"If the stories are to be believed, this key will open nearly any ancient door".Skeleton Keys are items used to unlock the roguelike sections of various challenge dungeons.
Obtaining[ | ]
From quests:
- One Skeleton Key, along with the blueprint, is given by Kalderos upon completing the quest Descent into Torment.
- One Skeleton Key is given by Mogdrogen upon starting the quest Cleanse the Corruption.
- One Skeleton Key is given by Riggs upon starting the quest Paying Debts.
From crafting:
- A blacksmith can craft a Skeleton Key if the blueprint and the resources are available.
- An inventor can produce a Skeleton Key when Dismantling Epic or Legendary items.
Usage[ | ]
Skeleton Keys are used to open the sealed entrances to challenge dungeons. The key is consumed upon use.
Challenge dungeons that require a Skeleton Key to open are:
- levels 4 and 5 of the Steps of Torment.
- levels 2-4 of the Bastion of Chaos.
- Port Valbury.
- The Feral Thicket in the Ancient Grove. AoM
- The Tomb of the Heretic in the Lost Oasis. FG
| Soldier Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blade Arc (Clean Sweep - Laceration) • Blitz (Blindside) • Cadence (Discord - Fighting Form - Deadly Momentum) • Forcewave (Tremor - Rending Force - Internal Trauma) • Overguard • War Cry (Terrify - Break Morale) |
| Passive Skills |
| Decorated Soldier • Fighting Spirit • Markovian's Advantage • Menhir's Will • Military Conditioning • Scars of Battle • Shield Training • Veterancy • Zolhan's Technique |
| Toggle Skills |
| Counter Strike • Field Command (Squad Tactics) • Menhir's Bulwark • Oleron's Rage |
| Demolitionist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blackwater Cocktail (High Potency - Demon Fire - Agonizing Flames) • Canister Bomb (Concussive Bomb - Improved Casing) • Fire Strike (Explosive Strike - Searing Might - Searing Strike - Static Strike - Brimstone) • Flashbang (Searing Light) • Grenado (High Impact - Skyfire Grenado) - Shattering Blast • Mortar Trap (Heavy Ordnance - "The Big One") • Stun Jacks (Quick Jacks - Full Spread) • Thermite Mine (Hellfire Mine) |
| Passive Skills |
| Blast Shield • Ulzuin's Chosen |
| Toggle Skills |
| Flamed Touched (Temper) • Vindicative Flame (Ulzuin's Wrath) |
| Occultist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Blood of Dreeg (Aspect of the Guardian) • Blood Pox (Fevered Rage - Wasting - Black Death) • Curse of Frailty (Vulnerability) • Doom Bolt • Dreeg's Evil Eye (Blood Burst - Focused Gaze - Terrifying Gaze - Vile Eruption) • Sigil of Consumption (Destruction) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Bonds of Bysmiel (Manipulation) • Possession • Solael's Witchfire (Consecrated Blade - Second Rite) |
| Summons |
| Summon Familiar (Mend Flesh - Storm Spirit - Lightning Strike) • Summon Hellhound (Ember Claw - Hellfire - Infernal Breath) |
| Nightblade Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Amarasta's Blade Burst (Lethal Assault) • Blade Barrier • Blade Trap (Devouring Blades) • Phantasmal Blades (Frenetic Throw - Heart Seeker - Nether Edge) • Pneumatic Burst (Breath of Belgothian - Shadow Dance - Elemental Awakening) • Ring of Steel (Ring of Frost - Circle of Slaughter) • Shadow Strike (Nidalla's Justifiable Ends - Nightfall) |
| Passive Skills |
| Anatomy of Murder • Dual Blades (Belgothian's Shears - Hidden Hands - Amarasta's Quick Cut - Whirling Death - Execution) • Merciless Repertoire • Phantasmal Armor |
| Toggle Skills |
| Veil of Shadow (Night's Chill) |
| Summons |
| Blade Spirit |
| Arcanist Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Albrecht's Aether Ray (Tainted Power - Disintegration) • Callidor's Tempest (Wrath of Agrivix - Inferno) • Devastation • Maiven's Sphere of Protection (Conversion) • Mirror of Ereoctes • Nullification • Olexra's Flash Freeze (Absolute Zero) • Panetti's Replicating Missile (Distortion - Supercharged - Proliferation) • Trozan's Sky Shard (Frozen Core - Shattered Star) |
| Passive Skills |
| Arcane Will • Fabric of Reality • Inner Focus • Mental Alacrity |
| Toggle Skills |
| Iskandra's Elemental Exchange (Manifestation - Overload - Elemental Balance) • Reckless Power • Star Pact |
| Shaman Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Brute Force (Feral Hunger - Upheaval) • Devouring Swarm • Grasping Vines (Entangling Vines) • Primal Strike (Thunderous Strike - Torrent - Storm Surge) • Savagery (Might of the Bear - Tenacity of the Boar - Storm Touched) |
| Toggle Skills |
| Mogdrogen's Pact (Heart of the Wild - Oak Skin) • Primal Bond • Stormcaller's Pact |
| Summons |
| Conjure Primal Spirit • Storm Totem (Corrupted Storm) • Summon Briarthorn (Ground Slam - Emboldening Presence) • Wendigo Totem (Blood Pact) • Wind Devil (Raging Tempest - Maelstrom) |
| Inquisitor Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Flames of Ignaffar - (Tainted Flame - Intensify - Infernal Purge - Endless Flame) • Horn of Gandarr • Inquisitor Seal - (Null Field - Arcane Empowerment) • Rune of Hagarrad - (Biting Cold - Chillsurge) • Rune of Kalastor - (Ignition) • Storm Box of Elgoloth (Allagast's Arcane Net - Lightning Tether) • Word of Pain (Word of Agony - Death Sentence) • Word of Renewal - (Word of Arms - Vigor - Steel Resolve) |
| Passive Skills |
| Artifact Handling • Bursting Round • Chilling Rounds • Deadly Aim • Ranged Expertise • Storm Spread |
| Toggle Skills |
| Aura of Censure • Aura of Conviction |
| Necromancer Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Bone Harvest (Harvester of Death - Dread - Soul Harvest) • Call of the Grave • Drain Essence (Gravechill - Hungering Reach - Decomposition) • Ill Omen • Mark of Torment • Ravenous Earth (Decay - Foul Eruption) • Reap Spirit • Siphon Souls - (Sear Souls - Blood Boil) |
| Passive Skills |
| Necrotic Edge • Reaping Strike |
| Toggle Skills |
| Harbinger of Souls • Master of Death • Spectral Binding (Spectral Wrath) |
| Summons |
| Raise Skeletons (Undead Legion - Will of the Crypt) • Reap Spirit • Summon Blight Fiend (Unstable Anomaly - Rotting Fumes - Blight Burst) |
| Oathkeeper Skills |
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| Active Skills |
| Aegis of Menhir (Avenging Shield - Aegis of Thorns - Reprisal) • Ascension (Clarity of Purpose) • Eye of Reckoning (Soulfire) • Judgment (Crushing Verdict - Heart of Wrath) • Righteous Fervor (Dreeg's Reproach - Consecration - Retribution) • Vire's Might (Volcanic Might - Volcanic Stride - Tectonic Shift) |
| Passive Skills |
| Resilience • Safeguard • Shattering Smash • Smite |
| Toggle Skills |
| Divine Mandate • Path of the Three • Presence of Virtue (Haven - Rebuke) |
| Summons |
| Summon Guardian of Empyrion (Scion of Dreeg - Celestial Presence) |
| Items |
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| Weapons • Axes • Maces • Swords • Two-handed Melee • Pistols • Two-handed Ranged • Daggers • Scepters • Shields • Off-Hands Armor • Head Armor • Shoulder Armor • Chest Armor • Hand Armor • Leg Armor • Foot Armor Accessories • Amulets • Rings • Medals • Belts Unique Items • Sets • Monster Infrequents Relics • Components • Augments • Blueprints • Recipes • Materials • Consumables |
| Creatures |
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| Aetherial • Aether Corruption • Arachnid • Beast • Beastkin • Chthonic • Eldritch Human • Insectoid • Riftspawn • Undead • Heroes • Bosses • Pets |
