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Valor Mortis keys and locked doors

The Valor Mortis keys index pairs each documented pickup route with its destination. Search the key’s name or a Lantern landmark. A tick records that you found the key; it does not mean every related door has been opened.

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CHAPTER 3

Fallen Village / Marketplace

Valor Mortis keys location: Search the ground in the back garden of the crying-crib house.

Opens: The hut across the water containing the Lullaby Toy.

CHAPTER 3

Fallen Village / Marketplace–Orchard

Valor Mortis keys location: Climb down behind the house; look near the boxes beside two enemies underground.

Opens: The nearby storage room; break its interior weak point to continue.

CHAPTER 4

Abandoned Church

Valor Mortis keys location: Return to James at the Abandoned Church after rescuing Louis.

Opens: The cliff doorway across the Grapple points, leading to the Caverns.

CHAPTER 4

Caverns / Old Mine

Valor Mortis keys location: At the end of the mine-cart route, leave the lift at the platform with a body.

Opens: A side door near the mine-cart switching mechanism, with another lift and chest beyond.

CHAPTER 5

Abandoned Church

Valor Mortis keys location: Talk to James at the church after defeating Sphinx.

Opens: The other exit beside the Caverns entrance, toward Vale of Wrath.

CHAPTER 5

Vale of Wrath / Wolfsbane Field

Valor Mortis keys location: On the Lost Boy route, follow the ramp into the cave past the elite enemy and search beside the body.

Opens: Mirek’s cellar for the Lost Boy side quest.

CHAPTER 5

Vale of Wrath / Under the Bridge

Valor Mortis keys location: Search beside the gravestone on the hill outside the painter’s house.

Opens: The rear ground-floor door to the In the Name of Art basement.

CHAPTER 5

Vale of Wrath / Under the Bridge

Valor Mortis keys location: From the painter’s basement exit, take two Grapple points to the right and defeat the Eternal Guardsman.

Opens: The beekeeper’s hut, its diary and a separate Perfectionism chest.

CHAPTER 5

Vale of Wrath / camp

Valor Mortis keys location: Defeat the dual-sword Volunteer in the camp.

Opens: The camp carriage containing the Musket on its table.

CHAPTER 6

Cursed Hollow / Village Church

Valor Mortis keys location: Defeat the elite in the second room of the later building.

Opens: The house in the village’s main area, with Sleeping Beauty upstairs.

CHAPTER 7

City of Orphans / Sewers

Valor Mortis keys location: Take the ladder down the left branch of the sewers and open the room’s chest.

Opens: The door in the round room with a central Grapple point.

CHAPTER 7

City of Orphans / Sewers

Valor Mortis keys location: Beyond the previous door, follow the left route and search the body near the bar-jump platform.

Opens: The outer doorway between the city and the sewers; a different key from Sewers Key.

CHAPTER 7

City of Orphans / Sewers

Valor Mortis keys location: Receive it when meeting the Shrike.

Opens: The entrance to the University and the next chapter.

CHAPTER 8

University / Main Hall

Valor Mortis keys location: Before the lift, take the left corridor, turn right toward the moving-wall area and search along the left side.

Opens: The library-area door.

CHAPTER 8

University / Lift Shaft

Valor Mortis keys location: In the room of square cages and the canine elite, search near a floor cage at the back.

Opens: The lift door in the preceding room.

CHAPTER 9

Fortress / Chapel

Valor Mortis keys location: Below the Chapel, bar-jump to the side door. Descend through the enemy room, then down again; search the right corner of the room at the corridor’s end.

Opens: The building door at Traverse, facing away from the cannon.

CHAPTER 9

Fortress / Chapel

Valor Mortis keys location: Clear the side room behind the lever-operated door below the Chapel, then climb to the upper platform.

Opens: The armoury on the hanging-platform return route, containing a Flask upgrade.

CHAPTER 10

Prison sequence

Valor Mortis keys location: Drop from the upper beams into the kitchen and search the table.

Opens: The lower prison armoury, where you recover your equipment.

CHAPTER 10

Prison sequence

Valor Mortis keys location: Search the table in the opposite upper side room with the memory.

Opens: The prison chapel for The Choir.

CHAPTER 11

The Outskirts / Harbour

Valor Mortis keys location: With Shield, cross the poison to the side dock, enter the ship cabin and defeat the elite.

Opens: The harbour residence, with Crusty Benek’s Journal and a chest upstairs.

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Valor Mortis keys versus ability gates

Look for an ability gate

Golden vines can require Fire; some obstructions need a Pistol shot, and the Emissary poison return needs Shield. If no named key matches the route, check your chapter and ability progression before searching the same room repeatedly.

Valor Mortis Keys sources

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