As for the key on the dead guy... *Spoiler: It allows you to open the locked treasure chest (with staff inside) without needing disarm the trap on it, or needing to pick the lock. And any good ranged damage can take out the statues.
Yes. I know. Im just saying it is tedious and doesn't really make sense. The druids should have a why to disable them and sneaking shouldn't work. The goblins aren't going to just boldly march through the tunnel if they are invading. They'll likely be sneaking up on their enemies. So sneaking seems counter-intuitive to the point of the traps.