Appeasing the Astromancer

One allowance here buys 379,930 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 56 Goldsmith tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 240,180 EXP, 37% less.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Goldsmith tradecraft leve returns 427,710 EXP per allowance, 13% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 647,060 EXP.

At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 390,755 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,032,386 EXP and the 27 Grand Company ones 195,640 EXP, which puts this leve 3% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 383 gil per allowance is 3rd of 3 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 998 gil.

Hardsilver Planisphere ×1 is a Lv 57 Goldsmith recipe, 3 steps deep through 8 intermediates, costing 48 units of raw material and 55 crystals.

Handing that in returns 7,915 EXP and 8 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith and Goldsmith.

The record carries a repeats value of 2. This site reads that as 2 further turn-ins on the same leve — an assumption, because the source data defines no meaning for the field — which would put the ceiling at 1,139,790 EXP and 1,149 gil for the 1 allowance it costs, or 1,139,790 EXP per allowance.