Squadrons – squads of 4 players, which consist of NPCs.
How to use a squad:
- Send on a mission to get experience, Seals and other rewards.
- Develop a squad and unlock Command Missions to complete a dungeon with them.
- Unlock the Wargames format, which is needed to obtain the rank of Captain.
As a reward, you can get equipment and resources that you can keep for yourself, or sell at auction to earn gil.
PvP and Frontline, Seals and EXP
For participating in PVP activities, you will receive two types of currency – Wolf Marks and Company Seals. Experience and gil serve as an additional reward and encouragement.
Frontier is a fully team battle, where it does not matter whether you are a beginner or an experienced player. Put in your best efforts, and you are guaranteed to receive resources and gil as a reward.
Provisioning Missions, crafting and gathering for Seals
Every day, the Grand Company menu changes the list of crafting and gathering resources and items that can be handed in for a reward. Players with a high level of crafting can very quickly convert their skills into seals and additional exp.
Quality of Life Benefits
After joining the Grand Company, you will receive a personal Chocobo, which you can feed and improve and collect additional equipment for it.
Use or sell an Aetheryte Ticket to save gil on teleportation. One ticket gives one free move.
Grand Company Change
You can change your faction after 15 days with the preservation of progress, but with a reset of the game rank. This is a great opportunity to try new variations of gameplay or if you do not like the current equipment that can be exchanged with the Officer.
Practical tips for farming gil through Grand Company
| Activity | Recommended Frequency | Expected Profit |
| Expert Delivery | Daily | 5.000 – 20.000 Seals |
| Prism or Dark Matter Collection | As Seals Accumulate | 50.000–100.000 Gil |
| Retainer Missions and Venture | 1-2 Hours | 20.000 Gils per day |
| Provisioning HQ items | Daily | 5.000 Seals and EXP |
| PVP and Frontline | 2–3 times a Week | Wolf Marks, Seals, Gils |
| Squadron Missions | Every 18 hours | Loot and Seals |
Conclusion
Grand Company is an important part of the lore, which helps players have fun and interesting time and accumulate resources and special currency, which can be exchanged for valuable items and used on your hero, for crafting or for sale at the in-game auction.
You will go the way of one of the factions and reach a high officer rank and will be able to regularly take unique rewards and exchange them for gil through the auction system.
FAQ
Which Grand Company is better?
All factions are equal in their mechanics, choose based on their proximity to the lore and visual part.
What to do with old equipment items?
Hand them in Expert Delivery and get Company Seals.
What is the most profitable item to sell for Seals?
Glamour Prism and Dark Matter – they are always in demand.
I am a crafter. Should I use GC?
Yes, Provisioning Missions will help you get Seals, exp and fill your warehouse with rare resources.
How to unlock Retainers and Ventures?
Achieve the rank of Sergeant Second Class and buy Venture Tokens with Seals and farm gil with them.
Can you do everything alone?
Yes, Grand Company is great for solo players thanks to missions and squadrons.
Can you earn a lot of gil without going to the Market Board?
Yes, turn in items, buy Prism, interact with squads and the Ventures mechanic to get pure gil without selling it via the auction house.