Only Rogues can have the Lockpicking ability. When a Rogue gets to level 16, he is able to train the Pick Lock ability at his class trainer. A Rogue skilled in Lockpicking is able to unlock various footlockers, doors, chests and lockboxes which come as a drop from various mobs.
Lockpicking – a real profession?
Lockpicking operates similar to any other profession. It can be trained and then skilled to the maximum. Once he reaches the max skill in Lockpicking, a Rogue can unlock almost everything.
How to skillup Lockpicking?
The answer to this question is simple. A Rogue is able to skill up only by picking various locks. The leveling system works similar as the gathering professions. In order to train your skill you need to look for locks while you level up. However, Lockpicking isn’t quite easy to level up but a great help with this will be your Rogue trainer who can point you to certain areas where you can find footlockers. Click here for more on WoW Lockpicking Leveling Guide
Why only Rogues?
Rogues are considered to be characters that live in shadows. Most of their time, Rogues are in stealth or sneaking. With their pickpocket and lockpick skills they are perfect thieves. They are able to sneak to a guarded chest, lock pick it, take all the treasure and disappear into the shadows. Hiding and being invisible are their main advantages.
Special features
There is only one thing that can enhance your Lockpicking skill – Dark Leather Gloves. These gloves are created with Leatherworking and can increase your Lockpicking skill by additional 5 points. Besides boosting your lockpick skill they also make sure that you succeed more often on your attempts to open locks.
Is there any alternative to Lockpicking?
If you can’t find a Rogue skilled enough to unlock a lockbox for you or if you just found a chest in an instance and there is no Rogues in your group, you will have several alternatives.
Blacksmiths in example can craft keys which can also be used to open boxes. A BS is able to obtain four different key recipes at his BS trainer. With each recipe he will be able to craft two keys.
If you happen to know an Engineer you can also ask his help because they can make Seaforium Charges that can be used to blow up any locks. For the best leveling guide click here: WoW Ultimate Guide
Can I ask money for opening lockboxes?
This totally depends on you. If he is offering his services via in-game Trade Channel then he will probably say if he is doing it for free or for a small fee. Most of the time this won’t be the case since most Rogues do not offer their Lockpicking services publicly.
Asking for assistance
If you have gathered many lockboxes and you are curious what can you find inside, try to ask any of your guild mates who is skilled in Lockpicking to open them for you. If you don’t know any Rogues you can always ask it nicely to a Rogue you come across. It’s polite to ask the Rogue first before you open the trade window.
What can be found in the lockboxes?
There’s a huge variety of goods that you can expect and basically you can expect anything from uncommon to epic items and designs to materials. If you would like more on WoW Leveling, click here: WoW Guides
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