It's All in the Wrists (L)
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What the allowance actually buys
At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,942,290 EXP works out to 294,229 EXP per allowance, the best on the Lv 56 Leatherworker Grand Company rung — matched exactly by 1 other leve of the 3 there, with the rest trailing at 21,267 EXP or less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Leatherworker Grand Company leve returns 326,360 EXP per allowance, 11% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 308,078 EXP.
At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 195,640 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,032,386 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 390,755 EXP, which puts this leve 50% above its own category's average.
Dragonskin Wristbands ×3 is a Lv 58 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 78 units of raw material and 141 crystals over 3 crafts.
Handing that in returns 37,722 EXP and 72 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Goldsmith and Leatherworker.