New Shoes, New Me

One allowance here buys 28,010 EXP, the best on the Lv 20 Weaver tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 3 other leves of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 16,800 EXP or less.

Across that rung the return runs from 12,960 EXP to 28,010 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 116%, so the wrong pick leaves 15,050 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 25 Weaver tradecraft leve returns 47,200 EXP per allowance, 69% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 15 rung behind tops out at 24,790 EXP.

At Lv 20 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 17,352 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 113,304 EXP, which puts this leve 61% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 293 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 348 gil.

Cotton Dress Shoes ×1 is a Lv 22 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 7 units of raw material and 9 crystals.

Handing that in returns 4,001 EXP and 42 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Weaver.