Need for Mead

One allowance here buys 36,390 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 25 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, A Leg to Stand On, returns 69,150 EXP for the same allowance, 90% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 16,080 EXP to 69,150 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 330%, so the wrong pick leaves 53,070 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 30 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 67,730 EXP per allowance, 2% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 20 rung behind tops out at 21,600 EXP.

At Lv 25 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 31,772 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 204,269 EXP, which puts this leve 15% above its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 406 gil per allowance is 1st of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 406 gil.

Conical Alembic ×1 is a Lv 26 Armorer recipe, 4 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 15 units of raw material and 15 crystals.

Handing that in returns 2,426 EXP and 27 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Goldsmith.