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 |title = Thief's key
 |image = [[Image:DQVIIIThiefsKey.png|center|160px]]
-|japanese =
+|japanese = とうぞくのかぎ
+|romaji = Tōzoku no kagi
 |names = Burglar's key
-|games = ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''
+|games = {{Dragon Quest III}}<br>{{DQ3HD}}<br>{{DQ1HD}}<br>{{DQ2HD}}<br>{{Dragon Quest IV}}<br>{{Dragon Quest VI}}<br>{{Dragon Quest VII}}<br>{{Dragon Quest VIII}}<br>{{Dragon Quest IX}}
 |buy = n/a
 |sell =
 |effect = Unlocks certain doors and/or chests.
 }}
-[[Image:Hero&ThiefsKey.png|right|thumb|200px|The [[Hero (Dragon Quest IV)|Hero]] from ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'' with the Thief's key]]
+[[Image:Hero and ThiefsKey.png|right|thumb|200px|The {{Hero 4}} from {{Dragon Quest IV}} with the Thief's key]]
-The '''Thief's Key''' is a recurring item that is needed to unlock certain doors and/or chests. It's usually the first key in the game to be found.
+The '''Thief's Key''' is a recurring item that is needed to unlock certain doors and/or chests in the {{DQSeries}}.  It's usually the first key in the game to be found.
 ==Appearances==
-===''[[Dragon Quest III]]''===
+==={{DQ3}}===
-The '''''Thiefs Key''''' is an item in ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''. It is the first key acquired in the game. The key is held by an old man at the top of the [[Tower of Najima]]. The key is able to open yellow doors.
+The Thief's Key was invented by [[Kirk Buzzer]], who lost it before his imprisonment in the [[Aliahan]] dungeon. It is the first key acquired in the game and is held by an old man at the top of the [[Dreamer's Tower]]. The key is able to open yellow doors.
+==={{DQ3HD}}===
+{{DQIIIHDItem
+|header=[[File:ICON-Thief's Key III HD.png]]
+|name=<big>Thief's key</big>
+|kanji=とうぞくのかぎ
+|description=Master thief Kirk Buzzer's finest creation. Opens all the world's red doors
+|effect=Opens simple locks
+|price=N/A
+|location=[[Dreamer's Tower]]
+}}
+==={{DQ1HD}}===
+Single-use magic keys are replaced with the now-standard three-key system. The Thief's Key is being sold at an outrageous price by a swindler in [[Galenholm]], but it is subsequently stolen from him by the descendant of [[Robbin' 'Ood]], active under the same name. The player then goes to the [[Craggy Cave]], where "Robbin' 'Ood" eventually gives it to him.
-===''[[Dragon Quest IV]]''===
+==={{DQ2HD}}===
-The '''Thief's Key''' is given to [[Alena]] in Chapter 2 after she saves [[Anya]] from the kidnappers, and is needed to get through [[Birdsong Tower]]. In Chapter 5, she still has the key upon joining up with the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IV)|hero]]. The Thief's Key unlocks blue doors.
-===''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''===
+The Thief's Key replaces the old Silver Key and is given to the [[Luminaries]] by the [[Chancellor of Moonbrooke]].
-The Thief's Key can first be purchased at the [[The Bazaar]] in [[Haggleton]].  The price for it starts at 2,000 [[Gold]] Coins, but it can be bartered down to 200.  The shop selling it closes after the [[Ra's Mirror]] is obtained.
-It is also available for 200 Gold Coins at the item shop in the [[inn]] at [[Somnia (Lower World)|Somnia]] in the [[Lower World]].  The shop closes after [[Murdaw]] is defeated.
+==={{DQ4}}===
+The Thief's Key is given to [[Alena]] in {{DQ4 Chapter 2}} after she saves [[Anya]] from the kidnappers, and is needed to get through [[Birdsong Tower]]. In {{DQ4 Chapter 5}}, she still has the key upon joining up with the {{Hero 4}}. The Thief's Key unlocks blue doors.
-===''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''===
+==={{DQ6}}===
-The Thief's Key can first be purchased at the [[Pilgrim's Perdition]] for 470 Gold Coins.
+The Thief's Key can first be purchased at the The [[Bazaar]] in [[Haggleton]].  The price for it starts at 2,000 {{Gold}}, but it can be bartered down to 200.  The shop selling it closes after the [[Ra's Mirror]] is obtained.
-===''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''===
+It is also available for 200 {{Gold}} at the [[item shop]] in the [[inn]] at [[Somnia (Lower World)|Somnia]] in the [[Lower World]].  The shop closes after [[Murdaw]] is defeated.
-The '''Thief's Key''' is made by combining an iron nail and a bronze knife in the alchemy pot.
-===''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''===
+==={{DQ7}}===
+The Thief's Key can first be purchased at the [[Pilgrim's Perdition]] for 470 {{Gold}}.
+==={{DQ8}}===
+:''"Opens most [[treasure chest]]s." - in-game description''
+The Thief's Key is made by combining an [[Iron nail]] and a [[Bronze knife]] in the [[Alchemy Pot]].
+The [[armour shop]] merchant in [[Farebury]] leaves the recipe for the Key under the [[church]] bell after [[Trode]] is chased out of town.
+==={{DQ9}}===
 :''"A key capable of opening ordinary treasure chests." - in-game description''
-The '''Thief's key''' is an important item in ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''. The Thief's key is provided by [[Cap'n Max Meddlin']] when the hero's tally of handed-in [[mini medal]]s reaches four. It can be used to open locked treasure chests.
+The Thief's Key is an important item in {{Dragon Quest IX}}. The Thief's key is provided by [[Cap'n Max Meddlin']] when the {{Hero 9}}'s tally of handed-in [[Mini medal]]s reaches four. It can be used to open locked [[treasure chest]]s.
-==Description==
+==={{DQ10}}===
-*'''Opens most treasure chests.''' (Description when selecting the Thief's Key in PS2 ''Dragon Quest VIII''.)
+{{Stub}}
 ==See Also==
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 ==Gallery==
 <center><gallery>
-File:DW3_Door_ThiefsKey.png|''Dragon Quest III'' (NES)
+Thief's key artwork DQIII GBC.jpg|''Dragon Quest III'', 2001
-File:DW3GBC_Door_ThiefsKey.png|''Dragon Quest III'' (GBC)
+DQIV Thiefs Key.png|''Dragon Quest IV'', 1990
-File:DQIV Thiefs Key.png|''DQIV'' Famicom art
+DQ VIII Android Thief's Key Recipe.jpg|Thief's key recipe in [[Farebury]] from ''Dragon Quest VIII''. ([[Cell phone]])
-File:DW4_Door_ThiefsKey.png‎|''Dragon Quest IV'' (NES)
 </gallery></center>
-{{DQIII}}
-{{DQIV}}
-{{Wikia}}
 [[Category:Dragon Quest III items]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake items]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest IV items]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest VI items]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest VII items]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest VIII items]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest IX items]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest X items]]