Man with a Dragon Earring (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 1,321,020 EXP works out to 132,102 EXP per allowance, which places it 5th of the 6 Lv 56 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Appeasing the Astromancer, returns 379,930 EXP for the same allowance, 188% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 63,322 EXP to 379,930 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 500%, so the wrong pick leaves 316,608 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 427,710 EXP per allowance, 13% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 647,060 EXP.

At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 284,330 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 684,949 EXP, which puts this leve 54% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 499 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 5th on EXP, with the best there paying 998 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.