| I've now made lv24 leathercrafting. My progression from lv21-24 is as follows:
Leather Ring 21-22
12x Dhalmel leathers = 11000 gil
12x Wind crystals = 2000 gil
Cost = 13000 gil per 12 synths
= 1100 gil per synth
Return:
NPC = ???
AH = 150-200 gil
This recipe may seem horrid, but it isn't. You can either make your dhalmel leathers, or buy a cheap stack at the AH. You then craft all your leather rings until lv22 where they cap. Now buy a stack of lightning crystals and desynth them all back to dhalmel leathers. I probably had a 60-70% success of this desynth and I was only at cap. This was more of an excercise in desynth than anything. I then sold my dhalmel leathers back as singles for 1700 gil each. Minimal failures without synth support.
Chocobo Gloves 22-23
12x Cotton Cloth = 7000 gil
12x Dhalmel leathers = 11000 gil
12x Lizard Skins = 7000 gil
12x Earth crystals = 500 gil
Cost = 25500 per 12 synths
= 2100 gil per synth
Return:
NPC = 600 gil
AH = 2500-3000 gil
This requires a bit of capital to level on, but if you have the patience you can break even or even turn a profit on them. They sell slowly at the AH, so be forewarned. Minimal failures without synth support.
[EDIT] Chocobo gloves are a VERY slow seller to the tune of 5 or so per month. They are probably not the best recipe.
Sandals 23-24
12x Sheep leathers = 7000 gil
12x Dhalmel leathers = 11000 gil
12x Wind crystals = 2000 gil
Cost = 1200 gil per synth
Return:
NPC = 841
AH = 900 gil
People have said these are horrible, but they were a better synth than the dhalmel mantles. I leveled these at a loss of 200-300 gil per synth whereas the dhalmel mantles were a loss of 700 gil per synth. I crafted 13 of these on earthsday, lost one, had one .2, eight .1 skill ups, and the rest were successes. If you +1 the desynth, you will get your dhalmel leather back; I don't know how easy the desynth is to succeed.
My next step will be Parchment from 24-27 and then cap out the ram leathers. |