Digipick Basics?

[The Golden Knight]

Even at novice level locks, how am I supposed to solve the ring puzzle when it gives me 1 hole in the ring but 3 slots that need to be inserted? I admit my character isn't built for lockpicking, but still, I can try rotating around every single way on the very first layer and see that the game just does not have any way to move forward in it.

I looked up the basics online, and I don't think any of them answer the simple question of "3 prongs, but 2 holes, on the first lock layer; how do you solve THAT".

[UntrustedLife]

You can click the other "picks/rings" on the right to choose a different pattern to try on your current part of the lock. You don't have to use the one it auto selects in fact most of the time you shouldnt.

[Kennedy]

Pick one that fits and click it to lock it in. Repeat until all holes are filled. :)

[Cutlass Jack]

switch which pick you're using. You get a bunch of pick choices per lock. click on a pick with the best number of prongs for the ring you're on. You don't have to use the picks in order.

Once you get to the second rank of security, a pick will show as blue when its selected and can work for the ring you're on.

[EB64]

All you do is find pieces that match the slots.
Sometimes pieces can "fit", but not actually be for the current ring.
It's a simple matching system.
If you put one in and have no more matches, then you used the wrong one. You can undo a wrong move at the expense of a digipick.
A trick I've heard of and used is to look at the inner ring and match up the pieces for it so you know what you'll have to work with for the outer ones.

[ToxicDutch]

It sucks when you skip through the tutorial.

[BEEP!]

If you find one that's super hard just back out it should reset to a new puzzle some of those are rather hard but I've yet to find one that didn't have a solution in 70hrs of gameplay..

[GrandTickler]

clicking the solution rings or using Q to cycle trough them is key, so u can pre arange everything. you also get more skilled at it overtime. im cracking masterlocks under 30seconds now

[Halcyform]

You don't.

You start out with a number of ring layer configurations off to the right hand side that you can cycle through to use for picking the lock, but some configurations will work on more than one layer in the lockpick puzzle. If you use up the wrong ones, you can end up not having any left that can be used to pick further layers and thus not being able to open the lock.

Save before picking a lock is the easiest way to not wasting digipicks.

Security level 2 makes it so that you can see if your digipick options can be used on multiple layers or not. The idea here is to cycle through them and find the ones that can only be used on one specific layer and this greatly reduces the chances of you running into the problem you are currently faced with.

[Zengrath]

For me. Novice is easy since you only have 4 options and they all fit into puzzle, you have no extra's or anything. just line up the 4 patterns so they fit in all your holes before you even insert any. You can line up all for of your patterns first.

At higher difficulties especially master don't bother trying to pre-line up all your patterns first, you'll go crazy. Instead I am able to complete 95% of them without an undo or start over simply by choosing the patterns first with the most amount of pins that are unique from others until I find one that fits in my current layer along side with another pattern that fits with it. by focusing on getting the most complex ones inserted first and leaving those 1 pin ones and all only for if you get stuck or have no choice, you'll complete 95% of them doing it this way. to avoid using tons of digipicks in that rare case i do get stuck in the final layer I just back out and start again, with new patterns, it only costs 1 digipick this way instead of spending a ton doing many undos.

Also don't forget to keep buying digipicks in misc section of venders whenever you can. I can never have too many.

[peon]

Originally posted by ToxicDutch:

It sucks when you skip through the tutorial.

Lmao is it even in the tutorial? Ive done the start 3 times now, I still dont remember seeing it. Admittedly it proably popped up and I just clicked to fast before I could read it.

I almost lost it though, hitting a/d, left/right, scrolling mouse wheel. And then I figure out you could click. Like jesus christ.

They did not do a very good job of meshing all these different systems together.

[Affronter]

Originally posted by ToxicDutch:

It sucks when you skip through the tutorial.

Starfield actually lacks decent tutorials in the opening sequence.

[BR B-263-54]

This is an attention span & IQ issue.

[Zerhackermann]

to keep yourself sane got three deep in the security skill. that gets you the ability to go for the harder locks (worth it at vladimirs villa) and you can see the with of the first few layers a ring will fit (colored blue) even at novice and with only one level in security the strategy is the same:

Save before attempting so you can save scum if it goes awry

choose the pick that only fits the ring you are working on. or has the highest number of pins to notches.

if you get picks with single pins save those for last because they are "universal"

With two levels in security the harder locks might take me 4-5 save scum tries. at three levels I can get it most of the time on the first try.

(oh thats expert and advanced locks. Im not up to Master yet. I think. I need to go try that suit case in the Lodge))

[Dollop of Mayo]

Originally posted by ToxicDutch:

It sucks when you skip through the tutorial.

Have you played the game? There is no tutorial. At least not one that does any sort of good job at explaining it.

Personally I'll just go ahead and install a mod to skip over lockpicking.

[ColdRain]

This skill does require you to use your brain.