Key Items designed to open doors, or grant passage to certain areas when they are held.
| Icon |
Name |
Found Location |
Unlocks Location |
MK |
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Master Key |
Gotten by choosing it as a gift, or the thief class, at the start of the game. Buy it for 5,000 souls from Domhnall of Zena after he moves under the bridge by Firelink Shrine. |
Unlocks many locks in the early areas. See which locks it opens in the MK section to the right, or on the Master Key page. |
MK |
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Dungeon Cell Key |
Northern Undead Asylum. On corpse dropped into cell. |
Northern Undead Asylum. Cell door. |
No |
 |
Undead Asylum F2 East Key |
Undead Asylum. Gift from half dead knight. |
Undead Asylum. Door behind boulder trap. |
No |
 |
Undead Asylum F2 West Key |
Firelink Shrine. Roof of building flooded with water. Accessible after unlocking lift to Undead Church. |
Undead Asylum. Open the door guarded by Elite Undead, leads to Rusted Iron Ring. |
No |
 |
Big Pilgrim's Key |
Dropped by Asylum Demon. |
Undead Asylum. Exit Asylum. |
No |
 |
Residence Key |
Undead Burg. Bought from Undead Merchant. |
Access 3x Gold Pine Resin in a residence in Undead Burg. |
Yes |
| Frees Griggs of Vinheim in Lower Undead Burg. |
No |
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Mystery Key |
Found behind the first ladder (after armored boar) in Undead Parish. |
Frees Lautrec. Behind a breakable door, on the second floor of the Undead Church. |
Yes |
 |
Basement Key |
Found on steps to Undead Church, right behind the big gate. |
Unlocks small door at the start of the Hellkite bridge, leading to the Lower Undead Burg |
No |
 |
Key to Depths |
Lower Undead Burg. Dropped by Capra Demon. |
Unlocks door to the Depths. Go down stairs by the Capra location, the door is at the bottom of the tower by two thiefs. |
No |
 |
Sewer Chamber Key |
Depths. On a corpse in the room with the giant rat. The key is also accessible from the other side of the iron bars. |
Unlocks Bonfire room in the first slime-hallway in Depths. |
Yes |
 |
Blighttown Key |
Depths. Dropped by Gaping Dragon. |
Unlocks Blighttown. Huge doors beside Domhnall of Zena (sewer merchant) in Depths. |
No |
 |
Watchtower Basement Key |
Darkroot Garden. On top of the tower, after crossing the Moonlight Butterfly bridge. |
Unlock shortcut between Undead Burg and Darkroot Basin, guarded by Havel. |
Yes |
 |
Key to New Londo Ruins |
Blighttown. In Chest at the end of the cave, when entering from Valley of Drakes. |
Unlocks shortcut between New Londo Ruins and Valley of Drakes. |
Yes |
 |
Key to the Seal |
New Londo Ruins. Gift from Ingward after getting the Lordvessel. He will also drop it if killed. |
Access lower New Londo, Valley of Drakes (2nd entrance) and The Abyss. |
No |
 |
Cage Key |
Sen's Fortress. At the bottom of the tower with Crestfallen Merchant. Jump across the broken bridge to access tower. |
Unlocks hidden cages in Sen's Fortress. Free Logan and a Hero Soul. |
Yes |
| Unlocks cage elevator in Sen's Fortress. |
No |
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Archive Tower Cell Key |
The Duke's Archives. Dropped by sleeping snake-head guard. |
Opens prison in Archive Tower. Opens third door down from bonfire. |
No |
 |
Archive Prison Extra Key |
The Duke's Archives. Found on corpse after dropping down from cell 3 to 4. |
Opens the other cell doors in Archive Tower. Also opens second door in the Bonfire cell, and shortcut to gramophone. |
No |
 |
Archive Tower Giant Door Key |
The Duke's Archives. Found in chest behind gramophone. |
Exit Archive Tower. |
No |
 |
Archive Tower Giant Cell Key |
The Duke's Archives. Found in chest at bottom of Archives, by the exit to the Crystal Cave. |
Opens cell behind octopuses. Free Big Hat Logan. |
No |
 |
Annex Key |
Found in dungeon in Painted World of Ariamis. |
Opens Annex in Painted World. Get Dark Ember. |
No |
 |
Crest of Artorias |
Bought from Blacksmith Andrei for 20,000 souls. Dropped by Blacksmith Andrei |
Opens the sealed gate within Darkroot Garden. |
No |
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Peculiar Doll |
Found inside jail cell, in the Undead Asylum, when returning. |
Access Painted World of Ariamis. |
No |
 |
Broken Pendant |
Dropped by the Crystal Golem at the entrance to the Duke's Archives. Dusk of Oolacile must have been rescued for the Crystal Golem to appear. (AotA only) |
Access Lost Oolacile from the Darkroot Basin. |
No |
 |
Crest Key |
Found inside a chest in Oolacile Township, near a lit fireplace. (AotA only) |
Access Hawkeye Gough. |
No |
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