Standing on Ceremony
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 705,130 EXP, the best on the Lv 62 Carpenter tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 3 there, with the rest trailing at 357,430 EXP or less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 64 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 489,060 EXP per allowance, 31% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 60 rung behind tops out at 812,920 EXP.
At Lv 62 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 417,590 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,118,055 EXP, which puts this leve 69% above its own category's average.
High Steel Fork ×1 is a Lv 62 Carpenter recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 42 units of raw material and 34 crystals.
Handing that in returns 16,789 EXP and 65 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.