Insistent Sallets

One allowance here buys 21,830 EXP, which places it 5th of the 6 Lv 25 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, A Leg to Stand On, returns 69,150 EXP for the same allowance, 217% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 16,080 EXP to 69,150 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 330%, so the wrong pick leaves 53,070 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 30 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 67,730 EXP per allowance, 2% less 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 31% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 271 gil per allowance is 6th of 6 on the same rung against 5th on EXP, with the best there paying 406 gil.

Steel Sallet ×1 is a Lv 29 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 18 units of raw material and 22 crystals.

Handing that in returns 1,213 EXP and 15 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer and Blacksmith.