Paring Is Caring
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,858,920 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 2 Lv 90 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Always Be Prepaired, returns 2,695,430 EXP for the same allowance, 45% more.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 92 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 3,115,640 EXP per allowance, 16% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 88 rung behind tops out at 2,297,800 EXP.
At Lv 90 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 1,797,551 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 4,395,018 EXP, which puts this leve 3% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 5,060 gil per allowance is 1st of 2 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 5,060 gil.
Mountain Chromite Hatchet ×1 is a Lv 91 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 21 units of raw material and 47 crystals.
Handing that in returns 88,520 EXP and 241 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.