How to do the Lockpicking trick?

[Daffa]

So I’ve just started this game and I was having trouble learning how to Lockpick. So I went on YouTube and found this video https://youtu.be/tgWDNKIassY in which the guy moves his pick slowly in order to hear a little “click”. However when I tried this, every time I moved my mouse even by just a little bit, I would hear a click. So I’m wondering if this trick has been patched or?

[Eternie]

What level are you in Lockpicking?
Did you notice that he had 100 lockpicking skill ... sure he didn't have any perks selected.

[Daffa]

Lmao thanks so much, I’m only level 9 and I haven’t invested any points in the Lockpicking tree....Maybe there’s like a console command to open stuff? There probably is, thanks!

[Uncle64]

You only need one perk in the lockpick tree.
When you starts to get the hang of lockpicking you will start to have 2-300 lockpicks in your pocket.

[Carl!!!!]

Originally posted by duck:

Lmao thanks so much, I’m only level 9 and I haven’t invested any points in the Lockpicking tree....Maybe there’s like a console command to open stuff? There probably is, thanks!

you can select the thing you wish to unlock in console, and then type unlock


Just don't use it on anything that requires a key, as you could damage a quest or something int he future.

[Docsprock]

Just practice. It is not nearly as hard as it looks.

[zin]

Doesn't work. It clicks all the time. Lockpicking is very easy either way since even at master locks will not take you more than 10 tries. Always save before a chest and you'd not waste too many lockpicks. I never invest in that skill tree either since the points are better spent elsewhere.

[Vomit Heart]

do you like the mini game ? do you mind cheating? if not use lockpick pro

[Witchmaste]

just try to get the skelet key early on. its not that hard to get when ur low lvl

[Arasteele]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

Just practice. It is not nearly as hard as it looks.

This.
I've been able to pick master locks with less than level 5 lockpicking exp. Takes lots of lockpicks and a very soft touch with the "W" key. (if you're on pc that is)
A good place to practice is in the Thieves Guild, there's a practice room way in the back that has a chest or container locked with every level of skill, each containing some decent loot if you succeed.
Also, if you find yourself exploring the prison section of a castle or ruins, try picking every locked cell door even if the cells are empty, it's good practice and will bump your skill level faster.

[crgzero]

It's not hard, even my butterfingers eventually mastered it. However after dozens of playthroughs I eventually just downloaded lockpick pro and use that so I don't have deal with it any more.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/219

[Clovis Sangrail]

I love picking locks, and I am always disappointed when I manage to snag a key and don't have to pick locks.

It's not that hard to learn, and you don't need any perks. It will level itself up just from using the skill.

But as an earlier poster noted -- Until you get skilled at opening more advanced locks, make sure to save before you start so you don't burn through all your lockpicks. (But note: If you reload, the lock resets and the sweet spot will be somewhere else on the cylinder.)

[Daffa]

Guess I shoulda saved, I was trying to open the master chest in the Lost Knife cave, the one behind the tiger cage, gotta be something worthwhile in there for a beginner like me right? I personally like Lockpicking from what I’ve experienced, but maybe that’s because I’ve only done mostly novice locks. Thanks for the help everyone!

[RaimaNd]

I subscribed to
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=109553478
after many hours like crgzero. Subscribing to a workshop mod is easier then using nexusmods in my opinion. Just subscribe and when you start the skyrim client the it loads directly.

[LordChaos]

You can either try to hear the click, do trial and error, or get "Lock Pick Pro" which shows you the lockpicks sweet spot

[Shedding my mortal skin]

Sadly the click thing doesn't seem to exist. However, you'll be glad to know that whichever way the lockpick flicks when it breaks is the way the sweet spot it. That I know is a feature.