FFXIV Dawntrail FATE Farming

The core premise is embarrassingly simple. You run Dawntrail FATE farming, and by doing so you simultaneously earn gil via Turali Bicolor Gemstone Vouchers, level any job you want, and chip away at your Phantom Weapon relic grind. The only reason you are not already doing this is that the unlock chain requires some upfront effort that most people abandon before finishing.

To access the vendors that sell Turali Bicolor Gemstone Vouchers — Kajeel Ja in Tuliyollal (X:12.8, Y:13.0) and Beryl in Solution Nine (X:8.4, Y:14.0) — you must first hit Shared Fate Rank 4 in every Dawntrail zone. That means completing 76 FATEs with a gold rating per zone. It takes time. Do it anyway.

Prerequisite

Unlock flying in all Dawntrail zones before you start. Chasing FATEs on foot is how you ruin your own life.

The Voucher Economy

Each Turali Bicolor Gemstone Voucher costs 100 Bicolor Gemstones. You earn roughly that every five FATEs when accounting for gold-rating bonuses and the Forlorn Maiden buff, which grants a 50% Gemstone bonus to your next FATE when killed. Vouchers sell on the Market Board for around 130,000 gil each — and they move fast, because the Ty'aitya mount requires 500 of them. Players will happily hand you 65,000,000 gil total rather than grind that themselves.

Vouchers sitting in your retainer longer than 24 hours is a personal failure. Undercut. List. Move on. The demand exists because 500 vouchers represents a grind that would make a reasonable person quit the game.

Math

~5 FATEs = 1 voucher = 130,000 gil. With fast rotations in active zones, that approaches or exceeds 1,000,000 gil per hour. You are also leveling and getting relic materials during this. There is no justification for not doing this.

Phantom Weapon: Demiatma Drops

The first step of the Phantom Weapon relic quest requires 3 of each of 6 Demiatma types — 18 total. They are random FATE drops. Each Dawntrail zone drops a specific type, so do not run Heritage Found hoping for Azurite. You will be there for years.

The job you are playing is irrelevant to Demiatma drops. You do not need to be on the job the relic is for. Run whatever is fastest for you.

After the Demiatma stage, your Crystal Paste farming begins. Every Dawntrail FATE awards 3 Crystal Paste. This is not the fastest source — Arcadion Heavyweight Normal gives 8, Savage gives 10-18, and the Variant Dungeon The Merchant's Tale gives 14 per clear — but it is the only source that happens automatically while you are already grinding vouchers and XP. The efficiency argument is not about Crystal Paste per hour in isolation. It is about Crystal Paste per hour while also doing everything else on this list.

Crystal Paste Sources

Job Leveling Side Effect

FATEs in Dawntrail scale with player count. Solo, they are manageable if your Chocobo is leveled. In a group, they die in seconds. Either way, the FATE leveling method rewards experience passively on top of everything else. Weekly challenge log bonuses stack on top — completing FATEs per week grants a multiplied XP bonus, most potent at weekly reset. If you time your heavy grind sessions for Tuesday reset, you are getting paid twice.

This is not the fastest leveling method in the game. It does not need to be. It is the most efficient method when gil and relic progress are also goals. If you are running roulettes for XP while someone else runs FATEs for 1M gil/hour and relic materials, you have made a choice.

Execution Tips

Before You Start

1. Unlock all Dawntrail ether currents. Every zone. No exceptions.
2. Level your Companion Chocobo's Defender role for solo sustainability.
3. Check Universalis or your server's Market Board for current voucher prices before assuming 130k.
4. Cap Bicolor Gemstones (1,500 max) only if you plan to convert immediately — do not sit on them.

During the Grind

• Kill Forlorn Maidens whenever they spawn. The 50% buff stacks and is worth stopping for.
• Form a party via Party Finder for faster FATE clears. Difficulty scales down with numbers.
• Rotate between zones to keep FATE density high — camping one zone causes spawn droughts.
• Track your Demiatma zone-by-zone. Grinding Orpiment in Caput Mortuum's zone is wasted time.

Market Warning

Prices vary by server and Data Center. 130k per voucher is a reference point, not a guarantee. Check Universalis before committing to this as your primary FFXIV gil making method.

Why This Over Crafting or Gathering

Combat gil farming has an inherent volatility problem — material and consumable prices shift with patch cycles, and Savage release windows create temporary spikes that collapse. Vouchers are different. The Ty'aitya mount demand is structural: 500 vouchers is a wall most players refuse to climb, so they buy from the Market Board indefinitely. The price has not meaningfully moved since the method became known. That is unusual stability for a combat-based income stream, and it is the reason this guide exists.

When Evercold (the next expansion) launches, Dawntrail content will become legacy. Voucher prices will shift. Until then, this remains one of the most consistent FFXIV Market Board strategy options available without a crafting or gathering license.