Brace Yourselves

One allowance here buys 806,710 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 68 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Thick and Thin, returns 1,182,260 EXP for the same allowance, 47% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 559,130 EXP to 1,182,260 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 111%, so the wrong pick leaves 623,130 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 70 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 820,510 EXP per allowance, 31% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 66 rung behind tops out at 739,840 EXP.

At Lv 68 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 550,185 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,189,544 EXP, which puts this leve 47% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 3,494 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 3,494 gil.

Gazelleskin Bracers of Fending ×1 is a Lv 68 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 7 intermediates, costing 37 units of raw material and 45 crystals.

Handing that in returns 21,803 EXP and 94 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.