Open to Attack

One allowance here buys 24,710 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 20 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 21,600 EXP, 13% less.

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 42% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 248 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 295 gil.

Goatskin Jacket ×1 is a Lv 22 Leatherworker recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 7 units of raw material and 6 crystals.

Handing that in returns 3,530 EXP and 35 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.