Starting Off on the Wrong Foot
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 593,380 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 58 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 484,390 EXP, 18% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 70,237 EXP to 593,380 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 745%, so the wrong pick leaves 523,143 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 60 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 703,720 EXP per allowance, 19% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 56 rung behind tops out at 534,960 EXP.
At Lv 58 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 327,945 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 716,251 EXP, which puts this leve 81% above its own category's average.
Serpentskin Armguards of Maiming ×1 is a Lv 59 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 29 units of raw material and 29 crystals.
Handing that in returns 20,461 EXP and 41 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Goldsmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.