The Gauntlet Is Cast

One allowance here buys 486,300 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 62 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Shielded Life, returns 595,710 EXP for the same allowance, 22% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 160,470 EXP to 595,710 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 271%, so the wrong pick leaves 435,240 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 64 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 709,140 EXP per allowance, 19% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 60 rung behind tops out at 594,520 EXP.

At Lv 62 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 417,590 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,118,055 EXP, which puts this leve 16% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 2,746 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 2,746 gil.

High Steel Gauntlets of Fending ×1 is a Lv 63 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 27 units of raw material and 25 crystals.

Handing that in returns 18,011 EXP and 102 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.