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Prison Cell Key

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
Key
Use: Opening
“Various runes and etchings cover the surface of the key.”
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

Not sold on the Auction House Key

A Common Key, item level 1, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Related
Other versions
Across game versions
VersionItem levelQualityBinding
Retail (Midnight)1CommonBinds when picked up
WoW Forever1CommonBinds when picked up
Classic Era1CommonBinds when picked up
The Burning Crusade1CommonBinds when picked up
Wrath of the Lich King1CommonBinds when picked up
MoP Classic1CommonBinds when picked up
Where Prison Cell Key Fits

Where Prison Cell Key Works

Restrictions the game client stores on Prison Cell Key itself.

Usable only in
Blackrock Depths

Items That Share Prison Cell Key's Icon

Prison Cell Key uses icon file 134244, which 23 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Prison Cell Key

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 11140 (11130 to 11146) were usually added in the same batch as Prison Cell Key: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Prison Cell Key Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 11140 in the current client build.

Unique (max carried)
1
Material
Jewelry
Flags
0 / 8192 / 2048 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Prison Cell Key in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Prison Cell Key is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Prison Cell Key next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Prison Cell Key in World of Warcraft: Forever?
Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Prison Cell Key is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
What level is Prison Cell Key in WoW Classic?
In Classic Era, Prison Cell Key is common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client
Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too