Foreign Exchange (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,174,990 EXP works out to 217,499 EXP per allowance, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 50 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Barring the Gates to Foundation, returns 456,810 EXP for the same allowance, 110% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 11,808 EXP to 456,810 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 3769%, so the wrong pick leaves 445,002 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 52 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 629,850 EXP per allowance, 38% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 45 rung behind tops out at 137,400 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 23% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 343 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 686 gil.

Mythrite Patas ×3 is a Lv 51 Blacksmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 90 units of raw material and 99 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 24,167 EXP and 38 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.