It's Gonna Grow Back (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 4,852,950 EXP works out to 485,295 EXP per allowance, the best of the 3 Lv 54 Alchemist Grand Company leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 260,272 EXP, 46% less.

Across that rung the return runs from 42,802 EXP to 485,295 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 1,034%, so the wrong pick leaves 442,493 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Alchemist Grand Company leve returns 294,229 EXP per allowance, 39% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 264,372 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 137% above its own category's average.

Wing Glue ×5 is a Lv 55 Alchemist recipe, a single step, costing 35 units of raw material and 20 crystals over 5 crafts.

Handing that in returns 138,656 EXP and 134 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.