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At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 1,837,480 EXP works out to 183,748 EXP per allowance, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 50 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, From Mud to Mourning, returns 334,080 EXP for the same allowance, 82% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 33,408 EXP to 334,080 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 900%, so the wrong pick leaves 300,672 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 52 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 480,670 EXP per allowance, 44% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 45 rung behind tops out at 137,400 EXP.

At Lv 50 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 176,840 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 553,899 EXP, which puts this leve 4% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 374 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 749 gil.

Archaeoskin Jackboots of Gathering ×3 is a Lv 52 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 63 units of raw material and 54 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 29,166 EXP and 59 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Leatherworker and Weaver.