Shielding Sales
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 9,990 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 6 Lv 10 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Life's a Stitch, returns 13,090 EXP for the same allowance, 31% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 3,780 EXP to 13,090 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 246%, so the wrong pick leaves 9,310 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 15 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 24,790 EXP per allowance, 89% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 5 rung behind tops out at 6,840 EXP.
At Lv 10 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 8,265 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 43,676 EXP, which puts this leve 21% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 170 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 287 gil.
Square Ash Shield ×1 is a Lv 15 Carpenter recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 9 units of raw material and 7 crystals.
Handing that in returns 1,110 EXP and 19 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Carpenter.