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ARK Facility

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The Wrenwood Hotel

Check Mark Details Map Location
Old Key
Area: The Wrenwood Hotel (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key is found taped to the back of the an old photo found taped to a post in the bar of the hotel.
How to Use: Unlocks Lobby Door
Old Key
Old Key Map Location
Photo of Grace
Area: The Wrenwood Hotel (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This file is found attached to the post in the bar of the hotel.
How to Use: Examine to Get Old Key
Photo of Grace
Photo of Grace Map Location
Wire Cutters
Area: The Wrenwood Hotel (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This item is found inside a toolbox on top of a pool table in the Rec Room on the second floor.
How to Use: Used to Open Path to Room 204
Wire Cutters
Wire Cutters Map Location
Emergency Exit Key
Area: The Wrenwood Hotel (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key is obtained after fighting off an infected police officer in the Lobby after getting Alyssa's Journal.
Emergency Exit Key
Emergency Exit Key Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at The Wrenwood Hotel.

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Care Center

Check Mark Details Map Location
Cherub Key
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key is found inside a desk drawer with a lamp at the end of the hallway past the horse statue.
How to Use: Used to Open Room 201
Cherub Key
Cherub Key Map Location
Lighter
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This lighter is found on a shelf in a closet inside Room 201.
How to Use: Use as a Light Source
Lighter
Lighter Map Location
Screwdriver
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Push and climb the cart to the other side of the room in the Nurses' Station get to access to the tool box containg the Screwdriver.
How to Use: Used to Get the Fuse
Screwdriver
Screwdriver Map Location
Fuse
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Once you have the screwdriver from the Nurses' Station, return to Room 201, and use the screwdriver to get this Fuse from the closet.
How to Use: Used to Power Hallway Door
Fuse
Fuse Map Location
West Wing Keycard
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This keycard is found next to the body of a corpse inside the Medication Room.
How to Use: Used to Open the West Wing
West Wing Keycard
West Wing Keycard Map Location
Red Jewel
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item can be found inside a unicorn trinket box found in the Chairman's office. On Insanity, this is put slightly further back in the room.
How to Use: Used to Unlock the Parlor
Red Jewel
Red Jewel Map Location
Pencil
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: You can pick up the Pencil from the chairman's table in his office.
How to Use: Used to Get Puzzle Clue
Pencil
Pencil Map Location
Moon Quartz
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is obtained as a reward for solving the Moon Puzzle inside the Chairman's Office.
How to Use: Used to Unlock Central Hall Door
Moon Quartz
Moon Quartz Map Location
East Wing Keycard
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: After obtaining the Red Jewel, open the Parlor on the first floor. This keycard can be found held by a severed hand on the floor.
How to Use: Used to Open the East Wing
East Wing Keycard
East Wing Keycard Map Location
Pantry Key
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
This key is a guaranteed drop for beating the Chef. You'll first encounter him in the Kitchen. If you fail to kill him during your first encounter, he will start roaming the halls.
How to Use: Unlocks the Pantry
Pantry Key
Pantry Key Map Location
Blood Collector
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is found on a table in the Blood Lab.
How to Use: Used to Craft Items
Blood Collector
Blood Collector Map Location
ID Wristband (Level 1)
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This wristband can be found on the body of a dead researcher outside the Lead Researcher's Office leading to the Conference Room.
How to Use: Use on Level I Doors
ID Wristband (Level 1)
ID Wristband (Level 1) Map Location
Analyzer
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This first Analyzer can be found directly in the Blood Lab oin the 1st floor of the East Wing.
How to Use: Analyze Blood Samples
Analyzer
Analyzer
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
This second Analyzer can be found in the Office on the 2nd floor in the West Wing. You can only access this after getting the ID Wristband (Level 1) and going up to the Office via the stairs across from the Custodian's Office.
How to Use: Analyze Blood Samples
Analyzer
Blood Specimen (Converged)
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: The Blood Specimen (Converged) can be found in the Closet below the Waiting Room in the East Wing. Getting this specimen requires first acquiring ID Wristband (Level 1).
How to Use: Use on Blood Analyzer
Blood Specimen (Converged) Map Location
Blood Specimen (Denatured)
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: The Blood Specimen (Denatured) can be found in the Blood Lab alongside the Blood Collector.
How to Use: Use on Blood Analyzer
Blood Specimen (Denatured)
Blood Specimen (Denatured) Map Location
Blood Specimen (Reversible)
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: The Blood Specimen (Reversible) is also found in the Blood Lab but is locked behind a security door that also requires the ID Wristband (Level 1).
How to Use: Use on Blood Analyzer
Blood Specimen (Reversible) Map Location
Wrench
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is found inside a toolbox in the Custodian's Office.
How to Use: Used to Unlock Cold Storage
Wrench
Wrench Map Location
Organ Transport Box
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This item can be found on the back of a truck in the Garage. Picking this up will trigger an infected to ram inside the garage on a bulldozer.
How to Use: Unlock to Acquire Artificial Lungs
Organ Transport Box
Organ Transport Box Map Location
Artificial Heart
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is found hanging on the racks inside the Cold Storage. Getting this requires getting the Wrench from the Custodian's Office.
How to Use: Used on Body in Examination Room
Artificial Heart
Artificial Heart Map Location
Artificial Lungs
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
The moment you get the Organ Transport Box from the Garage, you are already in possession of the Artificial Lungs. Solve the puzzle of the Organ Transport Box to get the Artificial Lungs itself.
How to Use: Used on Body in Examination Room
Artificial Lungs
Artificial Lungs Map Location
Corrosive
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is found on a desk inside the Conference Room.
How to Use: Use on Sun Puzzle
Corrosive
Corrosive Map Location
Sun Quartz
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is a reward for solving the puzzle in the Lead Researcher's Office. You must first find the Corrosive in the conference room before attempting to get this item.
How to Use: Used to Unlock Central Hall Door
Sun Quartz
Sun Quartz Map Location
ID Wristband (Level 2)
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
This wristband can be looted after taking down the reanimated corpse in the Examination Room of the East Wing. You will need the Artificial Heart and Lungs to reanimate the corpse.
How to Use: Used to Unlock Isolation Ward
ID Wristband (Level 2)
ID Wristband (Level 2) Map Location
ID Wristband (Level 3)
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: The Level 3 ID Wristband is collected from the dead body in the Security Manager's Office in the East Wing of the Care Center.
How to Use: Used to Free Emily
ID Wristband (Level 3)
ID Wristband (Level 3) Map Location
Leatherbound Notebook
Area: Care Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
This notebook is found in the Lead Researcher's Office, inside the puzzle box along with the Sun Quartz.
Leatherbound Notebook
Leatherbound Notebook Map Location
Star Quartz
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is obtained from getting Emily to solve the Puzzle in the Security Manager's Office in the East Wing of the Care Center. However, you actually only ever get it in your inventory after completing the Basement sequence.
How to Use: Used to Unlock Central Hall Door
Star Quartz
Star Quartz Map Location
Joint Plug #1
Area: Care Center (Basement)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: The first joint plug is found inserted in the Power Distribution socket of the Holding Cells.
How to Use: Used to Power Up Distributors
Joint Plug #1
Joint Plug #1 Map Location
Joint Plug #2
Area: Care Center (Basement)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: In the Power Distributor connected to the Inspection room where the first fork lift is.
How to Use: Used to Power Up Distributors
Joint Plug #2
Joint Plug #2 Map Location
Square Socket Wrench
Area: Care Center (Basement)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is found inside a toolbox in the Boiler Room.
Square Socket Wrench
Square Socket Wrench Map Location
Forklift Key
Area: Care Center (Basement)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key item is found next to a corpse in Processing in the Basement.
Forklift Key
Forklift Key Map Location
Joint Plug #3
Area: Care Center (Basement)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This plug is found in the Processing area of the Basement.
How to Use: Used to Power Up Distributors
Joint Plug #3
Joint Plug #3 Map Location
Severed Hand
Area: Care Center (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: You can pick this item up from the elevator only after leaving the basement.
Severed Hand
Severed Hand Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at the Care Center and Care Center Basement.

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Care Center Courtyard

Check Mark Details Map Location
Hourglass
Area: Care Center Courtyard (Surface)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: On the office table in the VIP Suite.
Hourglass
Hourglass Map Location
Double Helix Model
Area: Care Center Courtyard (Surface)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Inside the Wine Bottle in the VIP Suite.
Double Helix Model
Double Helix Model Map Location
Helicopter Key
Area: Care Center Courtyard (Facility)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Beside the keyboard in the Private Lab.
Helicopter Key
Helicopter Key Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at the Care Center Courtyard.

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East Raccoon City

Check Mark Details Map Location
Crank Lever
Area: Water Treatment Plant (Treatment Level)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: On the shelf inside the Water Facility Filing Room
Crank Lever
Crank Lever Map Location
Tactical Tracker
Area: East Raccoon City (Ground)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found on top of the Supply Box
Tactical Tracker
Tactical Tracker Map Location
Cedarbrook Apartments Key
Area: East Raccoon City (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found inside the
Cedarbrook Apartments Key
Cedarbrook Apartments Key Map Location
Distributor
Area: East Raccoon City (Rooftops)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found inside the yellow tool box
Distributor
Distributor Map Location
Battery #1
Area: East Raccoon City (Lower Level)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found Inside the Trailer Container
Battery #1
Battery #1 Map Location
Valve Handwheel
Area: East Raccoon City (Lower Level)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found Inside the Tunnel
Valve Handwheel
Valve Handwheel Map Location
Battery #2
Area: East Raccoon City (Lower Level)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found inside the fusebox
Battery #2
Battery #2 Map Location
Rusty Crank
Area: East Raccoon City (1st Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found attached to the door at the 1st floor of Cedarbrook Apartments
Rusty Crank
Rusty Crank Map Location
Broken Signal Receiver
Area: East Raccoon City (Rooftops)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found on Cedarbrook Apartments Rooftop inside the yellow crate
Broken Signal Receiver
Broken Signal Receiver Map Location
Repair Kit
Area: East Raccoon City (Ground)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found Inside the Container with the Motorbike
Repair Kit
Repair Kit Map Location
Relay
Area: East Raccoon City (Ground)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Found inside the yellow crate at the Grimstone Building Rooftop
Relay
Relay Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at the Water Treatment Plant and East Raccoon City.

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Raccoon City Center

Check Mark Details Map Location
Locker Key
Area: Raccoon City Center (Ground)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This key can be found hidden next to the TV rack in the Operations Room. To get this to spawn, you must first find Scavenger Hunt 1 and Scavenger Hunt 2. Climb on top of one of the tables to reach this.
How to Use: Used to Open Jojo's Locker
Locker Key
Mechanic Jack
Area: Raccoon City Center (2nd Floor)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This item can be found in the Library on the second floor of the RRPD building.
How to Use: Used to Unlock New Areas
Mechanic Jack
Mechanic Jack Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at Raccoon City Center.

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Orphanage

Check Mark Details Map Location
Fire Poker
Area: Orphanage (Basement)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This item can be found inside the Crypt. Pull out one of the coffins to create some stairs to get to the locked area.
How to Use: Used to Reach Ladder
Fire Poker
Fire Poker Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at the Orphanage.

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ARK Facility

Check Mark Details Map Location
Dump Control Room Override Key
Area: ARK Facility (Basement 2)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Pass through the Bioweapon Repository towards Chemical Storage. This key will be found on one of the control terminals.
How to Use: Used to Power Up Dump Control Room
Dump Control Room Override Key
Dump Control Room Override Key Map Location
Magnetic Key
Area: ARK Facility (Basement 3)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: Acquire the Override Key from the Chemical Storage. After a cutscene, this key can be picked up from the wall across from the control terminal in the Dump Control Room.
How to Use: Used to Open Locked Doors
Magnetic Key
Magnetic Key Map Location
Noblesse Orb
Area: ARK Facility (Basement 2)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This orb can be found in a case inside the Operations Room. After unlocking the Lobby, go past the Monitor Control Room towards the Anteroom. Head down the Bioweapon Repository 05, then back up the stairs at the end of the room to reach the Operations Room.
How to Use: Used to Open Archives Door
Noblesse Orb
Noblesse Orb Map Location
Animus Orb
Area: ARK Facility (Basement 2)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This orb can be found in a case inside the Cleanroom. The room will initially be locked. Acquire the Magnetic Key from the Dump Control Room to unlock the Cleanroom.
How to Use: Used to Open Archives Door
Animus Orb
Animus Orb Map Location
Bioweapon Repository 11 Override Key
Area: ARK Facility (Basement 4)
Type: Key Item
How to Get: This override key can be found inside the Systems Management room on Basement 4. The room is locked from the inside. You will have to go through Bioweapon Repository 12, and unlock the path to the Generator Room. Inside the Generator Room, you can unlock the path to Systems Management
How to Use: Unlocks Elevator in Bioweapons Repository 11
Bioweapon Repository 11 Override Key
Bioweapon Repository 11 Override Key Map Location

These are all the key items you can obtain at the ARK Facility.

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