Borderlands 2 has unfortunately introduced a terrible mechanic - SHiFT golden keys. This system is honestly one of the worst things to happen to Borderlands, in my opinion.

I've made this guide simply to help the people who don't want to scour the internet searching for codes to turn their golden keys into an endless supply of powerful weapons to unleash carnage on their enemies.

NOTICE - YOU MUST ALREADY HAVE GOLDEN KEYS BEFORE DOING THIS.

If you do not have any golden keys, use these code(s) to get some:

W353J-RR6RC-X96R9-C63J3-RJTFW - 5 Golden Keys + Axton's Community Day Skin
5JWBB-9ZX9J-B636C-BBBBT-ZCWXF - 5 Golden Keys + Gaige's Community Day Skin
WJ5TB-BJSZJ-TFB6W-JTJJJ-3Z3CB - 5 Golden Keys + Krieg's Community Day Skin
5B3BJ-XZWFW-T3KRZ-JBJTB-6WST9 - 5 Golden Keys + Maya's Community Day Skin
C35TB-WS6ST-TXBRK-TTTJT-JJH6H - 5 Golden Keys + Salvador's Community Day Skin
53KBB-KXXRC-RZ66Z-WFJBB-WSRZ3 - 5 Golden Keys + Zero's Community Day Skin

If this guide has helped you, please give it a like - it would make my day!

Now, let's get onto the guide.

NOTICE - DO NOT HAVE BORDERLANDS 2 RUNNING WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS

Step One - Locate Your 'profile.bin' File Through the Borderlands 2 Folder

This first part should be easy. By default, the file you're looking for can be found by navigating to your documents. The default path to the file is USER > Documents > My Games > borderlands 2 > WillowGame > Save Data > x number > profile.bin.

Step Two - Mark the File as 'Read Only'

Right-click the 'profile.bin' file then select Properties. From here, under Attributes, check the 'Read Only' tab, then apply the change.





















Step Three - Open Borderlands 2 and Open the Golden Chest

CAUTION - ONLY DO THIS WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO FARM THE GOLDEN CHEST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER FINISHING UP, DISABLE 'READ ONLY' TO AVOID POTENTIAL PROGRESS LOSS. BEFORE DISABLING, RESTART THE GAME TO REPLENISH YOUR GOLDEN KEYS

Go to Sanctuary and open the chest until your golden keys run out or however long you want to. When you want to stop, just save and quit, then return to the Properties window of the 'profile.bin' file and disable 'Read Only', then apply the change. This will revert the amount of golden keys that you had before you enabled 'Read Only'.

You can do this as many times as you'd like, just REMEMBER TO ENABLE 'READ ONLY' then disable it whenever you've used all of your keys, or are done opening chests.

Thank you for reading this guide, I hope this helped and happy vault hunting!

Special thanks to Deus Valt for providing the explanation to achieve unlimited golden keys in Borderlands 2.