Too Hot to Handle

One allowance here buys 95,350 EXP, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 45 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Hold On Tight, returns 137,400 EXP for the same allowance, 44% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 23,080 EXP to 137,400 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 495%, so the wrong pick leaves 114,320 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 50 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 334,080 EXP per allowance, 143% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 40 rung behind tops out at 125,680 EXP.

At Lv 45 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 98,250 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 733,026 EXP, which puts this leve 3% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 566 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 691 gil.

Raptorskin Wristbands ×1 is a Lv 45 Leatherworker recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 6 units of raw material and 19 crystals.

Handing that in returns 15,892 EXP and 94 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Leatherworker.