Growing Is Knowing

One allowance here buys 27,950 EXP, which places it 5th of the 6 Lv 30 Alchemist tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Just Give Him a Serum, returns 41,410 EXP for the same allowance, 48% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 21,740 EXP to 41,410 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 90%, so the wrong pick leaves 19,670 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 35 Alchemist tradecraft leve returns 72,600 EXP per allowance, 75% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 25 rung behind tops out at 43,600 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 38% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 69 gil per allowance is 6th of 6 on the same rung against 5th on EXP, with the best there paying 440 gil.

Growth Formula Gamma ×1 is a Lv 30 Alchemist recipe, 2 steps deep through 1 intermediate, costing 4 units of raw material and 4 crystals.

Handing that in returns 6,988 EXP and 17 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.