Life Ends at Retirement (L)
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What the allowance actually buys
At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 3,558,830 EXP works out to 355,883 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 6 Lv 54 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, The Unfortunate Retirony, returns 647,060 EXP for the same allowance, 82% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 47,322 EXP to 647,060 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 1267%, so the wrong pick leaves 599,738 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 379,930 EXP per allowance, 41% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 629,850 EXP.
At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 296,533 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 622,778 EXP, which puts this leve 20% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 468 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 936 gil.
Hardsilver Bangle of Fending ×3 is a Lv 55 Goldsmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 105 units of raw material and 168 crystals over 3 crafts.
Handing that in returns 33,894 EXP and 45 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Goldsmith.