Borderlands 2 Shift Codes

Golden keys are used to unlock gear from a special crate in sanctuary. Sometimes you also get cosmetics which usually can be aquired in-game.

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Golden_Chest

Golden keys do allow getting a few nice items for the level you use them... And I recently redeemed list of those and got around 30-40 keys...

Other than the Golden Keys, all items can be acquired in game, just that its easier to get them with the Shift Codes.

Golden Keys will open the Golden Loot Chest, which has high quality equipment, of Blue or Purple rarity. You can live without them easily enough.

A bunch of currently active Shift Codes can be found here

^ yeah use that link to find all the worthwhile codes (esp. the Tina DLC heads if you've got that DLC). Grab as many golden keys that are still active and use em to help you through the early game.

SHiFT codes are redeemed in the game menu. Some give 1 golden key, others 3 and sometimes they give you skins (which are always for a specific character) to celebrate something (e.g. Halloween or Valentine). When you activate the codes the keys are shared between all your characters. The skins are in the inventory of the first character you load the game up after activating. After that you need to "use" the skin in the inventory, then you have the skin available for the character it's for.

Golden keys are quite useful if you're lucky. Got an E-Tech gun that i used from level 39 til 45 that slags and hits hard :>

Golden keys aren't worth the hassle, I haven't gotten anything from that chest that I haven't immediately sold, Golden Showers on the other hand are much better.

Items you get with the golden keys aren't really that great, but they are helpful if you get unlucky with normal drops. I usually use my keys when i get a character to around level 25-30 to make the later part of the first playthrough a bit easier. I don't really bother with them at all after that unless i get really bad luck with drops, at max level you are better off farming bosses for oranges.

Shift codes are usually just keys, and some give items you can get from playing. The only ones that are any good are the event skin ones which as far as i know is the only way to get those skins. At the moment there are no skin ones still up except the tiny tina dlc heads, but you can get those as drops from playing the dlc.

You can find Shift codes whenever they are released Here .