Get a Little Bit Closer
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 13,040 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 15 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 1 other leve on the rung matches exactly. The best of them, Awl or Nothing, returns 18,910 EXP for the same allowance, 45% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 7,170 EXP to 18,910 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 164%, so the wrong pick leaves 11,740 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 20 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 21,600 EXP per allowance, 14% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 10 rung behind tops out at 13,090 EXP.
At Lv 15 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 16,554 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 78,432 EXP, which puts this leve 21% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 283 gil per allowance is 1st of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 283 gil.
Brass Knuckles ×1 is a Lv 16 Blacksmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 10 units of raw material and 8 crystals.
Handing that in returns 1,304 EXP and 28 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.