Gods of Small Things

One allowance here buys 3,600 EXP, the best on the Lv 5 Goldsmith tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 2 other leves of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 3,040 EXP or less.

Across that rung the return runs from 1,980 EXP to 3,600 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 82%, so the wrong pick leaves 1,620 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 10 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 9,990 EXP per allowance, 178% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 1 rung behind tops out at 1,690 EXP.

At Lv 5 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 4,554 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 28,481 EXP, which puts this leve 21% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 139 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 170 gil.

Copper Earrings ×1 is a Lv 6 Goldsmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 5 units of raw material and 4 crystals.

Handing that in returns 720 EXP and 28 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.