The Tusk at Hand

One allowance here buys 7,880 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 10 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 1 other leve on the rung matches exactly. The best of them, All That Glitters, returns 9,990 EXP for the same allowance, 27% more.

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 5% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 288 gil per allowance is 2nd of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 293 gil.

Fang Earrings ×1 is a Lv 15 Goldsmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 5 units of raw material and 4 crystals.

Handing that in returns 1,576 EXP and 58 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Goldsmith and Leatherworker.