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Small Key
Small Key | |
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Artwork of a Small Key for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | |
First appearance | The Legend of Zelda (1986) |
Latest appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019, Switch remake) |
Location(s) | Throughout dungeons |
Effect | Unlocks a locked door or a locked block |
- "Key" redirects here. For information about keys in general, see Category:Keys.
Small Keys, sometimes formatted small keys and originally known as simply keys, are a type of key found in dungeons in every 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, Link can optionally take a key out of a labyrinth and use it elsewhere. Some merchants sell a key for 100 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[edit]
The Legend of Zelda[edit]
- Wii U Virtual Console manual bio: "Opens locked doors." (Referred to as "Labyrinth Key")
Websites[edit]
- The Legend of Zelda Online Guide: "Little keys used to open common dungeons and chests."
Gallery[edit]
Artwork[edit]
Sprites[edit]
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
(Select Items Subscreen)The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (overworld)
Screenshots[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | キー Kī 鍵[1] / カギ Kagi 小さなカギ Chiisana Kagi |
Key (Zelda no Densetsu) Key (Link no Bōken) Small Key (since Kamigami no Triforce) |
Spanish | Llave pequeña | Small Key |
French | Petite Clé | Small Key |
German | Kleinen Schlüssel | Small Key |
Italian | Piccola Chiave | Small Key |
References[edit]
- ^ Link no Bōken instruction booklet, pages 37 and 40.
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