After the Smock-down

One allowance here buys 125,680 EXP, the best on the Lv 40 Weaver tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 113,680 EXP or less.

Across that rung the return runs from 54,350 EXP to 125,680 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 131%, so the wrong pick leaves 71,330 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 45 Weaver tradecraft leve returns 199,230 EXP per allowance, 59% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 35 rung behind tops out at 115,720 EXP.

At Lv 40 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 72,545 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 560,212 EXP, which puts this leve 73% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 510 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 631 gil.

Linen Smock ×1 is a Lv 41 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 6 intermediates, costing 11 units of raw material and 27 crystals.

Handing that in returns 11,425 EXP and 46 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Weaver.