•Introduction to the Crown•
Basically, this Crown has a hidden effect which leaves it much to be desired upon. Eating a Panama while wearing this crown gives you +14 CHR, +50 HP & +50 MP. Since the crown itself has a -7 CHR, the final stats of the crown would thus be +7 CHR, +50 HP & +50 MP. Nice huh?
To obtain this crown, a total of 3 Quests will have to be completed, of which the final quest: The Opo-Opo and I, will yield your Opo-opo Crown. Although this is mostly a Bard item, most people just can't resist the look of it.
•Quest 1: Gullible's Travels•
This is the first quest you will have to complete, and requires Rank 6 Windurst Fame. In this quest, Magriffon (I-7) would tell you in a cutscene that in order to save a bunch of Opo-opos, he bought food for them etc, and now he's broke, and needs gil. The amount of gil he would ask from you VARIES, but with my Rank 6 Windurst Fame, I was asked for 10,000gil.
After finishing this quest, zone into Yuhtunga Jungle and come back to Magriffon for Quest 2.
•Quest 2: Even More Gullible's Travels•
Thie is the second quest you will have to complete, and requires Rank 7 Windurst Fame. If you possess Rank 7 Fame, completing the entire 3 quests will be possible. So remember the magic number, 7. In this quest, Magriffon will ask for more gil, and just trade to him the amount of gil he asks for. He would then give you a map and you would have to visit 3 spots in Yuhtanga Jungle, H-10,I-12 and F-7, when you find Blue Rafflesia flowers. Examining to each of the flowers give you a bottle of nectar, and when you've examined the 3rd flower, you will find yourself dizzy, and when you talk to Magriffon again, you will find yourself completing this quest.
•Quest 3: The Opo-Opo and I•
Finally. Enough of crap. Now we're into the final and last quest. In this section, I will cover with you how I went about to get my RARE/EX items for this quest. In this particular quest, which is activated speaking to Lulupp the Opo-opo (found near the Airship Dock), you need to trade 10 different items to different Opo-opos in a PARTICULAR AND SPECIFIC order.
The 10 items and their corresponding Opo-opos are:
1. Lulupp - Bkn. Mithran Rod (Port Windurst/Fish.Guild)
2. Kukupp - Workbench (Woodworking/Amateur)
3. Mumupp - Ten of Coins (Outer Horutoto Ruins Mob:Ten of Coins)
4. Roropp - Sands of Silence (Castle Zvahl Baileys Mob:Demon Magistrate, Demon Chancellor)
5. Popopp - Wandering Bulb (FeiYin Mob:Utukku)
6. Bubupp - Giant Fish Bones (Temple of Uggalepih Mob:Tonberry Stalker)
7. Tatapp - Blackened Toad (Sea Serpent Grotto Mob:Brook Sahagin)
8. Kakapp - Wyvern Skull (Ifrits Cauldron Mob:Hurricane Wyvern)
9. Lalapp - Ancient Salt (Quicksand Caves Mob:Sand Digger)
10. Nenepp - Lucky Egg (The Boyahda Tree Mob:Knight Crawler)
To make finding these Opo-opos ALOT ALOT ALOT easier... I STRONGLY SUGGEST that you sub RNG or BST for Wide Scan =D V.good trick since some of the Opos Opos run all around Kazham like nobody's business.
Out of these 10 items, there are 4 items which are RARE/EX, which means you cannot buy them from the Auction House, and you would have to hunt them.
The 4 items are - Wyvern Skull, Ancient Salt, Lucky Egg and Giant Fish Bones.
I personally bought the other 6 items from the Auction House because I did not want to go through all the trouble hunting for them.
•Obtaining the 4 RARE/EX Items•
This section is a pure pain, as it can be easy if you have help, or if you don't you will just have to wait till you find help for them. Here's how I got them.
Wyvern Skull: This one has a very very high drop rate, and is dropped by Hurricane Wyverns in Ifrit's Cauldron. sh*t. Yes, sh*t. Ifrit's Cauldron isn't you're regular playground where you can walk around without aggro. Practically everybody will get aggro-ed in side, even level 75s, as the Mobs found in the area are mostly Level 70-75. Casting inside is very dangerous, because of the many Bombs you can find inside, which aggro to magic. I highly reccommend you bring your Silent Oils and Prism Powders for this one. Safety > Convenience.
Besides Sneak Oils and Prism Powders, you will also need Ice Clusters to get past Flame Sprouts which you will find along the way. Near the Flame Sprouts are usually Bombs so please be careful about casting.
To get to the spot where Hurricane Wyverns spawn and are found, follow this map and travel to D.
www.koolaid-ffxi.org/linkshell/space/Ifrit+Cauldron/Ifrit-1.gif When you finally reach D, go straight and you will see a huge area where you see your Hurricane Wyverns. There will be Lizards around but they do not aggro, so you can get past them safely.
The spot where they are actually found can be seen on this 2nd map of Ifrit's Cauldron.
www.koolaid-ffxi.org/linkshell/space/Ifrit+Cauldron/Ifrit-2.gif As you can see, coming out of D leads you to this big square area on the map, and that's where you can find the Wyverns.
I personally did this with a full party of level 65s and 75s, assortment. Tank was 75 PLD, and the breath attacks of the Wyverns CAN hurt even a 75 PLD alot. There is a nice cosy spot at the south of the square area where you can camp there. The Wyverns don't do anything much harmful, except for an occasional Dispel-ga, which isn't very threatening.
How long did I spend to get my skull? Fast. On my first kill, I got a first skull drop. In all, we had about 3 Wyvern Skulls in 15 mins. It was like a 99% drop rate. Very nice.
Lucky Egg: I personally hope you're about level 53-55 when you're reading this, because it helps alot in obtaining the Lucky Egg. If you are, try your very best to level in Boyahda Tree off Robber Crabs and Knight Crawlers. Knight Crawlers drop Lucky Eggs, but drop rate isn't very good. In about 5 hours of partying, we had 2 Lucky Eggs. You is easily doable with a Level 60 Party.
Giant Fish Bones: This one can suck too, but drop rate is good and decent. Personally, I went to do this as a 60 Bard, along with a 70 DRK, 70 RDM as well as a 75 MNK. Was easy, but you do need a specific healer for this, because the Tonberry Stalkers which drop the Giant Fish Bones have this ability called Throat Stab which can hurt alot. I really mean alot, like practically 80% of a 75 MNK's HP, thats ALOT... Personally, this took me about 1 hour, and you can find Tonberry Stalkers near the zone of Temple of Uggalepih. Just move around the area and you should see them all around. Killing Tonberry Cutters may give you an item which is required for Zilhart Mission 4, so this is like killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
Ancient Salt: These are dropped by Sand Diggers in QuickSand Caves, and you have to enter QuickSand Caves from the bottom left hand corner of Western Altepa Map. Inside the Quicksand Caves, there are several pressure plates, and you would need your party members of enough weight to stand on them so that the doors in front of those plates would open.
The drop rate for Ancient Salt can be as good as 15 mins per salt, OR as bad as 7 hours per salt. It all depends on your luck. The time consuming part of this would be the lack of Sand Diggers. You would have to wait for them to spawn, and there are only about 4-5 Spawns in the room which you kill them. Bring a full party of level 65-70 would do good, and make sure you have a high level WHM who can Silence the Sand Digger, cause their spells are a real bothersome.
Thats my 2 cents.
Enjoy.