If your not a cheap bastared. youll quest/buy this item. Nothing can replace it cept a pilomath stole at level 60, elemental torque, or ugalephi pendant.
Dont say "this can be compensated with other gear". No my friend. thats just a sign your a crap blm. lol There is no reason why you should not have this. the quest is easy eneough as it is.
A really good blm will have this for nukes and, holy phial for enfeebles (para etc)
These are selling for 20k on the Jeuno Auction House for Bismarck. This is a steep increase from the 6-7k I remember this item being. Still, its great for Black Mage.
IMHO, Holy Phial is just as good at lvl 26 for BLM so long as you have other decent equipment to compensate the +1 INT.
On my server, the Black Silk Neckerchief sell for 4k in Jeuno. So if you are blm lvl 20, dont worry about the quest, just buy it. You will use it till lvl 50+.
This is a great accesory for a Black Mage. I'm a level 25 blm and I'm going to be wearing this for a while. Mainly b/c there isn't many neck accesories but it still adds +1 INT.
This is the reward from a quest that starts in Bastok Port. You have to get an item that drops of a mob (berry grub/Silkworm) in Rolenberry and return it to Bastok.