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

 Dropped by

 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, 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.

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.

See also

• Shadow Key
• Biome Key

History

 Desktop 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.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.