Cutting Deals
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 709,140 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 64 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 431,830 EXP, 39% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 359,460 EXP to 709,140 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 97%, so the wrong pick leaves 349,680 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 66 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 1,084,260 EXP per allowance, 53% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 62 rung behind tops out at 486,300 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 63% above its own category's average.
Durium Smallsword ×1 is a Lv 65 Goldsmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 28 units of raw material and 31 crystals.
Handing that in returns 25,326 EXP and 107 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.