What are the rooftop hatches in Old Town?

[eli]

I'm doing some blue print hunting and according to the website I'm following some blueprints are inside buildings. Issue is some buildings i can't enter, but these hatches seem like I can enter them but I can't lockpick them and Google is no help. Do I get a key to them later on or are they just cosmetic?

[Kunovega]

Depends entirely on which roof you are talking about.

[raventhehunter]

Some building interiors are only accessible during or after finishing a quest. A few, however, just have entrances that are out of the way.

[eli]

I should have posted a screenshot of them before hand

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826528114

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by besidju:

I should have posted a screenshot of them before hand

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826528114

Doesn't help in the slightest. There's 100 of them like that. Some you can get through, some you can't. Some you get at from above. Some you get through from below. Some are only open during specific missions or stories. Some never open at all.

Like I said, it depends entirely on which roof your are talking about, and sometimes even then it depends on when you are talking about it. Some of them are open for multiple missions, some not at all.

You'll be asking this question about every rooftop hatch and normal looking door in the game, they all function different. Some are just decorative, some can be smashed, some can be lock picked and others are story related.

Even the regular doors are going to drive you crazy eventually, many look like they can be opened but can't, or you have to find a way to their backside to unbolt them before they open in either direction

[Poppi !!]

I only know of one ( mission related ) instance in the entire game where you can enter through one. Otherwise, they're just rooftop decor.

[Lar Dass]

Its like when you see a door but cant enter it. Yeah like that

[Migel]

Yeah, this is just a static object, not openable. When you enter a certain bad guy's hideout trough the roof, you can go trough a larger hatch. That's it.
I believe there are also wooden hatches in Slums, some are open, I believe some are viral spawn points.