Taking Aim
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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 Longbow ×1 is a Lv 72 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 24 units of raw material and 44 crystals.
Handing that in returns 34,427 EXP and 170 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter, Goldsmith and Weaver.