Those in the pit and pit buildings are easier: they turn green at around 145. There are two types of Battered Footlockers in Durnholde Keep. Durnholde Keep would probably be most suitable for a rogue with a lockpicking skill in the mid-100s. However, all the lockers were green when Zlinka arrived and overall seemed quite similar in range to the Windshear Crag Mines. Zlinka went here at 167 and skilled up to 182. The footlockers in the mine turned green at 160. In my experience, the footlockers scattered outdoors turned green at around 150. Harder footlockers are located in the kobold mine in the east. The easier footlockers are scattered all around the logged area, from the lake in the west to the mine in the east, both north and south of the creek. This is where Zlinka skilled up from the early 100s to 167. Windshear Crag and Mines in Stonetalon Mountains. But don't stop there! You can pick Polly's lock again and again. Once you have a skill of 80, you can complete the lockpicking quest by opening Polly's box. Polly's box in the pirate ship south of Ratchet. At lockpicking 80, you can open Polly's box in the bow of the boat. By picking the chests in the stern of the boat you can skill up from zero to about 80. This is the first place you are sent to pick locks. It's worthwhile to stick around and pick the locks for another 10-15 easy points. So don't leave an area just because the boxes have turned green. Therefore, the colors don't map perfectly onto the boxes' ability to give you skill-up points. After that the boxes go through a hidden transition and their productivity drops off steeply (but they remain green). It is possible to gain skill-up points for boxes in this slot.Ī word about green footlockers: I've found that footlockers that have just turned green still provide a skill-up point 75% to 100% of the time for another ten to fifteen points. Click on your lockpicking icon from your skill book, then click on the lockbox to open it. How to open other peoples' lockboxes: Have the other person place the box in the 'item will not be traded' slot of the trade window. For doors inside instances, an instance reset will reset any doors inside. Others say if you pickpocket a mob, or kill a mob, or do something else, that this will reset the timers. Some people say if you pick something else (anything else) between attempts it will reset some timers. The mechanisms of the timers are poorly understood. In other words, you can't repeatedly pick the same door for skillups. Useful tidbit from the forums: Doors outside instances are usually on some sort of timer. Lockpicking skill required to open doors: Lockpicking skill required to open lockboxes: With enough skill, a young rogue can open boxes for friends, pick doors to dungeons, or engage in. This guide is for young rogues interested in improving their skills at picking locks.

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