Garlaige Coffer - MNK AF  

Think I could solo getting my coffer key as a MNK58/WAR29?

Um... You dont need to "activate" this quest.

As with all AF Coffers, you simply have to open the AF Hands quest (or completed it) then go and get key/open coffer as the job for the AF you are after.

Guslam will talk about the Hands because that is the only quest he starts.

for some reason that npc Guslam wont give me the quest. Right after i got my af gloves i came back to him and all he keeps talking about is the gloves?

i went there as a lv 70 drg and soloed the coffer key from magic pots at the basement. i woudlnt suggest skelletons as they hardly ever drop them.

well was lucky to get a good party and get a coffer key in garlaige, was lucky enough to get a coffer on the first try good luck everyone on getting yours.

This is bs! I've tried for this coffer twice, both ending with the pt bailing and me dead with no AF. On my recent attempt, I thought the pt was going to /random to see who gets to open it, but the pld opens it, then says he found it. Then he gets aggro, dies, hps, and finally disbands. After that, his friend warps out and disbands. And to top it off, the blm finds it, opens it, and warps out after 10 minutes of "trying" to help me get mine. So I use the last of my powders, and pretty much get stuck camping 1 spawn point. A beetle comes all the way up the stairs and aggros, I run, I die, and a whm in full af runs by and examines me, but doesn't cast Raise. I like FFXI and have made some cool friends, but this coffer has me actually contemplating quiting the game.

This key is an exceptionally fun and easy one to get for Monks, in my opinion. It drops off of the Fallen (skeletons) deep in Garlaige Citadel, and jobs who require this coffer are MNK, PLD, RDM, WHM, and BLM - which just happens to be an ideal bones party setup. Try to put together a coffer key / experience points party with 2 Monks and one of each of the above jobs, because Fallen are prime experience from about levels 52-55. With a little luck you'll walk out of Garlaige with one key each and a hell of a lot of experience points, because the drop rate is good and this is one of the earliest opportunities to truly understand the power of a bones party.

Finding the coffer is a different matter. As mentioned in the description above, all spawn points are behind the second and third banishing gates. You can see a map here. If you manage to put together a party of 4 to get through these, bring along a lot of silent oils and prism powders, because you won't be able to rely on casters down here (prism powders behind the second gate, silent oils everywhere else). Some people choose to camp out near the zoneline to Sauromugue Champaign behind the third banishing gate because that's the safest option, but there are actually more coffer spawns behind the second gate. So long as you bring a fallout-shelter supply of prism powders, you should be quite comfortable back here for an indefinite period of time. My group of 5 managed to get all 5 spawns in a row behind this gate over a period of several hours (respawn time on coffers is 30 real-life minutes). You may have to camp out for days, or you may have to make several attempts, or you may sneak past another group doing it and get the coffer in five minutes. Basically, it's a matter of luck. On the plus side, nothing feels better than seeing that "Treasure Coffer" appear on your targeting window, except for actually opening it.

Enjoy your Temple Crown, because it is arguably the most useful piece in the Monk AF set, and certainly one of the best AF pieces in the game. Focus Enhancement simply cannot be beat, and it doesn't hurt that it's a pretty sexy looking piece of gear.