Your key

You have one key: not one for each dungeon, and not one for the crew. It belongs to you, not to a character, so every character you have shares it. Your own key is in the crew window and your character window (C); the crew window lists every member's key, the run card says whose key a run is, and the inspect window shows another player's key.

A key points at one dungeon at a time, drawn at random from the open ones: the Wreck and the Orchard. Its level, from 1 to 30, sets how hard its run is and what it drops.

A player with a best when keys arrived got a first key just under it: one level below their best in the key's dungeon (two below in the Orchard from a best of 6), or two below their best in the other dungeon if that is higher. A new player's key starts at level 1. If you played as a guest and log in with a wallet later, your guest key joins the wallet's: the higher one stays (the wallet's on a tie, or while its key is in a run).

Anyone in the crew can start their own key from the crew window. The first to press Start gets the 3-2-1, and the crew runs that key's dungeon at that key's level, whichever door opened the crew.

You need level 10, a key that is not in a run, and no duel under way. Crewmates under level 10, in a duel or away at the Pier stay behind. If the starter leaves the crew or goes offline before the count ends, nothing starts.

Anyone in the crew can stop the 3-2-1, each player once every 15 seconds. Then anyone can start again.

Only the starter's key moves, but everyone still in the run when it ends keeps their own records from the run's level: their best timed level in each dungeon, the week's first timed clear at or above their own best (the sure piece and the Mastery bonus), the Marks, tempering and rating.

A key is busy from its 3-2-1 until its run ends: it can't be started again or lowered. If its owner leaves or drops mid-run, the run plays on, and its end still moves their key. The run card says whose key the run is.

Open your crew window or your character window, pick a level under your key's level and confirm. The game asks first: “Lower your key from 12 to 9? It stays in the Wreck. Only timed runs raise it again.” Your crew sees a line in chat when you do.

You can't raise a key by hand: only timed runs raise it, apart from a higher guest key joining your wallet's. Lowering it leaves it in its dungeon.

A key can't be lowered while it is starting or in a run, or when it is at level 1.

Type /key, or Shift+click your key in the crew window or your character window, and it goes into the chat box as a link: [Name's key: The Wreck 12]. One key link a line, and only your own. Its colour follows its level: green to level 5, blue to 10, purple to 15, gold to 20 and red above.

Hover or click a key link for its card: whose key, its dungeon and level, this week's twists at that level (or “no twists at this level”), a line such as “par 15:00 · loot item level 46 · legendaries from key 10” (the legendaries part from key 10 up), then when it was linked. It also says whether it is still that key (“still Name's key”, “Name's key has moved on since” or “can't tell any more”), but never what the key is now.

A link made while its sender's crew was open, had room and was not in a run carries a Join button. Click the link first to pin the card, then the button. If the crew has changed since, joining is refused.