Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 2,230,900 EXP, the best of the 2 Lv 92 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 1,665,250 EXP, 25% less.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 94 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 2,382,950 EXP per allowance, 7% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 90 rung behind tops out at 1,713,570 EXP.
At Lv 92 this data holds 18 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 16 Tradecraft ones average 2,274,718 EXP per allowance, the 2 Fieldcraft ones 5,080,188 EXP, which puts this leve 2% below its own category's average.
Mezcal-marinated Swampmonk ×3 is a Lv 92 Culinarian recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 19 units of raw material and 39 crystals.
Handing that in returns 117,416 EXP and 267 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.