It can be a bit inconsistent as to whether people lock their doors, but if you can catch them at the right time it's a good experience. If you want more practice on Very Easy locks, the two front doors of the houses in the small farm to the immediate northwest of Peshek's Mill are locked at night. Either down a Saviour Schnapps and keep reloading until you get a better feel for it, or just reload your last save when you run out of picks. This is so much better to practice on initially. A short walk in front of you will be a “very easy” door. Relatively early on in the game, you’ll be introduced to lockpicking through a quest called The Good Thief that’s supposed to teach you the mechanic, and duly plonks you in front of an “Easy” chest.ĭon’t bother with that for now, instead walk forward around the building and turn left. Practice - “Easy” locks are not easy, and you're not going to get any help from console commands in Kingdom Come Deliverance like in Skyrim or Fallout. This means you’re less likely to go too far and break your pick. Push the left stick all the way to the edge and rotate it in a wide arc. Push the left stick further out - It’s much harder to get the rotation you need if you keep the left stick close to its neutral position. If you can’t find the best spot, try moving the right stick vertically. Move the cursor up and down - The golden sweet spot not only moves sideways as you turn the mechanism but up and down as well.
You can always turn it back on when you’re done. When you’ve done that select “Controller” and then “Vibration settings”. On Xbox, go to “System”, then “Settings”, then “Ease of Access”.
On PS4, go to “Settings” on the console home menu, then “Devices”, then “Controllers”, then uncheck “Enable Vibration”. Turn vibration off - This way you only have to concentrate on keeping the cursor in the right place and turning the left stick smoothly. These are our best tips for cracking locks on console. Analogue sticks aren’t very precise at the best of times, let alone when you’re trying to pull of minute movements while the controller buzzes like a Nokia 3310 on vibrate. On consoles, you not only have to rotate the left stick perfectly but have a rumble to contend with as well.
PC players have it much easier since they only have to hold one key. Then you have to rotate the left stick or press the “D” key, to turn the lock mechanism while keeping the cursor over the golden spot. What you have to do is, with the right stick or mouse, move the cursor until it gets big and golden. The game recommends that you have “one or two” spare lockpicks at all times, but in truth, you’re probably going to need closer to five or six. So if you can grind your lockpicking skill up to about level three on "very easy" locks and by paying tutors, things get much, much easier. The progression in Kingdom Come Deliverance is kind of backwards, things start off hard and get easier as Henry improves his skills. Lockpicking in Kingdom Come Deliverance is super tough and takes some real getting used to.
How to lockpick in Kingdom Come: Deliverance -ĭon’t worry, you’re not alone.
Here’s our guide to lockpicking in Kingdom Come Deliverance, how to actually pick locks and where to find more lockpicks when yours inevitably break.Īs more strategies emerge, we’ll update this page with the most up-to-date knowledge. So it does make some sense that in their representation of 15th Century Bohemia, Warhorse Studios chose to make it next to impossible too (at least on console). Have you ever tried to pick a lock? It’s really, really hard.