Key (Mystery Dungeon)

If you were looking for the Keys from the Unova Link, see Unova Link.

A Key (Japanese: カギ Key) is an item that can be used to unlock doors in dungeons in the games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, its sequel games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Sky and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. Keys will unlock these doors, showing a Treasure Chest. They are generally rare and difficult to obtain, usually appearing in later dungeons as a random floor item, or bought for a large price (8000 Poké) from Kecleon Shops.

Key
カギ Key

TREASURE
BAG

INTRODUCED IN

GEN III

Cannot be bought

Sell for: $1

Effect:

Used to open locked doors in dungeons.

Locations
MDRB	Desert Region, Solar Cave, Western Cave
MDTD S	All Zero Isle dungeons, Final Maze, Aegis Cave

Description
MDRB	A key that unlocks a door inside a dungeon.
MDTD S	A key that unlocks a door inside a dungeon. Before you use a Key, be sure to stand before a door and face it directly.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team the Key is used to open chambers appearing on set floors of certain dungeons in order to gain rare items that are usually otherwise unobtainable, such as HMs, Friend Bows and Wish Stones. It is used up after use.

Items obtainable with Keys are:

HM Cut (Buried Relic, 80F)
HM Dive (Solar Cave, 10F)
HM Flash (Buried Relic, 70F)
HM Fly (Wyvern Hill, 30F)
HM Rock Smash (Buried Relic, 45F)
HM Waterfall (Solar Cave, 15F)
Beauty Scarf (Western Cave, 59F)
Friend Bow (Mt. Faraway, 30F)
Wish Stone (Wish Cave, 40F)
Lunar Ribbon (Northwind Field, 20F)
Sun Ribbon (Wyvern Hill, 20F)
TM Vacuum-Cut (Far-Off Sea, 50F)
TM Wide Slash (Far-Off Sea, 72F)

Issue #28 of Pokémon News hints that Keys can be found in the Desert Region.

Locations

Keys can be found in the following dungeons:

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers or Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, keys are used to open chambers that randomly appear in dungeons when not on a mission.

Locations

Keys can be found in:

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Blue Keys are used to unlock blue doors inside of a dungeon. Red Keys are used to unlock red doors inside of a dungeon. It is unknown what the Black Key or Green Key unlock. Red Keys may be sold at the Kecleon Shop for 165 Poké.

How to obtain

Blue Keys, Red Keys, Black Keys, and Green Keys may be obtained through passwords or as prizes for missions. A Black Key is obtained from a treasure chest in the Glacier Palace dungeon.

Green locked door PMD Maganagate.png

PMD Green locked door
PMD Red locked door

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series items
Consumables:	Food • Gummis • Seeds • Berries • Health drinks

Held items:	Glasses • Scarves • Recruitment-affecting items Miracle and Wonder Chests • Seven Treasures Space Globe • IQ Booster • Flags • Looplets

Objects:	Wonder Orbs • Throwing items • HMs • Used TMs • TMs • Keys Link Box • Gabite Scale • Gracidea • Friend Gifts • Devices Emeras • Progress Devices • Wands • Djinn's Bottle

Special:	Rescue Team Starter Set • Toolbox • Exploration Team Kit Treasure Bag • Treasure Collection • Mystery Dungeon evolutionary items Teleport Gem • Colored Wings • Wishing Stone • Music Box • Vortex Stone Treasure Boxes • Mystery Part • Secret Slab • Exclusive items Relic Fragment • Wonder Egg • Lost Loot • Sky Gift Lookalike Items • Prize Tickets • Gates to Infinity exclusive items Manuals • Entercards • Lucha Token • Connection Orb

This article is part of both Project Sidegames and Project ItemDex, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on items in the sidegames.