A Real Smooth Move
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 20,000 EXP, which places it 6th of the 6 Lv 40 Alchemist tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Arcane Arts for Dummies, returns 94,280 EXP for the same allowance, 371% more.
Across that rung the return runs from 20,000 EXP to 94,280 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 371%, so the wrong pick leaves 74,280 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 45 Alchemist tradecraft leve returns 106,480 EXP per allowance, 13% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 35 rung behind tops out at 72,600 EXP.
At Lv 40 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 72,545 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 560,212 EXP, which puts this leve 72% below its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 214 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 6th on EXP, with the best there paying 637 gil.
Lanolin ×1 is a Lv 40 Alchemist recipe, a single step, costing 1 unit of raw material and 5 crystals.
Handing that in returns 20,000 EXP and 214 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.