William Parks is a Game Rant editor from the USA. Upon graduating from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, William entered the realm of fine arts administration, ...

Starfield Lockpicking can be an intimidating mechanic in Starfield for those new to the game. Master locks in particular seem daunting, with some players reporting spend 30 minutes or more trying to ...

Some of the best loot in Starfield is locked away behind, well, locks — things like safes, computers, doors, and some containers can all appear locked, which means it’s on you to unlock them. And ...

What kind of third-person adventure would Star War Outlaws be if it didn't have lockpicking? This is a mechanic as old as games themselves, and the one that Massive Entertainment has come up with is ...

To become a master thief in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is to know how to lockpick. Lockpicking in Oblivion can be a challenging thing for new players, especially with this creative system involved, ...

Star Wars Outlaws is absolutely full of locks to pick and terminals to hack, so we’re here to explain how to do both. Both of these thieving skills involve mini-games that can be a bit confusing at ...

Erin Rice is a Contributor from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Advisor. She has been writing about video games for a ...

A whimsical wordsmith at Game Rant, crafting pixelated odysseys from a lifelong love for gaming and a diet of 1UP mushrooms. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at how players can pick locks ...

In Starfield, locks come in four different levels: Novice, Advanced, Expert, and Master. By default, every player can attempt to pick a Novice-level lock, as that doesn’t require any skill to be ...

Oblivion's lockpicking remains essentially in Bethesda's re-release, which means successfully completing Oblivion Remastered is a finicky and seemingly unpredictable process. At least, that's how it ...