[ACT 3] Academy hidden room

[ceciler8]

Hey guys,i'm having trouble with getting into the hidden room of academy which has a portal there.I have searched walkthrough and player's comments and found that it seems like everyone knows how to enter this room and they are focus on other puzzles of academy.Did I miss something?

[Cpt_Weisemann]

I couldnt enter the room from door but you can teleport one of your characters from end of the map (near robot thing after adjusting mirrors).

[Zara]

I'm pretty sure I just lockpicked that door, but it's possible I'm remembering wrong (or thinking of the wrong door)

[Fuzzbuddy]

i think you mean the back entrance i teleported there and there is a leaver. it goes to the fire fields on the main map.

[Tally]

If you mean the door in the room with the big table (and a lot of ghosts when you activate Spirit Vision, Masters of each attribute) that leads to a small room with a portal, you need to lockpick it if you don't have the key.
The key is a reward for the Driftwood Arena, found in the hatch that you can access as a champion (as told by the dwarf attending it).

[Gov Six]

Am I to understand everyone who plays this game has a high enough lockpick level on someone to open this door? I am the champion of the Driftwood Arena and I don't have any key for this door.

[Yojo0o]

There's really no point in bumping a thread from 3.5 years ago to ask this question. The game has been updated many times since this thread was relevant, including the Definitive Edition overhaul. Just make your own question post next time.

The key to this door is absolutely a reward from being the Driftwood Arena champion. The Key of the One is in the champion's vault, which you're given access to once you become champion in Driftwood.

[Nova Solarius]

Originally posted by Gov Six:

Am I to understand everyone who plays this game has a high enough lockpick level on someone to open this door? I am the champion of the Driftwood Arena and I don't have any key for this door.

You don't need a dedicated lockpicking character because you can freely respec at the Lady Vengeance. Respec a character to sufficient thievery, pick the door, respec the character back to your preferred skillset. If you do this with an undead, you don't even need a lockpick.

[Calico-Jack]

Originally posted by Gov Six:

Am I to understand everyone who plays this game has a high enough lockpick level on someone to open this door? I am the champion of the Driftwood Arena and I don't have any key for this door.

So I take it you never investigated the area above the voidwoken cage after winning in the arena. Might be worth going back if you have a save.

[Strade]

How do you enter that?

[Nova Solarius]

Originally posted by Strade:

How do you enter that?

Lockpicks. Or you can use the key you can obtain from the vault below the Driftwood arena.

[jonnin]

at the risk of promoting the necro...
lockpicking is well served by having a few points (like, 3 maybe 4) in it on someone and then when you run into an annoying door, you can equip a set of gear you have saved (usually a belt, some gloves, the armor you bought in act 2 with it, etc) which punches your 3-4 up to close to 10 (assuming you have +2 items mostly by this point) which opens most doors that can be picked. Lockpicks are annoying if you lack an undead thief, but you can make them if you picked up all the nails you find at construction areas.
Lucky charm works like that too. Just have 4 or so points on someone and then put on items before you open the 50 crates in whatever room.