Pickpocket

[monkey_shoulder]

I am learning to play this game on the PC and have got stuck at the Pickpocket stage. There is a basketweaver who has a letter I must pickpocket, but I have tried 20 or more times now and every time he calls me out and the guards kill me. This is really p'ss'ng me off. Every time I die I have to restart from the last place I was and walk all the way back and do the stupid cut scene again and then set up the pickpocket by pressing F, then wait for him to move and walk after him, then when the "pickpocket" is available on the action key for the armed hand press LEFT SHIFT. Then he accuses me of being a thief and calls the guards. What am I doing wrong? Is it going to be this hard to pickpocket throughout the game?

[G-man]

yeah, it's not so easy here. you have to stay a little distance away and choose the time right

[monkey_shoulder]

I have tried over and over again and I can't get it. I have read other forums, FAQs, etc and they say be in low profile. Now button 1 (Right Mouse) is High profile right? but "low profile" just means not pressing button 1, is that right? or do I have to press something else?

[Placalid]

try to pickpocket while he's walking and isn't looking at his back. The pickpocket will not happen right away so you'll have to hold the button for like 5sec or so, it works for me :)

[keegan_stuff]

Hey, Yeah its all about timing with that one. For me I hold the button down while still behind the target. Then its about going up to him while he's still walking and not looking back. I found that if he stops its best to just turn around and walk back a bit, then once he's walking again go up to him. (I just kept the button held down through the whole thing so I just had to focus on the sneaking up part)

[Giggles]

It's frustrating, but you have to hold down the shift button. Not just press it, but hold it.

Once you hold it down, then you walk towards the guy you are trying to steal from. You have to actually touch the guy and be in contact with him for at least like ~2 seconds. Then stealing is complete.

The mechanics is annoying, but this is how i've done it.

[General Spanky]

I HAD THE SAME ISSUE! I had to redo this mission so many times. I noticed the buttons arent mapped right. What confused me was when I had gotten close it had told me to RIGHT CLICK and hold down to enable the Pickpocket icon.

WRONG! Do not right click at all. Just get close then simple press SHIFT. Well Hold it down.

[Robensnest57]

I have much the same problem actually only it seems some of the guards actually have eyes in the back of their heads because even when they have their heads turned the other way they see you or sense you or whatever. I have most of the Assassins Creed games to but I thought I would play first one first. I just hope they arent all like this

[mbutton15]

Even now, having completed this game 3 or 4 times, I still find the pickpocket investigations the least enjoyable part of the game !! You only get a short amount of time to walk up before your target stops and turns round. As mentioned above, at this point turn and walk away.

When near enough and you stretch out your hand Altiar starts walking in a zig-zag line which is annoying as you need to make Altiar's hand contact the little pouch on the target. Someone above mentioned maintaining contact for 2 seconds but I think getting Altiar's hand on the pouch is what triggers a successful pickpocket.

[mbutton15]

Originally posted by Robert.Ens:

I have much the same problem actually only it seems some of the guards actually have eyes in the back of their heads because even when they have their heads turned the other way they see you or sense you or whatever. I have most of the Assassins Creed games to but I thought I would play first one first. I just hope they arent all like this

I think this is the only game with pickpocket missions, but all the AC games that I own (AC1 AC2, Brotherhood & Revelations) have the detection system. However, I don't think any are as brutal as during the pickpocket investigations.

[PyroANTIC]

You have to pick pocket the target while they move. When they stop, they are aware of their sorrounding and will see you if you try to pick pocket them. I agree it's not very clear, but doing that should help you.