Kiss the Pan (Good-bye)
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 13,040 EXP, which places it 5th of the 6 Lv 15 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 1 other leve on the rung matches exactly. The best of them, Cover Girl, returns 18,910 EXP for the same allowance, 45% more.
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 21% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 299 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 5th on EXP, with the best there paying 402 gil.
Initiate's Skillet ×1 is a Lv 18 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 9 units of raw material and 6 crystals.
Handing that in returns 1,449 EXP and 33 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Carpenter.