WoW Lockpicking FAQFollow

how can u carry a lock box? and what u mean not to be traded area?

im having troubles finding the location in swamp of sorrows where i can pick. anyone got some coords or directions?

I have the skill at 1 but for me wasn't red :)

Lockpicking skill:159

The Desolace chests con orange to me at 159.

Found em at pos:40,20.

The swamp of sorrows footlockers are in the lake around the temple (also known as the sunken temple of atl... whatever)



The rogue trainers tell you to go somewhere based on your characters level, not the level of lockpicking. So if you're level 40, it'll tell you to go somewhere, but if you haven't got 195 lockpicking, you might not be able to open them.

One place I don't see mentioned is Durnholme Keep in Hillsbrad.

It is stuffed full of lockboxes in the 100-160+ range and they repop very fast. The mobs are all around 20, very well spaced and there is a vendor by the wall to sell junk to. I go back there and skill up to max when I level (which is why I don't know the max level on the boxes - some are now green, some are still orange).

For that tricky little dead zone between 160 and 180 I found that Gnomeregan doors work the best. The ones outside are evidentally on a timer and the ones inside can be reset but are guarded by about 6 or so mobs, at least two of which are elite. I don't know how long the timers on the outside doors are so if anyone does, kindly post.

Ok I'm at lockpicking 100 at the moment (Horde rogue lvl 21). I went to Durnhold keep and the lockboxes are still red to me - even though that's where my trainer sent me. I'm interested in going back and having some practice on the Polly box but I'm a bit nervous that giant parrot is going to jump me again ... or does it not spawn if you have finished the quest? Any help and hints would be appreciated :)

Thank you!

For those higher level rogues trying to raise their lock picking I would highly recommend doing a bit of killing in the Western Plague Lands. There are three fields of undead that I know of. The first two fields have undead that can be pick pocketed. There is also a town full of undead, but I preferred to ride/swim around the town and fight in the fields. I just prefer open areas where adds are less common.

The first field has undead that are about level 51 to 53. I spent a good amount of time grinding here because it was so easy. There is also a quest that involves killing in these fields for those of you who really hate killing just for mob xp. What I did was pick pocket every undead before I attacked it. I’d get from 1 to 5 silver and sometimes a potion, a rose and/or a heavy junk box.

I pinched enough junk boxes to level up my lock picking to my current level max and to keep it maxed each level. When I first started opening the boxes they were orange. They eventually turned yellow. But they didn’t turn green until I hit 300 lock picking. And perhaps it was luck, but even when the boxes were yellow I got a skill point for each and every box I opened. It proved to be a very easy way to keep my skill maxed.

Confirmed: Ratchet chest does not skill past a certain point, less than stated. Came with 150 and it's useless. On my way to Durnholme to test that theory.

Did Polly chest(s) to 125.

Durnholde has 2 sets of chests. The ones that spawn down in the pit and the ones that spawn on the top tier around the pit and on the hill.

These aren't fixed spawn points. It appears that every place a syndicate mob can spawn, CAN spawn a chest. There will be 5 or 6 up at any given time (except when I've been through there recently!) - that's 5 or 6 in the pit AND 5 or 6 above.

The ones in the pit went gray on me at 160. The ones around the top were still green to me at 180 - my max at the last time I was there.

I got 181 on a steel lockbox for a dude in Org. I'll head back to see if they go above 185..

Can someone post a simple list of locked box types along with the minium LP level required to open? I've looked and looked and can't find a comprehensive list.

I'd like one so I could easily reference it when one of the "____ Box Open Plz" goes across General Chat. That way I'm sure I can open it before I reply.

I started Lockpicking late in my career as a rouge. So i was playing catchup. heres where i went

1) started at redridge the farm outside of town inside house
2) then to menethil bay
3) desolace bought a elixir of greater water breathing north side of strand boxes all over 60 min cooldown
4) swamp of sorrows swim around the sunken temple find lockboxes in sand just keep going in circles agin elixir of underwater breathing I was able to get to 250 +

then just pickpocket furlbogs in felwood give u junkboxes i think im at 250 + now hope this helps