Palworld

How to Get Keys

Palworld Walkthrough Team

Last updated on: February 15, 2024 11:25 PM

How to Get Keys Palworld

You can get keys in chests, raids, or by defeating Leezpunk, or the Black Marketeer in Palworld. Read on to find out how to get keys, where to find them, and what the keys are for.

List of Contents

How to Get Keys
How to Use Keys
Related Guides

How to Get Keys

Get Keys in Chests

Opening Chests Palworld

Chest Keys
Copper Key	Silver Key	Gold Key

You can get Copper Keys, Silver Keys, Gold Keys a part of the drop pool of regular chests found randomly across the map. These regular chests are signified by their yellowish or purplish glow. Chests with a red glow require keys to unlock.

Unlocking regular chests in higher level areas such as the Desert area or Snow areas (like the Astral Mountain) have higher chances of giving higher rarity keys from regular chests (the rarest being Gold Keys).

Get Keys by Completing Raids

Raid Warning Palworld

There is also a chance for keys to drop from defeating enemies participating in a raid against your base.

Wild Pals and humans may raid your base independently or in tandem. After successfully defending your base, there is a possibility that the raid party will drop keys as part of their loot.

Raid Guide

Get Keys by Defeating or Capturing Leezpunk

Stronger Pal Palworld

You can keys by defeating or capturing Leezpunk, either during raids or in the wild.

Leezpunk is a Dark Element Type so it is better to fight this Pal with a Dragon Element Type Pal.

Leezpunk Location, How to Breed, and Drops

Leezpunk Location

Day

Night

Leezpunk Location at Daytime
View Full Image

Leezpunk Location at Nighttime
View Full Image

Day and Night Cycle

Get Keys by Defeating the Black Marketeer

Palworld - Island Black Marketeer 4

Defeating Black Marketeers can give you a Gold Key. Take note that this will be a difficulty fight should you decide to against tthem.

Optimal preparation for the battle is essential since a Black Marketeer is accompanied by its Pal, and both are at Level 40 or above.

All Black Marketeer Locations and Pals

How to Use Keys

Opens Copper, Silver, and Gold Chests

Palworld - Get Schematics from Copper Key Chests

Copper Chests, Silver Chests, and Gold Chests hold more valuable rewards than common chests, with Gold Chests containing the best loot among the rest. These are marked with a reddish glow and will display a prompt noting a key requirement when you are near it.

These locked chests are also one of the primary sources for obtaining powerful Schematics which are higher rarity versions of technologies you unlock through the Technology tree.

Palworld Related Guides

Palworld - Tips and Tricks Partial Banner

Tips and Tricks

Tides of Terraria Update Tips

Tides of Terraria Tips
Tides of Terraria New Islands and Location	How to Get Terraria Items
How to Recruit Zoe and Location	How to Find Terraria Dungeon
How to Fish	How to Get Implants
Trust Mechanic Explained	How to Find Treasure Maps
Enemy Faction Bases and Location	-

Feybreak Update Tips

Feybreak Island Tips
Feybreak Update Patch Notes	Terraria Crossover Launched
Bounty Tokens Guide	Attack Chopper Guide
How to Start Pal Expeditions	Feybreak Oil Rig Guide
How to Find Feybreak	Messenger of Love Locations
Level 30 Oil Rig Guide	-

Feybreak Update All New Content Guide

Sakurajima Update Tips

Sakurajima Island Tips
PvP Arena Guide	How to Find Meteorite Event
Oil Rig Stronghold Guide	Best Crude Oil Base Locations
How to Farm Dog Coins	Supply Drop Guide and All Items
Sakurajima Location and How to Get There	How to Unlock More Accessory Slots
Sakurajima Early Access Play Review	Junkyard Locations and All Items
Lockpicking Guide	-

All Sakurajima Update Features

General Palworld Tips

General Palworld Tips
Best Starter Pal	How to Level Up Fast
Best Base Locations and How to Move Bases	Best Stats to Upgrade
Best Ancient Technology	Statue of Power Guide
How to Get a Gun Fast and Early in Palworld	Day/Night Cycle
How to Get Ancient Technology Points Fast	Pal Distillation Pod: How to Rank Up Pal
Base Building Guide	Raid Guide
How to Remove Wanted Status	List of Palworld Achievements
Best Palworld Team	How to Destroy and Move Structures
When Do Items and Resources Respawn?	Transferring Characters
Base Level Rewards and Requirements	How to Attack Enemies on Water
Best Structures for Your Base	How to Trade Pals
Best Type Combinations	What to Do in Palworld
Can Pals Evolve in Palworld	How to Mount and Ride Pals
How to Get More Base Storage	When Do Bosses Respawn?
Benefits to Killing Syndicate Thugs	All Black Marketeer Pals
How to Move Bases	How to Create and Join a Guild
Story Walkthrough Guide	Post Game Guide
Pal Buy and Sell Values Explained	Post Game Raid Boss
Choices, Missables, and One-Time Events	How to Fly
How to Handle Pals Not Working and Assign Pals to Jobs	How to Get a Level 5 Work Suitability Pal
List of the Best Palworld Mods	Rare Drops List and Best Rare Drops to Farm
How to Change Player and Pal Names	Stats and IVs Explained
How to Change Your Character's Appearance	How to Keep Items on Death
How Many Pals Are in Palworld	How to Refresh Vendor Stock
Feed Box Optimal Positioning	Pals That Don't Sleep
Level Cap	All Pal Skins and How to Change
Palworld Halloween Skins	How to Use Global Palbox

Pal Catching Tips

Pal Catching Tips
How to Catch Pals	How to Catch and Sell Humans
How to Get Lucky Pals	Pal Sphere Farming Guide
How to Reroll Dungeon Bosses

Survival and Exploration Tips

Survival and Exploration Tips
How to Cook Pals	How to Farm Paldium Fragments
How to Heal Pals and Player HP	How to Keep Pals Happy and Sane
How to Increase Carrying Capacity	How to Increase Stamina
How to Upgrade Palbox	How to Repair Tools
How to Fix Pal Injuries	How to Revive Pals
How to Cancel Arrows	How to Eat Food
How to Put Out and Avoid Fires	How to Increase Movement Speed
How to Cure Depressed Pals	How to Cure Weakened Pals
How to Cure Pals of Overfull	How to Get Keys
Night Guide: How to Survive the Night	How to Manage Food Expiration

Best Base Locations
Coal Base	Paldium Fragment Base
Ore Base	Sulfur Base
Skill Fruit Base	-

Settings and Multiplayer Tips

Settings and Multiplayer Tips
How to Play Palworld on Mobile Devices	Best World Settings for Palworld
How to Change World Settings	Multiplayer Guide
Does Palworld Have Crossplay?	Is There PvP in Palworld?
How to Save the Game	How to Set Up Dedicated Server
Which Difficulty Settings to Choose	How to Backup Save Data
All Controls and How to Change	How to Drop Items and Pals
All Console Commands and Cheats	Palworld PC System Requirements
How to Migrate Server Data	How to Change Death Penalty Settings
Is There Splitscreen Local Co-Op in Palworld	-

Glitches and Exploits

All Glitches and Exploits
Infinite Pal Sphere Exploit	Guild Save File Deletion Bug
Pal Pathfinding Bug Fix	How to Catch Tower Bosses
Refresh Food Expiration Glitch	Infinite Sweepa Boost Glitch
Carry Weight Glitch	Pal Sphere Gliding Glitch
Egg Duplication Glitch	Instant Pal Revive and Heal Glitch
Infinite Syndicate Thug Glitch	Black Marketeer Gold Glitch
Item Duplication Glitch	2 Combat Pals at A Time Glitch
Unraidable Base Glitch	Clipping Glitch
How to Fix World Save Bug	Infinite Loot Glitch
Infinite XP Glitch	Freeze and Rocket Launcher Glitch
Pal Skill Cooldown Reset Trick	Fierce Fang Glitch

Comment

Shrek almost 2 years

⢀⡴⠑⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠸⡇⠀⠿⡀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡴⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⢄⣠⠾⠁⣀⣄⡈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠁⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠂⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⢿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⡾⣁⣀⠀⠴⠂⠙⣗⡀⠀⢻⣿⣿⠭⢤⣴⣦⣤⣹⠀⠀⠀⢀⢴⣶⣆ ⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣮⣽⣾⣿⣥⣴⣿⣿⡿⢂⠔⢚⡿⢿⣿⣦⣴⣾⠁⠸⣼⡿ ⠀⢀⡞⠁⠙⠻⠿⠟⠉⠀⠛⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⢤⣼⣿⣾⣿⡟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣾⣷⣶⠇⠀⠀⣤⣄⣀⡀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠉⠈⠉⠀⠀⢦⡈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣽⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠲⣽⡻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣜⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣷⣶⣮⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠉

Shrek almost 2 years

See more comments (3 Comments)

Author

Palworld Walkthrough Team

This article was created by Game8's elite team of writers and gamers.

Leave feedback(Login required)

Please participate in our site
improvement survey
12/2025

Would you assist in
improving Game8's site?

This survey will take about 1 minute.
Your answers will help us to improve our website.

We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.

The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.

Begin Survey

Not Now

Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Advertisements.

Amount of Ads

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Fine

Somewhat Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Placement of Ads

Timing of Ad Display

Ad Loading Speed

Safeness of Ads

Content of Ads

Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Quality of Articles.

Amount of information

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Fine

Somewhat Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Frequency of updates

Speed of new information

Accuracy of articles

Understandibility of articles

Readability of sentences

Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Usability of the Site.

Ease of finding information

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Fine

Somewhat Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Loading Speed

Use of Color

Font Size

Visibility of Images

Easy to Understand Layout

Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Message Boards, Comments.

Ease of Writing

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Fine

Somewhat Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Readability

Ease in Finding Information

Comment Quality

Comment Quantity

Admin Response

Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Site's new design.

Please rate our site's new design

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Fine

Somewhat Satisfied

Highly Satisfied

Do you think that the website's design change makes the site easier to use?

Has the new design made it easier for you to find information on the site?

Has the new design improved the overall visual appeal of the site?

How would you rate your overall satisfaction with the new design of the site?

How likely are you to recommend Game8 to someone you know?

Very Unlikely

Very Likely

If you have other opinions regarding potential improvement to the website, please share them with us. We would appreciate your honest opinion.

Note: This is a free response section, so you can proceed without entering anything.
Note: Please be sure not to enter any kind of personal information into your response.

Thank You

Thank you for participating in our survey! Your answers will help us to improve the quality of our website and services.
We hope you continue to make use of Game8.

For other opinions or comments, go here.

Rankings

Gaming News

Pokémon Legends Z-A Exclusive Café Donuts Hint At Two Leg...

Popular Games

Recommended Games

© Pocketpair, Inc.

The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.

How to Get Keys

How to Get Keys

Get Keys in Chests

Get Keys by Completing Raids

Get Keys by Defeating or Capturing Leezpunk

Leezpunk Location

Get Keys by Defeating the Black Marketeer

How to Use Keys

Opens Copper, Silver, and Gold Chests

Palworld Related Guides

Tides of Terraria Update Tips

Feybreak Update Tips