Locksmithing Guide

Locksmithing Guide

Below you'll find everything important to know about Locksmithing.

In a Nutshell

Pros

  • Easy to train anywhere. You can perform Lock Lore or even unlock things anywhere, even while laying down in your room or the baths.
  • If your focus is just opening chests & coffers, you can get by with only a few critical skills, focusing on Unjam Lock and Study Lock.

Cons

Advice & Tips

  • Your lockpick quality will greatly affect your success to open containers, try to get at least a Very Spectacular lockpick to start with and avoid using store-bought lockpicks. (See the difference in Lockpicks)
  • If an item can fit into a crucible, it can be melted down for forging. This includes lumps of metal, existing lockpicks, hair pins, etc.
  • Many locksmithing actions, like unlocking, unjamming, or creating clay molds, are affected by the lighting of your environment. Make sure you are in a well-lit area to ensure that you have the lowest success for your actions.

Tools

#Lockpicks (& keys)

Lockpicks can be made of the following materials.

Metals Tin Copper Brass Bronze Iron Silver Alanti Boison*

*While Boison lockpicks have been seen in-game as custom items, they cannot be forged by player characters.

Higher quality lockpicks will make it easier to perform any skill that requires a lockpick. The quality of a lockpick can be determined by using the inspect command.

Below is the list of lockpick qualities that can be forged.

The RB Bonus listed, refers to how the quality of your lockpick will impact your success for skills such as Pick Lock-Locking, Pick Lock-Unlocking, Jam Lock & Unjam Lock.

Quality RB Bonus
Flawless +125
Near Perfectly Crafted +120
Very Exquisite +113
Exquisite +107
Very Spectacular +100
Spectacular +93
Fairly Spectacular +87
Quality RB Bonus
Very Phenomenal +80
Phenomenal +73
Fairly Phenomenal +67
Very Excellent +60
Excellent +53
Fairly Excellent +47
Extremely Good +40
Quality RB Bonus
Very Good +33
Good +27
Fairly Good +20
Above Average +13
Somewhat Above Average +7
Average 0
Somewhat Below Average -7
Quality RB Bonus
Below Average -13
Poor -20
Somewhat Poor -27
Fairly Poor -33
Very Poor -40
Extremely Poor -47

Weight

The following lists the weight (in pounds) of various items, organized by material.

Note that keys which are added to a keyring become effectively weightless - the keyring will always weigh the same amount regardless of how many keys are on it.

Tin Bronze Iron Brass Copper Silver Alanti Boison Retalq
key (forged) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 ? ? ?
lockpick (forged) 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 ? ? ?
thin wire / fashioned lockpick <0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 ? ? ?
thick wire / fashioned keyring 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 ? ? 0.2

Tasks

#Forging (Key | Lockpick)

  • To make the best lockpick requires the best mold (good rolls).
  • To make the best mold requires the best wax imprint (good rolls).
  • Certain metals are easier to work with, allowing you to achieve a higher quality result with fewer ranks. Silver is the easiest metal to forge and will result in the highest quality product. In descending order of ease to work with after silver are: bronze, brass and tin (equal), copper, and finally iron - the hardest common metal to forge with.
  • Gold cannot be forged. If you attempt to melt down a gold object, the game will prevent you from doing so, warning that gold slag would be too soft to form an effective key or lockpick.

Items Needed:

  • Metal Slag - Lumps purchased from a shop (i.e. Apula's), or melted down from existing keys, hair pins, etc.
  • Tongs - Used in melting the metal & heating the clay mold.
  • Crucible - Used in melting the metal.
  • Fuel - Most furnaces accept deadwood as fuel, but some - like the forge in Seld - require charcoal.

The below steps use the furnaces across from Apula's as the example.

Step 1: Creating a wax imprint - Make sure to have a piece of wax and the instrument inhand.
- Imprint the wax with the instrument. (Create Wax Imprint)
- Example: 'imprint wax with key'.
- Repeat until finished. (# rolls vary on skill level)
Step 1-B (optional) : Etch Text into Imprint. - Make sure to have a stylus inhand.
- Etch characters onto the wax imprint. (Wax Letter Etching)
- Example: 'etch imprint Home'.
- See Etching for more details.
Step 2: Creating a clay mold. - Hold the imprinted wax and a piece of clay in your hands.
- Create a mold from the wax imprint. (Create Clay Mold)
- Example: 'create mold of imprint with clay'.
- Repeat until finished. (# rolls vary on skill level)
Step 3: Baking the clay mold. - Bake the mold over the furnace.
- Light the brick furnace for a low fire.
- Make sure to hold a pair of tongs!
- Heat the clay over the furnace.
- Example: 'heat clay over brick'
- Repeat until done. (~6 echoes)
Step 4: Getting liquid metal. - Light the iron furnace for a strong fire.
- Get a crucible and put a piece of metal slag inside. (your choice of metal!)
- Hold the crucible and the tongs in hand, then heat the crucible over the furnace.
- Example: 'heat crucible over iron furnace'.
- Repeat until you have liquid metal. (~8 echoes)
Step 5: Forge the key/lockpick. - Pour liquid metal into mold. (Forge Lock Instrument)
- Example: 'forge tool with crucible and mold'.
Step 6 (optional): Destroy the mold. - Destroy the mold so it cannot be used to create duplicates of the same key.
- Example: 'crack mold'.

#Etching

You can inscribe a small amount of characters onto a lockpick using Wax Letter Etching which will show when you look at it. Your rank in basics does not seem to help.

This lockpick has raised elegant lettering that reads, 'Awesome'.
Rank # characters lettering
1 - 3 1 character very crude lettering
4 - 9 2 characters very crude lettering
10 - 19 4 characters crude block lettering
20 - 29 5 characters crude block lettering
30 - 39 6 characters block lettering
40 - 49 8 characters clean lettering
50 - 59 9 characters slightly curling lettering
Rank # characters lettering
60 - 69 10 characters curling lettering
70 - 79 10 characters curling lettering
80 12 characters elegant lettering
90 13 characters elegantly scrolling lettering
100 14 characters elegantly scrolling lettering
110 14 characters elegantly scrolling lettering

Create Wire Lockpicks

  • Easier to master than forging.
  • Wire metal does not seem to help.
  • Lockpick quality deteriorates if you fail while trying to lock, unlock, unjam, etc.

Wire lockpicks can be made of the following material:

Metals Tin Copper Brass Bronze Iron Silver

Wire lockpick quality follows the same descriptors as forged lockpick quality.

Create Keyring

Keyrings are made by molding a thick length of wire. Higher skill creates better and larger keyrings. The quality of a keyring is affected by your roll over success. For example, with a few dozen ranks in this skill, a low roll may yield a "somewhat large" keyring, a middling roll may yield a "large" keyring, and a high roll may yield a "very large" keyring.

Keyrings can be made of the following material:

Metals Tin Copper Brass Bronze Iron Silver Gold

Below is the list of keyring sizes that can be created.

Keyring Size Keyring Quality Capacity
a somewhat tiny <metal> keyring Poor 6
a somewhat tiny <metal> keyring Slightly Below-Average 6
a somewhat tiny <metal> keyring Average 7
a small <metal> keyring Average 9
a small <metal> keyring Good 10 - 11
a somewhat small <metal> keyring Good ?
a somewhat large <metal> keyring Excellent 12
a large <metal> keyring Excellent 13 - 14
a very large <metal> keyring Excellent ?
??? Excellent ?

#Jobs

NPC jobs are available at specific locations in the game world. Below is a list of the locations and types of jobs you can find, along with their estimated profit margin at each location. In addition to the below, player-characters may also request you to perform specific jobs.

In order to be offered a job, you must first meet the rank requirements.

Job Type Rank Requirements
Unlock a container Rank 1 Pick Lock-Unlocking at Apula's
Rank 10 Pick Lock-Unlocking at other locations
Lock a container Rank 10 Pick Lock-Locking at Apula's
Rank 1 Pick Lock-Locking at other locations
Unjam a container Rank 10 Unjam Lock
Create a lockpick Rank 20 Fashion Lockpick (tin)
Rank 30 Fashion Lockpick (bronze/iron)
or
Rank 30 Create Wax Imprint,
Rank 30 Create Clay Mold, and
Rank 30 Forge Lock Instrument
Install a tumbler Rank 30 Install Lock

Apula (Iridine)

Apula is the original OG of locksmithing jobs, her shop is serves as the hub for locksmiths. Despite her charm, be careful flirting with her. Too many advances and she may ban you. Some things to avoid are batting your eyes, … at her.

Being in the city center, there's also a high chance of making money from player characters coming by with their own locked containers from hunting grounds, in search of a locksmith.

Type Required Materials Payment Est. Profit Notes
Unlocking a lockpick ~25d ~25d
Locking a lockpick ~32d ~32d
Unjamming a lockpick ~57d ~57d
Create Lockpick (Tin) thin length of wire (tin) (~14d) ~31d ~17d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Bronze) thin length of wire (bronze) (~45d) ~95d ~50d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Iron) lump of iron (~171d), tongs, crucible ~460d ~289d Must provide your own supplies.
Install Tumbler a tumbler (~1,465d) ~1t 238d ~338d Must provide your own supplies.
Place the tumbler's key in the container before handing it in.

Admina (Rock Valley)

Type Required Materials Payment Est. Profit Notes
Unlocking a lockpick ~25d ~25d
Locking a lockpick ~35d ~35d
Unjamming a lockpick ~51 ~51d
Create Lockpick (Tin) thin length of wire (tin) (~10d) ~31d ~21d Must provide your own supplies.
Lumps of tin slag are not sold here.
Create Lockpick (Bronze) thin length of wire (bronze) (~34d) ~94d ~60d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Iron) thin length of wire (iron) (~170d) ~458d ~288d Must provide your own supplies.
Install Tumbler a tumbler (~1,504d) ~1t 246d ~304d Must provide your own supplies.
Place the tumbler's key in the container before handing it in.

Fefellus (Vetallun)

Type Requires Payment Est. Profit Notes
Unlocking a lockpick ~25d ~25d
Locking a lockpick ~35d ~35d
Unjamming a lockpick ~51 ~51d
Create Lockpick (Tin) thin length of wire (tin) (~9d) ~31d ~22d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Bronze) thin length of wire (bronze) (~30d) ~94d ~64d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Iron) thin length of wire (iron) (~151d) ~460d ~310d Must provide your own supplies.
Install Tumbler a tumbler (~1,504d) ~1t 240d ~300d Must provide your own supplies.
Place the tumbler's key in the container before handing it in.

Ititia (Blackvine)

Type Requires Payment Est. Profit Notes
Unlocking a lockpick ~23d ~23d
Locking a lockpick ~35d ~35d
Unjamming a lockpick ~52 ~52d
Create Lockpick (Tin) thin length of wire (tin) (~11d) ~34d ~23d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Bronze) thin length of wire (bronze) (~38d) ~97d ~59d Must provide your own supplies.
Create Lockpick (Iron) lump of iron (~144d) ~460d ~315d Must provide your own supplies.
Install Tumbler a tumbler (~1,520d) ~1t 240d ~282d Must provide your own supplies.
Place the tumbler's key in the container before handing it in.

Moves

Worthwhile

Less useful

  • Lock Lore - Oftentimes 1 rank is enough. Only used for training.
  • Jam Lock - Very few reasons you'd need to jam a lock. Mainly used in a training rotation for maximum SP gain.

Complementary Skill Sets

Complementary Traits

  • Metal Affinity - Helps with forging better quality lockpicks with less skill. (typically increases quality by 1 word level)
  • Peaceful Spirit - Improved SP gain for locksmithing.
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