Key Items

Key Items in Daughters of Ash are considered everything neccessary for the Player to progress that is removed upon going into NG+

Firekeeper's Souls
Drained New Londo: On the ground floor of the large multi-story church in the stables near the fake bonfire

Undead Parish: In the area near the boar and large gate. It's back in the area with the pinkies that you need to go through to unlock the gate, out on a wooden beam.

Blighttown: In the old Iaito location. Jump across from the top of the catwalks

Oolacile: In the room with the ball n chain enemy just before the Chasm Cell bonfire, after Artorias

Firelink: Lautrect kills the Firekeeper

Anor Londo: Kill the Firekeeper

The Nursery: Kill the Firekeeper

Burg Latchkey
Location: At the beginning of Undead Burg, go down to where the dogs are. It is located in a chest inside the room selected under the first two cavities. It is in the room with the strange paved staircase.

Use: Opens the door to the residence in undead burg that contains a bonfire. Opens the door to free Griggs. Opens a door in lower undead where Griggs used to be held containing the Amber Tearstone ring.

Lower Watchtower Key
Location: Acquire from Taurus Demon

Use: Opens the door at the bottom of the tower leading up to Tauros. Where Havel used to be.

Key to the Valley of Drakes
Use: Opens the door to Valley of the Drakes from New Londo. Allows access to Blight Town and Quelaag

Sinner's Key
Location: In the Catacombs on a ledge next to the bridge by the old bonfire location.

Use: Opens the door to Lautrec's cell in New Londo. Lautrec's old cell in Parish, containing Velka armor set.

Torture Cage Key
Location: On the bridge straight ahead from torture cage. On the roof of Sen's, after the archer.

Use: Opens the cage to Logan and Sen's cage shortcut

Worker's Key
Location: In the Sluiceworks curse frogs area where the evil eye ring was previously

Use: Opens the door at the top of Sluiceworks

Annex Key (Painting of Ariamis)
Location: Once down the well go left, left and left again and finally turn right. On the stairs there is a corpse holding the key in his hand. Watch out for wheel skeletons.

Use: Opens the door to Painted World Annex containing the Profane/Blessed+10 ember and Titanite Slab

Archive Key Ring
Location: In the Archives cell after dying to Seath kill the lizard guard and then wait for the crystal knight jailer to come into the cell to check on things and kill them as well

Use: Opens the door to most cells in the archives except the cells for Havel and Logan

Archive Entrance Key
Location: In the Archives jail in a chest behind the lever that controls the alarm

Use: Opens the doors out of the Archive jail

Lost Cell Key
Location: On the gears at the bottom of the Archive Tower. Jump from gears onto other gears

Use: Opens Havel's cell

Archive Tower Giant Cell Key
Location: Kill all of the channelers in Duke's Archives

Use: Opens the door to Logan's Cell

Key to the Sunchamber
Location: Defeat Gwyndolin

Use: Opens the door to Gwynevere's room. Used to trigger dark Annor Londo

Forsaken Key
Location: Kill the Darkwraith just before the Abbysal Prince Jar Eel fight when annor londo is dark

Use: Opens the door at the Undead Asylum where your shield used to be. Pursuers is in the cell.

Crest Key
Location: In Descended Township behind the illusory wall that requires light at the top of the cathedral

Use: Opens the door to Gough

Key to the Seal
Location: given by Ingward after acquiring the Lordvessel. Left by Ingward on his death

Use: Opens the door to the lever that lowers the water in New Londo

Tyrant Key
Location: Kill the Asylum Tyrant when returning to the Undead Asylum (doesn't count on the first visit)

Use: Opens the door to the cell at the start of the game, holding the Omphalic Rune

(removed in DoA Remastered)

Pale Eye Orb
Location 1: In the Tomb of Giants at the bottom of the pit where patches throws you in

Location 2: (Optional) Given by Patches in the Catacombs after telling him you're a cleric and him turning the bridge. Talking to him after this will prompt him to give the orb to you.

Use: Used to complete the Four Statues Quest. Can be placed in the tomb near the Catacombs bonfire, making the gargoyles return to Sen's and allowing entry to Anor Londo. Note: Doing this before Lautrec is dead will kill the Fire Keeper at Firelink. Additionally, you can no longer complete the statues quest if you return the Pale Eye Orb.

Peculiar Doll
Location: In the lower part of the "Village of the Undead" after the Capra Demon. Get to the end of the street where there the torch skeletons wait. The doll is located on the railings.

Darkmoon Seance Ring
Location: Drained New Londo sitting on a well on the run to Four Kings

Use: Equip the ring at the Gwynn's Altar bonfire to open an invisible wall to Gwyndolin

Lift Chamber Key
Removed in patch 1.2.5

Location: Talk to Petrus at Firelink

Use: Opens the door to the lift below Firelink leading to New Londo