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Trial Key
Miscellaneous

Trial Key

A key item used to unlock Trial Vaults found in Trial Chambers, which contain valuable loot.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.21

Item ID

trial_key

Trial Key at a glance

Trial Key, an item out of Trial Spawner rewards, sits under Miscellaneous. Carrying Trial Key is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Generated chests only ever hold Trial Key in one place: trial chamber entrance chests (roughly 1 in 15). It sits between Trial Explorer Map and Turtle Scute in Miscellaneous, number 131 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Trial Spawner rewards

Notes

Earned by completing Trial Spawner challenges. Each vault can only be opened once per player.

Frequently asked questions about Trial Key

  1. Trial Key as it appears in the game, the item this answer is about

    How do you get Trial Key in Minecraft?

    Trial Key is obtained through Trial Spawner rewards. Nothing you can build: Trial Key is found, and trial chamber entrance chests come out at roughly 1 in 15.

  2. A chest beside Trial Key, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Trial Key in chests?

    Trial Key is chest loot in one place and one only: trial chamber entrance chests (roughly 1 in 15). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

  3. Trial Key on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Trial Key used for?

    A key item used to unlock Trial Vaults found in Trial Chambers, which contain valuable loot.

  4. Trial Key coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.21

    When was Trial Key added to Minecraft?

    Trial Key was added in version 1.21.

  5. 64 Trial Key drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Trial Key can you stack?

    One slot of Trial Key is 64, but trial chamber entrance chests give one at a time, so a full slot is 64 separate finds.

Building with it

A trial key comes from a trial spawner once its waves are cleared, and it opens a vault in the same chamber. That is the whole loop of a trial chamber: fight the spawner, take the key, open the vault, and the vault gives loot the spawner never would.

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