Editing Small Key

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|image=[[File:Small Key TP art.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Small Key for ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess''
|first_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (1986)
|latest_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' (2019, [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] remake)
|location=Throughout [[dungeon]]s
|effect=Unlocks a locked door or a locked block
}}
{{redirect|Key|keys in general|[[:Category:Keys]]}}
'''Small Keys''', sometimes formatted '''small keys''' and originally known as simply '''keys''', are a type of key found in [[dungeon]]s in every ''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' game. They are mainly used to unlock a locked door, or sometimes a [[block]] with a keyhole. [[Link]] can only use each Small Key once, after which it is discarded. Small Keys are usually obtained by either completing a room's puzzle or by opening a [[Treasure Chest]]. In some cases, completing a room's challenge causes a Small Key to drop into the room.

Boss lairs usually have a lock that cannot be opened by a Small Key but instead require a [[Boss Key]] (or a [[Big Key]] in some games) to unlock. Some dungeons have optional locked rooms, so Link could end up not using a few Small Keys in that dungeon. 

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link can optionally take a key out of a labyrinth and use it elsewhere. Some [[merchant]]s sell a key for 100 [[Rupee|Rupies]], although buying them is optional  because each labyrinth has the same number of keys as locked doors. In ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', keys have a similar role as in the first game, but they are no longer sold by merchants. In both games, there is a [[Magical Key]], which functions like a key but can be used an unlimited number of times.

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'', if Link has obtained a dungeon's [[compass]], a short jingle plays whenever he enters a room with a Small Key.

==Profiles==
===''The Legend of Zelda''===
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' "''Opens locked doors.''" (Referred to as "''Labyrinth Key''")

===Websites===
*[http://zelda.com/ ''The Legend of Zelda''] Online Guide: "''Little keys used to open common dungeons and chests.''"

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
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Small Key OoT artwork.png|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''
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===Sprites===
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Key TLoZ sprite.png|''The Legend of Zelda''
Key ZII sprite.png|''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''
Small Key ALttP overworld sprite.png|''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past''
Small Key LA sprite.png|''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''
Key LFoE sprite.png|''Link: The Faces of Evil'' and ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon''
Small Key OoT icon.png|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''<br>(Select Items Subscreen)
Small Key LADX sprite.png|''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX''
Small Key OoS-OoA sprite.png|''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages''
Small Key TMC sprite.png|''The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap'' (overworld)
Small Key TMC HUD icon.png|''The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap'' (HUD icon)
</gallery>
===Screenshots===
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Key TWoG cutscene.png|''[[Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=キー<br>''Kī''<br><span class="explain" title="かぎ">鍵</span><ref>''Link no Bōken'' instruction booklet, pages 37 and 40.</ref> / カギ<br>''Kagi''<br><span class="explain" title="ちい">小</span>さなカギ<br>''Chiisana Kagi''
|JapM=Key (''Zelda no Densetsu'')<br><br>Key (''Link no Bōken'')<br><br>Small Key (since ''Kamigami no Triforce'')
|Fre=Petite Clé
|FreM=Small Key
|Ger=Kleinen Schlüssel
|GerM=Small Key
|Spa=Llave pequeña
|SpaM=Small Key
|Ita=Piccola Chiave
|ItaM=Small Key
}}

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