Dodge Once, Cut Twice

One allowance here buys 919,160 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 76 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Idol Hands, returns 1,256,820 EXP for the same allowance, 37% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 450,200 EXP to 1,256,820 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 179%, so the wrong pick leaves 806,620 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 78 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 1,103,750 EXP per allowance, 12% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 74 rung behind tops out at 646,380 EXP.

At Lv 76 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 754,791 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,812,275 EXP, which puts this leve 22% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 4,589 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,589 gil.

Titanbronze Daggers ×1 is a Lv 76 Blacksmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 24 units of raw material and 53 crystals.

Handing that in returns 38,298 EXP and 191 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.