How to Get and Use a Lockpick in Palworld

Palworld is in early access development, meaning that players can expect future additions to the game as the devs continue to remedy bugs and continue progress toward a final product. With the core updates that Palworld has received so far, new features and mechanics have been included, with the addition of new pals, a new island, new weapons, and more.

V0.3.1 is not different in this case, offering players plenty of new goodies to work towards, mechanics to play around with, and Pals to discover and catch, among other things. Among the various new mechanics introduced in this update, Lockpicking and Lockpicks seem to be some of the most valuable items, so knowing how to acquire them, as well as what they do and how you can use them, will come in handy.

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How to Get Lockpicks in Palworld & What They Unlock

In Palworld, Lockpicks are a highly valuable item introduced in the v0.3.1 update. Lockpicks serve the same purpose as a key in that they enable you to open the various chests you come across while exploring the islands, but they are much more efficient, as they can be crafted rather than restricted to being sourced through dungeons.

Upon using a key on a chest, players must complete a Lockpicking mini game, which involves solving a keyhole 3D-puzzle on screen with your lockpick. After doing so successfully, the chest will pop open, and you will be able to grab your rewards with no problems. While this is a bit more tedious than keys, it saves the repetition of grinding for them before heading out to find chests.

Lockpicks are considered key items, meaning you will only need to craft them just once to gain permanent unlocks to any chest you encounter.

There are three different Lockpick variants in Palworld that players can obtain, each one being capable of unlocking a different chest rarity. To help players prioritize the resources that they will need to make the investment of crafting Lockpicks, everything you'll need to know about these items have been highlighted on the table below.

Item Name	Level Unlocked	Crafting Recipe	Equal To
Lockpicking Tool v1	16	Ingot x10 Paldium Fragment x10 Nailx 5	Copper Key
Lockpicking Tool v2	28	Ingot x20 Paldium Fragment x20 Nail x10	Silver Key
Lockpicking Tool v3	51	Pal Metal Ingot x30 Paldium Fragment x30 Nail x20	Gold Key