Mors Dagger

One allowance here buys 30,820 EXP, which places it 4th 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, 53% 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 3% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 336 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 534 gil.

Steel Broadsword ×1 is a Lv 28 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 7 units of raw material and 9 crystals.

Handing that in returns 4,403 EXP and 48 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Carpenter.