Distill, My Heart

One allowance here buys 1,420 EXP, which places it 5th of the 6 Lv 5 Alchemist tradecraft leves that record EXP — a figure 1 other leve on the rung matches exactly. The best of them, The Hexster Runoff, returns 6,280 EXP for the same allowance, 342% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 1,420 EXP to 6,280 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 342%, so the wrong pick leaves 4,860 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 10 Alchemist tradecraft leve returns 12,030 EXP per allowance, 92% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 1 rung behind tops out at 2,040 EXP.

At Lv 5 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 4,554 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 28,481 EXP, which puts this leve 69% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 169 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 5th on EXP, with the best there paying 293 gil.

Distilled Water ×1 is a Lv 1 Alchemist recipe, a single step, costing 1 unit of raw material and 1 crystal.

Handing that in returns 1,420 EXP and 169 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.