Giving Gatherers Their Gear
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 4,125,360 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 96 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 3,059,520 EXP, 26% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 98 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 5,149,700 EXP per allowance, 25% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 94 rung behind tops out at 2,454,760 EXP.
At Lv 96 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 3,345,087 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 6,726,582 EXP, which puts this leve 23% above its own category's average.
Gomphotherium Doublet of Gathering ×1 is a Lv 97 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 30 units of raw material and 72 crystals.
Handing that in returns 137,512 EXP and 171 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Goldsmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.