Lockpicking

Lockpicking is the ability to open locked doors, chests, junkboxes, and lockboxes. It can be performed in three ways:
# The rogue class has a trained ability, Pick Lock, which allows them to open locked items. This can be learned at level 20 from any rogue trainer. Lockpicking skill is 5 times the rogue's level.
# Blacksmiths can craft skeleton keys which are able to open locks of different levels. Each recipe yields multiple keys which can only be used by blacksmiths with the appropriate blacksmithing skill. The keys are consumed after successfully lockpicking an object.
# Engineers can craft Seaforium Charges which provide a similar function to skeleton keys. Only engineers with the appropriate engineering skill can use the charges. The charges are consumed after successfully lockpicking an object.
==Methods==
Source 	Method 	Unlocks
Rogue 	Pick Lock @ level 20 	100
Rogue 	Pick Lock @ level 40 	200
Rogue 	Pick Lock @ level 60 	300
Rogue 	Pick Lock @ level 80 	400
Rogue 	Pick Lock @ level 85 	425
Rogue 	Pick Lock @ level 90 	450
Blacksmithing	Silver Skeleton Key 	25
Blacksmithing	Golden Skeleton Key 	125
Blacksmithing	Truesilver Skeleton Key 	200
Blacksmithing	Arcanite Skeleton Key 	300
Blacksmithing	Cobalt Skeleton Key 	375
Blacksmithing	Titanium Skeleton Key 	400
Blacksmithing	Obsidium Skeleton Key 	525
Engineering 	Small Seaforium Charge 	150
Engineering 	Large Seaforium Charge 	250
Engineering 	Powerful Seaforium Charge 	300
Engineering 	Elemental Seaforium Charge 	350
Engineering 	Volatile Seaforium Blastpack	400
Engineering 	Locksmith's Powderkeg 	450
Jewelcrafting	Jeweled Lockpick 	550
In the early closed beta, mages had a spell called Khadgar's Unlocking which could unlock lockboxes and doors by consuming a reagent, but this spell was removed in Patch 0.9.
==Pickable locks==
===Inventory chests===
Miscellanous
Item 	Skill	Source
Practice Lock 	1 	Crafted with Engineering (100)
Small Locked Chest 	1 	Fished from Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, and Ashenvale
Sturdy Locked Chest 	70 	Fished from Stranglethorn Vale, Dustwallow Marsh, and Swamp of Sorrows
Ironbound Locked Chest 	175 	Fished from The Hinterlands, Azshara, Tanaris, and Feralas
Reinforced Locked Chest 	250 	Fished from Azshara
Thaurissan Family Jewels	275 	Looted from Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths
===Fixed chests===
Chests
Item 	Skill	Location
Large Iron Bound Chest 	25 	Blackfathom Deeps, Gnomeregan, Razorfen Downs, Razorfen Kraul, Scarlet Monastery, Shadowfang Keep, and The Stockade
Large Mithril Bound Chest	175 	Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul, Stratholme, and Uldaman
Large Mithril Bound Chest	250 	Western Plaguelands, Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul, and Stratholme
Bound Fel Iron Chest 	300 	Hellfire Ramparts, Mana-Tombs, The Blood Furnace, The Slave Pens, and The Underbog
Bound Adamantite Chest 	325 	Auchenai Crypts, Hellfire Ramparts, Mana-Tombs, Sethekk Halls, Shadow Labyrinth, The Blood Furnace, The Botanica, The Mechanar, The Shattered Halls, The Slave Pens, The Steamvault and The Underbog.
Bound Adamantite Chest 	350 	Hellfire Ramparts, The Blood Furnace, The Botanica, The Mechanar, The Shattered Halls, The Slave Pens, The Steamvault and The Underbog.
Footlockers
Item 	Skill	Location
Alliance Strongbox 	1 	The Barrens
Buccaneer's Strongbox 	1 	The Barrens
Venture Co. Strongbox 	1 	The Barrens
Practice Lockbox 	1 	Redridge Mountains
Ambermill Strongbox 	1 	Silverpine Forest (for Tools of the Trade (Classic))
Burial Chest 	1 	Ghostlands (for Greed (quest))
Primitive Chest 	20 	Ghostlands (for The Sad Truth)
The Jewel of the Southsea	25 	The Barrens (for Plundering the Plunderers)
Lucius's Lockbox 	25 	Redridge Mountains (for Alther's Mill (quest))
Alliance Strongbox 	70 	Alterac Mountains
Battered Footlocker 	70 	Stonetalon Mountains, Hillsbrad Foothills, Wetlands, and Badlands
Duskwood Chest 	70 	Westfall (for Klaven's Tower (quest))
Gallywix's Lockbox 	70 	Westfall (for Mission: Possible But Not Probable)
Waterlogged Footlocker 	70 	Ashenvale and Redridge Mountains
Benedict's Chest 	100 	Durotar (for The Admiral's Orders)
Battered Footlocker 	110 	Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains
Battered Footlocker 	150 	Badlands
Waterlogged Footlocker 	150 	Desolace
Cozzle's Footlocker 	160 	Stranglethorn Vale (for Goblin Sponsorship)
Dented Footlocker 	175 	Badlands, Nagrand, and Tanaris
Dented Footlocker 	175 	Badlands, Nagrand, and Tanaris
Mossy Footlocker 	175 	Swamp of Sorrows, Desolace, and Sunken Temple
Dented Footlocker 	200 	Searing Gorge
Dented Footlocker 	225 	Tanaris
Mossy Footlocker 	225 	Azshara
Scarlet Footlocker 	250 	Eastern Plaguelands
Wicker Chest 	300 	Zangarmarsh
Dented Footlocker 	325 	Nagrand
Scarlet Onslaught Trunk 	385 	Icecrown (for Intelligence Gathering)
===Doors===
Doors
Door 	Skill	Location 	Note
Ironclad Cove Gate 	1 	The Deadmines 	Can also be opened with Defias Gunpowder
Gnomeregan Workshop Door 	150 	Gnomeregan 	Can also be opened with Workshop Key
Scarlet Monastery Armory Door 	175 	Scarlet Monastery 	Can also be opened with The Scarlet Key
Scarlet Monastery Cathedral Door	175 	Scarlet Monastery 	Can also be opened with The Scarlet Key
Searing Gorge Gate 	225 	Loch Modan/Searing Gorge	Can also be opened with Key to Searing Gorge
East Garrison Door 	280 	Blackrock Depths 	Can also be opened with Shadowforge Key
Prison Cells 	280 	Blackrock Depths 	Can also be opened with Prison Cell Key
Shadowforge Gate 	250 	Blackrock Depths 	Can also be opened with Shadowforge Key
Shadowforge Lock 	250 	Blackrock Depths 	Can also be opened with Shadowforge Key
Scholomance Door 	280 	Scholomance 	Can also be opened with Skeleton Key
Scarlet Bastion Door 	300 	Stratholme 	Can also be opened with The Scarlet Key
Stratholme Gate 	300 	Stratholme 	Can also be opened with Key to the City
Crescent Door 	300 	Dire Maul 	Can also be opened with Crescent Key
Shattered Halls Door 	350 	Shattered Halls 	Can also be opened with Shattered Halls Key
Shadow Labyrinth Gate 	350 	Shadow Labyrinth 	Can also be opened with Shadow Labyrinth Key
Arcatraz Door 	350 	The Arcatraz 	Can also be opened with Key to the Arcatraz
Karazhan Gatehouse Portcullis 	350 	Karazhan 	Can also be opened with The Master's Key
Karazhan Side Entrance 	350 	Karazhan 	Can also be opened with The Master's Key
Violet Hold Door 	365 	Dalaran 	Can also be opened with The Violet Hold Key
==Training==
Rogue trainers offered additional gossip:
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:The Scarlet Crusade of Tyr's Hand in the Eastern Plaguelands have many lockboxes that will challenge your skill.
==Etiquette==
If you can't unlock an item yourself, you will need to rely upon the lockpicking services of a rogue, blacksmith, or engineer to do it for you. When approaching a lockpicker, keep the following in mind:
* You should only open a trade window with a lockpicker if they are publicly advertising their lockpicking services or you have already asked them in a whisper. It is not acceptable to simply open a trade with someone in the hope they will open your item, as they may be busy with auctions or mail, and your trade request could disrupt them.
* Even if a lockpicker offers their services for "free," they may still expect a tip. There are no set guidelines for what constitutes an acceptable tip. Tips may vary depending on the type of lockbox, the number of boxes needing to be unlocked, the value of the items found inside the lockbox, cost of materials (for blacksmiths and engineers), the wealth of the tipper, or other factors. Most lockpickers would probably consider a tip between and per box acceptable—but again, it varies.
* If you have only one or two lockboxes, put them in the "Will not be traded" slot of the trade window. Otherwise, you can trade your boxes to the lockpicker in bulk and they can unlock them from their inventory, then trade them back to you.
* Try asking friends and guildmates before asking strangers. You are more likely to get it opened and more likely to get it done for free. You can mail the boxes to them, and they can send them back unlocked (if you do, list the boxes in the message, so they have a note to respond to, and as a reminder of who sent what).
==Patch changes==
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