https://sankoquest.wiki/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Rusty_KeyRusty Key - Revision history2026-09-01T06:26:41ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.8https://sankoquest.wiki/w/index.php?title=Rusty_Key&diff=968&oldid=prevGrizzledAlchemistb40f9cb5: New page: almost certainly Mara's Desert Adventure key — only untradeable destroy-on-drop item in the catalog2026-08-31T23:36:46Z<p>New page: almost certainly Mara's Desert Adventure key — only untradeable destroy-on-drop item in the catalog</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Item<br />
|name=Rusty Key<br />
|item_id=215<br />
|examine=A rusty key<br />
|category=misc<br />
|stackable=0<br />
|equipable=0<br />
|tradeable=0<br />
|source=SankoQuest public item API, 2026-08-28<br />
|verification_status=datamine-candidate<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
'''Rusty Key''' is a quest item, and is almost certainly the key [[Mara]] drops during [[Desert Adventure]] — the one that opens the hatch in [[Apache]]'s south-eastern building.<br />
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It is the only key in the game's 159-item catalog, and the only item in the entire catalog that is both '''untradeable''' and '''destroyed on drop''' — exactly the handling a single-use quest key would get, and a strong signal on its own. Its id (215) also sits directly beside [[Slime Blob]] (216), the other [[Desert Adventure]] item.<br />
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The walkthrough documented from gameplay says only "pick up the key" without naming it, so the name here comes from the catalog rather than from play.<br />
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== How to Obtain ==<br />
Killing [[Mara]] in [[Apache]] during [[Desert Adventure]] (step 3). She turns hostile when spoken to.<br />
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== Uses ==<br />
Opens the hatch inside Apache's south-eastern building, which leads down through a fake wall into the cavern and on to [[Jesse's Factory]].<br />
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{{MissingData|field=in-game confirmation that Mara's key is named "Rusty Key", and whether it is consumed on use or kept|page=Rusty Key|evidence=inventory screenshot during Desert Adventure}}<br />
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== Source Evidence ==<br />
{{SourceEvidence|evidence_id=rusty-key-catalog-2026-08-28|target_page=Rusty Key|target_template=Item|target_field=item record and identification with the Desert Adventure key|evidence_type=client data (public item API)|captured_at=2026-08-28|status=datamine-candidate|notes=Public item API, 2026-08-28: integerId 215, name "Rusty Key", category misc, untradeable true, destroyOnDrop true — the only item in the 159-item catalog with both flags set, and the only key. Neighbouring id 216 is Slime Blob, the other Desert Adventure item. Identification with Mara's key is inferred, not confirmed in-game.}}<br />
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