Running up the Tabi
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 935,000 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 80 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 724,620 EXP, 23% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 82 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 1,582,910 EXP per allowance, 69% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 78 rung behind tops out at 1,606,520 EXP.
At Lv 80 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 854,332 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 2,459,716 EXP, which puts this leve 9% above its own category's average.
Gajaskin Tabi ×1 is a Lv 81 Leatherworker recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 20 units of raw material and 46 crystals.
Handing that in returns 46,750 EXP and 245 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Leatherworker and Weaver.