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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 935,000 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 2 Lv 80 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, To Delight a Dancer, returns 1,355,750 EXP for the same allowance, 45% more.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 82 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 1,582,910 EXP per allowance, 17% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 78 rung behind tops out at 1,103,750 EXP.
At Lv 80 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 854,332 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 2,459,716 EXP, which puts this leve 9% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 4,900 gil per allowance is 1st of 2 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,900 gil.
High Durium Saw ×1 is a Lv 81 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 23 units of raw material and 47 crystals.
Handing that in returns 40,652 EXP and 213 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Carpenter.