Garlaige Coffer - PLD AF  

If you already managed to acquire your key, and are just having difficulty getting enough people to get through all those banishing gates, there's an alternate method to getting to the all the coffer spawn areas in G.C. solo now. See link to post in the thread for this AF quest at


Hunting Down Your GC Coffer - Solo Style

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/quests.html?fquest=326;mid=1217587613251006629;page=1;howmany=50#m1217587613251006629

on Fairy server? and name was Joell?

lol took me a while to do this quest cause i actualy soloed this af with no help... lol got the drop on first try by killing the ova with my red mage, then switch back to palad/wht, went and ask a party to let me in the first gate #1 then i sneak and invis to gate #2 and stood there waiting for some unexpected party to come just pop up and open gate #2 even thought Gate #3 coffer pops the most, but hey i was'nt picky, so some party happen to pass to gate #2 and i entered lol and they were like holly sh*t O_o; somebody been waiting there all this time lol... went to the coffer and pop it got my af and left, and that other party started to laugh there ass off and gave me congratulation =D cause they were surprize a 55 level palad would wait for hrs until some one open the door staying in a spot surrouned by argo just for a coffer. =D

I have just completed my glove quest , I am now trying to get the quest for my Coronet but Guslam just keeps talking about my Gauntlets
I tried zoning and talking to him again nothing ; I even took off my gloves and tried talking to him still got the remark about me finding the gauntlets
Thank you in advance for any help

WOW, this sounds pretty hard ^^

LS help me please ><

I have a question, i started the drk af gloves quest by talking to Guslam and never finished, ive done the sword AF and leggings AF for PLD will i need to finish that drk AF to get the coronet or since ive talked to Guslam will i get the coronet?

Tainted fleshes do as well got 2 with my friend just last night

Got key while back, was easy. The banishing gates is actually the hard part for me. First round, I go in w/ a 55 pld, 61 rdm, 50 whm. The whm cant seem to cast sneak when he has to so eventually we get agro, death, leave... Second time it was going well, infact we go to the coffer but i died previously to it. I go to open the coffer in joy, but i get a message I can't open it weakened. While waiting there, a galka comes and takes it. My friend and I flip out, and when I become unweakened, I die. Still need it- If anyone is on Kujata and can help me let me know- /t Veige

i have the key now it was not too hard to get it if fighting the weapons, the coffer however is not as fun i have gotten up to the sec gate so far and have died 3 times i am gonna try again later...

Edited, Tue May 31 07:56:13 2005

Got this done today.

I won't go into a long story, but it wasn't easy by any means.

Instead I will try to provide some advice based upon my experinces.

1) An ideal setup would include no less than 5 people. Although it is true that it only takes 4 to open the door, you're gonna want someone to stay behind one of the Banishing Gates incase one spawns there while the rest of the party is checking behind the other gate.

If the person who needs the coffer is behind the right gate than congratulations.

If the person who needs it is behind the other gate simply have one person "watch" the coffer while the 3 others drop down to help open the gate.

2)It's important to always have a supply of silent oils/prism powders. Even if you have a mage friend who can sneak/invis you, a lot of mobs agro to magic. Also if you plan on just logging out behind a gate and checking every so often, you're not gonna want to run out and have to leave.

3)Mistakes happen. The truth is you're probably gonna die atleast once. Even if you are perfect in every way you can still get agro. For example, if you're opening a gate and your sneak starts wearing in the same room a bomb is, you're pretty much screwed. If you use a sneak oil your invis will wear off and down you go. Just accept the fact that you will die and try not to train 10+ mobs and kill your whole party.

4)Always be on the look out for allies. It always helps to ask another party in the area who is also coffer hunting to form an alliance. This way you know if they found one and don't have to waste oils/powders for no reason while looking. Which brings me to my next point...

5)Always keep an eye out on the clock. I found that the average respawn time for a coffer is anywhere from:

30min-1hour

So for the person who said 15min...that is just wrong. And no, coffers don't respawn if no one opens them. Also, treasure chest spawns do not affect coffers in any way.

6)Most importantly stick together. Don't have someone run off even if they know the area by heart. Also, it always helps to have a blm handy for escape just incase.

Hope this helps in some way. Good Luck!

Alot of ppl are not sure if a coffer key drops from these guys or not. Anyways yesterday I got a pt together to go coffer hunting and we received two in arrow from these so they do drop it

i have done the AF sword boots and gloves but Guslam won't give me the Coronet one, he keeps telling how good my gloves looks

i have the coffer key but i am afraid to use it in case the coffer wont give me the coronet

It took me about an hourto form a pt for this thing, pt endend up being, 55pld (me), 57 pld 55 bst, 56 (whm), 62 thf and 75 war. only one lousy key dropped in 4 hours (of course i lost the lot hehe) and the 75 war wanted to call it a night. Right when he said that a pt of beastmaster said "coffer key do you need it?" i immediately join them and lot the key. 15 min later they get another key wtf. Everyone got a key. The point is.....beastmasters can solo the hellmines easily.

Zinnur level 57 PLD,
Lakshmi server
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I merely had the gloves started, didn't do anything except talk to Guslam and he asked me to do the Eldieme Necropolis coffer for the old gauntlets. Boots were half finished (needed to go to Oztroja to fight the fish) and gloves had just started when I received my coronet.

woohoo just got it.. was solo.. and just waited at the gate for another coffer hunting pt to open the gates and snuck in and got the coffer^^

Garliage Citadel PLD AF5 Guide

Gallant Coronet is one of the tougher AFs to score for most ppl because the coffer chest is difficult to reach and competition for the chest is fierce.

Below is a concise guide on what to do and where to go for your AF5.


Getting your coffer key

What to bring with you:
- Map of Garliage Citadel (purchased in Jeuno)
- Party of 54+ in a solid exp config, alliance if lower
- WHM or WHM-sub for Curaga and status cures and silence.


Where to Camp - Garliage Citadel Map

Getting to camp is simple, but is made even easier because you should have already become familiar with the area from exping.

Head into the Citadel and down the stairs where the Lvl 30s parties are camped and take a left at the first intersection. Sneak and Invis your party and drop down the series of holes at (G-8) on map#1. You should end up at (G-7) on map#4. Once your entire party has dropped, proceed to the small tunnel between (H-8) and (I-8). This tunnel will serve as a safe camping ground as you pull key-droppers from the areas North and East of your position.

What to Kill
- Wraith
- Fallen Major*
- Fallen Mage*
- Hellmine
- Over Weapon
- Vault Weapon
- Magic Jug*
- Tainted Flesh

You can pull almost all of these from your current camp, but the safest and most plentiful key-droppers are the ones with asterisks (*) next to their names. Remember to keep any casters silenced or be prepared to see high level AoE nukes and ancient magic come your way.

Luckily, the drop-rate for the Garliage Citadel coffer key is better than it was in Eldieme, so it shouldn't take you too long before you're ready to begin...


Hunting the Coffer- Garliage Citadel Treasure Map

What to bring with you:
- Map of Garliage Citadel (purchased in Jeuno)
- Minimum party of 4 ppl who can sneak/invis themselves independently
- somebody with escape or teleport is handy.

Ok, you've got the coffer key, but the worst has yet to come. Garlaige Citadel is notorious for being a pain to find chests in, and the reason behind that is that there are areas that can only be accessed by passing through gates that require 4 ppl to stand on floor-switches. And of course, the coffer chests are behind these gates. Things are also made much more difficult because almost everything in the citadel aggros, and casting is tricky b/c there are a series of mobs that even aggro to magic.

So, gather your coffer hunting foursome and enter the citadel and make for point (A), the first banishing gate, on map#1 (killing ifrit map-set). Invisible should be enough for you to get past the Borer Beetles to the floor-switches. Once your party is gathered, sneak/invis everybody and have each member stand on a different switch and the first banishing gate should open. Everyone should break for the door as soon as it opens because it will close very quickly and there is no way to open it from the other side.

Once you are behind the first gate, it's time to make your way to the second gate. Sneak and invis your way to the stairs at (I-9) first. From here, you will be able to see a long hallway stretch out in front of you, and by looking at the map you see that this hallway has a series of 8 small rooms in addition to the 2nd banishing gate at the center (H-10). 4 of these 8 small rooms in the hallway have floor switches like the ones you saw before the first gate. Sneak/Invis up and have each person break quickly for a switch. A word of caution: if sneak or invis begins to wear for anybody, DON'T reapply in any of the small rooms or in the hall! Return to the stairs to re-cast or you will end up aggroing magic pots. Be patient and keep safe. When your chat-box indicates that the 2nd gate is opening, everybody should make a mad dash through the gate.

Once everybody's behind gate #2, you will be at point map#3 on the treasure map (speakeasy) and you can finally begin to start looking for coffers. If the coffer is not at any of the 4 spawn points behind gate#2, consider yourself unlucky and it's time to open the 3rd banishing gate. Go to the broken stairs at point (D) on map#3 (killing ifrit) to get back to map#2 again.

The 3rd banishing gate is located at (H-6) of map#2 and can be opened in similar fashion as the 2nd gate. The floor-switch layout is a bit trickier on this one, so when the door begins to open, make sure each person makes a b-line for it. There are 3 spawn points behind the 3rd gate, but these are usually heavily camped because there is a back-door to a plateau in Sauramogue Champaign here.

Once you find your chest, just open it to receive your Gallant Coronet and teleport/warp. If you're behind gate#3 you can zone to Sauramogue if you'd like.

Good luck!

This key is dropped by more than just the fallen skeletons, also by:

Hellmines
Magic Jugs
Over Weapons
Vault Weapons
Tainted Flesh (not 100% sure on this one)
Wraith

the drop rate is better from Weapons, Wraiths, Hellmines, and Magic Jugs, but you need a higher level party to be able to take them as quickly as the Fallens. My recommendation if you're all around 54-56 is just chain Fallens as quickly as possible, and bring a thief with TH2. I've heard people tell me that TH doesn't affect drops, yet every single time I've seen more than one key drop every 3 hours, there's been a thf in the party. Also, for the second and third banishing gates, make sure everyone in the party has silent oils and prism powders, there are monsters that aggro to magic by the switches you'll need to stand on to open the gate. It can be done with sneak/invis magic, but it's much easier with items.

All in all, I haven't done Beadeaux or Zvahl yet for my paladin coffer AFs, but this was the easiest AF piece for me. (well, aside from the sword)

-Magicker, 58 pld/war as of this post
-Windurstian Hume of Valefor, rank 5 (5.1 going down tonight)


p.s. Neo, I passed you, mwahahaha ;)