Keys for Looters are the only currency Davy the Dagger and his crew accept in Graveyard Keeper 2. You cannot pick them up anywhere on the map. They come from winning the town’s sewer battles or buying them from the town Jeweler, and you spend them at the Port Club to order crates of tech books, valuables, stories, or seeds.
Quick answer: Earn 3 keys by defeating Sewer Brawl I at the grate in central Town; afterward, take them to Davy the Dagger at the Port Club close to the southeastern docks.
Win Sewer Brawl I for your first keys
The quickest source is the first sewer fight. It needs only 8 total defense power, and the paid starting mercenary group already covers that on its own. Building is disabled underground, so barricades and towers do nothing here. Your whole score has to come from troops.
Sewer Brawl II is a big jump. It requires 2 squads and at least 24 defense power, so clear the first brawl and upgrade your troops before attempting it.
Every battle that rewards Keys for Looters
Fighting is the main way to build up a stack. Most named battles pay a flat 3 keys each, while the sewer arena pays considerably more per clear depending on the encounter.
| Battle | Keys |
|---|---|
| Sewer Brawl I | 3 |
| Sewer Brawl II | 3 |
| Sewer Cleanup I | 3 |
| Break Through to the Bathhouse Basement | 3 |
| Final Battle | 3 |
| Sewerena (The Sewer Arena) | 4–10 |
Each Sewerena arena match pays between 4 and 10 keys. The final arena fight has no completion condition, so it appears to stay open and can be run again for keys on repeat clears.
Buy keys from the town Jeweler
If you would rather skip the fighting, build the town Jeweler and upgrade the shop. From tier two, the Jeweler starts selling keys at 1 silver each.
- Tier II Jeweler stocks 3 keys per week.
- Tier III Jeweler stocks 10 keys.
- At normal stock, the Jeweler buys keys back for 75 bronze.
- Keys stack up to 20 and cannot be destroyed by accident.
Keys stay in your backpack until you hand them over. Collecting one also grants +1 to the Key Collector inspiration.
Spend keys with Davy the Dagger at the Port Club
Head to the Port Club near the southeastern docks and talk to Davy the Dagger inside. The ordering menu becomes available only after you complete the Wharf Rats quest. You spend your first key on the Love Novel during that quest; giving it to Davy opens his order service.
Orders are available from Davy only on a Lust day, shown on the day dial by the female astrological symbol. Choose a category, followed by an order size. Only one order can be active at once. After roughly one in-game day, the crate appears in the chest behind Davy, where you must open it yourself.
| Category | Small (1) | Medium (2) | Big (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Techbooks | 1–3 books | 3–6 books | 4–8 tier II books |
| Valuables | 4–8 nuggets | 9–18 nuggets | 15–30 nuggets, 3–6 ingots |
| Stories | 1–3 bronze | 2–5 bronze | 3–6 bronze, 1–3 silver |
| Seeds | silver seeds | gold seeds | 50–100 gold each |
A seed shipment always includes cabbage, onion, pumpkin, and grape; larger orders provide better quality and more seeds. At first, techbook purchases yield Random Techbooks. Completing Closing the Eastern Floodgate: Part II changes those orders to specific Red, Green, and Blue Techbooks.
Confirm the keys landed
In your Character inventory, hover over the item to see its tooltip. It identifies the item as “Keys for Looters” and explains that the keys let you order from the Looters at the Port Club. The count beside the icon gives your precise total, confirming a battle reward or purchase was added. Keys earned through brawls or the arena, as well as those bought from the Jeweler, are all valid for Davy’s crates.
