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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 409,190 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 56 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 291,280 EXP, 29% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 36,595 EXP to 409,190 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 1018%, so the wrong pick leaves 372,595 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 453,870 EXP per allowance, 11% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 459,310 EXP.
At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 284,330 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 684,949 EXP, which puts this leve 44% above its own category's average.
Frozen Spirits ×3 is a Lv 58 Culinarian recipe, a single step, costing 6 units of raw material and 10 crystals.
Handing that in returns 68,198 EXP and 187 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.