Almost as Fun as Slingshotting Birds

One allowance here buys 144,480 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 50 Carpenter tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, So You Think You Can Lance?, returns 334,080 EXP for the same allowance, 131% more.

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 18% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 248 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 686 gil.

Cedar Longbow ×1 is a Lv 51 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 18 units of raw material and 12 crystals.

Handing that in returns 8,027 EXP and 14 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith, Carpenter and Weaver.