Daddy's Little Girl
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 47,200 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 25 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 39,990 EXP, 15% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 8,660 EXP to 47,200 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 445%, so the wrong pick leaves 38,540 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 30 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 67,730 EXP per allowance, 43% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 20 rung behind tops out at 28,010 EXP.
At Lv 25 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 31,772 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 204,269 EXP, which puts this leve 49% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 316 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 388 gil.
Viper-crested Round Shield ×1 is a Lv 26 Carpenter recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 11 units of raw material and 10 crystals.
Handing that in returns 4,291 EXP and 29 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.