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{{Item
|title = Thief's key
|image = [[Image:DQVIIIThiefsKey.png|center|160px]]
|japanese = とうぞくのかぎ
|romaji = Tōzoku no kagi
|names = Burglar's key
|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 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 in the {{DQSeries}}.  It's usually the first key in the game to be found.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3}}===
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.

==={{DQ2HD}}===

The Thief's Key replaces the old Silver Key and is given to the [[Luminaries]] by the [[Chancellor of Moonbrooke]].

==={{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.

==={{DQ6}}===
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.

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.

==={{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 9}}'s tally of handed-in [[Mini medal]]s reaches four. It can be used to open locked [[treasure chest]]s.

==={{DQ10}}===
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==See Also==
*[[Key]]
*[[Silver Key]]
*[[Golden Key]]
*[[Magic Key]]
*[[Ultimate Key]]

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Thief's key artwork DQIII GBC.jpg|''Dragon Quest III'', 2001
DQIV Thiefs Key.png|''Dragon Quest IV'', 1990
DQ VIII Android Thief's Key Recipe.jpg|Thief's key recipe in [[Farebury]] from ''Dragon Quest VIII''. ([[Cell phone]])
</gallery></center>

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