The art of picking locks may seem like a skill more suited for an action-movie hero than the average person. However, with perseverance, an understanding of locks, and the right tools, anyone can ...

Like any good Bethesda RPG, you can go places you aren’t supposed to and open up locked containers for special goodies in Starfield. Lockpicking works quite differently in Starfield , though, ...

I have a lock in my hand, a little tension-wrench lever braced in it with one finger, and I'm wiggling a little pick tool inside it trying to coax the pins open. I'm laughing, of course, because I ...

As you make your way around the castle in Hogwarts Legacy, you’ll find that many doors are locked with a padlock. Luckily, you don’t need to be an incredibly experienced and talented wizard to pick ...

Lockpicking is essential to progress in most Elder Scrolls games, and the recently released Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is no exception. This useful skill lets you progress through certain ...

Breaking into a computer system is an art. It requires talent, patience, knowledge, and a lot of luck. While most of the probing, picking, and testing plays out in long lines of code on a computer ...

There are several types of chests and doors in Dark and Darker that can have their locks picked. This can either done using lockpicks or by anyone playing the Rogue class. However, there is a mini ...

First off, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got lockpicks. You’re taught how to make these in the game’s tutorial, but if you’ve forgotten, you’ll need some ‘Scraps’ and ‘Cloth Rags.’ As long as you’ve ...

Laura Genung works the sliver of metal inside a padlock, probing the pins inside. “I’m so close I can feel it,” the 17-year-old Girl Scout says, exasperated. This catches the attention of her ...

Erin Rice is a Contributor from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Advisor. She has been writing about video games for a ...