Editing Boss Key

[[File:Dk_key.png|thumb|A '''Boss Key'''.]]
A '''Boss Key''' is an [[item]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. There are 8 boss keys in total, all obtained by defeating a level boss, with the exception of the eighth, which is found at the end of [[Hideout Helm]]. The bosses of each level are accessed by the [[Troff]] and [[Scoff]] rooms and the final one can only be accessed if the player has obtained both the [[Nintendo Coin]] and [[Coin (Diddy Kong Racing DS)|Rareware Coin]]. The boss keys are used to help free [[K. Lumsy]], resulting in opening new levels and completing the game.

After the [[key]] obtained from [[Dogadon]] in [[Angry Aztec]] has been used on K. Lumsy's cage, both the [[Frantic Factory]] and the [[Gloomy Galleon]] worlds can be accessed.  Also, when the key from [[Fungi Forest]] is used, the [[Crystal Caves]] and [[Creepy Castle]] worlds can be accessed.
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==Trivia==
* The different boss keys open different areas of the world
** Key 1 opens Angry Aztec
** Key 2 opens Frantic Factory and Gloomy Galleon
** Key 4 opens Fungi Forest
** Key 5 opens Crystal Caves and Creepy Castle
** Keys 6 and 7 opens Hideout Helm
** Keys 3 and 8 spawn K Rool's Ship
* Grabbing Key 8 in a certain manner can cause it to be 'fake'. In other words, you'll pick it up, but it won't save to the inventory. Fortunately, if you revisit Hideout Helm, you can pick it up again, hopefully it will save to the inventory.
** This happens more-often-than-not in glitched play, but can occur in a glitchless playthrough.
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+[[File:Dk_key.png|thumb|A '''Boss Key'''.]]
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+A '''Boss Key''' is an [[item]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. There are 8 boss keys in total, all obtained by defeating a level boss, with the exception of the eighth, which is found at the end of [[Hideout Helm]]. The bosses of each level are accessed by the [[Troff]] and [[Scoff]] rooms and the final one can only be accessed if the player has obtained both the [[Nintendo Coin]] and [[Coin (Diddy Kong Racing DS)|Rareware Coin]]. The boss keys are used to help free [[K. Lumsy]], resulting in opening new levels and completing the game.
-|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
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-{{quote|Squawk! Nice going, [[Donkey Kong|DK]]. That looks like one of the keys to K. Lumsy's [[K. Lumsy's Prison|cage]]! Bwark!|Squawks the Parrot|Donkey Kong 64}}
-[[File:DK64 Boss Key.gif|thumb|left]]
-'''Boss Keys''' are [[List of items|items]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' that each unlock one of the numbered padlocks of [[K. Lumsy]]'s cage. There are eight Boss Keys, and as their name suggests, each is guarded by a boss. The [[Kong]]s can obtain each one by defeating a boss, except the eighth and final one, which is located in [[Hideout Helm]], behind a steel door in [[King K. Rool]]'s throne room. The [[Nintendo Coin]] and [[Rareware Coin]] are both needed to open it. [[Army Dillo]] and [[Dogadon]] are fought twice, which means each of them carry two Boss Keys.
-After opening a padlock, K. Lumsy boisterously celebrates and causes a heavy tremor. This usually opens previously-blocked entrances to other levels. After using all eight Boss Keys, the cage containing K. Lumsy lifts, and he is freed.
+After the [[key]] obtained from [[Dogadon]] in [[Angry Aztec]] has been used on K. Lumsy's cage, both the [[Frantic Factory]] and the [[Gloomy Galleon]] worlds can be accessed.  Also, when the key from [[Fungi Forest]] is used, the [[Crystal Caves]] and [[Creepy Castle]] worlds can be accessed.
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-Obtaining Key 8 in a certain way might prevent it from saving to the inventory. If the Kongs revisit Hideout Helm, the Boss Key respawns.<ref>Exchord. (May 5, 2014). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_w8-QC-rW0 Avoiding Fake Key]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 19, 2023.</ref>
+==Trivia==
+* The different boss keys open different areas of the world
-==Types==
+** Key 1 opens Angry Aztec
-*Key 1 opens [[Angry Aztec]]
+** Key 2 opens Frantic Factory and Gloomy Galleon
-*Key 2 opens [[Frantic Factory]] and [[Gloomy Galleon]]
+** Key 4 opens Fungi Forest
-*Key 4 opens [[Fungi Forest]]
+** Key 5 opens Crystal Caves and Creepy Castle
-*Key 5 opens [[Crystal Caves]] and [[Creepy Castle]]
+** Keys 6 and 7 opens Hideout Helm
-*Keys 6 and 7 open Hideout Helm
+** Keys 3 and 8 spawn K Rool's Ship
-*Keys 3 and 8 unlock the final battle with King K. Rool
+* Grabbing Key 8 in a certain manner can cause it to be 'fake'. In other words, you'll pick it up, but it won't save to the inventory. Fortunately, if you revisit Hideout Helm, you can pick it up again, hopefully it will save to the inventory.
-==References==
+** This happens more-often-than-not in glitched play, but can occur in a glitchless playthrough.
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+[[Category:Donkey Kong Items]]
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