[Mivereous]

You're able to 'deliver' items before you craft them if you already have them in your inventory, and then just craft any item or stay at an inn. You still have to craft one to complete the request, though.

I got a Coral Siphon (4*) from a battle in a BDP, and it didn't count towards the Rare Hunter (1) (or whatever it's called).

Leaving the Laplace menu open for too long (30-60 seconds) is causing it to turn into a black box. You can remove it by pressing X, but trying to re-open it afterwards causes the screen to freeze until you re-launch the game. This may just be a problem for me, though.