Persona non Gratin

One allowance here buys 213,220 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 52 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Such a Butter Face, returns 310,610 EXP for the same allowance, 46% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 35,536 EXP to 310,610 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 774%, so the wrong pick leaves 275,074 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 54 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 459,310 EXP per allowance, 48% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 50 rung behind tops out at 343,900 EXP.

At Lv 52 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 251,119 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 576,023 EXP, which puts this leve 15% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 315 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 811 gil.

Dhalmel Gratin ×3 is a Lv 54 Culinarian recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 14 units of raw material and 21 crystals.

Handing that in returns 15,230 EXP and 23 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.