History of the Hrothgar
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,525,130 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 2 Lv 82 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Archon of His Eye, returns 1,582,910 EXP for the same allowance, 4% more.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 84 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 1,746,150 EXP per allowance, 10% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 80 rung behind tops out at 1,355,750 EXP.
At Lv 82 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 1,208,998 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 2,464,410 EXP, which puts this leve 26% above its own category's average.
High Durium Bayonet ×1 is a Lv 82 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 33 units of raw material and 63 crystals.
Handing that in returns 46,216 EXP and 149 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Goldsmith.