So You Think You Can Lance?
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 334,080 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 50 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 183,748 EXP, 45% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 24,081 EXP to 334,080 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 1287%, so the wrong pick leaves 309,999 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 52 Carpenter tradecraft leve returns 423,990 EXP per allowance, 27% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 45 rung behind tops out at 168,310 EXP.
At Lv 50 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 176,840 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 553,899 EXP, which puts this leve 89% above its own category's average.
Mythrite Trident ×1 is a Lv 51 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 26 units of raw material and 20 crystals.
Handing that in returns 12,849 EXP and 26 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.