Squid Ink
Ingredient · Item level 400 · Requires level 1 · Patch 7.56x1
Squid Ink sells for 1 gil on Crystal, the cheapest of 11 datacenters — the dearest is 1,400 gil on Light, a spread of 1,399 gil.
Prices correct as of , sourced from Universalis.
Price by datacenter
| Datacenter | Quality | Cheapest listing | World | Avg sale | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elemental · Japan | NQ | 444 | Atomos | — | — |
| Elemental · Japan | HQ | 900 | Carbuncle | — | — |
| Gaia · Japan | NQ | 499 | Ifrit | 250 | 0.6/day |
| Gaia · Japan | HQ | 394 | Ifrit | 933 | 17.2/day |
| Mana · Japan | NQ | 300 | Masamune | — | — |
| Mana · Japan | HQ | 300 | Masamune | — | — |
| Aether · North-America | NQ | 666 | Faerie | 2,000 | 15.3/day |
| Aether · North-America | HQ | 1,736 | Sargatanas | 3,520 | 1.6/day |
| Primal · North-America | NQ | 762 | Leviathan | 1,615 | 0.6/day |
| Primal · North-America | HQ | 500 | Hyperion | 2,400 | 1.3/day |
| Chaos · Europe | NQ | 603 | Sagittarius | 994 | 1/day |
| Chaos · Europe | HQ | 2,899 | Phantom | — | — |
| Light · Europe | NQ | 1,400 | Twintania | 1,286 | 1.3/day |
| Light · Europe | HQ | 1,144 | Phoenix | 1,647 | 4.8/day |
| Crystal · North-America | NQ | 1 | Goblin | 2,656 | 1.6/day |
| Crystal · North-America | HQ | 200 | Coeurl | 721 | 8.6/day |
| Materia · Oceania | NQ | 488 | Ravana | — | — |
| Materia · Oceania | HQ | 1,295 | Sephirot | — | — |
| Meteor · Japan | NQ | 300 | Yojimbo | 655 | 0.3/day |
| Meteor · Japan | HQ | 203 | Valefor | — | — |
| Dynamis · North-America | NQ | 500 | Golem | — | — |
| Dynamis · North-America | HQ | 600 | Marilith | — | — |
Price history
Crafting cost vs market price
| Spearhead Squid x5 | 1,450 |
| Fire Crystal x6 | 120 |
| Total material cost | 1,570 |
| Profit at the average sale price of 2,656 gil (x3 per craft) | 6,397 |
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× | 70 | |
| CUL | 2× | — | |
| CUL | 1× | — | |
| CUL | 2× | — |
Result prices are the lower of the cheapest listing and the recent average sale on crystal. 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 1 gil on Crystal. Prices vary by datacenter; the highest current listing is 1,400 gil on Light.
- Which datacenter is cheapest for Squid Ink?
- Crystal currently has the lowest listing at 1 gil (on Goblin). 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 200 gil on Crystal.