Choker in the Clutch
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 333,810 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 3 Lv 68 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Speak Softly and Carry a Metal Rod, returns 681,530 EXP for the same allowance, 104% more.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 70 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 693,190 EXP per allowance, 2% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 66 rung behind tops out at 1,084,260 EXP.
At Lv 68 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 550,185 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,189,544 EXP, which puts this leve 39% below its own category's average.
Palladium Choker of Aiming ×1 is a Lv 68 Goldsmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 6 intermediates, costing 29 units of raw material and 38 crystals.
Handing that in returns 11,511 EXP and 44 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.
The record carries a repeats value of 2. This site reads that as 2 further turn-ins on the same leve — an assumption, because the source data defines no meaning for the field — which would put the ceiling at 1,001,430 EXP and 3,786 gil for the 1 allowance it costs, or 1,001,430 EXP per allowance.