Mage Collar

An enchanted collar that hums with arcane energy, amplifying the wearer's magical potential. Mage Collar grants INT +2 with no penalties, making it a clean upgrade for spellcasters who want more raw intelligence to boost spell damage and ability scaling. A staple neck piece for INT-dependent builds — simple, effective, and universally useful on any cat with access to magic abilities.

INT +2 in the neck slot stacks directly with any other INT bonuses from head armor, face armor, trinkets, or mutations. For Psychic, Necromancer, Tinkerer, or any other INT-scaling class, Mage Collar is one of the most efficient neck options in the game. The lack of any penalty makes it unconditionally beneficial. Higher-INT builds will scale more off each point, so its relative value increases as INT becomes a larger part of the damage formula.

Mage Collar is worth equipping on almost any caster from early to late run, and only falls off when an exotic neck piece with a game-changing passive outweighs the +2 INT contribution. Compared to Angelic Aura (CON +1, INT +1), Mage Collar wins on pure spell focus but loses on hybrid stats. For dedicated spellcasters, Mage Collar is usually the right call whenever both are available.