Key



Keys are special items in the Luigi's Mansion titles. They allow for Luigi to unlock doors to locked rooms in a mansion.

Luigi's Mansion
In Luigi's Mansion most Keys can be obtained after Luigi captures every ghost inside of a room; this causes a key to spawn, usually inside of a blue Treasure Chest (otherwise the key spawns on a higher part of the room like in Bathroom (1F) and Wardrobe Room.

Luigi rarely needs to perform a specific task to spawn the Key. An instance of this is when he has to light up every candles with fire in the Fortune-Teller's Room.

There is a specific type of Key known as the Special Key, and its purpose is to obliterate the spiky vines that block the entryways to Areas 2, 3, and 4 respectively.