How to open locked chests in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

Locked chests in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined hurt adventurer’s hearts as much as a critical blow hurts their body. The Dragon Quest series is famous for teasing players with rewards just out of their reach, whether by locking them inside chests or behind red doors. However, the allure of these rewards grows precisely because you can’t access them, making the search for a way to claim these prizes an urgent mission.

If you want to get your hands on all the special items these chests carry, you must learn how to open the locked chests in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, which requires finding the thief’s key.

How to open locked chests in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

In order to open the locked chests in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, you need to obtain the thief’s key. This special item only opens chests, and you can find it in a chest (ha!) in Pilgrim’s Perdition: Hidden Room (Past) in the Alltrades Abbey region. It’s inside the building on the north side of the map, near the water well.

The chest containing the key is behind the counter beside a silver map fragment. If you try to open the chest or grab the fragment, the counter clerk will stop you, saying these items are someone’s down payment for the room they rented.

To open the chest and collect the key (and don’t forget the map fragment), progress in the main quest until you have freed Alltrades Abbey (Past) and defeated Cardinal Sin. Once you have done that, travel back to Pilgrim’s Perdition and enter the building to find that the clerk is gone, giving you the chance to grab the key for yourself.

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The thief’s key is not a consumable item, which means that you can use it to open as many chests as you can find. Interacting with a chest will automatically use it, so happy plundering!