A Winning Combo
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 102,600 EXP, the best on the Lv 40 Carpenter tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 90,590 EXP or less.
Across that rung the return runs from 61,560 EXP to 102,600 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 67%, so the wrong pick leaves 41,040 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 45 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 168,310 EXP per allowance, 64% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 35 rung behind tops out at 105,270 EXP.
At Lv 40 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 72,545 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 560,212 EXP, which puts this leve 41% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 607 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 736 gil.
Oak Composite Bow ×1 is a Lv 40 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 11 units of raw material and 18 crystals.
Handing that in returns 9,327 EXP and 55 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.