Looks like trash didnt drop it as of sept 2001, loot tables were posted in illia's npc entries. Mistress should be in game and dropping lute as her common drop. She had some sort of a rapid respawn mechanic which would explain why I saw archived sales entries in the 100-150pp range. Mistress should be in game. Nilbog is right this is part of a much larger revamped-sg conversation. Mistress looks like she was in game May 10th(earliest entry I found). While lute was definitely dropping from something else until that point I see no mention of what it was. Since we are past that point in the timeline it appears adding Mistress is the fix. (
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