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"An ancient key for an ancient lock."

“ Slime keys are large, stone keys that are used to open the slime gates across the range. These gates often lead to expansive, new areas to explore or create shortcuts to familiar areas. ”
 

Slime Keys are objects that can be found upon bursting certain wild Gordos. They are necessary for opening Slime Gates. Unlike most items found in Slime Rancher, they are not interactable with the vacpack and do not obey gravity physics, but can be picked up on contact with it.

Obtaining Keys

Keys are obtained from the following Gordo Slimes:

In addition, one spare key is obtainable from the Vacpack Upgrades Shop three in-game hours after reading Casey's final Starmail.

Slime Gates

Slime Gates are obstacles that must be opened using Slime Keys to progress to new areas.
Main article: Slime Gate

Map of Slime Key locations

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Tips

Three gates are simply used as shortcuts and have alternate paths, so can be left locked:

Although, for convenience, it is recommended to unlock all Slime Gates.

Gallery

Changelog

  • 1.3.2 - Fixed a bug where the shop occasionally wouldn’t add a slime key to your inventory after you purchased it.
    • Fixed a bug where the slime key count on the map did not include keys that you had already discovered.
  • 1.0.1 - The map will also tracked[sic] any teleporters or extractors you’ve placed, and give you a total count of slime keys and treasure pods collected in each zone.
  • 0.3.6 - The tabby gordo on the beach behind the Overgrowth no longer drops a slime key.
  • 0.3.1 - The ancient slime gates and their keys scattered across the range have received an art pass. A new one can be found leading to the new beach area in the reef.
  • 0.2.1 - Slimepedia entry has been added to acquisition of a slime key
  • Before 0.2.0 - Added Slime Keys.
Docile Pink Slime • Phosphor Slime • Tabby Slime • Honey Slime • Puddle Slime • Saber Slime • Hunter Slime • Quantum Slime • Tangle Slime • Dervish Slime
Harmful Rock Slime • Boom Slime • Rad Slime • Crystal Slime • Mosaic Slime • Fire Slime
Hostile The Tarr • Feral Slimes
Special Quicksilver Slime • Glitch Slime • Gold Slime • Gordo Slimes (Party Gordo) • Twinkle Slime • Largo Slimes • Lucky Slime
Behaviors Agitation • Hunger • Fear • Stacking • Pounce
Scrapped Meteor Slime
Meat Hen Hen • Chickadoo • Roostro • Elder Hen • Elder Roostro • Briar Hen (Chickadoo) • Stony Hen (Chickadoo) • Painted Hen (Chickadoo) • Chicken Breeding
Fruit Pogofruit • Cuberry • Mint Mango • Phase Lemon • Prickle Pear • Kookadoba
Veggie Carrot • Heart Beet • Oca Oca • Odd Onion • Silver Parsnip • Gilded Ginger (Locations)
Other Water • Ash • Spicy Tofu
Plots Coop • Corral • Garden • Incinerator • Pond • Silo
Facilities Plort Market • Vacpack (Augmented Vacpack) • Range Exchange • Ranch House • Starmail • Decorizer • Chime Changer
7Zee Rewards Club Chroma Packs • Slime Toys
Decorative Echoes • Ornaments • Chimes
The Ranch The Grotto • The Overgrowth • The Lab • The Docks • Ogden's Retreat • Mochi's Manor • Viktor's Workshop
Wilderness The Dry Reef (Ring Island) • The Slime Sea (Moustache Island) • The Moss Blanket (Mushroom Lake • Feral Path) • The Indigo Quarry (Crystal Volcano • Ash Isle) • The Ancient Ruins • The Glass Desert • The Wilds • Nimble Valley • The Slimeulation
The Vaults Ring Island Vault • Ash Isle Vault • Feral Path Vault
Features Crate • World Map • Map Data Nodes • Water Springs • Water • Slime Key • Slime Gate • Static Teleporters • Slime Statue • Fountain (Locations) • Ancient Water • Oasis • Solar Anomalies • Debug Spray • Bug Reports • Rayvians
Nimble Valley projectiles Spark Shot • Thunderclap • Static Clinger • Slooow Field
Gadget Types Extractors • Utilities • Warp Tech • Decorations • Curios
Drill Jellystone • Slime Fossil • Strange Diamond • Indigonium • Glass Shard
Apiary Buzz Wax • Hexacomb • Royal Jelly • Wild Honey • Pepper Jam
Pump Primordy Oil • Spiral Steam • Lava Dust • Deep Brine • Silky Sand
Other Manifold Cube
Treasure Pods The Ranch • The Dry Reef • The Moss Blanket • The Indigo Quarry • The Ancient Ruins • The Glass Desert • Ogden's Retreat • The Wilds • Nimble Valley • The Slime Sea • The Slimeulation • Secret Style Paid DLC Pack
Additional Information
Economy Plorts • Newbucks
Characters Beatrix LeBeau (Knocked Out) • NPCs (Thora West • Viktor Humphries • Ogden Ortiz • Mochi Miles • BOb • Hobson Twillgers • Casey) • 7Zee Corporation
Game Information Downloadable Content • FAQs • Game Versions • Upcoming Features • Slimepedia • Controls • Achievements • Loading Screen Texts • Game Modes • VR Playground
Events Wiggly Wonderland (2017) • Wiggly Wonderland (2018) • Wiggly Wonderland (2019) • Wiggly Wonderland (2020) • Party Weekend
Monomi Park Ian McConville • Nick Popovich • Concept Art • Slime Rancher: Original Soundtrack • Slime Rancher: Original Soundtrack II + The Casey Sessions
Cut/Removed content Meteor Slime • Five Day Rush • Unused Features
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