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One allowance here buys 20,060 EXP, which places it 4th 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, 174% 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 37% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 112 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 288 gil.

Eel Pie ×3 is a Lv 25 Culinarian recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 12 units of raw material and 8 crystals.

Handing that in returns 1,672 EXP and 9 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.