Field Trip to the Unknown (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,602,720 EXP works out to 260,272 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 54 Alchemist Grand Company leves that record EXP. The best of them, It's Gonna Grow Back (L), returns 485,295 EXP for the same allowance, 86% more.

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 27% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 468 gil per allowance is 1st of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 468 gil.

Dhalmelskin Codex ×3 is a Lv 55 Alchemist recipe, 2 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 66 units of raw material and 87 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 39,435 EXP and 71 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.