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Basic Information

Keys

Tools

Badges

Messengers

Basic Information

Key Items are all very important either to progressing through the game or to reaching some of Bloodborne's more secret areas and rewards. Most of these items cannot be carried over to New Game +. While badges are proof of your achievements and can be shown to the bath messengers in the Hunter's Dream to expand the shop in-ventory. You'll sometimes find these valuable relics on the bodies of the fallen, but you may also receive them from other hunters. Obtaining certain badges will add extremely useful and important items to the shop's lineup, so it's worth going out of your way to find them.

Keys

Icon	Name	Availability	Opens	Special note
	Cainhurst Summons	Treasure in Iosefka's Clinic	Grants access to Forsaken Cainhurst Castle	A summons inviting you to Cainhurst.
	Hunter Chief Emblem	Sold by Bath Messengers	Opens main gate to Grand Cathedral in Cathedral Ward	Key to the gate to the round plaza of the Grand Cathedral.
	Iron Door Key	Treasure in Nightmare of Mensis	Key to the gate blocking the great midlevel bridge	-
	Lecture Theatre Key	Treasure in Lecture Building	Key to the Lecture Theatre in the Lecture Building.	-
	Lunarium Key	Treasure in Byrgenwerth College	Opens the Lunarium in Byrgenwerth building	Key to the lunarium facing the lake, Byrgenwerth Floor 2.
	Oedon Tomb Key	Defeat Father Gascoigne	Unlocks the Tomb of Oedon in Central Yharnam.	Key to the gate that blocks the Tombs of Oedon.
	Old Hunter Bell	Treasure in Hunter's Dream	Summoning old hunters	Consume Insight to ring and call to old hunters for help
	Orphanage Key	Brainsucker drop on the second floor of the Upper Cathedral Ward.	Opens Orphanage front entrance	Key to the Orphanage, birthplace of the Choir
	Queenly Flesh	Kill Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods or let Alfred kill her	Revive Annalise at Altar of Despair	The remains of Annalise, Vileblood Queen of Cainhurst.
	Ring of Betrothal	Random treasure in Root Pthumeru Ihyll Chalices	Extra dialogue from Queen Annalise	Wedlock ring given special meaning by the Great Ones.
	Short Ritual Root Chalice	Sold by Insight Bath Messengers	Access to Makeshift Altar	Quickly search and join a Chalice Dungeon
	Small Hair Ornament	Treasure in Abandoned Old Workshop.	Tear Stone after handing item to the Doll	-
	Tonsil Stone	First Yharnam resident you talk to after entering Forbidden Woods	Opens path to lower floor of Lecture Building.	A latticed, deformed rock.
	Unopened Summons	Treasure in Vileblood Queen's Chamber	Give to Alfred to continue his questline, receive Church Bow Gesture and Wheel Hunter Badge	Old unopened summons, calling someone to Cainhurst.
	Upper Cathedral Key	Treasure in Yahar'gul Chapel in Yahar'gul, Unseen Village	Opens Upper Cathedral Ward	The key to the Upper Cathedral Ward seal.
	Yharnam Stone	Defeat Yharnam, Blood Queen of the Old Labyrinth at Great Pthumeru Ihyll Layer Three	-	Sacred heirloom of Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen
	Astral Clocktower Key DLC	Defeat Living Failures	Opens gate to Astral Clocktower	Key to Astral Clocktower, atop the Grand Cathedral
	Balcony Key DLC	Acquired from Adeline, Research Hall Patient	Research Hall's balcony	Key to the balcony on the first floor of the Research Hall.
	Brain Fluid DLC	Dropped by Two Enlarged Heads in Research Hall, Adeline, Research Hall Patient in Enlarged Head state	Further Adeline, Research Hall Patient's questline	Greyish amoeba-shaped brain fluid. Wobbles and bounces
	Celestial Dial DLC	Defeat Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower	Path to Fishing Hamlet	Dial for the great Astral Clock of the Grand Cathedral
	Eye of a Blood-drunk Hunter DLC	Treasure in Hunter's Dream after shifting daytime into the night	DLC area Hunter's Nightmare	Eye of a blood-drunk hunter, its pupil collapsed
	Eye Pendant DLC	Treasure in Hunter's Nightmare	Surgery altar in the Recovery Room	An eye pendant which unlocks the surgery altar.
	Laurence's Skull DLC	Treasure in Research Hall	Laurence, the First Vicar in Nightmare Grand Cathedral	Skull of Laurence, first vicar of the Healing Church.
	Underground Cell Inner Chamber Key DLC	Acquired from Simon, Seeker of Secrets	Opens underground cell	Key to the inner chamber of the Grand Cathedral cell
	Underground Cell Key DLC	Treasure in Research Hall	Opens underground cells	Key to the cell below the Grand Cathedral.

Tools

Icon	Name	Availability	Opens	Special note
	Blood Gem Workshop Tool	Treasure in Central Yharnam	Enables fortification of weapons with blood gems	New option at the Workshop
	Rune Workshop Tool	Treasure in Hemwick Charnel Lane	Access to Memory Altar	Enables etching Caryll Runes into one's consciousness
	Workshop Haze Extractor	Treasure in Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth L2	Extract arcane haze from ritual materials	New option at the Workshop

Badges

Icon	Name	Availability	Opens	Special note
	Cainhurst Badge	Acquired from Annalise, Queen of Castle Cainhurst	Cainhurst Set, Reiterpallasch, Chikage, Evelyn, Numbing Mist	Badge of the royal guards of Cainhurst
	Cosmic Eye Watcher Badge	Treasure in Upper Cathedral Ward	Rosmarinus, Blue Elixir, Sedative, Beast Blood Pellet, Poison Knife, Twin Blood Stone Shards	Badge of the Choir, Healing Church elites
	Crow Hunter Badge	Acquired from Eileen the Crow Dropped by Eileen the Crow	Blade of Mercy, Beak Mask, Crowfeather Garb, Crowfeather Manchettes, Crowfeather Trousers	Badge of the crow, signifying a hunter of hunters
	Old Hunter Badge	Defeat Gehrman, The First Hunter	Burial Blade, Gehrman's Hunter Set	Hunter badge crafted in the age of old Gehrman
	Powder Keg Hunter Badge	Acquired from Retired Hunter Djura Dropped by Retired Hunter Djura	Oil Urn, Rifle Spear, Rope Molotov Cocktail, Stake Driver	Badge of a Powder Keg hunter, crafted by Powder Kegs
	Radiant Sword Hunter Badge	Treasure in Healing Church Workshop	Blood Stone Shard, Bone Marrow Ash, Fire Paper, Flamesprayer, Ludwig's Holy Blade, Ludwig's Rifle, Shining Coins, Tomb Prospector Hood, Tomb Prospector Garb, Tomb Prospector Gloves, Tomb Prospector Trousers	Radiant sword hunter badge, for Ludwig's successors
	Saw Hunter Badge	Treasure in Central Yharnam	Hunter Axe, Hunter Blunderbuss, Hunter Pistol, Pungent Blood Cocktail, Saw Cleaver, Saw Spear, Threaded Cane, Throwing Knife	Badge of a Workshop-sanctioned hunter
	Spark Hunter Badge	Defeat Darkbeast Paarl	Tonitrus, Bolt Paper	Badge for friends of Archibald, Church workshop eccentric
	Sword Hunter Badge	Defeat Cleric Beast	Antidote, Bold Hunter's Mark, Hand Lantern, Hunter Chief Emblem, Kirkhammer, Repeating Pistol	Badge of a swordsman hunters under Church's blessing
	Wheel Hunter Badge	Acquired from Alfred, Hunter of Vilebloods Dropped by Alfred, Hunter of Vilebloods	Gold Ardeo, Logarius' Wheel	Wheel hunter badge, from the Church's secret workshop
	Firing Hammer Badge DLC	Defeat Bestial Hunter	Piercing Rifle, Delayed Molotov, Delayed Rope Molotov	Firing Hammer Badge, of the old Oto Workshop.

Messengers

Icon	Name	Availability	Opens	Special note
	Black Messenger Hat	Treasure in Cathedral Ward	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Hat that the messengers are oddly fond of.
	Bloody Messenger Head Bandage	Treasure in Old Yharnam	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Accessory adored by naїve messengers.
	Messenger Head Bandage	Treasure in Hunter's Dream, next to Stump Messengers (Pre-order DLC)	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Accessory adored by naїve messengers.
	Messenger Top Hat	Treasure in Healing Church Workshop	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Hat that the messengers are oddly fond of.
	Messenger Urn Festival	Treasure in Cathedral Ward	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Accessory adored by naїve messengers.
	Red Messenger Ribbon	Maneater Boar's drop in Central Yharnam sewers after completing Gascoigne's youngest daughter questline.	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Red ribbon that the messengers are oddly fond of.
	White Messenger Ribbon	Complete Gascoigne's daughters questline	New appearance for Stump Messengers	White ribbon that messengers are oddly fond of.
	Worn Messenger Top Hat	Treasure in Hunter's Dream, next to Stump Messengers (Pre-order DLC)	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Hat that the messengers are oddly fond of.
	Yharnam Messenger Hat	Treasure in Hunter's Dream, next to Stump Messengers (Pre-order DLC)	New appearance for Stump Messengers	Hat that messengers are oddly fond of.