Surgical Substitution (L)
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What the allowance actually buys
At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,643,720 EXP works out to 264,372 EXP per allowance, the best of the 3 Lv 52 Alchemist Grand Company leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 182,325 EXP, 31% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 25,691 EXP to 264,372 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 929%, so the wrong pick leaves 238,681 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 54 Alchemist Grand Company leve returns 485,295 EXP per allowance, 84% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 50 rung behind tops out at 204,543 EXP.
At Lv 52 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 177,755 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 868,208 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 337,743 EXP, which puts this leve 49% above its own category's average.
Grade 1 Mind Dissolvent ×9 is a Lv 54 Alchemist recipe, a single step, costing 21 units of raw material and 12 crystals over 3 crafts.
Handing that in returns 125,891 EXP and 208 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.