As you progress the main story ofAvowed, you’ll visit a total of five areas, each one with its unique scenery and vibe. You’ll find a stark difference between the personalities of the people you meet in each area, but there will also be quite a few similarities, especially during exploration.

One of these similarities is the requirement of different keys for opening certain doors. The Dirty Brown Key is one of them, and you’ll need it while going through the Sand Sea Ruins domain of Shatterscarp.

Avowed secret area with Dirty Brown Key in it.

Dirty Brown Key Location

If you’ve reached the Sand Sea Ruins domain of Avowed, you likely already know that the game has aton of secret areas, especially in its cave systems. TheDirty Brown Key can be found in one such hidden area, but you’ll have to progress quite a bit in the ruins to get it.

Sand Sea Ruins are filled with various types of traps, and once you brave through enough of them, you’ll reach an area with alot of water at the bottom and wooden platforms that you can climbleading you up. In this area, jump down in the water and you’ll see a small entrance down here.

Avowed climbing up to use Dirty Brown Key.

If you go underwater and swim around, you canfind a body with a few coins on it.

Enter this secret area and get out of the water inside tofind the Dirty Brown Key on the ground. It’ll be shining with a golden glow, making it quite hard to miss.

What To Do With Dirty Brown Key

After getting the Dirty Brown Key, you can head back out of the water through the same path and then climb the wooden platforms. After a few jumps, you’ll see a secluded area on your right.Jump to this area and you’ll find a door at the top that takes the Dirty Brown Key.

This door can also be opened with one lockpick, and it opens up an alternate path for you toreach the last areain these ruins without having any battle. However,you’ll have to dodge a bunch of flame traps instead.