Don't Sweat the Small Fry
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 534,960 EXP, the best on the Lv 56 Leatherworker tradecraft rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 6 there, with the rest trailing at 294,229 EXP or less.
Across that rung the return runs from 21,267 EXP to 534,960 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 2415%, so the wrong pick leaves 513,693 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 593,380 EXP per allowance, 11% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 560,140 EXP.
At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 284,330 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 684,949 EXP, which puts this leve 88% above its own category's average.
Dragonskin Wristbands ×1 is a Lv 58 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 26 units of raw material and 47 crystals.
Handing that in returns 20,575 EXP and 43 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Goldsmith and Leatherworker.