Fishing for Profits (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 1,921,700 EXP works out to 192,170 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 52 Carpenter Grand Company leves that record EXP. The best of them, Win One Bow, Get Three Free (L), returns 233,194 EXP for the same allowance, 21% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 25,691 EXP to 233,194 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 808%, so the wrong pick leaves 207,503 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 54 Carpenter Grand Company leve returns 260,272 EXP per allowance, 12% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 50 rung behind tops out at 183,748 EXP.

At Lv 52 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 177,755 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 868,208 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 337,743 EXP, which puts this leve 8% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 374 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 374 gil.

Cedar Fishing Rod ×3 is a Lv 52 Carpenter recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 69 units of raw material and 54 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 27,851 EXP and 54 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Carpenter.