WoW Lockpicking Guide

Lockpicking is a rogue class skill. The trained ability, allows rogues to use Lockpicking to open locked doors, chests, and lockboxes. Lockpicking operates like a profession; the rogue begins with a minimal initial lockpicking skill, and must raise lockpicking skill through practice by picking locks. This guide provides directions on where a rogue can practice the Lockpicking skill in order to improve it. For a far more complete guide, fully updated for Wrath and covering hot builds and gear, lots of gold, fast leveling, lethal PvP, and tons of secret Rogue tricks (that go WAY beyond lockpicking) click here.

Stuff from Pick Pocketing

All lockpicking levels listed below are when the item first becomes “orange”, you may pick the locks on them until it is no longer beneficial to do so (turns grey, better options, etc)

Battered Junkbox – 25
Worn Junkbox – 100
Sturdy Junkbox -175
Heavy Junkbox – 250
Stuff from random drops
Ornate Bronze Lockbox – 60
Heavy Bronze Lockbox – 75
Iron Lockbox – 85
Heavy Iron Lockbox – 125
Steel Lockbox – 180
Reinforced Steel Lockbox – 225
Mithril Lockbox – 225
Thorium Lockbox – 225
Eternium Lockbox – 225
Doors
Gnomeregan – 150
Scarlet Monastery – 175
Searing Gorge Gate – 225
Blackrock Depths – 280
Scholomance – 280

Footlockers

The lockpicking skill levels for these start pretty close to the lowest typical mob found in the zone x5. For instance a level 20 zone would have footlockers that you could pick at 5×20=100 lockpicking skill. I don’t have accurate listings of when these become orange so if you have additional information please feel free to submit!

Hillsbrad Foothills – Durnholde Keep – 75
Redridge Mountains – Lake Everstill – 75
Ashenvale Forest – Zoram Strand – 75
Stonetalon Mountains – Windshear Crag and Associated Mines – 75
Wetlands – Murloc Camps – 100
Desolace – Sar’theris Strand – 175
Badlands – Angor Fortress 175
Swamp of Sorrows – Pool of Tears – 200
Searing Gorge – 200
Tanaris Desert – Lost Rigger Cove – 225
Azshara – Bay of Storms – 275
Eastern Plaguelands – Tyr’s Hand – 275

Alliance Lockpicking Quest

Talk to the NPC named Lucius in Redridge’s Warf. He will be giving the quest.
The quest will require you to go to Alther’s Mill. Once there, you’ll see several chests. The small dark treasure chests are for practice and the brown wooden chest is the quest chest.
Keep practicing on the dark chests until your lockpicking skill reaches 80. To easily reach 80, stand in a spot where you can target multiple chests at once.
Once you’ve reached the target level, open the wooden chest and take whatever is in it.
Go back to Lucius to receive your certificate to finish the quest.

Horde Lockpicking Quest

Look for Wrentex in the Ratchett found in the Barrens, he can be found near the flight master. He will be giving you the quest “Plundering for Plunderers”.
Take the Thieves Tools and E.C.A.C from the Gizmotronic Apparatus
Equip a cracker in an available slot in your action bar before proceeding.
You now have to proceed in the ship located south of Ratchett.
Enter the room with many boxes and, like in the Alliance lockpicking quest, practice on the dark chests until you reach skill level 80 or higher.
The quest chest is found in the ship’s lowest level.
Once you’ve opened the chest, a level 50 parrot will appear. To nerf the bird to level 18, you will need to use stealth and right click the cracker you’ve equipped before attacking.
Once you’re done return to Wrentex to submit the quest.

You can’t increase your Lockpicking skill without increasing your characters level. Each time you gain a level on your character you earn the ability to increase your Lockpicking skill 5 more points.

Train Apprentice Blacksmithing (1-75):

You can learn Apprentice Blacksmithing in every major city and in some minor villages like Goldshire and Karanos. You will also be able to train new blacksmithing plans and learn new ranks of blacksmithing at these trainers.

1-30 Rough Sharpening Stone
30-65 Rough Grinding Stone
65-75 Copper Chain Belt

Train Journeyman Blacksmithing (75-150):

75-85 Course Grinding Stone
85-100 Runed Copper Belt
100-105 Silver Rod
105-125 Rough Bronze Leggings

Train Expert Blacksmithing (150-225):

125-150 Heavy Grinding Stone
150-155 Golden Rod
155-165 Green Iron Leggings
165-185 Green Iron Bracers
185-200 Golden Scale Bracers
200-210 Solid Grinding Stone
210-215 Golden Scale Bracers

Train Artisan Blacksmithing (225-300):

215-235 Steel Plate Helm
235-250 Mithril Coif
250-260 Dense Sharpening Stone
260-275 Armorsmiths: Earthforged Leggings
260-275 Weaponsmiths: Light Earthforged Blade or Light Emberforged Hammer or Light Skyforged Axe
275-295 Imperial Plate Bracers
295-300 Imperial Plate Boots

Train Master Blacksmithing (300-375):

300-305 Fel Weightstone
305-320 Fel Iron Plate Belt
320-325 Fel Iron Plate Boots
325-330 Lesser Rune of Warding
330-335 Fel Iron Breastplate
335-340 Adamantite Cleaver
340-345 Lesser Ward of Shielding
345-350 Adamantite Rapier

It’s time to go to Northrend now to continue your Blacksmithing.

Alliance Blacksmith trainers can be found in Valgarde in the Howling Fjord, at Valliance Keep in the Borean Tundra and in Frosthold, in Stormpeak.

The Blacksmith trainers for the Horde in Northrend can be found at Vengeance Landing in the Howling Fjord, and at Venomspite and Agmar’s Hammer in Dragonblight.

Of course, both Horde and Alliance can find a Blacksmith trainer in Dalaran as well.

Train Master Blacksmithing (375-450):

350-360 Cobalt Belt
360-370 Cobalt Bracers
370-375 Cobalt Helm
375-415 Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece
The Plan: Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece can be found in the Sholazar Basin. It drops from Goblin Excavators north of The Suntouched Pillar.
375-415 Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece
415-420 Deadly Saronite Dirk
420-430 Daunting Handguards
430-435 Savage Saronite Hauberk
435-450 Daunting Legplates

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