Garlaige Coffer - PLD AF  

Ok, i can confirm that you can get Gallant Coronet without doing anything to do with the gloves. I haven't started the quest for the gloves yet, don't have the key, and i haven't opened the coffer for it. I haven't even talked to Guslam or w/e his name is yet. Today, got the coffer drop in Garlaige Citadel within the first couple drops, then went past the 2nd gate. Within about an hour or so, both me and the other person in my party who needed the same coffer both had our AF pieces ^^ So, i got the Coronet without doing the hands first. If that helps at all :P I just wanted to get this one done first. Good luck to everyone, this coffer is tough to find sometimes ><;

[b]Was it on fairy server and was the name of the pally joell >.>[/b

You don't have to talk to Guslam to start this quest you only need to do AF hands quest... for this all you have to do is open coffer.

I got the key off an Over Weapon on the first try.

I subbed thf so I was PLD56/THF15 and the only other person with me was 75Rdm/Nin. He killed one before that and then we killed one together and that one dropped the Coffer Key. I still have to do the opening of the chest.

I am currently a level 54 PLD. If I find this coffer now and open it can I get the Gallant Cornet that is inside it eventhough my level is not the 56 that is required to equip it? And do you accually get the quest or just open the coffer and get the AF armor? Does the quest show on your quest list?

Getting the key speaks for it self, but to get the coffer is another thing ^^

First attempt was with 5 ppl who all needed the coffer. But what do you know... death surrounds us ^^ Some got aggro at Gate #3 because they didn't have sneak on... so i suggest (highly recommend) to sub whm of have a stack of oils. So after another attempt the same thing happened.. aggro on sound. Well that dit it for me and I left. *it was already gettting late for me*

So the next day I went on my own with a subbed whm. First gate n/p because of many parties over there... 2nd or 3rd gate is much more difficult b/c you have to wait on the goodness of other ppl leveling / skill up / farming there. This is what I did. After 1 hour I got behind gate #3, thanks to Pick, Soun and Zuiragato (name is not right, but it looks like that ^^)

I suggest to do #3 b/c of zone to Sauromague and to get the clay of the stone monument for Selbina quest. All you need is sneak behind gate #3 and some patience (read: alot) if the coffer isn't there. The coffer will respawn eventually, but you have to wait. Try to farm outside or if you can the skelly's.

Hope this will help you ^^ good luck.

PS. watch out for other ppl searching for coffer b/c I was 10 secs too late for a pop. ^^

Hardest part again was getting an alliance together, but that in itself was quite easy too. As ALOT of people need coffer keys for Garliage Citadel. That being said i had an alliance of 11 people 5 needing keys. We got 5 keys in about 3 hours. Its safer to fight Weapons as Skeletons have alot more HP and cast AOE Curse. which is a ***** if you dont have a White Mage around.

Coffer Chest hunting on the other hand is terrible. You need to bring Silent Oils and Magic Pots with you. Forget taking WHM sub if u have it.

The best place to camp for coffer chest is at Banishing Gate #3 but getting there is a problem within itself. Once u get passed Banishing Gate #1 sneak up and run till u get to bombs, bombs aggro by sight and magic. so use a prism powder and continue your way till you get to banishing gate #3. the slimes there aggro by sight so keep invisible up.. At Banishing Gate #3 u again need 4 people to stand on the switches. Magic Pots aggro by magic so dont cast use powders.

once your past Banishing Gate #3 your safe to just use sneak only as theres only skeletons around. Past the gate there is 2 coffer spots. wat makes it the best is that there is a zone nearby. ( which leads to Stone Monument ). 1 coffer pop is near the zone just at the bottom of the steps. and the other is by taking your first left and right before the broken steps.

you may have some competition in this area to get the coffer so be smart and manually organize your items so that your Key is at first position, and u can beat the others in selecting the key to trade it.

This was the only coffer that was the biggest ***** out of all em. Took me about 2 hours to get coffer on this 1

Ok, let me start by saying Garlaige Citadel totally sucks! The programmers must have been in a bad mood the day they decided to add the banishing gates to this place. I did this once for my WHM AF hat and got “lucky” after logging in and out about 6 or 7 times behind banishing gate 3.

It was now time for my girlfriends PLD AF coronet. Friday night, we finally obtained a coffer key after, no exaggeration, 4 hours of killing weapons and magic pots with friends in our linkshell. We didn’t have a TH1 in the group so that probably hindered us quite a bit. Anyway, we then proceeded to search behind the 2nd banishing gate for the chest. We couldn’t find one there, so we tried banishing gate 3. After being disappointed again, our party wasn’t going to be much help anymore, so they wished us luck and logged after D2s from our BLM. I would not recommend hunting this chest on the weekend. There were usually no less 3 other people searching for the chest in the same area as us. I’m studying for my CPA license, so I turned both monitors so I could glance up at them while I study. I positioned my girlfriend’s character on the stairs near the zone and my WHM near the gate so I could look at one of the other spawns. We did this Saturday and Sunday with not one sight of a chest. Frustrated doesn’t even begin to describe how we felt.

So here’s the happy ending. Monday morning I wake up a bit early for work so I decide to log both characters on and check one more time. As I check my WHM, my heart starts to pound as I spot the Treasure Coffer! I think about walking to the PLD joining a party, casting sneak, and preparing to cast Escape after opening the chest, but I figured I should just have her use a silent oil in case someone else is in there as well. Sure enough, someone else rounds the corner just as I do with the PLD. We raced to the chest, and lucky for me, I had setup a macro to trade the key so I beat the other guy to it. Needless to say, the Wraith and skeletons aggroed immediately, but invincible lasted til the zone.

SE definitely did not intend for people to camp the chest this way. But good luck finding people to help you move multiple times through the dangerous gates 2 and 3. I hope I never see that dark corridor behind 3 again!

I finally got my Gallant Coronet. I took me about a week, and 3 trips but I did it. here's the best stragety IMO. Get at least 5 people to go with you (whether they need the chest or not). The first gate is easy, just go in. Go to either the 2nd or 3rd gate, whichever you prefer, have one person that can self sneak/invis wait by the gate, and the other 4 step on the switches, when it opens the one person goes in and waits. The 4 that were on the switches now head to the other gate, and get on the switches, then all go in when the gate opens. As long as there are no other people looking for coffers (and depending on how many need the coffers), it shouldn't take you that long to find all that you need.

Sunday we went with 5 people. Pld (me, needed coffer), mnk (already had the coffer), mnk (came cuz he was bored ^^), rdm (needed coffer), and whm (also needed). We went to 2nd gate, rdm went in, then we went to 3rd gate. As soon as we got in, I find a coffer and open it. The 2nd mnk that came for fun got bored and left lol. We didn't time it, but I would say about 40 mins later another chest pops behind 2nd gate, and the rdm gets it. Then 25-30 mins later another coffer pops behind 2nd gate, so the three behind the 3rd gate head down there, and the rdm drops down and we open 2nd gate and get the chest for the whm. Took under 2 hours to get all 3 and we were the only ones hunting coffers at that time. Hope this helps anyone that's having trouble, or is looking for some tips. ^^

Does anyone know the respawn time on coffers. And the other question that I have is, if no one is opening the coffers do they de-spawn and re-spawn else where. I'm currently stuck behind Gate # 3 and have done /sea area and no /anon's or anyone lvl 52+ and the rest under 52 are in experience party. No gates have opened been here 2 hours and no coffer yet. This is craziness! Dead silence, no one here but me and some skeley's. 2nd day here. SE really did Paladins dirty on this 1.

my party got 6 in a row... with a lvl71 thief... they didnt bother to help me find the coffer though, only took me 10 minutes yay ^^

i found another mob that drops key, im gunna submit it
actually i dunno how, but those Tainted Flesh drop em

Edited, Mon Jan 17 13:55:01 2005

If you can find a 68+ you two should be able to duo your key (mobs will be EP to them,but still pretty easy). Thats the easy part, due to plentiful drops. The actual hunt is more difficult, w/o whm or rdm friends that is. Only really hard part is opening the 3rd gate if you arent careful, the switches towars the back are bastards, b/c if invis or sneak wears you cant recast or magic pots will own your ***. I strongly suggest oils and powders over actually casting sneak, but it went rather smoothely for me.