King for a Day

One allowance here buys 12,960 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 20 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Music to Their Ears, returns 21,600 EXP for the same allowance, 67% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 8,990 EXP to 21,600 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 140%, so the wrong pick leaves 12,610 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 25 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 36,390 EXP per allowance, 68% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 15 rung behind tops out at 24,790 EXP.

At Lv 20 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 17,352 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 113,304 EXP, which puts this leve 25% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 166 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 292 gil.

Decorated Copper Scepter ×1 is a Lv 20 Goldsmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 9 units of raw material and 7 crystals.

Handing that in returns 1,440 EXP and 18 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.