A complete list of all keys in the game, including where to find them and what they unlock.
Blue marks reusable keys, while red marks single-use keys.
Where to find: Swamp. In a corpse under a train car (E2).
What it unlocks: Door in the house at the cemetery and in the shop at Inzhenerny.
Loot: Useful starter items
Where to find: Big Village. In a chest in the basement of an anomalous spot (strange place).
What it unlocks: Chest with gold at G9-1 at the bottom of the Swamp.
Loot: 4 gold bars.
Where to find: Minaev’s territory. Backpack (E8-9).
What it unlocks: Mercury container in the Symbiont’s Bunker at K9-3.
Loot: SBM-20 (tubes), volatile mercury x12.
Where to find: Bunker. Symbiont’s room, in a metal crate.
What it unlocks: Nitroglycerin door.
Loot: Microchips x3, nitroglycerin x14.
Where to find: Big Village. In a corpse on the street in the radioactive ruins (L11-1).
What it unlocks: Door on the 3rd floor of the radioactive ruins.
Loot: Nitroglycerin, bottles of pure water.
Where to find: East Territories. In the back of a truck in the Bunker (K9-3).
What it unlocks: Door at the radar station K5-5.
Loot: Map piece (part 4).
Where to find: Forestry. F5-3 in construction debris.
What it unlocks: Unlocks the basement in the same spot.
Loot: Wine and map piece (part 2).
Where to find: In a corpse in the Cockroach Cave (anomalous spot).
What it unlocks: Wine basement in the E10-7 anomalous spot.
Loot: Clock face, T-shaped microcircuit, wine, map piece, dirty water, bandages, wire, Key No. 1.
Where to find: Big Village. In a corpse (under the bed) on the 4th floor of the radioactive ruins at L11.
What it unlocks: Door on the same floor.
Loot: Volatile mercury.
Where to find: Minaev’s territory. E7-3 in a corpse in the canteen building at Minaev’s mine.
What it unlocks: Chest at F10-4 in the Western Mine.
Loot: Sawed-off shotgun and 12 gauge magnum buckshot x100
Where to find: East Territories. NPC in Sosnovka, NPC in the Canyon.
What it unlocks: Door at the MTE.
Loot: NDP detector body. Charcoal. Light bulb. Sulfur. Wine. Medium battery.
Where to find: East Territories. NPC in Sosnovka at H6-6.
What it unlocks: Door at E7-3 in Minaev’s mine.
Loot: AA batteries, 5.45-39 HP ammo x30, 12 gauge magnum slugs x25, sneakers, SH-2 armor plate
Where to find: East Territories. NPC in Sosnovka at H6-5. Canyon. NPC at the gas station.
What it unlocks: Door in Sosnovka at H6-5.
Loot: Dry wine 1989, non-ferrous metal x20, charcoal x150, paper, newspaper.
Where to find: East Territories. NPC in Sosnovka or from a bandit. Canyon. At the gas station in D3-1.
What it unlocks: Door in the single-story building at the Radio Telescope K5-5.
Loot: Sulfur x15, plastic x60, mercury x4.
Where to find: Solnechny outskirts. In a small village just south of Solnechny at C4-9.
What it unlocks: Door to a locked house in the same area.
Loot: Nuts, bandages, wire, .22 LR ammo.
Where to find: Canyon. At the northern base E2-2, 2nd floor of the building with the machine gun (from the conductor’s side).
What it unlocks: Door at the farm C3-8. Note: You’ll need lockpicks for 1 door first.
Loot: Light leg armor, large medkit (x3), stim (x2), charcoal (x100), wood (x50).
Where to find: East Territories. In a locker at H5-5.
What it unlocks: Train car at the “Pass” checkpoint L1-3.
Loot: Medium medkit x2, 7.62×25 TT FMJ ammo x15, junk, Key No. 21.
Where to find: East Territories. In a desk in the train car at the “Pass” checkpoint L1-3.
What it unlocks: Safe with gold at the “Abandoned Camp” J1-5. Note: Bring a good supply of lockpicks for the entrance door and the safe cabinet.
Loot: 4 gold bars + tea, medkits, ammo, and junk in the house.
Where to find: Solnechny Bomb Shelter, picklocked door, in a corpse.
What it unlocks: Right door on the second floor of the Bomb Shelter building.
Loot: Useful low-level loot.
Where to find: Solnechny Bomb Shelter, in a suitcase in the barracks.
What it unlocks: Left door on the second floor of the Bomb Shelter building.
Loot: Regulator. Useful low-level loot.
Where to find: Coast. On the shore in a corpse at F5-6.
What it unlocks: Door in the house near the Coast base D5-4
Loot: Ring, 2 earrings, 1953 Champagne. Figurine.
Where to find: Minaev’s territory. In a corpse at the B7-9 intersection opposite the depot (just past the stop).
What it unlocks: Door in the depot at A8-3.
Loot: Medkits, condoms, ammo, pliers, wire, and junk. Quest items: waybill and healing gun blueprint.
Where to find: Forestry. Located on the right side at F4-5 inside a box, which is inside a bathtub.
What it unlocks: Used at the northwest corner of the Sanatorium at H3-6. Entering from the northwest side, it’s the first door on the left.
Loot: Grenade, medkit, mercury, broken pistol, ammo.