Key Quest

Key Quest
1.00 Points = 1 NP
Easy
Neopia Central
External Links
High Score Page (Defunct)
The Daily Neopets

Key Quest was Card & Board game from Neopia Central on Neopets. It was hosted by Bree, who was effectively known as the Key Quest Faerie.

Gameplay

Key Quests involved 2-4 players, with their main objective being to collect 2-5 differently coloured keys on the board before being the first to reach the Quest Door. At the end, everyone was awarded with NP that they had accumulated during gameplay, as well as a reward key (gold for 1st, silver for 2nd, bronze for 3rd, and lead for 4th) that they could the open the vault with and receive some more prizes.

Tokens

An example of a Key Quest Token.

Tokens are items that served as the players' game pieces. If the player had more than one, they would have the option to select which token to use each time they would start a game. (This could be done via the player's Quick List in their Collector's Case.)

Alignments

Each token had an alignment based on the six Faerie elements: water, fire, light, dark, air, and earth. If a player landed on a tile with the same alignment as their token, it would boost them; one the other hand, landing on a tile of a different alignment as their token would curse them.

Charms

A Visitor from Space - An Alien Aisha allowed the player to choose which key space to land and collect the key.

The Air Faerie's Blessing - Allowed the player to move three extra squares.

An Unlikely Hero - Armin protected the player's keys from theft for two turns.

Everyone Deserves a Second Chance - Judge Hog allowed the player to roll again once their turn ended.

Keep Those Feet Planted - Protected the player from direction/position changes for two turns.

The Light Faerie's Blessing - Protected the player from hexes from two turns.

To Battle! - Aethia allowed the player to choose any two players to initiate a duel.

Hexes

Beware the Bored Swamp Witch - Sophie sent the player back to their home square.

Don't Play with Fire - Eithne incinerated one of the player's power-ups. How rude!

Friend or Foe? - Ilere replaced the player's keys with different ones.

Slow and Steady Does Not Win the Race - Hubrid Nox made the player roll a 1, 2, or 3 on their next turn.

Whirlpools are Not as Fun as They Sound - The Drenched spun the player in a whirlpool, making them go backwards.

You Need More Pockets - The Pant Devil appeared, preventing the player from collecting anything for one turn.

How to Obtain

Some tokens can be obtained in multiple ways.

Starter Tokens

Each player was awarded a free, basic token the first time they played Key Quest if they had not already purchased and/or redeemed one already. They could not choose which token they would receive, trade for a different one, or own more than one starter token.

Merchandise Codes

Originally, tokens could only be redeemed via special Key Quest codes, which came with corresponding Neopets merch (i.e, plushies)*. When entered, these codes would award the player an exclusive item.

*Said merch is no longer being sold in stores, making certain Key Quest tokens difficult to obtain. Luckily, a large majority of these have been re-released through the NC Mall.

NC Mall

The tokens available in the NC Mall are a mixture of exclusive and re-released tokens, and typically cost between 250-500 NC. Once activated, it cannot be traded to other players.

Site Events

When Key Quest was a more popular site feature, tokens could also be obtained from certain site events such as the Advent Calendar and Daily Dare.

Boards

There were different types of boards, Sweet 1 being the most popular out of them all.

• Neopia Central
• Haunted Woods
• Terror Mountain
• Sweet 1
• Springtime
• Ti-Key
• Moltara
• Sweet 2
• Springtime 2
• Ti-Key 2
• Neovia
• Ice Caves
• Sweet 3
• Springtime 3
• Ti-Key 3
• Haunted Woods 2

Mini-Games

In between the general gameplay, players would compete in some Mini-Games, which were activated via landing on the starry space or activating a Pocket Minigame power-up. At the end each one, players were awarded with in-game Neopoints, while the winner would be awarded with a key or power-up of their choice.

• Berry Blast - Players blasted Bomberries from the tree to get the most points.
  • Purple Bomberry - 1pt
  • Red Bomberry - 2pts
  • Grey Bomberry - 3pts
• Daring Dig (removed) - Each player controlled their Zomutts to dig toward the finish line.
• Faerie Labyrinth (removed) - Each player controlled their Faellies to make it to the maze's treasure.
• Flower Frenzy - A Neogarden version of Techo Says.
• Fruit Picker - Players had to gather fruits from the tree into their appropriately coloured baskets.
• Ghastly Guzzler - Players competed to see who could toss the most food at the Esophagor. Be careful, though - feeding him too much food at once caused him to vomit! Getting hit by the vomit caused the player(s) to lose points.
• Neogarden Grow - The players' objective was to tend to their flowers and harvest them once fully grown.
• Nova Matcher - Players had to get points by removing 2 or move Novas of the same kind.
• Orbliteration - Each player controlled a Cuttlebot and competed to see who could collect the most orbs, while also avoiding Kreludor's craters.
  • Blue orb - 25 pts
  • Pink orb - 125 pts
• Petpet Pamper - Players had to hose down a very dirty Meowclops.
• Petpet Pond - Players had to fish for aquatic Petpets to see who could pull in the most points.
  • Bubblebee - 25 pts
  • Nuranna - 50 pts
  • Goldy - 100 pts
• Petpetpet Snare - Players had to draw loops around Petpetpets to catch them.
• Poogle Carnival Racing (removed) - Players had to throw darts to make their respective Poogles win.
• Shenkuu Showers - Players had to keep the Pandaphants dry from the rain, while also avoiding pink storm clouds (which shrank the player's umbrella).
  • Cloud - Protected the player's umbrella from the storm clouds' lightning for 10 seconds.
  • Lightning - Doubled the player's points for 10 seconds.
  • Umbrella - Doubled the size of the player's umbrella for 10 seconds.
• Spyder Scare - Each player controlled a Robot Spyder to see who could collect the most bolts. There were also power-up orbs to collect.
  • Dark Orb - Froze one of the player's opponents.
  • Silver Orb - Sped up the player.

Power-Ups

Battle Dice - Initiated a duel between the user and another player to a game of rock paper scissors. The victor got to choose a new power-up. (Also initiated when two players were on the same square.)

Boots of Flight - Granted the user the power to roll doubles.

Bottled Quicksand - Once used, the power-up forced another player to give up their next turn. (Could only be found in 3-4 player games.)

Catapult - Once used, this power-up sent another player (or the user) back to their home square. (Could only be found in 3-4 player games.)

Distraction Potion - Allowed the user to swap one of their keys for another player's.

Giant Lint Ball - Stopped the player it was used on from collecting keys or power-ups on their next turn.

Giant Rock Mote - Allowed the user to pick a direction to send in a giant rock mote to rolling along fifteen squares, knocking out any player it came in contact with, forcing them to give up their turns. (Could only be found in 3-4 player games.)

Key Grabber - Allowed the user to take any key from any player. (Could only be found in 3-4 player games.)

Loaded Gummy Dice - Allowed the user to choose any die value on their next turn.

Misdirected Compass - Made any player it was used on head back in the other direction!

Mortog - Allowed the user to jump one square ahead of another player.

Pile of Dung - Placed a pile of dung on any square on the board, preventing players from passing said square for the next round of turns.

Pocket Minigame - Activated a random mini-game. (Could only be found in 3-4 player games.)

Pocket Portal - Allowed the user to choose any of the Portal squares to teleport from anywhere on the board.

Rainbow Fountain Water - Allowed the user to change the colour of any of their own keys or one of another player's.

Rainbow Sticky Hand - Allowed the user to steal one of another player's power-ups.

Spare Keyring - Allowed the user to take extra keys from another player.

Tornado Ring - Replaced all power-ups of the player it was used on with random ones.

Transporter Helmet - Allowed the user to switch positions with another player.

Virtudice - Allowed the user to automatically move six squares on their next turn.

Super Power-Ups

Super Power-Ups were essentially beefed-up versions of their normal counterparts.

Super Boots of Flight - Allowed the user to roll triples.

Super Catapult - Allowed the user to send two players (again, including the user) back to their home tiles - one of those players can even be yourself if you like, or you can just send two of your opponents home.

Super Key Grabber - Allowed the user to steal two of another player's keys.

Super Pile of Dung - Allowed the user to place giant pile of dungs on any two squares on the board, preventing players from passing said squares for the next round of turns.

Character Cards

Bree - Placed three keys on the board.

The Dark Faerie Sisters - Changed the colours of all keys on the board.

Grimtooth - Made all players roll a 1, 2, or 3 on their next turns.

Jerdana - Granted all players a random power-up.

King Roo - Made all players roll a 12-sided die for their next turns.

King Skarl - Sent all players back to their home squares.

Location Cards

Once a player landed on a location space, they would be awarded with 200 in-game Neopoints.

Coltzan's Shrine: King Coltzan III ruled the Lost Desert with a generous soul for many years. Now his spirit lives on in a shrine just outside the city of Sakhmet, where rewards are granted to those who visit him.

Edna's Tower: The shadowy tower in the Haunted Woods belongs to a witch called Edna, and she's not above asking for help when brewing potions. Brave her quests to fetch her items and be rewarded!

Healing Springs: Just outside the walls of Faerie City in Faerieland, there sits a magical spring. If you're sick or injured, visit this spring and you may just be healed of all that ails you.

Money Tree: This cheerful tree sits in the middle of Neopia Central, taking item and Neopoint donations from kind Neopians and giving back to those who are less fortunate. Pay him a visit some time, and don't forget to donate if you can spare it!

Random Events

Bree gave players the opportunity to switch up one of their keys for a different one.

All portals became clogged, preventing them from working for two rounds.

A strong gust of wind blew all players to different, random squares.

All portals became stronger, sucking in all surrounding players and teleporting them to other portals.

All players became forced to move in the opposite direction.

History

Release

Key Quest was launched on July 3rd, 2008 (in premium beta - it was fully released on October 18th).

Retirement

The game was taken down the site on September 18th, 2014, following Neopets' transition from Nickelodeon to JumpStart servers as key files for the game were lost in the process.

On July 19th, 2018, JumpStart CEO Dark Lord had announced [at Comic Con] that Key Quest would be returning as a mobile game, but on December 3rd, 2019, it was announced that the plans will not go through for the time being due to TNT shifting their focus on converting Flash games.

Gallery

External Links

• What is Key Quest?
• The Collector's Case