Card Key

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The Card Key (Japanese: カードキー Card Key) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I.

Card Key カードキー Card Key

Artwork from Pokémon Red and Green

Introduced in Generation I Pocket Generation I Key items Generation II Key items Generation III Key items Generation IV Key items Generation V Key items Generation VI Key items Generation VII Key items

There are three different Card Keys in the games:

• A Card Key to open doors in Silph Co., which is used in Generation I and its remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
• A Card Key to open a door in the Goldenrod Radio Tower, which is used in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
• A Card Key to open a door in the Shadow PKMN Lab, which is used in Pokémon Colosseum.

In the games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RBY/RGBY GSC FRLGE Colo HGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE N/A N/A

Effect

Generation I, FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!

The Card Key opens various doors in the Silph Co. building, allowing the player to reach Giovanni on the top floor.

Generation II, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

The Card Key opens a shutter on the third floor of the Goldenrod Radio Tower, allowing the player to climb to the top of the tower and battle Team Rocket's Executives.

Pokémon Colosseum

The Card Key is needed to get into the east wing of the Shadow PKMN Lab.

Description

Games Description Stad The security card key for opening doors in a certain building. GSC Opens shutters in the Radio Tower. FRLG A card-type key that unlocks doors in Silph Co.'s Head Office in Saffron City. E A card-type door key used in Silph Co's office. Colo The key for getting into the Lab. HGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM A card key that opens a shutter in the Radio Tower. PE A card key that unlocks doors in Silph Co.'s head office in Saffron City.

Acquisition

Games Method RBY/RGBY Silph Co. 5F GSC Goldenrod Underground Warehouse (from the Radio Director) FRLG Silph Co. 5F Colo Shadow PKMN Lab B1F HGSS Goldenrod Tunnel Warehouse (from the Radio Director) PE Silph Co. 5F (from Trace after defeating Archer)

See also

• Galactic Key
• Elevator Key
• List of Key Items in Generation I
• List of Key Items in Generation II
• List of Key Items in Generation III
• List of Key Items in Generation IV
• List of Key Items in the Orre region

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鑰匙卡 Yeuhksìhká * 電子鎖 Dihnjí Só * Mandarin 鑰匙卡 Yàoshíkǎ European French Carte Magnétique * Carte Magn. * German Schlüsselkarte * Türöffner * Italian Apriporta Korean 카드키 Card Key European Spanish Llave Magnética

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