I had already done the quest for this, and I had another one from killing a hound on the way to dunes. I put it in my bazaar for 1K which is what they're worth in Shiva though price changes often. I end up at the Sandy auction house and an Elvaan girl examines my bazaar and /tells me if she could have the collar for free. I asked her why and she said its for a joke, but I said no after I explained to her what the item was for. She realized she didn't have the map and agreed to buy it from me lol
I had widescan in both n and s gustaberg and only found one black wolf. His position was in N Gust. by the waterfall on the left side, close to the npc Hunting Bear. It respawns every 2-3 hrs game time but the drop is fairly rare. Admittedly i didnt have thf subbed but still i didnt get the drop all night. My advice if u just want this for the map: let some other nugget waste their time getting the collar and just suck it up and buy it from the AH, but i guess it all depends on how valuable ur time is!! :D
Edited, Fri May 13 18:53:26 2005
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I've heard from someone that this only drops off of Black Wolf mobs in North Gustaberg, and not the ones in South Gustaberg. I was wondering if that's true, or if it can be dropped in either region of Gustaberg.
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NM Camp Results: 1/2 on Spiny Spipi (Camped with a friend, he still has the cape) 0/1 on Bu'Ghi, Zi'Ghi, and Lizzy (FInally got my Lizzy kill at 2:10 EST, 11 Feb. 2005) 1/1 on Stinging Sophi
Except for the Map of Gusgen mines this piece of equipment is totally Useless... it even gives -1 CHR...you're better off with the Leather gorget as it's much cheaper and same def:1 personally i think waist/back armor are a steaming pile of horse s**t when you're low level (1-10). when u get to the dunes and go party it's essential for good defense...as the enemies hit harder. my advice...only equip clothes and stuff on lower level...no need to spend bullsh*t gil on equipment that u sell on lvl 10 anyways...