Biome Keys are Hardmode items used to open the Biome Chests in the Dungeon. Opening a Chest consumes the key. Though unusable until Plantera is defeated, they can be dropped at any time during Hardmode. On the PC version, Console version, Mobile version, Old Chinese version, tModLoader version, and tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version, each key has a 0.04*1/2500 (0.04%) chance of dropping from an enemy in the key's respective biome. On the Old-gen console version, Windows Phone version, and Nintendo version, they are not dropped directly and must be crafted from Biome Key Molds.
Any enemy in the biome that drops coins when killed has a chance of dropping a key, not just biome-exclusive enemies. Additionally, enemies in hybrid biomes have a chance to drop any key from their composite biomes. The type of key is determined by which biome the player currently is in, not the enemy killed.
Any Biome Key obtained prior to defeating Plantera will display the tooltip "It has been cursed by a powerful Jungle creature" and will be unable to open its respective chest until Plantera is defeated, although they are usable in other worlds that have Plantera defeated already.
Types[]
Item | Tooltip | Chest type | Chest content | |
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Jungle Key Internal Item ID: 1533
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Unlocks a Jungle Chest in the dungeon | Jungle Chest | Piranha Gun | |
Corruption Key Internal Item ID: 1534
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Unlocks a Corruption Chest in the dungeon | Corruption Chest | Scourge of the Corruptor | |
Crimson Key Internal Item ID: 1535
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Unlocks a Crimson Chest in the dungeon | Crimson Chest | Vampire Knives | |
Hallowed Key Internal Item ID: 1536
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Unlocks a Hallowed Chest in the dungeon | Hallowed Chest | Rainbow Gun | |
Frozen Key Internal Item ID: 1537
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Unlocks an Ice Chest in the dungeon | Ice Chest Frozen Chest |
Staff of the Frost Hydra | |
Desert Key Internal Item ID: 4714
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Unlocks a Desert Chest in the dungeon | Desert Chest |
Desert Tiger Staff |
Crafting[]
Recipes[]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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Corruption Key | By Hand | |
Crimson Key | ||
Frozen Key | ||
Hallowed Key | ||
Jungle Key |
Used in[]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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Corruption Chest | Shimmer Transmutation | |
Crimson Chest | ||
Desert Chest | ||
Hallowed Chest | ||
Ice Chest | ||
Jungle Chest |
Notes[]
- Since they do not drop coins, keys cannot be dropped by Meteor Heads, enemies spawned by a statue, critters, Old One's Army enemies, or any enemy spawned by a Celestial Pillar
in the Lunar Events.
Achievements[]
Tips[]
- Causing a large number of enemies to spawn in the respective biome is an efficient way to farm for the Keys/Key Molds. Events and certain boss fights are especially suitable for this.
- Placing the player's spawn point/base in one of the biomes can increase their chances of obtaining a key due to the large number of enemy deaths that occur near player bases. This works particularly well for the Snow biome, which is much less dangerous than the others.
Trivia[]
- Although there is no Crimson Chest in a world with Corruption, it is possible to obtain Crimson Keys from an artificial Crimson biome, and vice versa.
- Biome keys can be dropped by players.
- The biome keys might be inspired by Plants vs Zombies 2: It's about time!, where in a very old version zombies could drop keys that can be used to unlock gates
History[]
- Desktop 1.4.0.3: Hallowed Key sprite updated.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Added the Desert Key.
- Changed the Frozen Key's tooltip from "Unlocks a Frozen Chest in the dungeon" to "Unlocks an Ice Chest in the dungeon".
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- No longer craftable.
- Now drop from enemies again.
- No longer drops from Meteor Heads.
- The player can no longer open Biome Chests until Plantera's defeat.
- Desktop 1.2.1: No longer drops from enemies, and are instead crafted from Biome Key Molds.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()
- Console 1.0.750.0: ()
- No longer craftable.
- Now drops from enemies again.
- No longer drops from Meteor Heads.
- The player can no longer open Biome Chests until Plantera's defeat.
- Console 1.02: Introduced, crafted from Biome Key Molds.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7:
- Ice Chests no longer generate in Heart Shrines, as the structure has been removed.
- No longer craftable.
- Now drop from enemies again.
- No longer drop from Meteor Heads.
- The player can no longer open Biome Chests until Plantera's defeat.
- Mobile 1.2.11212: Ice Chests now generate in Heart Shrines (containing different loot).
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced, crafted from Biome Key Molds.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.