Neptune's Shell

Neptune's Shell is a Hardmode Accessory that aids underwater performance by allowing indefinite breathing underwater, enabling swimming via the jump key, and eliminating the usual slow movement speed caused by water.

Entering water with this accessory equipped transforms the player into Merfolk, a buff with no time limit. While in this form, Water's usual effects are all but eliminated. The breath meter is eliminated entirely, and movement through water is as quick as it would normally be on dry land. Holding the jump key also makes the character swim (fly continuously upward) in water, while falling is just as fast as falls through the air.

Neptune's Shell can be considered an upgrade from the Diving Gear in most respects, however it does not activate in Lava, whereas the Diving Gear does (eg. while using an Obsidian Skin Potion).