Fit for a Friend

One allowance here buys 1,103,750 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 78 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Into the Storm, returns 1,606,520 EXP for the same allowance, 46% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 783,880 EXP to 1,606,520 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 105%, so the wrong pick leaves 822,640 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 80 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 935,000 EXP per allowance, 42% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 76 rung behind tops out at 1,425,640 EXP.

At Lv 78 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 955,432 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 2,129,178 EXP, which puts this leve 16% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 4,838 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,838 gil.

Swallowskin Gloves of Fending ×1 is a Lv 78 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 22 units of raw material and 44 crystals.

Handing that in returns 50,170 EXP and 220 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Leatherworker and Weaver.