Bridge Key

Bridge Key Artwork of a Bridge Key from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game. A key used to lower a drawbridge.

Type Item First game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

The Bridge Key (Japanese: はね橋のカギ Drawbridge Key) is a key-type item introduced in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. It can be used once by any unit to unlock and release drawbridges, in order to allow units to cross the bridge; without using a Bridge Key, only Thieves can otherwise unlock drawbridges, either through use of a Lockpick or an innate class ability, depending on the game.

Data

Game	Icon	Uses	Worth	Effects and notes
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light	--	1	900	Used to release a single drawbridge.
Mystery of the Emblem		1	1,000	Used to release a single drawbridge.
Thracia 776		1	500	Used to release a single drawbridge.
The Binding Blade		1	50	Unused. Supposed to release a single drawbridge; functionality is coded into the game, but there are no drawbridges on any maps.
Shadow Dragon		1	900	Used to release a single drawbridge.
New Mystery of the Emblem		1	300	Used to release a single drawbridge.

Locations

Thracia 776

Treasure	Chapter 16A, village
Capture and Steal	Chapter 10, enemy Armored Sword • Chapter 12, enemy Brigand

The Binding Blade

Unused

If hacked into the game, the item cannot be used at all as there are no drawbridges to use it on.

Shadow Dragon

Vendor

Chapter 10

New Mystery of the Emblem

Treasure

Chapter 3, village

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Mystery of the Emblem	Lowers drawbridges*	はねばしをあげるために しようする
Thracia 776	Lowers a drawbridge*	はねばしをおろす 所持アイテム
The Binding Blade (Use menu; unused)	Opens bridge.*	はね橋をおろし 渡れるようにします
Shadow Dragon	A key used to lower a drawbridge.	はね橋を降ろすカギ
New Mystery of the Emblem	A key used to lower a drawbridge.*	はね橋を降ろすカギ

Trivia

• Genealogy of the Holy War contains a reference to the unlockable bridges of the previous titles. In Chapter 4, there is a raised bridge can that be lowered by having Dew, a thief, wait next to it.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Bridge Key	--
Japanese	• はねばしのカギ • はねばしのかぎ • はね橋のかぎ • はね橋のカギ	Drawbridge Key. The item name has been spelled four slightly different ways throughout the series; all four are pronounced the same way and have the same meaning. • The first, combined hiragana and katakana spelling is used in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. • The second, purely hiragana spelling is used in Mystery of the Emblem and Thracia 776. • The third, combined hiragana and kanji spelling is used in its unused state in The Binding Blade. • The fourth spelling, with a combination of hiragana, katakana, and kanji, is used in the Nintendo DS remakes.
Spanish	Llave puente	Bridge key
French	Clé pont	Bridge key
French (Canada)	Clé de pont	Bridge key; used in the Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light physical manual.
German	Brückschlüssel	Bridge key
Italian	Chiave ponte	Bridge key

Gallery

• 
  Artwork of a Bridge Key from the Encyclopedia.
• 
  Artwork of a Bridge Key from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game. It is attributed to Genealogy of the Holy War, despite the Bridge Key not appearing in that game.

See also

• Chest Key
• Door Key
• Lockpick
• Master Key