The elite tectonic mask lasts for 100,000 charges of combat before degrading to nothing. Once equipped, it instantly becomes untradeable, even if it has not been used in combat. Elite tectonic armour can be repaired by using a new piece of the armour on it. When used inside elite dungeons no charges are used.
The mask can be dyed using Barrows, Shadow, Third-Age, blood, or ice dye to create the barrows, shadow, Third Age, blood, or ice variants, respectively. Dyed armour will not crumble to dust when it fully degrades; rather, it can be repaired using a new piece of the armour on it.