Raising the Dragoons (L)
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What the allowance actually buys
At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 3,263,600 EXP works out to 326,360 EXP per allowance, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 58 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Starting Off on the Wrong Foot, returns 593,380 EXP for the same allowance, 82% more.
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 0% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 593 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 1,186 gil.
Serpentskin Armguards of Maiming ×3 is a Lv 59 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 87 units of raw material and 87 crystals over 3 crafts.
Handing that in returns 37,513 EXP and 68 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Goldsmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.