Instruments of Distraction
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 244,970 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 3 Lv 74 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Halfhearted Effort, returns 646,380 EXP for the same allowance, 164% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 244,970 EXP to 646,380 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 164%, so the wrong pick leaves 401,410 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 76 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 1,256,820 EXP per allowance, 94% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 72 rung behind tops out at 954,450 EXP.
At Lv 74 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 514,135 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,574,264 EXP, which puts this leve 52% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 2,170 gil per allowance is 2nd of 3 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,339 gil.
Bluespirit Tile ×1 is a Lv 74 Blacksmith recipe, a single step, costing 5 units of raw material and 7 crystals.
Handing that in returns 48,994 EXP and 434 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.