World of Warcraft Profession Guides: Lockpicking 1- 350

Lockpicking 1-350

Lockpicking is a rogue only skill. Lockpicking is a very beneficial ability to have. During your time as a rogue you are going to find locked chests in instances, locked boxes dropping off mobs, or locked doors that could reward you with access to great loot to sell on the auction house.

Read the lockpicking guide below and get yourself well on the way to lockpicking 350, but first look over the table of items that can help you along the way.

Stuff from Pick Pocketing

All lockpicking levels listed below are when the item first becomes "orange". You may pick the locks on them until it is no longer beneficial to do so (turns grey, better options, etc).

Battered Junkbox - 25
Worn Junkbox - 100
Sturdy Junkbox -175
Heavy Junkbox - 250
Strong Junkbox - 300

Stuff from random drops
Ornate Bronze Lockbox - 60
Heavy Bronze Lockbox - 75
Iron Lockbox - 85
Heavy Iron Lockbox - 125
Steel Lockbox - 180
Reinforced Steel Lockbox - 225
Mithril Lockbox - 225
Thorium Lockbox - 225
Eternium Lockbox - 225
Khorium Lockbox - 325

Doors

Gnomeregan - 150
Scarlet Monastery - 175
Searing Gorge Gate - 225
Blackrock Depths - 280
Scholomance - 280
Dire Maul - 300

Footlockers

The lockpicking skill levels for these start pretty close to the lowest typical mob found in the zone x5. For instance a level 20 zone would have footlockers that you could pick at 5x20=100 lockpicking skill.

Hillsbrad Foothills - Durnholde Keep - 75
Redridge Mountains - Lake Everstill - 75
Ashenvale Forest - Zoram Strand - 75
Stonetalon Mountains - Windshear Crag and Associated Mines - 75
Wetlands - Murloc Camps - 100
Desolace - Sar'theris Strand - 175
Badlands - Angor Fortress 175
Swamp of Sorrows - Pool of Tears - 200
Searing Gorge - 200
Tanaris Desert - Lost Rigger Cove - 225
Azshara - Bay of Storms - 275
Eastern Plaguelands - Tyr's Hand - 275

The Guide - Horde and Alliance

At the start there is a small difference in the beginning of lockpicking for Horde and Alliance, but they do come together farther along.

Horde Lockpicking 1-85

Once you get the quest for lockpicking, there are chests inside of a ship near Ratchet. It's the only ship in the water that's not sunken so you can't miss it. Inside the ship is what the quest refers to as a "place where they train their thieves", and that's exactly where you want to head. You can pick the locks on those chests until about 85 skill. There is also a chest in there for the Polly quest that has a pretty decent respawn timer that you could pick to increase your skill as well.

Horde Lockpicking 85-170

Next you will get a quest for your poisons. You may not know it as your poisons quest, but the objective is to pick pocket a key, kill some things , kill an elite boss, and open his chest. You will do this northwest of Sludge Fen. You get the quest at 20 but it is highly unlikely you will be able to complete it till 24+, wait until you are around 26. The boss is an elite who will beat you down every time you try this quest. In order to keep picking the lock on his chest, up you will have to kill him every time he spawns. This chest can bring you up to 175.

Alliance Lockpicking 1-85

Alliance also gets similiar quests to the Horde. The thieves training area this time is by Atler Mill northeast of Lakeshire. You can stay at these chests until about skill 85.

Alliance Lockpicking 85-170

The Alliance poison quest takes you to a tower in the northeaster part of Westfall. Its located to the east of the bridge that heads to Darkshire. The quest is very similiar to the Horde, in that there is a chest in the top that you can pick to about 175. You first have to find a way to incapacitate or kill the elite boss at the top. You shouldn't try it unless until level 24, and that may be hard for anyone who isn't geared up or twinked well.

Both Lockpicking 170-225

This part can be tricky. Go pickpocket sturdy junkboxes (the Ogres in Tanaris have them) and get your lockpicking skill to 180. Once you hit a lockpicking skill of 180, then head to Scarlet Monastery and pick all of the doors. The ones outside the instance are on a timer, so you can only do those a few times every so often. Be sure to hit up all the doors on the way in. Go into the instances, unlock the doors, open chests, and pickpocket junkboxes to 225.

Both Lockpicking 225-280

You could do the Searing Gorge door but it's not a reliable way to skill up, so you're pretty much stuck with doing junk boxes. At this point, open lockboxes for free in a big city. You'll probably be getting more instance groups too, and those tend to have at least one locked chest per instance. See the above list for doors and items in this skill range.

Both Lockpicking 280-300

There are doors in Blackrock Depths that you can pick. You should continue instance runs, pick pocketing, and advertising opening lockboxes for free. Make sure you use the above chart for guidance it what items you should be looking to pick.

Both Lockpicking 300-350

There are several ways to go from lockpicking 300-350. The Boulderfists can be pickpocketed in Nagrand for Strong Junkboxes. Khorium Lockboxes are randomly dropped in the Outland zones but are mostly found in the Outland instances. The Dire Maul doors are also an option to get a few skillups. Going from 1-350 is no easy task and will take a lot of time, but it will definately payout in the end.

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