Keys | Dark Souls

Key Items in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered are designed to open doors, or grant passage to certain areas when they are held.

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All Keys in Dark Souls

Icon & Name	Found Location	Unlocks Location	In Master Key
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
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 Oscar of Astora.	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. Also given by Oscar of Astora if the Asylum Demon is slain before acquiring the Estus Flask.	Undead Asylum. Exit Asylum.	No
Residence Key	Undead Burg. Bought from Undead Merchant.	Access 3x Gold Pine Resin in a residence in Undead Burg. Frees Griggs of Vinheim in Lower Undead Burg.	Yes
Mystery Key	Undead Parish. On the rafters behind a ladder in the room under the Fang Boar.	Frees Lautrec. Behind a breakable door, on the second floor of the Undead Church.	Yes
Basement Key	Found on the steps to Undead Church, right behind the big gate.	Unlocks the small door at the start of the Hellkite bridge, leading to Lower Undead Burg	No
Key to Depths	Lower Undead Burg. Dropped by Capra Demon.	Unlocks the door to the Depths. Go right just before the Capra Demon's fog wall, the door is at the bottom of the tower by two thieves.	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 the Chest at the end of the cave, when entering from the 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 the tower.	Unlocks hidden cages in Sen's Fortress. Frees Logan and a Soul of a Hero. Unlocks cage elevator in Sen's Fortress.	Yes
Archive Tower Cell Key	The Duke's Archives. Dropped by the sleeping Man-Serpent just outside the bonfire.	Opens prison in Archive Tower. Opens the third door down from the 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 the second door in the Bonfire cell, and a shortcut to the gramophone.	No
Archive Tower Giant Door Key	The Duke's Archives. Found in the chest behind the gramophone.	Exit Archive Tower.	No
Archive Tower Giant Cell Key	The Duke's Archives. Found in the chest at the bottom of the Archives, by the exit to the Crystal Cave.	Opens the cell behind the Pisacas. Free Big Hat Logan.	No
Annex Key	Painted World of Ariamis.Found in the underground sewers section, located in a dead end behind an illusory wall.	Opens Annex in Painted World. Get Dark Ember.	No
Crest of Artorias	Bought from Blacksmith Andre for 20,000 souls. Dropped by Blacksmith Andre	Opens the sealed gate within Darkroot Garden.	No
Peculiar Doll	Undead Asylum, found near the Dungeon Cell Key after Firelink Shrine has been visited.	Access Painted World of Ariamis.	No
Broken Pendant	The Duke's Archives. Dropped by the Crystal Golem after the first elevator. Dusk of Oolacile must have been rescued for the pendant to drop. (AotA only)	Access Lost Oolacile from the Darkroot Basin.	No
Crest Key	Oolacile Township. Found inside a Mimic near a lit fireplace. (AotA only)	Access Hawkeye Gough.	No