In Pursuit of Panaloaf
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,255,600 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 2 Lv 84 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Records of the Republic, returns 1,746,150 EXP for the same allowance, 39% more.
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 4% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 4,960 gil per allowance is 1st of 2 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,960 gil.
Bismuth Mortar ×1 is a Lv 85 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 23 units of raw material and 47 crystals.
Handing that in returns 54,591 EXP and 216 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Carpenter.