Step 7: If the lockpick snaps, load your previous save and try again until it works. The next useful ones are the Deft Grip perk that reduces the jittering of the lock, and another one that gives you a warning when someone is about to catch you playing with the lock so if you exit the attempt fast enough you won’t get charged with a crime. The two perks in Lockpicking that will be most useful are the one that reduces noise of breaking a pick, and the one that doubles durability of picks. Step 6: DO NOT let your pick break, until you learn a certain perk it makes a loud noise and you’ll get arrested for your crimes because you are too poor to pay the fine. But in Skalitz you’ll get bored before you reach level 14 I think… I left town with lockpick level 11 so I missed two of the very hard chests.

I recommend being a solid 2 levels above the base requirement for the lock you are trying to open, to give you an easier time of it. For very hard locks (the inventory chests for both the tavern and the general store) you need to hit skill level 12 just to try it. To unlock Hard locks (trader inventory chests, and the locks on the doors at the tavern and general store), you need to hit skill level 6 I think. The sweet spot will move since it is attached to the main lock.

Step 4: SIMULTANEOUSLY hold the “rotate lock” key (I set it as “D”) to spin the main lock, AND carefully move your mouse in the same direction that the lock spins so that the gold dot stays on the sweet spot. It gets bigger (but still grey) as you get closer, it gets smaller if you get farther away. Step 3: move your mouse around until you see the little icon turn GOLD. Step 2: maybe find a –, so you don’t worry so much about losing your ONLY lockpick in this starting town… (warning that particular mod was made by me but is a total “easy mode” overhaul of the game not just for lockpicks) or use a – at lower skill levels (this one gives easier locks but still vanilla pick durability, and also gives easier archery).

Easy lockpicking mod kingdom come