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{{item infobox
| name = Boss Key
| image = 
| rarity = common
| type = [[Quest Item]]
| stackable = disappears
| campaign = [[Prophecies]]<br>[[Eye of the North]]
| render = [[Image:Boss_Key.jpg|150px]]
}}
Many Eye of the North [[Dungeon]]s have a [[Boss Lock]] that requires a [[Boss Key]] to open.  These keys will drop from a specific boss when killed.  The location of the boss with the key and the corresponding lock it opens are indicated by red icons on the mini-map if an [[Area Map]] or [[Dungeon Map]] have been used.

==Acquisition==
*[[Depths of Tyria]]
**[[Bogroot Growths]] Level 2: [[Gokir Patriarch|Gokir]] or [[Ophil Patriarch|Ophil]] Patriarch
**[[Catacombs of Kathandrax]] Level 3: [[Flame Djinn]]
**[[Cathedral of Flames]] Level 3: [[Murakai's Steward]]
**[[Darkrime Delves]] Level 1: [[Havok-kin]]. Level 2: [[Grelk Icelash]]
**[[Forsaken Tunnels]] Level 3: On the ground in the northwest
**[[Ooze Pit]]: [[Gloop]]
**[[Rragar's Menagerie]] Level 2: [[Rragar Maneater]]. Level 3: [[Flesheater]]
**[[Secret Lair of the Snowmen]]: [[Freezie]]
**[[Tunnels of the Forsaken]] Level 3: [[Enraged Phantom]]
**[[Vloxen Excavations]] Level 1: [[Taskmaster Durgon]]. Level 3: [[Sotanaht the Tomb Guardian]]

==Notes==
*One open inventory slot is required to pick up the boss key, although it doesn't actually show up in your inventory.
*Once a boss key is acquired, the words "Boss Key retrieved" and a red boss key icon will appear on the right side of the UI's Mission Goals overlay.
*Any party member can use the key on the lock for which it is required, regardless of who picked it up.
*See also: [[Dungeon Key]]
{{anomaly|The message ''Boss Key retrieved'' and the image of the key cannot be switched off even if you have cleared all the interface options on the Options pane (F11).}}