Run Before They Walk

One allowance here buys 375,300 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 64 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Pinewheel, returns 489,060 EXP for the same allowance, 30% 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 14% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 1,082 gil per allowance is 3rd of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 2,246 gil.

Pine Cane ×1 is a Lv 64 Carpenter recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 25 units of raw material and 26 crystals.

Handing that in returns 15,012 EXP and 43 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Carpenter and Weaver.