Totem Key

The Totem Keys (referred to as Totem in-game), refers to a Quest Item group of six different Totem figures that open six specific Totem Vaults as a part of various Tall Tales in The Shores of Gold (story arc).

Mechanics
These Totems can only be acquired as a part of either The Shroudbreaker (Quest), Stars of a Thief or The Art of the Trickster Tall Tale. These Totems are the size of Trinkets and can be carried in Container Chests. Each of these Totem Keys will unlock the respective Totem Vault. The Keyholes are square shaped carvings hidden among rocks with nearby respective Totem Cave Paintings.

Totem Keys are only useful for the Crew attempting the Tall Tale and cannot be sold to any Trading Company. Once the Totem Key is lost or sunk, the Tall Tale will fail.

Due to the long length of Tall Tales, it is considered bad form to willingly hide or get rid of other Crew's Quest Items.

Types of Totem Keys
There are 6 types of Totem Keys, which are used as keys to unlock the respective Totem Vaults on Large Islands:

Trivia

 * The Tale Book of The Shroudbreaker (Quest) refers to these Totems as Animal Totems, however this moniker would not apply to the Moon Totem
 * There are two Totem Vaults in The Devil's Roar region that are currently not in use, the "Eagle" Vault on Fetcher's Rest and "Sun" Vault on Ashen Reaches. The keyholes and cave paintings are present, however there are no methods to opening these Vaults as of yet.

Pirate Chat Wheel
Here is the Pirate Chat Wheel for every Totem: