Ornately Runed Shell Necklace  

 

Actually this effect, despite Allakhazam's listing, is in fact worn. Also, in regards to where you get it, mine dropped off of a Siren in Siren's Grotto. I hope this helps.

(worn) means that the effect is permanent. There's also (combat) which means that it's randomly triggered during combat and one other for triggered items (don't remember the text on that one).

This was added recently to make some of the items easier to understand for some players.

So don't worry, your item won't wear out any time soon!

I can tell you've never been on a Kedge Keep raid. On raids to Kedge it's quite typical to have more people die of drowning than to enemy action! This was indeed the case on the one I was on... ironically one of the deaths was a mage who had just given me 8 waterstones he summoned (should have kept one ofr himself). It's very easy to catch yourself out of mana when your EB is fading, have EB dispelled by a mob down there (several of the casting mobs love to dispell your buffs, and that includes EB!) and there's the simple case of being distracted in battle and forgetting to check wheter EB is still up. As a person in there who was depending on waterstones, I always kept one in a hotbutton and kept a close eye on the EB icon... plus was grouped with a bard who periodically sang Tarew's Aquatic Ayre as a backup, just in case (do not have a bard as your ONLY source of EB! But it's a good backup.)

Go on a single Kedge raid, and you'll quickly see the value of any item that has a permanent EB effect on it. The same holds for The Grey.

Not sure if the price on this is still right, because I have yet to see a single permanent EB item in the bazaar for less than 2k... whcih is about what the rebreather costs, and this has the clear advantange of being much lighter (something that monks or people with low str will appreciate!). Also melees are more likely to have better stats on their head item than their neck item, so would rather be wearing tihs than the rebreather. Myself, I'd expect to pay at least 3k for this... though maybe I can find a bargain on this in the bazaar someday!

Ever see someone forget to rebuff EB? Or Go to KK go OOM and can't rebuff? Now can you see why it's worth so much? Why do I ask so many dumb questions?