Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an action role-playing video game that offers a first-person open world adventure experience in a medieval European era. Throughout the journey of Henry in KCD2, you can shape his play style in three different ways: Soldier, Adviser, and Scout. The Scout play style is all about stealth and it involves unique thievery mechanics like pickpocketing, lockpicking, and stealth takedowns/kills. All of these mechanics can be of great help, especially when you are trying not to raise any suspicion. However, you must first learn these mechanics and one of the most essential mechanics is Lockpicking. In this guide, we will tell you how to do lockpicking in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
How Lockpicking Works in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Unlike other RPGs where lockpicking is simple and easy to do, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 keeps the realism and keeps it hard. There is no doubt that new players will struggle with the lockpicking in KCD2 due to the difficult mechanics behind it. The first and foremost thing that you need for lockpicking is a Lockpick which you can get from Blacksmiths and other traders.
As you interact with a locked chest or door, you will see the inside of a lock on the screen with a ball that you can move with the mouse or stick (console). By moving the ball around the lock, you will witness that it gets bigger in a certain direction and becomes gold at a certain point. When the ball gets bigger and gold, it is your focus point. You need to keep the ball at this point using the mouse or the stick and then move the lock by pressing the D (PC) or L2 (PS5).
If the ball or focus point moves from its place while you are rotating the lock, the lock will get stuck and it has a chance of breaking the lockpick. You need to adjust the focus point quickly and start rotating. Once you rotate the lock fully while keeping the focus point in its place, you will unlock the chest or door.
Moreover, there are five different types of locks: Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, and Very Hard. Very Easy and Easy locks are much easier to unlock as their focus points are easy to find and the rotation is less. Whereas, the Hard and Very Hard locks have a much harder focus point and require you to rotate the lock full 360.
Best Tips to Keep in Mind While Lockpicking in KCD2
Here are some of the tips that will help you while lockpicking in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Always find the focus point first by moving the ball.
Hold the focus point and slowly rotate the lock along with the focus point.
Simply let go of the rotation if you have completely lost the focus point.
Do not rotate fast, otherwise you will lose the focus point instantly.
In addition to these simple tips, there are certain skills and perks that can help you improve in lockpicking. Thievery is a main skill of Henry and as you partake in activities like pickpocketing, lockpicking, and takedowns, you will earn experience in thievery. Gaining enough experience will unlock some points for you which you can allocate to perks in the thievery skill.
Here are some skills that will help you in lockpicking in KCD2.
Silent Fiddler: You’re almost silent when using a lockpick, and if it happens to break, the sound will be 75% quieter.
Tool Master: Your lockpicks will be more durable and last 15% longer before breaking. If you still manage to break a lockpick, once you’ve successfully overcome the lock, a lockpick will be returned to your inventory.
Locksmith: When picking locks, your Thievery skill will count as 3 higher, so it’ll be a lot easier. Plus, you can also make use of scrap iron, so you’ll get an extra 1-3 lockpicks for each item you successfully forge.
That is all related to lockpicking in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
