Lockpicking
Description
Lockpicking is the skill used when picking locks, such as door locks, gate locks, and large padlocks and small padlocks on large chests, with lock picks, in order to open them without a key.
Usage
When you pick open a chest or a boat, you will receive the lock in your inventory (not the key) and it will be unlocked. When you pick open a house door lock or gate lock, the lock stays attached and will remain unlocked for 10 minutes real time. Examining the door will reveal how much time remains.
On each attempt, regardless of fail or success, you will either break or damage the lock picks.
The success rate of lockpicking is effected by the quality of the lock picks, the lockpicking skill, the lock ql, the wall or container ql, and for a minor degree its parent skill Thievery. The quality of the lock picks also affects the chances of them just outright breaking.
High quality locks will prevent any lockpicking attempt with lock picks that are approximately more than 20 QL lower.
Notes
- There is a 10-minute cooldown between skillgains.
- Approximately 30 lockpicking is needed to be considered capable.
- The quality of the container or wall makes a slight difference.
- Not all lock types and the stuff they secure are equal in difficulty. As an example larger ships are more difficult than smaller.
- To gain lockpicking skill you need lock picks.
- To make lock picks you need a minimum of 25 effective* skill in locksmithing.
Lockpicking on Freedom
Note : It is expressly against the Freedom rules to pick the lock of anything that you do not own. However, none of these rules or limitation are applicable to Chaos
You cannot lock pick house doors under any circumstance.
You can lock pick boats and large carts if you are the owner of them (i.e. Your name is listed when you Examine it).
Off-deed gates, chests, bulk storage bins, and food storage bins can be lock picked, unless they are inside a complete house. If the house has one or more walls decayed away, then lock picking these containers inside is possible.
On-deed gates, chests, and bins can only be lock picked if you have the Destroy permission.
Lock quality
| Lock Description | QL range |
|---|---|
| Very poor | 1 - 9.99 |
| Poor | 10 - 19.99 |
| Below average | 20 - 29.99 |
| Okay | 30 - 39.99 |
| Above average | 40 - 49.99 |
| Pretty good | 50 - 59.99 |
| Good | 60 - 69.99 |
| Very good | 70 - 79.99 |
| Exceptional | 80 - 89.99 |
| Fantastic | 90 - 99.99 |
Titles
- Lock Breaker at 50 skill
- Safe Cracker at 70 skill
- Vault Shadow at 90 skill
