Lockpicks are a tool that can be either found in containers or bought at the Pre-Run Shop and the Jeff Shop in The Hotel.
Usage
This tool can be used to unlock doors that require a key and the entrance to The Rooms. Players cannot use a lockpick on gates, The Library doors, or skeleton doors, and must unlock those doors using other mechanics. Players can also use a lockpick to unlock locked chests, lockers, and toolboxes. Players can use a lockpick as a replacement for fuses inside the generators.
Notes
- It is recommended to use lockpicks in situations where finding the key is difficult, such as dark rooms, rooms with multiple sub-rooms, and the combination of the two.
- This is very useful if a player is speedrunning, as it can save them time that would normally be spent searching for keys.
- Using a lockpick while in a locked dark room may reduce the chance of a Screech encounter, as less time is spent in the dark room.
- However, unless a player's goal is to speedrun the game, it is also recommended to only use lockpicks on locked chests or the Circuit Breaker Room door in The Electrical Room.
- Lockpicks can be used on The Electrical Room door as an alternative to the Electrical Room Key even without opening the gate.
- Additionally, players can flee into the Circuit Breaker Room once Figure starts chasing, as it would pass the room and continue searching around the area before the Circuit Breaker Room.
- Lockpicks could not be used on the Circuit Breaker Room door before the Hotel+ update.
- Two lockpicks (and a Skeleton Key) are required to enter The Rooms.
- Using math, one lockpick costs 25 knobs.
- Even though the pre-run shop states that it ''May break at any time", the Lockpick does not break in-game, only when used.
- Although, this could be referring to how any lock may be broken at any time with the Lockpick.
Bugs
- Before The Mines Update, there used to be a bug where if a player picked up a lockpick, it would glitch. The "glitched lockpick" could be infinitely used. This bug started happening in The Hunt Update. [1]
- When using a lockpick on a locked container, there is a chance that the animation will bug and unlock the container without using a lockpick.
- The lockpick unbugged if a player unequipped this lockpick. Using closets and beds also count as unequipping.
- This "bugged lockpick" wouldn't have any animation, unlike the normal one.
- If a player already had a lockpick in their inventory, and they got a lockpick, it wouldn't bug. A player had to have no lockpicks to be able to get a "bugged lockpick".
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Maximum of 3 lockpicks per player.
- Can open locked chests and lockers.
- Can be used to enter The Rooms by using 2 lockpicks and skeleton key.
- Can open the breaker room without using the elevator key.
- Cheap at Pre-Run Shop and Jeff Shop.
- Can be used as a substitute for fuses when used on a generator.
- Can open crypts without the use of an Iron Key.
Cons
- Doesn't excel as much once players are in the last doors of The Hotel.
- Mostly uncommon in The Hotel.
- Cannot open the Library's padlock & skull-locked doors.
- More expensive in SUPER HARD MODE!!!.
Item Skins
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"Not to be confused with Cyan!" |  499
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"Not to be confused with Blue!" | 499
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"Finally turn green!" | 499
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"Just a shade of jade!" | 499
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"Not to be confused with Purple!" | 499
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"Hey apple!" | 499
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"Pretty in pink!" | 499
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N/A | |
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"Not to be confused with Magenta!" | 499
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"Waiter, waiter! More red 40 please!" | 499
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N/A | |
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"White as snow!" | 499
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"Hello! This is yellow!" | 499
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N/A | |
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"I got 99 bobby pins and I can find 2" | 499
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N/A | |
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"Turn that auto-clicker off!"
Has fully unique animations. |
2999
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N/A | |
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"Fork Knife Lol" | "Tower Hero" Achievement | N/A | |
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"It looks like you're trying to purchase a skin. Would you like help?"
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1499
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N/A | |
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"Translucent doesn't even mean invisible.
It means semi-transparent." |
799
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N/A | |
| "For when you don't have an axe." | (From the Voxel Bundle) | N/A |
Trivia
- Before The Great Outdoors Update, Lockpicks could not spawn in The Hotel if at least a player didn't have a light source.
- Before The Hunt Update, all players had to have light sources, instead of only one.
- One lockpick would be worth 25 knobs in the Pre-Run Shop.
- Prior to The Content Update, lockpicks could not be found in The Mines.
- Lockpicks can be obtained trading with Louie certain items.
- Lockpicks have a chance of 33.33% to be dropped when using a Crucifix against Louie.
- Lockpicks have a chance of 20% to be dropped by Louie when giving them a Bandage Pack, Battery Pack, a Flashlight, a Straplight or Vitamins.
- Lockpick is the only item purchasable both in The Hotel, and The Mines Pre-Run-Shop
Related achievements
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Supporting Small Businesses
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Improvise
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History
December 20, 2024
Added to The Mines with new uses.
August 10, 2022
Introduced.
Gallery
Lockpicks in the Pre-Run Shop.
Ditto, but old.
Lockpicks in the Pre-Run Shop in The Mines.
A Lockpick within a writer's desk.
A Lockpick within a bedside dresser.
2 Lockpicks inside a vine-covered chest.
A Lockpick at Jeff Shop.
A Lockpick being used to unlock a locked chest.
A locked chest, a container only able to be opened by a Lockpick, a Multitool or a Skeleton Key.
Lockpicks being used as fuses in a Generator.
Lockpicks shown in the Admin Panel.
A Lockpick being used to a Generator.
A Lockpick being used to unlock a crypt.
A Lockpick being used to unlock the electrical door.
A Lockpick being used to unlock a locked door in The Backdoor.
