In Rod We Trust
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,255,600 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 84 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 933,280 EXP, 26% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 86 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 2,028,020 EXP per allowance, 62% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 82 rung behind tops out at 846,040 EXP.
At Lv 84 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 1,208,414 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 2,702,320 EXP, which puts this leve 4% above its own category's average.
Red Pine Fishing Rod ×1 is a Lv 85 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 21 units of raw material and 47 crystals.
Handing that in returns 59,790 EXP and 236 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.