Mindful Study
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 1,494,330 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 2 Lv 88 Alchemist tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Technically Still Magic, returns 2,297,800 EXP for the same allowance, 54% more.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 90 Alchemist tradecraft leve returns 2,695,430 EXP per allowance, 17% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 86 rung behind tops out at 2,028,020 EXP.
At Lv 88 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 1,852,163 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 3,242,290 EXP, which puts this leve 19% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 5,040 gil per allowance is 1st of 2 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 5,040 gil.
Grade 5 Tincture of Mind ×3 is a Lv 89 Alchemist recipe, a single step, costing 8 units of raw material and 16 crystals.
Handing that in returns 186,791 EXP and 630 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.