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Skull Key.png
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Move Speed -10
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Opens the Skull Door. This door can only be found on the Inferno map that features Ghost King, in the Demon Gate module.
Type:
Consumable
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Stack Size:
1
Gear Score:
20
Sell Price:
150
Item Achieve:
20
A mysterious key with an ominous skull embedded in it's core.

Utility

Utilities are single or multiple-use items that can be used during combat or to complete a variety of tasks.

Usage

You need to be on the Inferno-02-HR. After locating the room with the module name "Demon Gate" you will encounter a large interactable door and behind it on the left hand side there is a lever. Upon activating the lever a platform will approach towards you from a door that has a Skull on it. Equip the skull key in your hand and interact with the skull door to open it.

Inside the room you will find:

Tips

  • Make sure to clear the room before entering it.
  • Bring lots of lock picks since most chests will be locked.
  • If you come to this place on non High Roller lobby it will not require a key to open but the loot will not be as good.

Locations

You can check other items, monsters and etc. locations from maps.

Dropped By

Drop Tables last updated for Work in Progress


Unique
Drop source table at 0 luckCollapse
NameSorted by total expected value in descending order
TEV = Sum of all (Probability of 1 drop * Item count per roll * Roll count)
TypeItem countProbability of 1+ drops per instance1-(1-probability per roll)(loot table roll count)

Some loot tables are rolled multiple times per instance (i.e. monster kill/container interaction/loose loot generation).

For further information, please reference the loot tables on the associated source page.
Monster15.0%
Monster15.0%
Monster15.0%
Monster12.0%
Loose Loot11.0%
Loose Loot10.5%
Monster10.2%
Monster10.2%

Nothing. Currently no drop source provides this item.

Statics of Getting The Loose Loot Drop: Skull Key
Y1nmn | Posted on Aug 26, 2024 at 11:21 pm

Technically, the probability of obtaining a Skull Key when queueing into [High Roller] The Forgotten Castle's 'Crypt' map from the Loose Loot drop located within the Inferno's 'Demon Throne' room is .5% P(Inferno-01) = 1/2 = 0.5 ~ 50% P(Skull Key Loose Loot) = 1/100 = 0.1 ~ 1% P(Inferno-01 and Skull Key Loose Loot) = 0.5 × 0.01 = 0.005 ~ .5%

Technically, the probability of obtaining a Skull Key when queueing into The Forgotten Castle's 'Crypt' map from the Loose Loot drop located within the Inferno's 'Demon Throne' room is .25% P(Inferno-01) = 1/2 = 0.5 ~ 50% P(Skull Key Loose Loot) = 1/100 = 0.0025 ~ .25% P(Inferno-01 and Skull Key Loose Loot) = 0.5 × 0.01 = 0.0025 ~ .25%

anonymous | Posted on Nov 12, 2024 at 4:51 am

Incorrect. You don't say lich has a 1/3 chance * 0.2%

Where does skull key drop in inferno from “loose loot”?
anonymous | Posted on Jun 27, 2024 at 11:31 am

?

anonymous | Posted on Jun 28, 2024 at 1:23 pm

Loose Loot = On the ground, on tables, bookshelves, in and around statues, and otherwise hidden throughout the map. In High-Roller Inferno it has a 1% chance of being selected from the loot table of loose items such can provide, in normal dungeons inferno it has a 0.5% chance of being selected. It is possible that it can only be found in certain loose items spots in the inferno map but im not sure. Please note that the wiki is Work In Progress and future entrys may have the awnser you need, i recommend checking the page for the skull key (https://darkanddarker.wiki.spellsandguns.com/Skull_Key) and the page for the lootables (https://darkanddarker.wiki.spellsandguns.com/Lootables). I hope this helps any adventurer with the same question as you. See yall in the dungeons.

anonymous | Posted on Jun 29, 2024 at 12:55 pm

The reply above is too vague. The skull key can only spawn as loose loot in the bottom middle module on Inferno Map #1. Note that currently there are only 2 Inferno variations at this time. Map 1 has the module (Module is listed as Demon Throne). In Map 2 this module is not the same and is instead the location where you can use the skull key (Module is listed as Demon Gate). Hope this helps.

does it need to be hr?
anonymous | Posted on Apr 20, 2024 at 4:38 pm

?

anonymous | Posted on May 17, 2024 at 1:38 am

no

anonymous | Posted on Jun 16, 2024 at 2:59 pm

Hr bosses = elite the others are normal :)

anonymous | Posted on Jul 17, 2024 at 10:07 pm

I think he is asking if you need to be in HR to use the key. This page says you do.

Raw Salad | Posted on Jul 28, 2024 at 4:10 am

The Skull Key is only usable in the HR version of Inferno 2, in the Demon Gate module.

If you reach this location on Normals, the treasure room will only require a lockpick instead of a Skull Key.

anonymous | Posted on Aug 8, 2024 at 12:36 am

You don't need a lockpick in normals, you can just open the doors.