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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 21,600 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 20 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 17,120 EXP, 21% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 12,960 EXP to 21,600 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 67%, so the wrong pick leaves 8,640 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 25 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 69,150 EXP per allowance, 220% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 15 rung behind tops out at 18,910 EXP.
At Lv 20 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 17,352 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 113,304 EXP, which puts this leve 24% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 308 gil per allowance is 2nd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 330 gil.
Iron Vambraces ×1 is a Lv 21 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 10 units of raw material and 8 crystals.
Handing that in returns 2,160 EXP and 31 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.