Getting the ring from the Hangman is a nightmare.

[The_Squarecrow]

The quest clearly hints at using a lockpick to steal from the guy's property. I've been told everywhere that this game allows you for mutliple solutions, so, alright.

You inform the Uncle that you've found no ring on the corpse, and he tells you to steal it. So clearly, being one of the first ''open-world'' quest you're about to embark on, you tell yourself that this must have been play-tested, right?

Well, lol, doesn't look like it. If you convince the Hangman to tell you about the ring, he offers it to you at a cheaply discounted price, and your cretin of a protagonist says : LOL NO I'M NOT INTERESTED.

So, you get back to the Uncle and lower yourself to thievery. You'll be offered into (another) tutorial to lockpick. Thing is, its broken as hell and way too sensitive on the mouse, same goes with a controller. You have to use the controller's left stick and the mouse for the pick itself. But you probably wouldn't think of that, so you try as the game intends to.

Well, the lockpick breaks in the tutorial and instead of supplying you with free lockpicks until you, the player, manage to get it right, well you're out of luck. The NPC remains there, staring into nothingness until you walk away. Now, there's no option to ask him for lockpicks anymore, so you're out to steal something WITHOUT lockpicks. Great.

AND you can't talk to the hangman anymore. Come on, devs, this is one of the most early quests once you've completed the tutorial area. This is one of the first quests that players are going to stumble upon. Fix the lockpick system or allow us to talk our way through things as intended.

[alzot]

Just buy ring

[Papa Oso]

sneak in at night , knock him out and steal his keys and take the ring gg ez

[shadrays]

I just played this bit and came to the same conclusions as you, but I'm sure I'll find a way to solve it.

[[HdF] Almut Grete]

just knock out the hangman and get his key

[The_Squarecrow]

Originally posted by alzot:

Just buy ring

read what I wrote. Henry says he's not interested.

[Papa Oso]

Originally posted by HdF Almut Grete:

just knock out the hangman and get his key

do it while hes sleeping.

[Canteu]

You can use a speech check to convince him to leave his house and unlock the chest at your leisure. You can murder him and take the key which opens the chest. You can pickpocket the key off him. You can knock him out when he's sleeping and take the key. You can buy it off him.

There are multiple solutions to this quest and they all make sense.

The miller gives you like 10 lockpicks if you ask him to practice lockpicking.

[Auburok]

I told him the miller shortchanged him some flour, so he went to go fight about it. I had free reign of his house while he was gone.

[Nexus]

Before i did the tutorial at the mill i get free lockpicks and those after the tutorial, in total five i think.
Lockpicking is not easy, thats true, but thats the point with lockpicking. With the mouse i can open easy marked chests and doors easyily.
Maybe you have to adjust the mouse or practicing.

[BobbiesHelmet]

Yep same happened to me! So i ended up just busting into his house, choking him out getting his keys and opening the chest 😁🖒

[Barbosa706]

I just paid the uncle the money and told him to ♥♥♥♥ off

[AGAGAGAG]

what i did was wake him up by making all his dogs go crazy outside and bark at you. hell go outside to investigate and while he does run in and grab ring and run out. no need to fight him or anything but youll still need lockpick to get it. but theres plenty of stuff you can steal and sell to buy picks

[Nazarim]

Cool this about this game is doing things in different methods.. i snuck up on him while he was eating his stew, suffocated him out cold, took the key, opened the chest, stopped for a minute, realized this guy was a PoS, took his sword and shoved it through his heart... sadly, this began an urge to do this all the time... right now i'm running around the country side at night sneaking into houses suffocating all the residents, and laying their bodies down in a line, and ritualistical shoving that same sword through their hearts... so yeah.. i'm now a medivil serial killer, whatevz

[iorek]

I wonder how did this horrible lockpick mechanic got to the final version of this game....

[lmao no bounty for u]

Yeah, I closed my game after failing this mission like 10x.