All That Glitters
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 9,990 EXP, the best on the Lv 10 Goldsmith tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 7,880 EXP or less.
Across that rung the return runs from 2,230 EXP to 9,990 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 348%, so the wrong pick leaves 7,760 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 15 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 24,790 EXP per allowance, 148% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 5 rung behind tops out at 3,600 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: 168 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 293 gil.
Copper Ear Cuffs ×1 is a Lv 11 Goldsmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 8 units of raw material and 5 crystals.
Handing that in returns 1,249 EXP and 21 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.