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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,503,270 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 86 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 1,443,780 EXP, 4% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 88 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 2,257,300 EXP per allowance, 50% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 84 rung behind tops out at 1,255,600 EXP.
At Lv 86 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 1,557,007 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 2,953,920 EXP, which puts this leve 3% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 4,980 gil per allowance is 2nd of 2 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 5,000 gil.
Manganese Helm of the Falling Dragon ×1 is a Lv 86 Armorer recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 28 units of raw material and 56 crystals.
Handing that in returns 53,688 EXP and 178 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.