Key

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Key

General

Encumbrance

0.0

Function

Lock doors and unlock doors

Technical

Item ID

Base.Key

This article is about key to open doors. For key to open padlocks, see Key (Padlock). For a car key, see Car Key.

Regular keys are used to lock and unlock doors in the game.

Usage

Locking and unlocking

Keys are connected to garage doors and regular door around the house, hovering over the key in your inventory will highlight the doors it is connected to in yellow. If it is in the player's inventory, the "Unlock Door" context option will appear when selecting a door.

Distribution

It can be found on dead zombies.

Code

From newitems.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 41.50

	item Key1
	        DisplayCategory = Security,
		Weight	=	0,
		Type	=	Key,
		DisplayName	=	Key,
		Icon	=	Key1,
		MetalValue = 5,
		WorldStaticModel = Key,

See also

• Door
• Key (Padlock)
• Car Key