How to Get the Skeleton Key in CloverPit

Introduction: CloverPit hides a mysterious corpse mechanic inside its slot machine, and collecting its pieces is the path to the Skeleton Key — the item required for the game's secret (good) ending. This guide walks you through assembling the key, transforming it from black to white, and using it to escape your cell.

Prerequisites

Before the Skeleton Key can appear in the prize case, you need to have unlocked all four drawers and collected the full set of cadaver (corpse) pieces. Without these, the key simply will not spawn, so treat them as your foundation.

  • Unlock all four drawers.
  • Collect every cadaver piece and keep them equipped.
  • Buy the Skull from the shop.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

  1. Collect all four corpse pieces across your runs.
  2. Purchase the Skull from the shop.
  3. During the early deadlines, decline the red "Be Right Back" phone calls instead of answering them.
  4. Scratch out all three 6s on the floppy disc (the 666 combo) before the late deadline.
  5. Answer the phone on the next deadline once you have turned down three red calls.
  6. Clear the high-coin deadline and grab the key from the prize case beside the ATM.
Key Information: The order matters — the phone only "flips" to its positive form after you have refused three red-text calls and cleared all three 6s. Answer too early and the sequence does not trigger.

Turning the Key White

A black Skeleton Key alone is not enough for the good ending. Once you have refused three red calls and scratched the three 6s, answer the phone again on the following deadline. The phone transforms from red to white and the caller speaks in gold, more reassuring text. At that moment the Skeleton Key in the prize case also turns white.

Pro Tip: Keep an eye on the prize case after the phone flips. The white key is your confirmation that you are on the secret-ending track — if it is still black, you missed a step.

The Escape Ending

To claim the white key you still need to clear the big coin deadline (around the 250,000 threshold). Succeed and you can grab the white Skeleton Key and unlock your cell door. Exiting reveals an elevator control panel where the slot machine used to be — interact with it and your character rides up and out of the prison for good, with the credits rolling over a sunrise.

Tips & Common Pitfalls

Pitfall #1: Answering the red "Be Right Back" calls. Each one you pick up breaks the sequence — you must decline them.
Pitfall #2: Forgetting the coin threshold. Even with the white key in hand, you cannot escape if you miss the final big-coin deadline.

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