Nip It in the Bud
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 387,820 EXP, which places it 2nd 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, 67% 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 25% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 1,567 gil per allowance is 3rd of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,339 gil.
Bluespirit Scythe ×1 is a Lv 74 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 17 units of raw material and 40 crystals.
Handing that in returns 22,813 EXP and 92 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Goldsmith.