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Lockpicking & Remove Trap System
The Lockpicking & Remove Trap System expands treasure hunting with a more interactive lockpicking system, specialized lockpicks, dangerous chest traps, and a meaningful use for the Remove Trap skill.
Higher-level chests require more pins to be picked and may contain powerful traps capable of seriously injuring or killing an unprepared adventurer.
Lockpicking
Lockpicking eligible treasure chests now opens a dedicated Lockpicking Gump. Instead of resolving the lock with a single skill check, the lock must be opened one pin at a time.
| Chest Tier | Pins Required |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 5 |
| Tier 2 | 6 |
| Tier 3 | 7 |
| Tier 4 | 8 |
Each pin displays your current Success Chance and the type of lockpick being used.
A failed pin attempt may also break your lockpick. Higher-quality lockpicks have different bonuses and may be considerably harder to break.
Special Lockpicks
Several new lockpick materials can be crafted through Tinkering. The selected crafting material determines the lockpick's material, hue and bonuses.
| Lockpick | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Iron | Standard lockpick |
| Copper | Improves effective Lockpicking skill |
| Bronze | Chance to avoid a lockpick break roll |
| Shadow Iron | Chance to automatically disarm a trap |
| Gold | Bonus loot when a chest is opened cleanly |
| Moonstone | Reveals the exact trap type |
| Obsidian | Increased chance to automatically disarm traps |
| Valorite | Faster lockpicking, improved Remove Trap effectiveness, increased break resistance |
| Silver | Highest lockpick break resistance |
Trapped Chests
Successfully picking all of the pins does not necessarily mean the chest is safe. If the chest contains a trap, the lock is exposed and the Remove Trap Gump will appear.
The gump displays:
- Your Remove Trap Skill
- Your Success Chance
- Remaining disarm attempts
- Remaining time
- Whether the trap is Magical or Mechanical
- The exact trap type when using a Moonstone Lockpick
You may then attempt to safely disarm the trap or choose to Force Open the chest.
Remove Trap
The Remove Trap skill is used to safely disarm trapped treasure chests. Harder chests contain more difficult traps and provide fewer attempts.
| Trap Difficulty | Attempts Allowed |
|---|---|
| Lower-tier traps | Up to 3 |
| Higher-tier traps | 2 |
Both successful and failed disarm attempts can provide Remove Trap skill gain. If you fail an attempt but still have attempts remaining, the trap stays armed and you may try again.
If your final attempt fails, the trap activates. A close failure may trigger the trap at reduced strength, while a more significant failure triggers it at full strength.
Force Open
You may choose to ignore the Remove Trap process and select Force Open.
Doing so immediately opens the chest and triggers the trap at full strength. This can be extremely dangerous on higher-level treasure chests.
Trap Types
Treasure chests may contain a variety of dangerous traps.
| Trap | Effect |
|---|---|
| Fire Burst | Explodes around the chest with heavy fire damage |
| Dagger Rain | Launches blades around the chest and may cause bleeding |
| Poison Dart | Strikes the opener with damage and poison |
| Poison Explosion | Damages and poisons nearby adventurers |
| Ice Rain | Deals cold damage, slows movement and may temporarily paralyze |
| Energy Surge | Deals heavy energy damage and drains mana |
| Fire Storm | Creates a large area of fiery explosions around the chest |
| Electric Madness | Deals heavy energy damage and temporarily reduces several combat and utility skills |
| Compound Trap | Combines two separate trap effects |
| Loot Corruption | Destroys a portion of gold and reagents inside eligible Enigma chests |
| Loot Annihilation | Rare trap capable of destroying most non-gold contents of an eligible Enigma Chest |
Trap damage is intentionally significant. Ignoring Remove Trap can result in severe injury or death.
Loot Destruction Rules
Loot-destroying traps are restricted to Enigma Chests.
- Treasure Chests can never receive Loot Corruption or Loot Annihilation
- Paragon Chests can never receive Loot Corruption or Loot Annihilation
- Loot Annihilation is exclusive to Enigma Chest 4
- Loot destruction traps are intentionally rare
Chest Types
The new Lockpicking and Remove Trap system is used by selected Dungeon Chests, Treasure Chests, and Paragon Chests.
Interrupted Attempts
Lockpicking and trap removal are designed to safely handle interrupted attempts.
Your attempt is cancelled if you:
- Close the gump
- Move too far away
- Lose line of sight
- Die
- Disconnect
The chest remains in its current state and may be worked on again later. Your lockpick is not consumed simply for cancelling an attempt.
Only one adventurer may actively work on a chest at a time.
Opening the Chest
The lockpick is consumed when the chest successfully completes its opening process.
Safely disarming the trap provides the safest way to access the chest. Players who choose to bypass Remove Trap should be prepared for the consequences.
Happy treasure hunting!