What does the Key item do?

[beeboob]

I'm at rank 8 as surv and i think i should know what it does by now but i still have no idea.

help

[Spit On That Thang]

The hatch only opens when 1 person is left or alive and after a certain amount of gens are done.
However you can see the hatch on the ground even when there are people alive once the required amount of gens are done. The key lets you open it instead of waiting for the others to die first to gain access to the hatch.

You can also run add ons on key or broken key that lets you see your teammates auras or even the killer's aura, though it will use your key up faster if you are looking at the killer's aura.

[beeboob]

Diposting pertama kali oleh exSKEUsme:

The hatch only opens when 1 person is left or alive and after a certain amount of gens are done.
However you can see the hatch on the ground even when there are people alive once the required amount of gens are done. The key lets you open it instead of waiting for the others to die first to gain access to the hatch.

You can also run add ons on key or broken key that lets you see your teammates auras or even the killer's aura, though it will use your key up faster if you are looking at the killer's aura.

So that means that if you open the hatch after the required gens are gone, you can escape already? And does the hatch close for others permanently after you use it or..?

[Z0mb13]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Got Your Six:

Diposting pertama kali oleh exSKEUsme:

The hatch only opens when 1 person is left or alive and after a certain amount of gens are done.
However you can see the hatch on the ground even when there are people alive once the required amount of gens are done. The key lets you open it instead of waiting for the others to die first to gain access to the hatch.

You can also run add ons on key or broken key that lets you see your teammates auras or even the killer's aura, though it will use your key up faster if you are looking at the killer's aura.

So that means that if you open the hatch after the required gens are gone, you can escape already? And does the hatch close for others permanently after you use it or..?

After the hatch is open with a key, it'll stay open for a brief amount of time. (I believe it's 30 seconds)
As for when the hatch spawns on the map, the math for it goes like this:

Number of Survivors alive + 1 = how many gens need to be done for hatch to spawn.

So, if all 4 survivors are alive, in order for the hatch to spawn, all gens need to be done.
If 2 survivors are alive, 3 gens must be completeded

[Tracker]

Hatch spawns after two gens are completed, it wont open unless that requirement is met and there is only one person left alive. I don't get why people think it only spawns in when all gens are completed, that isn't the case. You only have to do two for it to spawn. It's on the map after two gens are done, you just aren't looking for it because gens are the priority as long as other survivors are alive. If you people ran a map now and then you'd be able to find it easier and see that I'm right on the spawn condition.

Only two key types will open a closed hatch, the skeleton key and the dull key. Says so in the description of the item, will open black locks. The broken key is pretty much useless. What it does depends on the addon you attach to it. Most times perks like Bond are way more effective than what the broken key can is capable of.

[Colonel Crossfire]

you stick it in the killer's eyeballs. (jk, what these other people be saying)

[MarylandManson]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Got Your Six:

I'm at rank 8 as surv and i think i should know what it does by now but i still have no idea.

help

Mostly waste space. It can be used too good effect under certain circumstances but the way the add ons work for it are less than useful. I'll take a brown toolbox into the next game easily over a green key. The tool box will be useful even without addons. The key won't.

[Z0mb13]

Diposting pertama kali oleh NaoShadowpaws:

Hatch spawns after two gens are completed, it wont open unless that requirement is met and there is only one person left alive. I don't get why people think it only spawns in when all gens are completed, that isn't the case. You only have to do two for it to spawn. It's on the map after two gens are done, you just aren't looking for it because gens are the priority as long as other survivors are alive. If you people ran a map now and then you'd be able to find it easier and see that I'm right on the spawn condition.

Only two key types will open a closed hatch, the skeleton key and the dull key. Says so in the description of the item, will open black locks. The broken key is pretty much useless. What it does depends on the addon you attach to it. Most times perks like Bond are way more effective than what the broken key can is capable of.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/381210/discussions/0/135509823671520178/
People seem to side more that it doesn't spawn when 2 gens are done unless you're the only survivor left than just simply doing 2 gens and it spawning.

[MarylandManson]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Zombie:

Diposting pertama kali oleh NaoShadowpaws:

Hatch spawns after two gens are completed, it wont open unless that requirement is met and there is only one person left alive. I don't get why people think it only spawns in when all gens are completed, that isn't the case. You only have to do two for it to spawn. It's on the map after two gens are done, you just aren't looking for it because gens are the priority as long as other survivors are alive. If you people ran a map now and then you'd be able to find it easier and see that I'm right on the spawn condition.

Only two key types will open a closed hatch, the skeleton key and the dull key. Says so in the description of the item, will open black locks. The broken key is pretty much useless. What it does depends on the addon you attach to it. Most times perks like Bond are way more effective than what the broken key can is capable of.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/381210/discussions/0/135509823671520178/
People seem to side more that it doesn't spawn when 2 gens are done unless you're the only survivor left than just simply doing 2 gens and it spawning.

It spawns. I've had it spawn, unopened, with others left in game. Right in front of me too.

[steelAndRhubarbDev]

lmao hahaahahah tf it tells you in the item description you goof

[Burger]

It opens doors

[Tracker]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Zombie:

Diposting pertama kali oleh NaoShadowpaws:

Hatch spawns after two gens are completed, it wont open unless that requirement is met and there is only one person left alive. I don't get why people think it only spawns in when all gens are completed, that isn't the case. You only have to do two for it to spawn. It's on the map after two gens are done, you just aren't looking for it because gens are the priority as long as other survivors are alive. If you people ran a map now and then you'd be able to find it easier and see that I'm right on the spawn condition.

Only two key types will open a closed hatch, the skeleton key and the dull key. Says so in the description of the item, will open black locks. The broken key is pretty much useless. What it does depends on the addon you attach to it. Most times perks like Bond are way more effective than what the broken key can is capable of.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/381210/discussions/0/135509823671520178/
People seem to side more that it doesn't spawn when 2 gens are done unless you're the only survivor left than just simply doing 2 gens and it spawning.

Those people are stupid and wrong, I have a whole lot of hours in this game and I play a lot. It spawns when two are done regardless of survivor count.

[DizzyLizard]

two uses, first is to be able to open the hatch early if it has spawned somwere in the trial, second is to provide aura reading on ether other surivors or the killer

the dull (purple) key and skelington (red, ultra rare) key can open the hatch, the broken (green) key can not and is only uselful for aura reading, the hatch opeing requires no addons, only the correct key, but the weaved ring and milky glass addons can alow the key to surivive after your death or after opening the hatch repectivly, also both the dull and skelington key open the hatch for the same amount of time, which is 30 seconds, the use time on both of them (5 seconds for dull and 30 seconds for skelington) is only aplicable to their aura reading uses (if you want to use them for that).

the aura reading requires addons (which is why pulling a broken key from a chest is useless unless you get lucky with ace in the hole) and either prayer rope or prayer beads can be used to extend the time of the aura reading use (10 and 15 seconds respectivly) the eroded token and gold token are both used to alow the key to reveal the auras of nearby surivors (with difrent ranges 24m and 48m respectivly, notibly the gold tokens 48 meters is a bit larger than the perk bond (36m) giving the key a use of being a limited, stonger, item version of bond 3), the blood amber addon lets th key see the killers aura if they are nearby (32m) but doubles the rate of charge consumtion.

also the dull key has double the base amount of charges for the aura reading effect as the dull key, 10 vs 5 seconds, making it the superor key to use if you want aura reading, the skelington key however has 30 seconds of use for aura reading and can open the hatch, making it better than both.

thus the 3 keys have 3 difrent uses

broken- used for aura reading for teamates (replacing bond/epmathy) or the killer (handy vs wriath/pig)

dull - solely for opening the hatch, use with both the "safty addons" and nothing can make you lose the key barring franklens

skelington - great for aura reading with the very extended duration, and as a fail safe if you badly need to use the hatch to escape a bad trial (posibly with someone else), very flexable.