FFXIV North Horn Farming Guide: Gil, Minions, And Mounts

Occult Crescent has quietly become one of the best gil farming zones in the game, and North Horn is set to expand every system that made South Horn profitable. Between Fortune Carrots, Magic Pots, and rare Critical Encounter drops, a single lucky coffer can hand you 200,000 gil plus a mount or minion in the same pull. None of it is guaranteed patch to patch, but the underlying systems are confirmed to carry over into North Horn.

This guide breaks down the exact mechanics behind FFXIV gil farming in Occult Crescent, what minions and mounts are realistically obtainable, and how to apply the same habits once North Horn opens with patch 7.55.

Fortune Carrots: The Best Gil Source In The Zone

Fortune Carrots are rare drops from treasure coffers and Persistent Pot rewards. Using one on a chewed carrot found on the ground spawns a Happy Bunny, which drops a golden coffer worth 200,000 gil along with a chance at mounts, minions, and emotes. There are always two active chewed carrot spots per instance, and players regularly call out locations in shout chat, so keep an eye on zone chat even if you are not actively hunting for one yourself.

Currency Farming: Silver And Gold Pieces

Outside of lucky coffer pulls, the steady income in Occult Crescent comes from Enlightenment Silver Pieces and Enlightenment Gold Pieces. Silver comes mainly from FATEs and Critical Encounters, while Gold comes from chaining regular mob kills together. Both currencies buy Phantom Job shards, materia, glamour items, and Arcanaut armor pieces, so even without a single carrot or pot drop, simply playing the zone normally builds up spendable currency over time.

The Tipping Tortoise minion and similar Happy Bunny rewards are entirely luck based, and some dedicated farmers have opened well over a thousand coffers chasing specific items or the Bunny-blessed title. Do not treat any single item as a guaranteed drop; treat the gil as the real reward and any rare mount or minion as a bonus.

Special FATEs like Persistent Pots and Pleading Pots can spawn alongside regular FATEs and Critical Encounters. Clearing one at Gold rank spawns a Magic Pot that follows you and can be fed a Magical Elixir to hint at the direction of a hidden treasure coffer. These coffers come in bronze, silver, or gold tiers, with gold offering the best gil and item rewards, and sometimes chaining into a second hidden coffer if the pot decides to keep leading you around.

Mounts Worth Farming

The standout mount currently available is the Demon Haul, an exclusive reward tied to clearing The Forked Tower: Blood. It remains one of the few mounts in Occult Crescent that requires organized raid content rather than pure luck, which also makes it a strong reason to actually push through Forked Tower once you have the gear for it. Additional mounts have shown up as rare pool items inside Fortune Carrot and Magic Pot coffers, though these are far less predictable than a guaranteed raid clear reward.

What To Expect In North Horn

Official coverage confirms North Horn will continue the South Horn story and add more rewards on top of the existing systems, meaning Fortune Carrots, Magic Pots, and currency farming should all carry over into the new zone rather than being replaced. Specific North Horn coffer locations, new mount pools, and any exclusive Forked Tower: Magic mount have not been detailed in official patch notes yet, so expect community maps and reward lists to fill in quickly once players get hands on access. Keep an ear out for carrot callouts in shout chat, grab every Magical Elixir you can, and let North Horn's version of these systems pad your wallet the same way South Horn already has.