Here's a quick run down ofvarious junkboxes, for the curious or those who just let their lockpicking slideand need to grind it back up:īattered Junkboxes - lvl 20-30 mobs - Skill 50 to 125 If you're pickpocketing mobs of roughlyequivalent level to yourself, these boxes will likely be in the difficulty rangefor you to pick and improve your lockpicking skill. Amongst those other items are vendor trash, occasional potions and(you saw this coming too) junkboxes. All humanoid mobs, with the exception ofthe more 'bestial' worgen, yetis and the like, can be pickpocketed for cash andother items. The following levels can be approached in several ways. In common withthe Alliance quest, there are a number of boxes with short respawn times inclose proximity to one another. Your questwill send you to a ship off the Merchant Coast, south of Ratchet. The respawn time on the boxes is super low, soby the time you've finished picking box the first box should have repopped.Continue in this fashion until you reach skill lvl 75-100 they should all havegone grey now.įor the Horde you'll be pleased to note there's a similar situation. Position yourself properly and you should be within range topick three, maybe four at a time. The quest box willbe 'red' and therefore unlockable by you, but fret not, the other boxes will bewithin your range. When you first arrive there(be wary of spiders, orcs, gnolls and wandering Horde on the way) you'll findthe box in question, surrounded by an arc of smaller boxes. There a dwarf will send you up toAthler's Mill to retrieve an item from a locked box. At lvl 16you'll be sent on a quest to Lakeshire. The trick isto find the appropriate boxes for your level and skill in lockpicking.įor the Alliance, the first 75 levels of lockpicking are a cakewalk. You might want to get a coffee.Īs stated in the paragraph above, different boxes have different skill levels be they lockboxes, footlockers, strongboxes, junkboxes or whatever. Not descriptive enough? Then Ishall go into more detail. Grey, no skill point, but you get to liberate the contents (ifit was your box) and feel that deep sense of satisfaction at a job well done.Ī: The short and dirty answer is 'everywhere'. If it's green, your chance of gaininga skill point just nose-dived, but you'll be able to liberate the contents soall is not lost. If it's yellow, then don't lose heart you might still gain a lockpicking point. There's a slender chance you'll fail to open the lock but, in that event,just persevere you'll get it eventually. If it's orange then goodnews not only can you open it, you'll gain a lockpicking point for doing so. If it's red, you're not goingto be able to open it you don't have sufficient skill. 'Locked' will be coloured in ascheme that should now be fairly familiar to you. waterlogged footlocker, with the word 'locked' underneathit if the box is (you saw this coming) locked. When you mouse-over a locked box,either in world or in your inventory, a tool-tip dialog will open displaying thename of the box, e.g. Now allyou have to do is both click the 'trade' button et voila, the box is now picked. Click your lockpick actionbutton again, and click the box. There will be some textbeneath the box indicating that the box is locked. Usual procedure, andgenerally best practice, is for the other character to open a trade window anddrop their locked box into the 'will not be trade' slot. The third method is only applicable whenpicking lockboxes and junkboxes carried by other players. In the case of junkboxes and lockboxes, you willneed to click your lockpick button, then click on the box in your inventory.Dependant on your skill (again), the box will be unlocked and you can rightclick it to retrieve it's contents. those not currently in your inventory) you cansimply right click on the box and you will, dependant on your skill (see below),automatically pick the lock. In the case of locked footlockers,chests, strongboxes et al (i.e. There are three ways to actually pick a lock. You might want to dragand drop this button to your action bar, to save having to open your skill bookevery time you want to use it. Once you've learnt the skill it will(in common with every other skill in the game) appear in your skill/spell book(bound to the P key by default) under the general tab. You will require a set of thieves tools, which you canpurchase, but the rogue trainer should send you on a quest line that willrequire you to practice lockpicking, and along this quest line an NPC willprovide you with a set of tools for free. Q: How do I raise my max lockpicking skill?Ī: You will gain five points of max lockpicking per level, to a (current)maximum of 350Ī: First you'll need to learn the skill at your rogue trainer.
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