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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 811,360 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 58 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 617,600 EXP, 24% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 235,890 EXP to 811,360 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 244%, so the wrong pick leaves 575,470 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 60 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 703,720 EXP per allowance, 13% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 56 rung behind tops out at 731,480 EXP.
At Lv 58 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 443,090 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,079,567 EXP and the 27 Grand Company ones 228,371 EXP, which puts this leve 83% above its own category's average.
Adamantite Dolabra ×1 is a Lv 60 Blacksmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 40 units of raw material and 43 crystals.
Handing that in returns 20,284 EXP and 31 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Carpenter and Leatherworker.