Man with a Dragon Earring (L)
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What the allowance actually buys
At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 1,321,020 EXP works out to 132,102 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 56 Goldsmith Grand Company leves that record EXP. The best of them, With a Noise That Reaches Heaven (L), returns 180,139 EXP for the same allowance, 36% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 63,322 EXP to 180,139 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 184%, so the wrong pick leaves 116,817 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Goldsmith Grand Company leve returns 235,244 EXP per allowance, 31% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 355,883 EXP.
At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 195,640 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,032,386 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 390,755 EXP, which puts this leve 32% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 499 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 499 gil.
Dragon Fang Earrings ×3 is a Lv 56 Goldsmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 24 units of raw material and 39 crystals over 3 crafts.
Handing that in returns 55,043 EXP and 208 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.