Can i learn to pick locks as a warrior?

[Hermit Lifter]

My first character is a warrior but i hate that i cant open chests and miss loot. I have Leliana but rn im on the Broken Circle quest and i set her aside. How can i learn?

[mikk011]

No. In an unmodded game, only Rogues can pick locks. See https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Chest?so=search I always keep a Rogue in my party precisely to deal with chests.

Your only alternative to keeping a Rogue around is with mods. Lock Bash https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/301 is popular (among others).

[New Moon On Monday]

After you finish clearing out the tower, you can bring Leliana back in the party to go back through the tower to open up chests. In fact, you are probably better leaving chests for later. Since you can't leave the tower to sell stuff until the quest is completed, it's easy to run out of inventory space while working on the quest.

[Hermit Lifter]

Originally posted by New Moon On Monday:

After you finish clearing out the tower, you can bring Leliana back in the party to go back through the tower to open up chests. In fact, you are probably better leaving chests for later. Since you can't leave the tower to sell stuff until the quest is completed, it's easy to run out of inventory space while working on the quest.

I'm already struggling with space, had to delete some and give unecessary stuff to my followers, Can i comeback later to go and sell and comeback to loot the tower?

[Hermit Lifter]

Originally posted by mikk011:

No. In an unmodded game, only Rogues can pick locks. See https://dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Chest?so=search I always keep a Rogue in my party precisely to deal with chests.

Your only alternative to keeping a Rogue around is with mods. Lock Bash https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/301 is popular (among others).

Can i install it mid playtrough?

[that guy]

After you get past Ostagar, You can return to most areas to pick up loot or unlock chests later.

Exceptions:
Random encounters
Lothering after completing a main quest
Ostagar (DLC) after completing Return to Ostagar DLC
Warden's Keep (inside) after completing Warden's Keep DLC
Fade (but there's no loot anyway)
Anvil of the Void (entrance gets blocked off)
Alleys/Estates in Denerim*

The alley locations disappear from the map once you've completed certain quests involving them. I think it might be possible to mess up and leave Blood of Warning (Mage Collective) and Notices of Death (Blackstone Irregulars) incomplete due to the alleys disappearing.

You cannot access the Arl of Denerim's estate again after completing Rescue the Queen. You cannot access the other estate after completing Crime Wave.

[Hermit Lifter]

Finally finished the fade, only thing worth was the free stats and had to cowardly turn to easy mode