WoW Rogue Lockpicking Guide
Lockpicking is one of those skills that a lot of Rogues under use, which is kind of understandable because it's another thing that seems like a time sink... However, it really IS a very beneficial talent (and by beneficial, I mean people tend to pay you to open their boxes for them). Besides that, it sucks when, as a rogue, you get a locked box off of a mob and you have to ask another Rogue to open it for you (trust me, I've done just it before). To start leveling your lockpicking using this WoW Rogue Lockpicking Guide there is a slight difference in the beginning of lockpicking leveling for Horde and Alliance, but eventually the two paths will converge. Until then I'll start out with two separate guides. Click Here for the Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide Horde Lockpicking 1-85Once you get the quest for lockpicking there are chests inside of a ship near Ratchet. It's the only ship in the water that hasn't been sunk... so you can't miss it. Inside the ship is what the quest refers to as a "place where they train their thieves" and that's exactly where you want to head. You can pick the locks on the Buccaneer's Strongbox until about 100 lockpicking skill, but you may get bored of leveling after you hit 85. If you're a Blood Elf (or just in The Ghostlands questing), you can pick the Burial Chest just east of Tranquilen Caves. Both of these boxes turn Yellow at 30, Green at 55 and Grey at 100. Alliance Lockpicking 1-85The Alliance quest sends you to the thieves training area in Atler Mill northeast of Lakeshire. Keep an eye out while picking these locks, as Redridge Mountains is a contested area and the Horde LOVE to camp this area. While here you'll be picking the Practice Lockbox. It goes Yellow at 30, Green at 55 and Grey at 100. Horde Lockpicking 85-170You will get a quest for your poisons, you may not know it as your poisons quest but the objective is to pick pocket a key, kill some things , kill a boss(elite), and open his chest. This quest takes place northwest of Sludge Fen. You get the quest at 20 but it is highly unlikely you will be able to complete this section of the guide until 24+, I'd wait until you were 26. The end guy is an elite who will beat you down every single time you try this quest, in order to keep picking the lock on his chest to skill up you will have to kill him every spawn. I've never been able to do this quest below level 24 with any of my rogues, so good luck to you! This chest can bring you up to 170 lockpicking if you're patient, but you'll probably want to leave in the 150's and go to the next area of the lockpicking leveling guide. You'll be picking Gallywix's Lockbox. Please note: You will need to click the lockpicking skill from your spellbook/bar and then click on the chest. Alliance Lockpicking 85-170The Alliance poison quest takes place in a tower that is in the northeastern part of Westfall. The actual tower is located to the east of the bridge that heads to Darkshire. You have to find a way to incapacitate or kill the elite boss to get to the Duskwood Chest. I wouldn't try it unless you're level 24 or above... and that may be hard for anyone who isn't geared up or twinked well. Please note: You will need to click the lockpicking skill from your spellbook/bar and then click on the chest.
Alliance and Horde Lockpicking 150-400After that, both Horde and Alliance can level their lockpicking at any of a number of place. Below I'll provide different boxes that link to maps and coordinates that the box type can be found at. 150-255 Battered Footlocker in Angor Fortress, The Badlands and Dented Footlockers (which can't be opened until 175) and Waterlogged Footlockers in Desolace. 225-250 Dented Footlocker in Searing Gorge. 250-300 Scarlet Footlocker in Tyr's Hand, Eastern Plaguelands. You can also pick the Blackrock Depth doors at this point. 300-400 Wicker Chest in Feralfin Village, Zangarmash. These go Green at 350, but can get you up to 400. 325-400 Dented Footlocker at the Killsorrow Camp in Southeast Nagrand. These will go Green at 375, but will get you to 400. Doors that can be lockpicked
Lockboxes
That conludes our WoW Rogue Lockpicking Guide 1-400. I hope you found it useful and managed to max out your lockpicking skills. |
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