Newbied Keys - Are they still obtainable?

[Skrypt]

I have yet to get a definitive answer on this, most people just say "idk, maybe"

I have farmed about 50 newbie chars with tinkering selected and have yet to get the elusive key.

I'm just looking for a "yes you can get it, its just extremely rare" or a "no, it doesn't spawn on newbies anymore"

Thanks.

[Blaise]

Unless you find something in patch notes indicating otherwise, these can still be had. It's on the order of 1:1000 I'd guess because there's people out there making new tinkers every week and you see the keys pop up every so often for sale.

[WiseOne]

I lucked out with 2 over the last 2+ years but I don't actively make tinkers just for this reasons. When I used to make characters I would throw in 1 point in tinkering and hope for the best.

[Kriav]

What use is it? can you make it your key to the house or boat?

[AlexCCCP]

What use is it? can you make it your key to the house or boat?

Bingo

[WiseOne]

What use is it? can you make it your key to the house or boat?

Yup. You can use a tinker to copy the key to one of your houses (probably a good idea to make a copy of your most used long term house). Since it is a newbie key you can die with it and it will stay on your body. This way you don't need to double click on locked down keys at your door, you can just run in and it opens and locks automatically, just quickly close the door behind you.

Be careful after making a copy. Once after a wee bit of drinking I decided to change the name of my tower but accidentally selected change house keys in the options. Newbie key useless and I felt pretty dumb lol. Moral is don't drink and UO.