Elder Scrolls Online continues to be an exceptional MMORPG with an active player base of over three million. Seeing how Skyrim remains popular, it should not be surprising that its MMORPG counterpart enjoys the same level of success. However, despite Elder Scrolls Online being popular, there are many game mechanics players are unfamiliar with.
Surprisingly, there are a ton of players that do not know how to pick a lock in Elder Scrolls Online. Fortunately, the feature remains more or less the same as Skyrim. Keeping this in mind, this guide will cover everything there is to know about picking locks in Elder Scrolls Online along with other helpful tidbits.
How To Pick A Lock In Elder Scrolls Online
While exploring the massive world of Elder Scrolls Online, players will come across doors and chests begging to be unlocked. Players can easily unlock doors and chests by picking locks to explore inaccessible areas or get loot. To pick locks, there are a couple of things to keep in mind, such as:
- Like Skyrim, players must have lock-picks to unlock doors and chests.
- Lock-picks can be purchased from vendors or found in different areas of the game.
- Players should keep a healthy supply of lock-picks to be on the safe side.
- Players must remember that, like previous Elder Scrolls titles, different doors and chests will have varying unlocking levels; some are easier to pick than others, and vice versa.
- The only way to pick locks quickly is with practice.
- Locks that are difficult to pick will offer better loot.
With that out of the way, let’s take a look at how players can pick locks in Elder Scrolls Online:
- After coming across a door or chest, the player will be notified it is locked along with its level.
- The player can choose to force or pick the lock.
- Upon choosing to pick the lock, the player will get a visual representation of the lock's inner workings, highlighting five cylinders attached to springs with the lock-pick moving on top of them.
- The player must press down the cylinder using the lock-pick to move to the next cylinder, but failing to do so will cause the lock-pick to break.
- The player must continue moving from one cylinder to the next until none remain, causing the door or chest to unlock.
Players should pay close attention to the timer because they will lose all progress if it expires. Additionally, players should be careful not to break the lock-pick, which will also cause the player to lose all progress.
Elder Scrolls Online is available on PC, macOS, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.