Fisher of Men

One allowance here buys 3,220 EXP, which places it 5th of the 6 Lv 10 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 1 other leve on the rung matches exactly. The best of them, The Bango Zango Diet, returns 10,480 EXP for the same allowance, 225% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 3,220 EXP to 10,480 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 225%, so the wrong pick leaves 7,260 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 15 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 19,270 EXP per allowance, 84% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 5 rung behind tops out at 6,280 EXP.

At Lv 10 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 8,265 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 43,676 EXP, which puts this leve 61% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 169 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 5th on EXP, with the best there paying 174 gil.

Salt Cod ×3 is a Lv 15 Culinarian recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 2 units of raw material and 3 crystals.

Handing that in returns 1,610 EXP and 85 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.