Shadowy key

Not to be confused with Shade key.

Shadowy key
Release																				30 March 2020 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				You will have to find another from a tetracompass ancient casket.
Actions
Backpack																				Destroy
Values
Value																				50,000 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept
Weight																				? (edit)
Examine
This could unlock Guildmaster Tony's mattock display case in his office.
Advanced data
Item ID																				49974
Links																				MRID • recipe

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A shadowy key is the rarest possible reward from an ancient casket which is located using a tetracompass. The shadowy key is guaranteed to give Guildmaster Tony's mattock when used on the display case upstairs in the Archaeology Guild main building.

As with the distorted key, the shadowy key awards Archaeology experience equal to that from studying a Complete tome. Unlike most other items that award experience, the key can be banked. Upon using the key on the display case, a message appears reading "As the key approaches the lock, you recognise some odd symbols on the case. You gain some archaeological insight."

Players who reach the shadowy key drop table (a 1/1,000 chance per ancient casket) but fail the 1/10 roll required to obtain a shadowy key will be awarded a distorted key instead, meaning that each ancient casket has a 0.01% chance to award a shadowy key when opened.

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Ancient casket	N/A	1	1/10000

Update history

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• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.