And a Haircut Wouldn't Hurt
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 199,230 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 45 Weaver tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 152,230 EXP, 24% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 82,440 EXP to 199,230 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 142%, so the wrong pick leaves 116,790 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 50 Weaver tradecraft leve returns 211,350 EXP per allowance, 6% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 40 rung behind tops out at 125,680 EXP.
At Lv 45 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 98,250 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 733,026 EXP, which puts this leve 103% above its own category's average.
Felt Robe ×1 is a Lv 44 Weaver recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 21 units of raw material and 38 crystals.
Handing that in returns 9,487 EXP and 39 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Goldsmith and Weaver.