A Stronger Offense
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 826,240 EXP, the best on the Lv 72 Carpenter tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 3 there, with the rest trailing at 418,810 EXP or less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 74 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 646,380 EXP per allowance, 22% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 70 rung behind tops out at 565,870 EXP.
At Lv 72 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 590,811 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,405,338 EXP, which puts this leve 40% above its own category's average.
Applewood Spear ×1 is a Lv 72 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 25 units of raw material and 45 crystals.
Handing that in returns 33,050 EXP and 164 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.