Locky Bastard

The lockpicking minigame haunt your scavenging dreams ?

You're role-playing as a not-so-subtle character ?

You think picking a lock is stupid when you can just blow up the damn thing ?

Well, my friend, you've come to the right place ! Become a Locky Bastard today !

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Translations

The success chance is tied to your weapon's type and your relevant perk using it, your locksmithing skill, and the level of the lock you're shooting at.

Overall, this have a low/moderate chance of success, but can easily be repeated multiple times. The risk to break the lock each time you fail to open it, and the precious ammo lost in the process, is the downside of shooting instead of lockpicking.

To shoot a lock, simply look at it, keep a small distance, aim your gun, and use the prompt. A few weapons such as the cryolator or the fatman cannot be used to open the lock. Also, safes cannot be shot open.

With locksmith level 3, you can repair broken locks, but it will always turn them into master lock, harder to open.

Locky Boom

The success chance depend on your rank in demolition expert, and the level of the lock you're trying to blow up.

Every lock can be detonated, even broken ones. This have a rather high chance of success, but will cost you an explosive and some precious adhesives, and you could end up just finding a stupid billard ball once you finally open it. Really worth it ? Your call.

To detonate a lock, crouch in front of it and get close, you'll have a prompt to detonate it. If you don't have a suitable explosive equipped in the grenade/mine slot, or lack adhesive, a message box will warn you.

Oh, and obviously, it's going to explode. Don't stay here ! Plus, it's going to alert nearby ennemies.

Success chance is tied to your strength, though it have a very low impact if you're not wearing power armor.

Only doors can be opened by kicking them. You can try as much as