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In its simplest form, the player must do nothing more than [[MacGuffin Delivery Service|bring the relevant object to the right place]] in order to solve the puzzle. Games with a more sophisticated user interface will require that the player use the "key" in some way specific to the nature of the puzzle, though in unskilled hands, this can lead to a [[Guess the Verb]] puzzle.
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See also [[Broken Bridge]]. If the "key" is something non-intuitive or ridiculous, you've got to [[Solve the Soup Cans]].
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== Video Games ==
* This one dates back to the dawn of Adventure: the goal of ''[[Colossal Cave]]'' is to deliver the various treasures in the game to a treasure room.
** ''[[Zork]]'' has the same goal.
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** Same with ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' and the gold/silver keys.
* In ''[[Morrowind]]'', there is an unnamed quest in the dungeons of Tel Fyr where the player would get a key and go looking through the tower and coprusarium for a series of chests that each contained some minor treasure and the next key in the line. Around the 8th chest, the treasures became very nice unique blunt weapons.
* There are at least two puzzle like that in ''[[
* The more plot-driven [[Mystery Case Files]] games all end with variations of this.
* Almost all dungeon levels in the ''[[Dark Cloud]]'' series feature this. The dungeon item will invariably be dropped by one enemy on the floor upon defeat, which will be used to travel to the next floor. Occasionally, you'll find keys that will open up doors or bridges that block off parts of levels.
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[[Category:Stock Video Game Puzzle]]
▲[[Category:Lock and Key Puzzle]]
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