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Big Key
A Big Key from The Wind Waker
A Big Key from The Wind Waker
First appearance A Link to the Past (1991)
Appearances A Link to the Past
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons
The Wind Waker
Four Swords Adventures
The Minish Cap
Twilight Princess
Phantom Hourglass
Found Inside Treasure Chests
Use Opening boss rooms, big chests, and certain doors
"You got the Big Key! Use it to open big doors."
— In-game description

Big Keys, also known as the Boss Keys, are recurring items in the Legend of Zelda series. These special keys are needed to enter the boss room of a dungeon, and, in some games, are needed to open a dungeon's big chest, in order to obtain the dungeon's item. Contrary to the other big prize of a dungeon guarded by a mini-boss, one must usually solve a puzzle or riddle rather than win a difficult fight to obtain this item.

In some games, a Big Key serves as a dungeon's "master key", and can unlock certain doors other than the door to the boss room. In The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Big Keys are required to open chests to receive dungeon prizes, as well as open the boss doors. They are usually found on a dungeon's map screen, but in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Link must carry the Big Key through a dungeon to unlock the huge lock before a boss room. In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Link must collect three parts of the Big Key of the Goron Mines in order to repair it. In the same game, the Bedroom Key serves as the Big Key of the Snowpeak Ruins. This marks the first time Big Keys appear with multiple designs in the Legend of Zelda series.

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A Big Key from Twilight Princess

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