WoW Rogue Lockpicking Guide

Lockpicking is an exclusive skill of Rogues. Unfortunately many Rogues underutilize this skill and even more unfortunately many Rogues underutilize all of their skills and are simply button mashers giving Rogues a NOOB reputation. If this sounds like you or if you want to be the BEST Rogue possible CHECK THIS GUIDE OUT and you'll be pro in no time.

Lockpicking is a very beneficial ability to have. During your time in the game there are going to be locked chests in instances, locked boxes dropping off mobs, or locked doors that could provide you with access to uber loot to sell on the auction house.

Read the lockpicking guide below and get yourself well on the way to lockpicking of 350, but first check out our table of items that can help you increase your skill along the way.

Note: YOU CAN ONLY GET YOUR LOCKPICKING SKILL TO 5X YOUR LEVEL

The Guide - Horde and Alliance

To start out with there is a slight difference in the beginning of lockpicking for Horde and Alliance but eventually it will come on the same path so I will start them out separately.

Horde Lockpicking 1-85

Once you get the quest for lockpicking there are chests inside of a ship near Ratchet. It's the only ship in the water that's not sunken 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 those chests until about 100 skill, but you may get bored after you hit 85.

Horde Lockpicking 85-170

You 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. You will do this northwest of Sludge Fen. You get the quest at 20 but it is highly unlikely you will be able to complete it till 24+, I'd wait until you were 26ish. 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 175 if your patient, I usually leave in the 150's though.

Alliance Lockpicking 1-85

Alliance also get similiar quests as compared to the Horde. The thieves training area this time is by Atler Mill northeast of Lakeshire. You can stay at these chests until about skill 100 but you can leave at 85 if you want. Keep a watch out for horde while you're in Redridge, they seem to camp the area.

Alliance Lockpicking 85-170

The Alliance poison quest happens in a tower that is northeaster part of Westfall. The actual tower is located to the east of bridge that heads to darkshire. The quest is very similiar to the Horde, there is a chest in the top that you can pick to about 175, but you first have to find a way to incapacitate or kill the elite boss to make it worth while. I wouldn't try it unless you're 24 plus and that may be hard for anyone who isn't geared up or twinked well.

Both Lockpicking 150-225

If you don't like the water, you can head to Anger Fortress in the Badlands. There are two types of Footlockers inside the fortress, Battered Footlockers and Dented Footlockers. The Battered Footlocks are located upstairs and you will be able to open them immediately at 150, however, the Dented Footlockers will require a skill of 175 to open.

If you're level 30-40 you can go to Desolace, bring 2-3 hours worth of water breathing potions, and pick your way into the mid 200s. There are waterlogged lockboxes around 37,21 (off the northwest shore). There are level 33 mobs you'll have to deal with while doing this. There are also Mossy Footlockers in the deeper areas that can get you to 225.

At 175 you can also go to Scarlet Monastery and pick all of the doors. The ones outside the instance are on a timer so you can only do those a few times every so often, but hit up all the doors on the way in, go into an instance, unlock more doors, open chests, and pickpocket more junkboxes.

Both Lockpicking 225-250

Head to Searing Gorge and jump down into the Slag Pit. Here you will find a bunch of Dented Footlockers that you can open for skills. While you are searching for these, don't forget to pick pocket the mobs in the area to get Junkboxes.

Both Lockpicking 250-300

Tyr's Hand in Eastern Plaguelands is loaded with Scarlet Footlockers. This is probably the easiest place to level from 250-300 because you can also pickpocket the mobs while you are doing this for junk boxes.

As an alternative, there are doors in Blackrock Depths that you can pick.

Both Lockpicking 300-350

From 300-350 all you need to do is go to Feralfen Village in Zangarmarsh and open the Wicker Chests spread across the ground while pickpocketing the NPCs in the area.

At 325 you can open the Dented Footlockers at the Killsorrow camp in South East Nagrand. This is a good idea if the Wicker Chest area is crowded or turns green on you.

Doors

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)

The Deadmines - 1
Gnomeregan - 150
Scarlet Monastery - 175
Searing Gorge Gate - 225
Blackrock Depths - 250
Scholomance - 280
Sratholme - 300
Dire Maul - 300
The Shattered Halls - 350
Shadow Labyrinth - 350
The Arcatraz - 350
Karazhan - 350