When you pick open a chest, you will receive the lock in your inventory (not the key) and the chest will be unlocked. When you pick open a house door, the lock stays attached to the door, but the house will be open for 10 minutes [[Time of Wurm|Wurm time]].
Failing to pick a lock will result either in damaging On each attempt of lockpicking, you can break or damage the lockpick or breaking it. Lockpicking skill and quality of , even when you're successful in picking the lockpick effect thislock.
The success rate of lockpicking is effected by the quality of the lockpick, the lockpicking skill and for a minor degree it's parent skill [[thievery]].