Lockpicking

Sometimes the only thing that stands between an adventurer and fabulous wealth is a simple lock. When confronted with a locked chest, the Lockpicking skill is one you are sure to need.

Training

• 0 - 30: Train at NPC Thief or Tinker

Either use a lockpicking house or create your own boxes. It is best to fill a backpack with 20 boxes each and put all keys for that bag on a Keyring. You will need approximately 100 boxes of each type to ensure enough targets. If you don't gain on one box, you need to gain on another before returning to that one.

• 30 - 50: Pick locked boxes made by 50 skill Tinkerer
• 50 - 70: Pick locked boxes made by 70 skill Tinkerer
• 70 - 95: Pick locked boxes made by 100 skill Tinkerer

After 95 skill there are 2 different ways to reach Grandmaster.

• Method 1: Pick level 4 treasure chests in dungeons or do level 4 Treasure Maps.
• Method 2: Go to Twisted Weald and bring a Satyr over near the entrance/exit teleporter. Attack the Satyr and wait until you under the effect of its Discordance. When your skills drop jump into the sparkle teleporter and start picking boxes. When your skills return to normal repeat the process. You should reach Grandmaster in a couple hours.

Addendum After being discorded, go out the sparkle and come right back in. The Satyr will no longer target you, but as long as you stay close to him you will stay discorded forever. Be careful because sometimes the pixies will still be aggressive towards you. Just keep going in and out of the sparkle until you are discorded and but nothing is aggressive towards you.

See Also

• http://guide.uo.com/skill_24.html - Lockpicking page on UO.com