Militia on My Mind
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 28,010 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 20 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 17,120 EXP, 39% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 8,570 EXP to 28,010 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 227%, so the wrong pick leaves 19,440 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 25 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 47,200 EXP per allowance, 69% 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 61% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 245 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 295 gil.
Iron Lance ×1 is a Lv 20 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 10 units of raw material and 6 crystals.
Handing that in returns 2,801 EXP and 25 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.