Records of the Republic
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,746,150 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 84 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 1,255,600 EXP, 28% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 86 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 1,443,780 EXP per allowance, 17% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 82 rung behind tops out at 1,582,910 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 44% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 4,940 gil per allowance is 2nd of 2 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 4,960 gil.
Bismuth War Scythe ×1 is a Lv 84 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 33 units of raw material and 63 crystals.
Handing that in returns 52,914 EXP and 150 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.