Secret Rooms vs Security Doors: PUBG’s Two Locked-Room Systems

PUBG’s Secret Rooms and Deston’s Security Doors both lead to loot, but the patch notes describe different ways into them. On Taego, Vikendi and Miramar, the notes describe Secret Rooms; on Deston, they describe Security Doors leading to high-tier loot.

The distinction matters when you find a key. Vikendi uses a Security Key for its Secret Rooms, Miramar uses a Secret Room Key, and Deston uses a Security Key for its doors. Taego’s Update 13.1 console notes give a detailed list of Secret Room supplies, including a low chance of Care Package items.

From key to loot: how the systems compare

Start by identifying your map, then match the key and locked area to it. The patch notes describe some rewards as named items and others by their tier or value. Here is what each set of notes says about getting in and what you can find.

Taego: supplies and a chance of Care Package items

Update 13.1’s console notes listed Self AEDs, scopes, healing items and throwables in Taego Secret Rooms. They described large numbers of healing items and throwables, with a low chance of Care Package items.

That list gives a more detailed picture than a simple loot-tier label. It names several kinds of supplies, while treating Care Package items as a possibility rather than something to expect on every visit. When comparing Taego with another map, keep that chance separate from the rest of the list.

Vikendi: a Security Key for a Secret Room

Update 21.2 described Vikendi Secret Rooms as holding high-tier items. To open one, players needed a Security Key that spawned in the world. The key’s name is worth noting: on Vikendi it opens a Secret Room, whereas Deston’s Security Key is used for Security Doors.

Update 40.2 added the Jammer Pack, Emergency Pickup and Folded Shield to the items that could spawn in Vikendi Secret Rooms. These are additions to the spawn list, not a guaranteed set of three for each room.

For the player, the route described in Update 21.2 is to obtain the world-spawned key and open a Secret Room. The earlier high-tier description and the later named additions together show the kind of reward the notes associate with that room.

Miramar: Secret Room Keys and high-value items

Update 41.2 described Miramar Secret Rooms as containing high-value items. Players could access them using world-spawned Secret Room Keys in Normal and Custom Matches.

The key has a different name from Vikendi’s Security Key, even though both maps have Secret Rooms. The reward wording is different too: Update 41.2 uses the broad description “high-value items” rather than the individual item names in the Taego and Vikendi examples.

Use the match type and key name to keep the Miramar description distinct. Once you have the world-spawned Secret Room Key, it is the item the notes identify for opening a Miramar Secret Room.

Deston: Security Doors and high-tier loot

Update 18.2 described Deston Security Doors as entrances to high-tier loot. Players unlocked them using world-spawned Security Keys. These keys were consumable: a key was removed after a single use.

The shared key name can make Deston and Vikendi easy to mix up. The useful distinction is the destination: Update 21.2 calls Vikendi’s locked area a Secret Room, while Update 18.2 calls Deston’s entrance a Security Door. Both notes use “high-tier” to describe the rewards, rather than guaranteeing a particular item.

A closer look at Deston’s door groups

Update 18.2 gives Deston’s doors an extra rule: one Security Key could unlock a group of doors. This is one use of the consumable key, even though the group contains more than one door.

The same update said opened Security Doors could not be closed or relocked. That is a difference in how the entrance behaves after it is opened; it does not change the update’s description of the loot beyond the doors as high-tier.

Locked-loot checklist

• Identify the map. The notes describe Secret Rooms on Taego, Vikendi and Miramar, and Security Doors on Deston.
• Match the key to the room. Update 21.2 names a Security Key for Vikendi; Update 41.2 names a Secret Room Key for Miramar.
• Check the Miramar match type. Update 41.2 describes its Secret Rooms in Normal and Custom Matches.
• Allow for Deston’s key use. Update 18.2 says a Security Key is removed after one use, even when it unlocks a group of doors.
• Read loot descriptions carefully. Taego’s Care Package items have a low chance, while the Vikendi items named in Update 40.2 are possible spawns.

Related reads

For a closer comparison of rewards, read Secret Room loot by map. For more on access, see PUBG Secret Room Keys: How They Work on Each Map. You can also browse the Secret Room Maps for map-focused guides.