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Destiny's New Keys Will Allow More Chances at Exotics

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Late last week Bungie pushed update 1.2.0 live and with it a slew of new activities and rewards came including bounties from Petra in the tower, new Trials Passage Coins in the Crucible, and Ether Chests that have a chance to reward you with a key. Those keys have also brought up a lot of questions from the Destiny community. Will we be able to run the Prison of Elders more than once? Can we open the chest five times if we have five keys once we get to the treasure room? Why can't I get a key?

While we can't do much to help you acquire a key, we can shed a little bit more light on what they're used for. This April during a roundtable interview with Bungie's Chris Barrett and Matt Sammons we were told a little bit more information about these mysterious consumables. While we know that the Prison of Elders key drops for defeating a boss on any given difficulty are reset weekly, Bungie did say "If you have keys you can beat it and access the rewards in the chests. So there is no weekly lockout or anything on the chests." "You can always play through again if you have a key which you'll get from out in the world. From completing the story mission you'll get your first key. Also the small chests in the treasure room have a chance at dropping a key for the big chest."

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