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This item is currently vaulted in Battle Royale.
This has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future.
It is still available in Creative and UEFN.

A single-use key. When you have them in your inventory, be on the look out for lock icons on your map.
— In-Game Description

The Key is an Uncategorized Item in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was introduced in Chapter 3: Season 4.

Functionality[]

Key are used to open locks on Vaults. Vaults will have 1 or 2 locks on them, depending on the location and quality of loot inside. Rare Vaults take 1 key to open, and Epic Vaults take 2 Key to open. Key are also used to unlock Key Locked Chests in the same way they unlock Vaults. The player can only carry 3 Key at a time.

Key make a distinctive noise when on the floor.

Stats[]

Current Stats since v22.00[]

Key
(Rare)
Max Stack 3 (BR/ZB)
∞ (Creative)

Stats from a leaked Development Build during Chapter 3: Season 3[]

Simple Key
(Mythic)
Max Stack Unknown

Item ID[]

The Key is referred to as Keys And Locks Key in the files.

  • Rare: AGID_KeysAndLocks_Key

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Creative History[]

Chapter 3: Season 4[]

Update v22.10[]

  • Unknown Date: Introduced.

News Tab[]

Image Description Date
Locked Holo-Chests
Like what you see? Spend your Keys on Items displayed at Locked Holo-Chests!
October 6th 2022

Trivia[]

  • Despite being Rare, Key have a glow around them similar to Common items.
  • Players drop Key in Team Rumble when eliminated, unlike other inventory items which are not lost upon elimination.
    • This also applies to Creative experiences, even if players are set to not drop their items.
  • An early version of the Key can be found in a leaked Development Build during Chapter 3: Season 3:

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