Time to Upgrade

One allowance here buys 36,390 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 25 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Lancers' Creed, returns 47,200 EXP for the same allowance, 30% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 21,830 EXP to 47,200 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 116%, so the wrong pick leaves 25,370 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 30 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 67,730 EXP per allowance, 43% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 20 rung behind tops out at 21,600 EXP.

At Lv 25 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 31,772 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 204,269 EXP, which puts this leve 15% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 384 gil per allowance is 2nd of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 534 gil.

Iron Ornamental Hammer ×1 is a Lv 26 Blacksmith recipe, 4 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 15 units of raw material and 15 crystals.

Handing that in returns 2,426 EXP and 26 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Goldsmith.