Tensions in Creasing (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,602,720 EXP works out to 260,272 EXP per allowance, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 54 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 1 other leve on the rung matches exactly. The best of them, Keep Up with the Mechanics, returns 477,930 EXP for the same allowance, 84% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 79,656 EXP to 477,930 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 500%, so the wrong pick leaves 398,274 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 731,480 EXP per allowance, 53% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 629,850 EXP.

At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 296,533 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 622,778 EXP, which puts this leve 12% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 468 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 936 gil.

Titanium Creasing Knife ×3 is a Lv 55 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 90 units of raw material and 87 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 28,919 EXP and 52 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Carpenter and Goldsmith.