Bloody Good Tart, This
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 72,430 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 30 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 57,390 EXP, 21% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 17,230 EXP to 72,430 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 320%, so the wrong pick leaves 55,200 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 35 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 79,780 EXP per allowance, 10% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 25 rung behind tops out at 55,060 EXP.
At Lv 30 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 44,832 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 275,323 EXP, which puts this leve 62% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 294 gil per allowance is 4th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 534 gil.
Blood Currant Tart ×3 is a Lv 33 Culinarian recipe, 3 steps deep through 8 intermediates, costing 14 units of raw material and 16 crystals.
Handing that in returns 5,174 EXP and 21 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist and Culinarian.