A Turban for the Ages

One allowance here buys 1,403,790 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 78 Weaver tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, A Job Well Done, returns 1,509,210 EXP for the same allowance, 8% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 598,990 EXP to 1,509,210 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 152%, so the wrong pick leaves 910,220 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 80 Weaver tradecraft leve returns 935,000 EXP per allowance, 38% 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 47% 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.

Dwarven Cotton Turban of Scouting ×1 is a Lv 79 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 23 units of raw material and 44 crystals.

Handing that in returns 61,034 EXP and 210 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Weaver.