Walk the Walk
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 812,920 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 60 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 428,540 EXP, 47% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 94,630 EXP to 812,920 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 759%, so the wrong pick leaves 718,290 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 62 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 705,130 EXP per allowance, 13% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 58 rung behind tops out at 484,390 EXP.
At Lv 60 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 415,953 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,098,783 EXP, which puts this leve 95% above its own category's average.
Beech Rod ×1 is a Lv 61 Carpenter recipe, 3 steps deep through 6 intermediates, costing 29 units of raw material and 40 crystals.
Handing that in returns 28,032 EXP and 86 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Carpenter, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.