Advances in Lockpicking
Title: Advances in Lockpicking
Full Title: Advances in Lockpicking
Author: Unknown
Skyrim Skill Lockpicking Weight 1 Value 75 FormID 0001B01C
Oblivion Skill Security Weight 1 Value 50 FormID 00073A65

Main article: Books (Skyrim)

Main article: Books (Oblivion)

SummaryEdit

• Full Title: Advances in Lockpicking
• Author: Unknown

Effects Edit

• Permanently increases Security skill (Oblivion)
• Permanently increases Lockpicking skill (Skyrim)

Known locationsEdit

OblivionEdit

• Cheydinhal, In Mach-Na's Books.
• Fingerbowl Cave, at the top level on a slab of rock.
• Pickpocketing Mach-Na.

SkyrimEdit

• Bannermist Tower, on the second floor on a table on the other end of the room entrance. (North-West of Falkreath.)
• Chillwind Depths, on a table located in the last room of the cave.
• The Ragged Flagon - Cistern, on a barrel in the north east room.
• In the Riften Sewers behind a grate, on top of a barrel.
• On the body of a dead Redguard, west of Heartwood Mill.
• Apocrypha in Black Book: Untold Legends can be found in Chapter IV, a stand, on the first road to left. (The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn)

ContentsEdit

I am not a writer. I am a thief. I am a good thief. I am not such a good writer. Anyway, I want to write about picking locks. I read a book about designing locks once. It was good. It gave me lots of ideas.

Some guys make locks with angled keyholes. Always carry a bent lockpick. They will work good in these locks. I do, and I open lots of locks. Sometimes I carry copper lockpicks. Copper bends easy. That way I can bend it right there. Copper lockpicks break easy too. Be careful.

Sometimes the locks have weird spings. They all spring differently, which makes picking it hard. I hold my torch close to the lock. This makes it hot. When it's hot, the springs are all the same. They don't bounce so differently any more. Be careful not to burn yourself.

Some thieves can't read. If you can't read, get someone to read this book to you. It will make more sense then.

AppearancesEdit

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (First appearance)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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