Skull Key

Skull Key
Icon(s)
Flavour text	A skeleton key of grave importance.
Type	Item
Found in	The Hilltop Mausoleum
Dropped by	Stained Glass Demon
Used in	Return to the Graveyard
Appears in	MediEvil (1998) MediEvil (2019)

"The living world lies beyond these Skull Gates. The Master of the Hilltop Mausoleum, the Stained Glass Demon has possession of the Skull Key." ― A book in the Graveyard.

The Skull Key unlocked the Skull Gates which separated the Necropolis from the world of the living.

History

In 1386, the Skull Key was in the possession of the Stained Glass Demon. Sir Daniel Fortesque became its owner after defeating the demon. He used it to unlock the Skull Gates.

Characteristics

Appearance

The Skull Key was a simple key with a small skull on its bow. Some accounts describe the skull as fairly real looking, whilst others indicate it was metallic with ruby eyes and gold teeth.

Gameplay

The key is required to unlock the Skull Gates, which are the only way out of the Graveyard. It is dropped by the Stained Glass Demon in The Hilltop Mausoleum after its defeat.

The key needs to be used in the Return to the Graveyard level. It has no effect in The Graveyard level.

MediEvil (1998 original)

If the player defeats the demon after the key's already been collected, the demon will drop a moneybag instead.

MediEvil (2019 remake)

Unlike in the original game, it is possible to get a duplicate Skull Key. To obtain it, Dan must defeat the Stained Glass Demon after using the Skull Key to unlock the Skull Gates. This second key will not be usable, as the Skull Gates are permanently unlocked. It is not possible to obtain any more keys afterwards, as the demon will drop a moneybag whilst a Skull Key is in the inventory.

Loading screen hint

"That Skull Key would get along great with a skull door. A rib or a spine door? Far less compatible."

Behind the scenes

MediEvil (1998 original)

The Skull Key was a later addition to the game as it did not exist in early versions like the MediEvil Rolling Demo or the MediEvil ECTS Pre-Alpha.

The Lake Key, an unused item, uses the Skull Key icon, likely as a placeholder. The Lake Key can only be obtained using cheats in pre-release versions of the game.

MediEvil: Resurrection

The Skull Key was replaced by the Stain Glass Key. This is purely a visual change, as the key is obtained and used in exactly the same ways.

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In other languages

Language	Official Name
Arabic	مفتاح الجمجمة miftah aljumjuma
Bulgarian	Ключ-череп Klyuch-cherep
Croatian	Lubanjski ključ
Czech	Klíč lebek
Danish	Kranienøgle
Dutch	Schedelsleutel
Finnish	Kalloavain
French (France)	Clé sépulcrale
German	Schädelschlüssel
Greek	Το Κλειδί του Κρανίου To Kleidí tou Kraníou
Hungarian	Koponyakulcs
Italian	Chiave scheletrica
Japanese	ドクロの鍵 Dokuro no kagi
Norwegian	Skallenøkkel
Polish	Klucz z czaszką
Portuguese (Brazil)	Chave de Caveira
Portuguese (Portugal)	Chave da Caveira
Romanian	Cheia Craniu
Russian	Ключ от Врат из черепов Klyuch ot Vrat iz cherepov
Spanish (LatAm)	Llave calavera
Spanish (Spain)	Llave de calavera
Swedish	Dödskallenyckeln
Turkish	Kurukafa Anahtar