Pick Lock
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| Pick Lock | |
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| Class | Rogue |
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| Type | Utility |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | n/a |
The Pick Lock ability allows a Rogue to open locked chests, doors, and lockboxes. The Pick Lock ability can be learned at level 16 or above from any Rogue Trainer. Training provides a Lockpicking icon in the rogue's Spellbook for the Lockpicking class skill. Lockpicking operates like a Profession; the rogue begins with a minimal initial lockpicking skill, and must raise lockpicking skill through practice by picking locks. There are no profession-like proficiency levels to be trained; rather lockpicking skill is capped at five times the rogue's current level.
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Tips
This skill typically doesn't advance quickly enough with casual use; rogues must occasionally go out on runs to improve their lockpicking. Fortunately, your rogue trainer can point you to areas which contain footlockers at your skill level.
Rogues should make sure to keep current with lockpicking skill, as they provide extra utility to a party in an instance by opening stationary chests and doors. The easiest way to keep your lockpicking skill in parity with your level is to grind humanoids and pickpocket them for junkboxes. Once a rogue is at maximum lockpicking skill for his current level, it is useful to save the most difficult junkboxes in the bank until leveling up. Then once in the bank, lock picking skill can be taken to the maximum for the new level in a very short time.
For Alliance, Alther's Mill can be found East of Lakeshire. The Mill contains 5 regenerating lockboxes that you can use to quickly increase your lock pick skill. There is also a rogue quest that will let you open the other chest in the Mill with the appropriate skill level.
Horde rogues will begin the practice of lockpicking aboard the anchored ship south of Ratchet. They'll need to practice on the locked chests aboard this ship until they can safely travel in Stonetalon Mountains.
Other Sources
There are a number of places where lockers have been put out to help you improve your lock picking skill. For alliance the first are the waters around Lakeshire in Redridge, next there are foot lockers around the murloc camps in Wetlands. Further worthy are the lockers in Angor Fortress in Badlands, followed by the Pool of Tears in the Swamp of Sorrows. Here are many mossy footlockers around the Temple of Atal'Hakkar. Since those are underwater, it is useful to have some kind of breath prolonging or being undead. In the Pool of Tears you can hit lockpicking 225, which enables you to open all lockboxes except for [Khorium Lockbox] from Outland.
Patch changes
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Pick Lock and Disarm Trap no longer require Thieves' Tools.
See also
The bulk of the discussion of this topic is under the Lockpicking skill.
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