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Lock picking is as old as locks themselves, and is enjoyed as a hobby and practical skill worldwide. While it has been tainted in many people's minds as something only done by criminals, it is in fact ...

Starfield Lockpicking can be an intimidating mechanic in Starfield for those new to the game. Master locks in particular seem daunting, with some players reporting spend 30 minutes or more trying to ...

Taylor Pittman got her Technical and Creative Writing Degree in 2021 and has a passion for video games and storytelling. She has enjoyed reading and writing since she was old enough to pick up a ...

Erin Rice is a Contributor from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Advisor. She has been writing about video games for a ...

In Starfield, locks come in four different levels: Novice, Advanced, Expert, and Master. By default, every player can attempt to pick a Novice-level lock, as that doesn’t require any skill to be ...

August 30, 2023: With early access officially over, check out our guide on how to pick locks in Baldur's Gate 3. If you're a new Baldur's Gate 3 player, then opening something that is locked will ...

A whimsical wordsmith at Game Rant, crafting pixelated odysseys from a lifelong love for gaming and a diet of 1UP mushrooms. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at how players can pick locks ...

There are several types of chests and doors in Dark and Darker that can have their locks picked. This can either done using lockpicks or by anyone playing the Rogue class. However, there is a mini ...

The developer of Level Lock+ decries "exciting headline" about lock picking, and says that its device has been granted the best grade possible in every category by the BHMA standards body. Level's ...

Lock picking in games, especially Bethesda games, is always a fun little minigame. There is even a little bit of truth to how those games do it. Elex 2 breaks away from that slightly, so you need to ...

First off, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got lockpicks. You’re taught how to make these in the game’s tutorial, but if you’ve forgotten, you’ll need some ‘Scraps’ and ‘Cloth Rags.’ As long as you’ve ...