Stardew Valley Skeleton Key – What is it, where to find it and what to do with it

Skeleton Key, Skull Key, Tomato Tomayto. Here's how to get it quickly anyway

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Last Updated: April 7th, 2022

The Skeleton Key or Skull key in Stardew Valley is a highly sought-after item. Now Stardew Valley has come to Xbox Game Pass there is a whole new audience seeing the hours sucked from their lives in this charming game that continues to take the world by storm.

How to get the Skeleton Key in Stardew Valley

You have to set off on a right old mission to get the skull key in Stardew Valley. The key itself is located in a chest at the bottom of the Mines – 120 levels down to be precise so it is quite the journey.

Take enough supplies with you to help you recover because there are going to be a lot of monsters that need despatching en route. It is best to head off on the quest in Winter as your other distractions around your farm is fewer.

Get to the 120th level of the mines and open the chest – you will get a message that says “You found a strange-looking key in the bottom of The Mines.” Nice one.

What is the Skeleton Key used for in Stardew Valley?

The Skull keys opens the Skull Cavern (obvs) which is a place where no inexperienced player should head into. The Skull Cavern can be located at the northern end of the Calico Desert.

To get to the Calico Desert you need to take the bus which will cost you 500 gold once you have the Bus Development.

There are some fairly hardcore monsters in the Skull cavern so be wary. It is an essential place to visit though if you need Iridium Ore as the enemies will drop it and you can also find it lying around the mine as you head downwards,