Successful strategies to reduce the number of lockpicks broken may make use of the following facts: Picking the lock successfully requires a certain degree of trial and error. Trying to turn the lock with the lockpick in an incorrect position will result in the lock refusing to open and in permanent damage to your lockpick. Only then can you fully turn the lock to open it. Your objective is to place the lockpick on the correct position in a 180 degree arc. The lockpicking interface shows a dagger for turning the lock, and a lockpick for disarming the locking mechanism. If you have at least one lockpick in your inventory, interacting with your target will activate the lockpicking interface. When you target a lock/trap that you don't have the key for, but that can be picked, a tooltip bubble ('Unlock (object or location)') will indicate its difficulty level on a scale from 'Novice' to 'Master'. ‡ Treasure Hunter increases the chance of finding 1 extra weapon or armor item (possibly enchanted) in many generic dungeon chests from 10% to 15%. Pick starts close to the lock opening position. Apprentice locks are much easier to pick.Īble to pick locks without being noticed.Īutomatically gives you a copy of a picked lock's key if it has one.ĥ0% greater chance of finding special treasure.