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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.
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- — 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[]
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[]
Chapter 3: Season 4[]
Update v22.00[]
- Introduced.
Update v22.10[]
- It is now also used to unlock Key Locked Chests.
Chapter 4: Season OG[]
Update v27.00[]
- Vaulted.
News Tab[]
| Image | Description | Date |
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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:
- Its called Simple Key.
- It is Mythic rarity.
- Uses the icon of the Dunegon Key in Save the World.



