Playing the Part

One allowance here buys 21,600 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 6 Lv 20 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 2 other leves on the rung match exactly. The best of them, Open to Attack, returns 24,710 EXP for the same allowance, 14% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 4,440 EXP to 24,710 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 457%, so the wrong pick leaves 20,270 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 25 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 41,630 EXP per allowance, 68% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 15 rung behind tops out at 18,910 EXP.

At Lv 20 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 17,352 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 113,304 EXP, which puts this leve 24% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 295 gil per allowance is 1st of 6 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 295 gil.

Goatskin Armguards ×1 is a Lv 22 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 7 units of raw material and 7 crystals.

Handing that in returns 3,086 EXP and 42 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Leatherworker.