O Pine

One allowance here buys 158,940 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 3 Lv 64 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Pinewheel, returns 489,060 EXP for the same allowance, 208% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 158,940 EXP to 489,060 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 208%, so the wrong pick leaves 330,120 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 66 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 739,840 EXP per allowance, 51% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 62 rung behind tops out at 705,130 EXP.

At Lv 64 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 435,661 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,139,405 EXP, which puts this leve 64% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 1,498 gil per allowance is 2nd of 3 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 2,246 gil.

Pine Lumber ×1 is a Lv 64 Carpenter recipe, a single step, costing 4 units of raw material and 4 crystals.

Handing that in returns 39,735 EXP and 375 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.