Whirled Peas
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 31,800 EXP, which places it 3rd of the 6 Lv 25 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Convalescence Precedes Essence, returns 55,060 EXP for the same allowance, 73% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 12,990 EXP to 55,060 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 324%, so the wrong pick leaves 42,070 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 30 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 72,430 EXP per allowance, 32% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 20 rung behind tops out at 22,960 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 0% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 288 gil per allowance is 1st of 6 on the same rung against 3rd on EXP, with the best there paying 288 gil.
Pea Soup ×3 is a Lv 26 Culinarian recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 5 units of raw material and 5 crystals.
Handing that in returns 6,360 EXP and 58 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.