Queen’s Domain Trident Keys: All 5 Locations, the Trident and the Statue Puzzle

All five trident keys and where each one is

In the order most players get them. The temple is the water dungeon you open with the four triangular slates; our progression route guide covers the slates and the route around it.

Sapphire: the first flooded cavern

From the first crystal monument inside the temple, go down to the explorer’s note by the ledge with flowing water and drop. Five or six Glaucusions swim below, so clear them before you search. The key is set into the wall near where you land. Across the cavern are two doors: the left takes one key, the right takes three. Use Sapphire on the left one.

Emerald: past the third Wind Gem

Save at the crystal monument behind the Sapphire door first, because getting back is a long trip. At the big pit, look down for two round openings and Wind Dash into the open one on the left. A toxic Homopiscium and two more come out of the water as you land. Follow the path to a staircase, beat the Skeletal Soldiers and crossbowmen who appear at the top, then check the rocks nearby. The key blends into the stone. It opens the grate at the end of that passage, which leads to the Sacred Cistern crystal monument.

Ruby: break the Trident

Covered in full below. It is the earliest optional key and usually your third.

Amethyst: Umbada’s Golden Duck stock

Umbada’s shop opens from any crystal monument once the Shrine Guardian gives you the Stone Duck Figurine. Each figurine you hand her adds stock. The Silver Duck from Dagoom does not add the key. Beat the Tower of Knowledge boss, bring her the Golden Duck Figurine, and the Amethyst key appears for 15 Ancient Coins. If you already have Ruby, it can wait.

Onyx: the Petrified Garden boss

The Petrified Garden is a hidden island. Fast travel to a warp station and jump off the platform during the teleport animation; the game’s own hint note calls it a leap of faith. Reaching the boss needs four Wind Dashes, or three plus the Cestus uppercut as an extra jump (Umbada sells the Cestus for 20 coins). Players report the Pale Whale drops the Onyx key. Beat it before you try the statue puzzle, which needs all five keys.

The Trident breaks into the Ruby key at weapon level 5

The Trident sits at the base of a statue on the flooded approach to Obmuer Temple, beside the door that takes the four triangular slates. You need two Wind Dashes in a row to cross the ruins, then a climb up a stone ramp out of the water past a Barnacle and skeletal guards. No key is needed to take it. Grab it before you enter the temple.

It is a Pierce weapon with 8 Power at average speed, and its secondary is a backward-dashing stab, the same move as the Rusted Spear. Equip it as your main weapon and fight with it. Only hits on enemies earn its experience; there is no switch or hidden trigger. At level 5 the loose head comes off and becomes the Ruby key, and the Trident is gone. Players report a bottle of Spirit Oil breaks it on the spot, but Spirit Oil is better spent on a weapon that evolves.

Three keys open the Engraved Halberd gate in Obmuer Temple

The trident puzzle most players hit first is the three-lock door on the right of the first flooded cavern, next to the Sapphire door. It looks like a progression block, and it is not. Put three keys in it at once and it opens to a chest with the Engraved Halberd, an 11 Power weapon that does both Pierce and Slash damage. It does not evolve.

The trick is that keys come back out. Once Sapphire and Emerald have opened their doors, interact with those locks to take them back, then pair them with Ruby or Amethyst. Two keys from inside the temple plus the Trident’s head is the earliest way in, well before the shop key exists.

The save point room past the pit also has trident keyholes. Players report one optional chamber with three keyholes at its entrance and two more farther in. None of them are needed for the three Royal Guards or the Dagoom boss door.

The hidden door on the starting island

Players report a second three-key door back on Neasied, hidden in the bushes near the well and the shortcut door to the starting campsite, with a further two-key room behind it. Its reward is not documented yet, so check it once you hold three keys.

The Petrified Garden statue puzzle takes all five keys by colour

The Garden has five petrified monster statues, each with a coloured gem. Place the key that matches the gem on each statue:

Matching statues appear around the world as hints. The Ratty Bug is on the Isle of Neasied, and players place the Bat in the big red-water room of Deimpo Mausoleum. Once all five keys are in, the petrified enemies wake up and fight, and new doors open to loot. Some statues attack the instant they wake, so go in with full healing.

Mistakes with trident keys

• Mistake: Searching the temple for a third key. Fix: Only Sapphire and Emerald are inside. The third comes from the Trident.
• Mistake: Leaving keys in opened doors. Fix: Take them back out. The halberd gate needs three at the same time.
• Mistake: Expecting the Silver Duck to unlock the Amethyst key. Fix: It takes the Golden Duck, after the Tower of Knowledge boss.
• Mistake: Trying the Garden puzzle with four keys. Fix: Beat the Pale Whale for Onyx first.

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Source & credit

Queen’s Domain is developed by Freshly Baked Games and published by Future Friends Games. Key locations were cross-checked against several player walkthroughs and the game’s Steam community discussions; details only one player has reported are marked as such. Screenshots are from the official Steam store page.