Golden Key

Golden Key

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Statistics

Type	Key
Tooltip	Opens one locked Gold Chest or Lock Box Opens one Gold Chest
Rarity	00*
Research	3 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 327

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Angry Bones Angry Bones	1	1.53%
Cursed Skull Cursed Skull	1	1.53%
Dragon Skull Dragon Skull	1	1.5%
Dark Caster Dark Caster	1	1.53%
Dungeon Slime Dungeon Slime	1	100%

Golden Keys are required to unlock the Locked Gold Chests found in the Dungeon, Old Shaking Chest in the Cavern Layer, and Golden Lock Boxes obtained by fishing in the Dungeon. A Golden Key is consumed upon use, so unlocking each Gold Chest will require an additional key.

Golden Keys can be acquired by:

• Finding one in an unlocked normal Chest in the Dungeon.
• Killing a Dungeon Slime (100% chance).
• Killing any other Dungeon enemy (1/65 chance).
• Breaking a Pot in the Dungeon (1/40 chance).

Notes

• On the  Mobile version, to open a Gold Chest, the player must have a Golden Key in the inventory, and tap on a locked Gold Chest.
• It is possible to obtain a Golden Key before defeating Skeletron when a Chest spawns in the Dungeon entrance.
• Golden keys don't drop from dungeon enemies when killed before Skeletron. This can only be done on the Get fixed boi and Don't Dig Up seeds.

Achievement

Dungeon Heist • “Steal a key from the dungeon's undead denizens, and unlock one of their precious golden chests.”

Unlock your first Gold Chest within the Dungeon.

Category: Explorer

See also

• Shadow Key

• Biome Key

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite and tooltip updated. Old sprite was .

• Desktop 1.2: No longer needed to open chests found on Floating Islands.

• Desktop 1.1: Increased chance of getting Golden Keys from Dungeon enemies (1/75 to 1/65) and from Pots (1/45 to 1/40).

• Desktop 1.0.6: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.