Trader's Key

Takes effect immediately upon receipt. Used to open Trade Crates in Northern Elona. "Don't waste time watching a merchant's eyes or lips; watch their hands to find their keys" —Zalambur. — In-game description

Trader's Key

Item type

Service

Rarity

ERare

Binding

Account Bound

Game link

API

82224, 85911

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Takes effect immediately upon receipt.
Used to open Trade Crates in Northern Elona.
"Don't waste time watching a merchant's eyes or lips; watch their hands to find their keys" —Zalambur.

— In-game description

Trader's Keys are used to unlock Trade Caches in the Crystal Desert and Thunderhead Peaks.

Acquisition

• Achieving Map bonus rewards for completing events in core Crystal Desert zones

Gathered from

• Bleached Bones (chance)
• Branded Chest (chance)
• Chest (Domain of Vabbi) (chance)
• Dwarven Chest (chance)
• Eerie Driftwood (chance)
• Forgotten Cache (chance)
• Forgotten Cache (Thunderhead Peaks) (chance)
• Forgotten Chest (chance)
• Forgotten Debris (chance)
• Glorious Branded Chest (chance)
• Glorious Chest of Joko (chance)
• Glorious Elonian Chest (chance)
• Grand Forgotten Chest (3) (chance)
• Grand Temple Chest (2) (chance)
• Harem Stores (chance)
• Hidden Chest (Desert Highlands) (chance)
• Hidden Chest (Sandswept Isles) (chance)
• Hidden Stores (2-3) (chance)
• Lookout Supplies (chance)
• Lookout Supplies (chance)
• Lost Chest (chance)
• Lost Dwarven Chest (chance)
• Lost Stash (2-3) (chance)
• Mist-Touched Cache (chance)
• Overlook Cache (chance)
• Palace Stores (chance)
• Pergola Stores (chance)
• Runeforger's Chest (chance)
• Sand Pile (chance)
• Scarab Cache (chance)
• Shadows Provisions (chance)
• Snow Heap (chance)
• Stolen Chest (chance)
• Sunspear Cache (chance)
• Timeworn Bust of Palawa Joko (chance)

Sold by

• You can buy 5 keys per character per day from most vendors. Vendors within the Domain of Vabbi offer up to 25 keys per character per day. The Traveling Elonian Trader in Dragonfall offers unlimited keys.

Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Adisa	Ustulate Barrens	Elon Riverlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Aksim	The Sinking Ruins	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Amusement Adjunct Cagri	Garden of Seborhin	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Archivist Salwa	The Astralarium	Domain of Istan	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Assistant Foreman Kofi	Arid Gladefields	Elon Riverlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Awakened Servant Tooraj	Vehjin Mines	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Clanmarshal Sana	Arkjok Farmlands	Domain of Kourna	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Director Abioye Bayu	Garden of Seborhin	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Distinguished Professor Nazimi	Vehtendi Academy	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Drojkor, Spirit Squall	Sand Jackal Run	The Desolation	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Dunkoro	Lair of the Forgotten	The Desolation	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Ebele	Arid Gladefields	Elon Riverlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Embalmer Boran	The Necropolis	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Fallen Awakened Soldier	The Foundry	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Follower Dawnwynn	Augury Rock	Elon Riverlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Follower Xunn	Skyward Reach	Elon Riverlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Groffmok	Auburn Hills	Desert Highlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Hafren	Eastern Complex	Sandswept Isles	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Kadir	Allied Encampment	Domain of Kourna	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Keeper Pamir	The Ruination	The Desolation	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Kisha Odili	The Bonestrand	The Desolation	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Malor	The Ruined Paths	Sandswept Isles	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Mayor Kabir	Destiny's Gorge	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Mehmet	Bay of Elon	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Mehmet	Bay of Elon	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Mehmet	Bay of Elon	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Melilla	Stampede Uplands	Desert Highlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Milin	Bitterfly Bayou	Domain of Kourna	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Priest Hakim	Elona Reach	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Priest Sazeer	Champion's Dawn	Domain of Istan	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Priestess Karima	Amnoon Farms	Crystal Oasis	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Prince Bakkal	Vehjin Palace	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Quartermaster Akina	Corsair Landing	Domain of Kourna	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Researcher Thale	Invariant Enclave	Sandswept Isles	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Rytlock Brimstone	Front Line	Domain of Kourna	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Shipmate Hadhi	Corsair Flotilla	Domain of Istan	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Skimmer Trainer Ardra	Skimmer Ranch	Elon Riverlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Stablemaster Unja	Stampede Uplands	Desert Highlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Supreme Training Specialist Tozan	The Necropolis	Domain of Vabbi	10  + 245	Limit 25 per day.
Tariq Ayim	The Bonestrand	The Desolation	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Tarra	The Hunting Grounds	Sandswept Isles	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Tendaji	Diviner's Reach	Desert Highlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.
Traveling Elonian Trader	Pact Command	Dragonfall	10  + 245
Veteran Choya Chief	Brightwater Inlet	Desert Highlands	10  + 245	Limit 5 per day.

Contained in

•   Desert Explorer Kit (15) (guaranteed)
•   Black Lion Lockbreaker Kit (5) (choice)
•   Buried Treasure (chance)
•   Cavalier Squire's Kit (chance)
•   Chest of the Final Room (1, 3) (chance)
•   Chest of the First Room (chance)
•   Chest of the Second Room (chance)
•   Chest of the Third Room (1-2) (chance)
•   Chest of the Warbeast Conqueror (chance)
•   Elonian Visitor's Gift (chance)
•   Grenth's Coffer (chance)
•   Primeval Treasure Hoard (chance)
•   Superior Buried Treasure (chance)
•   Volatile Mass (chance)
•   Warmarshal's Tribute (chance)
•   Mystic Grab Bag (chance, discontinued)
•   Mystic Grab Bag (chance, discontinued)

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