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 4th of the 6 Lv 54 Alchemist tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Adhesive of Antipathy, returns 647,060 EXP for the same allowance, 149% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 42,802 EXP to 647,060 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 1412%, so the wrong pick leaves 604,258 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Alchemist tradecraft leve returns 534,960 EXP per allowance, 17% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 480,670 EXP.

At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 296,533 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 622,778 EXP, which puts this leve 12% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 468 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 936 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.