Time for a Midnight Snack (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 1,742,220 EXP works out to 174,222 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 54 Culinarian Grand Company leves that record EXP. The best of them, Emerald Soup for the Soul (L), returns 252,623 EXP for the same allowance, 45% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 38,978 EXP to 252,623 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 548%, so the wrong pick leaves 213,645 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Culinarian Grand Company leve returns 225,055 EXP per allowance, 11% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 170,838 EXP.

At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 205,186 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 938,680 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 400,590 EXP, which puts this leve 15% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 530 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 530 gil.

Royal Eggs ×9 is a Lv 57 Culinarian recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 57 units of raw material and 102 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 30,565 EXP and 93 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.