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== Usage Notes ==* When you pick open a chestor a boat, you will receive the lock in your inventory (not the key) and the chest 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.*Successfully lockpicking an already unlocked gate or door will reset the lock.*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, container rarity, 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.* There is a 10-minute cooldown between skill gains.* Approximately 30 lockpicking is needed to be considered capable.* Not all lock types and the stuff they secure are equal in difficulty. As an example larger ships are more difficult than smaller.* To make lock picks you need a minimum of 25 [[The curve|effective]] skill in [[locksmithing]].* Lockpicking timers will become shorter as you level and will be 24 seconds at full stamina minimum.* House doors that have been picked open may be relocked before ten minutes pass by the writ holder. This is done by unlocking all doors, then relocking them in the writ settings.

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, 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.== Lockpicking on Freedom ==

== Notes ==* To gain lockpicking skill you need a '''Note : It is expressly against the Freedom rules to pick the lock picks.* To make lock picks you need a minimum of 25 skill in [[locksmithing]].* You gain more skill if there are guards close-by anything that may object to your lockpickingyou do not own.'''* Followers '''However, none of Libila gain 15% bonus these rules or limitation are applicable to [[thievery]] skill gains.* The higher your skill, the shorter the timer becomes.Chaos'''

== Lockpicking is strictly prohibited unless you have ownership of the container/gate you're lock picking, IE a chest on Freedom ==your deed or a gate on your deed.

On the [[Freedom001|Freedom]] server, Lockpicking abandoned chests that do not belong to you cannot pick house doors, boats nor large cartsis still a bannable offense.

Off== Lock quality =={| border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"! 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 -[[deed]], gates, chests, [[bulk storage bin]]s and [[food storage bin]]s can be picked, unless inside a complete house89.99|-If the house has one or more walls decayed away, then lock| Fantastic || 90 -picking is possible99.99|}

* Vault Smasher Shadow at 90 skill