Emerald Soup for the Soul (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,526,230 EXP works out to 252,623 EXP per allowance, the best of the 3 Lv 54 Culinarian Grand Company leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 174,222 EXP, 31% less.

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 23% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 499 gil per allowance is 2nd of 3 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 530 gil.

Emerald Soup ×9 is a Lv 56 Culinarian recipe, a single step, costing 27 units of raw material and 27 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 93,564 EXP and 185 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.