The Bleat Is On

One allowance here buys 980 EXP, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 1 Alchemist tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, One for the Books, returns 2,040 EXP for the same allowance, 108% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 800 EXP to 2,040 EXP per allowance — 4 distinct figures spanning 155%, so the wrong pick leaves 1,240 EXP of the allowance unspent.

Lv 1 is the lowest rung this data records for Alchemist tradecraft leves, and the next one, Lv 5, tops out at 6,280 EXP per allowance — 208% more than the best available here.

At Lv 1 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 1,110 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 19,656 EXP, which puts this leve 12% 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 115 gil.

Maple Wand ×1 is a Lv 4 Alchemist recipe, 3 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 5 units of raw material and 4 crystals.

Handing that in returns 196 EXP and 22 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.