The Sage's Successor
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,525,130 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 82 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 846,040 EXP, 45% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 84 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 1,067,020 EXP per allowance, 30% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 80 rung behind tops out at 724,620 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.
Pewter Pendulums ×1 is a Lv 82 Goldsmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 35 units of raw material and 71 crystals.
Handing that in returns 43,575 EXP and 140 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Goldsmith.