The Righteous Tools for the Job
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 50,380 EXP, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 35 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Springtime for Coerthas, returns 94,160 EXP for the same allowance, 87% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 14,940 EXP to 94,160 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 530%, so the wrong pick leaves 79,220 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 40 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 125,680 EXP per allowance, 33% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 30 rung behind tops out at 67,730 EXP.
At Lv 35 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 61,959 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 378,392 EXP, which puts this leve 19% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 456 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 661 gil.
Boarskin Ringbands ×1 is a Lv 36 Leatherworker recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 5 units of raw material and 14 crystals.
Handing that in returns 10,076 EXP and 91 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Leatherworker.