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One allowance here buys 18,910 EXP, the best on the Lv 15 Armorer tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 3 other leves of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 13,040 EXP or less.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 20 Armorer 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 14% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 270 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 402 gil.

Decorated Bronze Barbut ×1 is a Lv 16 Armorer recipe, 4 steps deep through 6 intermediates, costing 18 units of raw material and 12 crystals.

Handing that in returns 1,051 EXP and 15 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Goldsmith.