@gilded
thats not true.I got my black urn before beating harpy.and even worse,my perfect run is a riou-solo run too,so I had to wait EVERY battle,until all other characters died,before attacking the enemies.
the item drop rate is ONLY affected by rng.if you play on an emulator with savestates,you will never get a specific item,because the rng cannot change.
@wicht
I would say...forget the goldlet.its the same nonsense than trying to collect 6 iron boots in suikoden 2.
I got a goldlet drop from gigantes on my very first try,but unfortunately,it was not while playing a perfect game,it happend during my insane challenge run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2grfNu2c0J8.
you can see the goldlet drop a 1:20 in the video.
my perfect suiko 1 file contains only 1 goldlet and I can live with it.if you want the maximum amount of every missable or limited item,you had to hunt for 6 celadons,6 octopus,9 salt,9,yardsticks,...forget it;-)