Key Items | Salt and Sanctuary Wiki

Key Items in Salt and Sanctuary are those that unlock areas or are necessary for game  or quest progression.

Name & Icon	Usage	Location
Bag of Earth	Bring it to Fern to receive the White Plate Armor.	Pickup: Right next to a White Knight near the Ziggurat of Dust sanctuary.
Bloody Writ	Grants access to Order of the Betrayer Creed	Drop: Die after using Stained Page to desecrate a Sanctuary.
Bone Key	Opens the door to the Order of the Betrayer Creed	Pickup: Given after responding 'Yes' to the Gatekeeper in front of the Order of the Betrayer Creed.
Bronze Key	Opens locked door in Bandit's Pass right outside Castle of Storms.	Pickup: In Bandit's Pass, when coming from the Mad Jester, on a ledge near bats.
Cellar Key	Opens door in Hager's Cavern, leading to Minty Skell. Also opens door leading to The Disemboweled Husk.	Pickup: From Hager's Cavern sanctuary, go down until you see an exit to the right (not cages). In a room with spiders and a switch.
Fortress Key	Opens door towards Bandit's Pass	Drop: The Sodden Knight
Green Key	Opens door leading to the Mad Jester and The Festering Banquet.	Drop: Kraekan Cyclops
Jagged Key	Opens door towards Grey Pearl	Pickup: After Kraekan Wyrm
Mossy Key	Opens door to the Sunken Keep.	Pickup: After The Mad Alchemist
Sanctuary Key	Opens door to first sanctuary in Shivering Shore	Pickup: First chest in the Shivering Shore
Spiked Key	Opens door in Hager's Cavern to access Mire of Stench	Drop: The Disemboweled Husk