Just Starting Out

One allowance here buys 565,870 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 70 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 339,520 EXP, 40% less.

Across that rung the return runs from 183,900 EXP to 565,870 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 208%, so the wrong pick leaves 381,970 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 72 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 826,240 EXP per allowance, 46% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 68 rung behind tops out at 556,350 EXP.

At Lv 70 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 433,208 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,302,824 EXP, which puts this leve 31% above its own category's average.

White Oak Fishing Rod ×1 is a Lv 71 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 18 units of raw material and 35 crystals.

Handing that in returns 31,437 EXP and 213 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.