Keys

Several keys can be found in Lothric, some of which are required to progress through the game, some just to open convenient shortcuts or optional areas.

Note, that keys are listed here as a subset of all key items. For the complete list of key items, see: Key Items

List of Keys

Key Item	Usage	Availability
Cell Key	Unlocks Greirat's cell in the High Wall of Lothric.	In a room in the building next to the Tower on the Wall Bonfire, with several Large Hollow Soldiers and Starved Hounds.
Contraption Key	Unlocks the lever for lowering the staircase in the library behind the Corvian Settlement in the Painted World of Ariandel.	Reward for defeating Sir Vilhelm.
Grand Archives Key	Unlocks the entrance to the Grand Archives.	Right in front of the entrance to the Grand Archives, once three Lords of Cinder are defeated.
Grave Key	Opens the door in the sewer in Undead Settlement that leads to Irina of Carim.	Sold by the Shrine Handmaid for 1,500 Souls after giving her the Mortician's Ashes.
Jailbreaker's Key	Used to open a shortcut in the Irithyll Dungeon, leading to the lower section of the area.	Inside the Irithyll Dungeon, in a cell in the hallway that is accessed by traveling through the holes in adjacent cell on the opposing side of the Irithyll Dungeon Bonfire.
Jailer's Key Ring	Opens several cells in the Irithyll Dungeon, including Karla's.	In a secret passage in the Irithyll Dungeon that can be reached from the Profaned Capital.
Lift Chamber Key	Unlocks the door to the elevator shaft below the Tower on the Wall Bonfire in the High Wall of Lothric.	Received from Ringfinger Leonhard after acquiring a Pale Tongue.
Old Cell Key	Unlocks Siegward of Catarina's cell in the Irithyll Dungeon.	In a chest by a Mimic in the sewer section of the Irithyll Dungeon.
Tower Key	Unlocks the door to the Bell Tower behind the Firelink Shrine.	Can be bought from the Shrine Handmaid for 20,000 Souls, or dropped by Irina of Carim on death.