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Encrusted Key, in depth.

Void item (purple). What the game says, what it really does, what each copy adds and what it pairs with.

// what it does

What it does.

Encrusted Key
Void item (purple)

Each stage, a hidden box with an item appears, better than the Rusted Key one; it is used up when opened. Turns your Rusted Keys into this.

Game text: «A hidden cache containing an item (60%/30%/10%) will appear in a random location on each stage. Opening the cache consumes this item. Corrupts all Rusted Keys.»

Watch out: The odds the game shows are not the real ones. In a group, one cache per player holding a key.

It is the void version of Rusted Key: pick it up and every copy of that item turns into this one.

// per copy

What each copy adds.

1 copy2 copies3 copies5 copies10 copies
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Each copy adds the same.

// pairs with

What it pairs with.

Rusted Key

the corrupted Rusted Key: the cache lets you pick 1 of 3 void items.

Artifact of Command

instead of 1 of 3, you pick any.

// how to get it

How to get it.

Found in Void Cradles, Encrusted Key caches, the Simulacrum and Void Locus. Never from a normal chest.

Unlocked from the start: it can show up in any run.

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// faq

FAQ.

What does Encrusted Key do in Risk of Rain 2?

Each stage, a hidden box with an item appears, better than the Rusted Key one; it is used up when opened. Turns your Rusted Keys into this.

What happens if you pick up several Encrusted Key?

Watch out: The odds the game shows are not the real ones. In a group, one cache per player holding a key.

How do you get Encrusted Key?

Found in Void Cradles, Encrusted Key caches, the Simulacrum and Void Locus. Never from a normal chest. Unlocked from the start: it can show up in any run.

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Sources: the game's English text (name and description), the Risk of Rain 2 wiki (riskofrain2.wiki.gg: this item's page, read on 31 October 2026; numbers, stacking formula and notes) and the wiki's survivor pages. The plain-words text and the synergies are ours. Icons: Risk of Rain 2 (Hopoo Games / Gearbox).