Squid Ink
Ingredient · Item level 400 · Requires level 1 · Patch 7.55x2
Squid Ink sells for 224 gil on Chaos, the cheapest of 11 datacenters — the dearest is 1,994 gil on Primal, a spread of 1,770 gil.
Prices correct as of , sourced from Universalis.
Price by datacenter
| Datacenter | Quality | Cheapest listing | World | Avg sale | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elemental · Japan | NQ | 495 | Typhon | 660 | 0.3/day |
| Elemental · Japan | HQ | 495 | Typhon | 1,933 | 1.6/day |
| Gaia · Japan | NQ | 603 | Fenrir | — | — |
| Gaia · Japan | HQ | 904 | Ultima | — | — |
| Mana · Japan | NQ | 500 | Anima | 1,502 | 0.5/day |
| Mana · Japan | HQ | 940 | Titan | 891 | 2.4/day |
| Aether · North-America | NQ | 1,600 | Midgardsormr | 1,863 | 3/day |
| Aether · North-America | HQ | 1,800 | Adamantoise | 4,156 | 12.7/day |
| Primal · North-America | NQ | 1,994 | Excalibur | 2,727 | 26.7/day |
| Primal · North-America | HQ | 1,500 | Hyperion | 5,000 | 0.5/day |
| Chaos · Europe | NQ | 224 | Ragnarok | — | — |
| Chaos · Europe | HQ | 499 | Ragnarok | 2,940 | 0.3/day |
| Light · Europe | NQ | 489 | Phoenix | 6,185 | 0.5/day |
| Light · Europe | HQ | 400 | Phoenix | 4 | 3.2/day |
| Crystal · North-America | NQ | 500 | Zalera | — | — |
| Crystal · North-America | HQ | 900 | Zalera | — | — |
| Materia · Oceania | NQ | 1,500 | Zurvan | — | — |
| Materia · Oceania | HQ | 490 | Ravana | — | — |
| Meteor · Japan | NQ | 780 | Belias | — | — |
| Meteor · Japan | HQ | 600 | Unicorn | 597 | 1.1/day |
| Dynamis · North-America | NQ | 720 | Rafflesia | — | — |
| Dynamis · North-America | HQ | 1,999 | Golem | — | — |
Price history
Not enough price history yet to chart Squid Ink on Chaos. History begins the day we first observe a sale, and cannot be backfilled.
Crafting cost vs market price
| Spearhead Squid x5 | 9,995 |
| Fire Crystal x6 | 222 |
| Total material cost | 10,217 |
How to obtain
- Buy on the market board — prices above.
- Craft with CUL.
- Sells to vendors for 3 gil.
What Squid Ink is used for
4 craftable items use Squid Ink as a material.
| Crafts into | Job | Uses | Result sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUL | 1× | 2,000 | |
| CUL | 1× | — | |
| CUL | 2× | — | |
| CUL | 2× | — |
Result prices are the lower of the cheapest listing and the recent average sale on chaos. A recipe whose result has no recent sales shows no price rather than an imagined one.
Frequently asked
- How much does Squid Ink cost in FFXIV?
- Squid Ink is listed from 224 gil on Chaos. Prices vary by datacenter; the highest current listing is 1,994 gil on Primal.
- Which datacenter is cheapest for Squid Ink?
- Chaos currently has the lowest listing at 224 gil (on Ragnarok). This changes constantly — prices here are updated hourly.
- Can Squid Ink be sold on the market board?
- Yes. Squid Ink is marketable and can be bought and sold on the market board.
- Is there an HQ version of Squid Ink?
- Yes. High-quality Squid Ink is listed from 400 gil on Light.