Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: How does lockpicking work?

Learn how to lockpick any door or chest in KCD2

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How does lockpicking work in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Players returning to Henry’s story from the first game will be very familiar with the art of lockpicking, but if you’re just starting at Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 , then lockpicking can be a bit of a mystery the first time you try it. Even so-called “Very Easy” locks will prove a challenge if you’re unsure of exactly what you’re meant to do to pick the lock.

In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know about how to lockpick in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 . We’ll explain the lockpicking minigame and how it works, as well as the different lockpick difficulty levels, how to get more lockpicks, and various Perks that will help you when attempt to stick your nose (or thieving fingers) where they don’t belong.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 lockpicking explained

When you encounter a locked door or chest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, you can move up to it and hold the interact button ( E by default) to attempt to pick the lock. For this, you’ll need at least one lockpick in your inventory - preferably several, because lockpicks can break quite often while attempting harder lockpicking tasks.

When you start lockpicking, you’ll see a screen with a large circular representation of the lock in the centre. There are two parts to the lockpicking minigame in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2:

1. First, move the cursor around to find the correct starting position.
2. Second, rotate the lock and keep the cursor in the right position all the way around the circle.

Let’s break this down. The first step is to find the correct starting position. As you move your cursor around, you’ll see that the circle of your cursor gets larger or smaller. The larger it is, the closer you are to the correct position. When you find the correct position, the cursor will turn gold.

Once your cursor is gold, the second phase begins. You must hold D (or LT on controller) to rotate the lock. The outer line of the lock has a gap somewhere along its circumference, and to succeed at the lockpicking attempt, you need to get that gap to the very top, where the locking pin is.

You can view this handy primer screen from the “Help” menu in-game. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver

The hard part is that as you’re rotating the lock, you need to move the cursor so that it stays in exactly the same position relative to the lock. This means you need to move your cursor in a circular motion to keep it in the right place. Otherwise, the lock will start to jam as you’re rotating it, and the risk of your lockpick breaking increases.

If it helps, imagine there’s an invisible hole right where your gold cursor is. The hole is only just larger than the golden circle of your cursor. And as you rotate the lock, the hole will rotate with it, so you need to move the cursor to keep it within the hole.

This is made harder by the fact that there’s some automatic jitter in your cursor, so the movement won’t be entirely smooth. However, the higher your Thievery Skill, the smoother the movement will become, making it easier to pick more difficult locks.

Lockpicking difficulty levels

There are five difficulty levels of locks that you can attempt to lockpick: Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, and Very Hard. As the difficulty increases, two things happen:

• The visuals of the lock change, giving you fewer reference points to help you keep the cursor in the right spot.
• The margin of error for keeping the cursor in the correct position decreases; the “invisible hole” becomes smaller.

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In addition, you’re only able to even attempt to lockpick certain locks if your Thievery Skill is high enough. So at the beginning of the game, you won’t be able to open Hard or Very Hard locks until you level up your Thievery Skill. For more information on this, check out our guide on how to open hard locks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 .

Check your surroundings before lockpicking

Lockpicking makes noise every time you get snagged, even momentarily, in the lock. And if you happen to break a lockpick, that sound travels even further. If anyone in the vicinity hears you, they will come and investigate, so you should try to make sure that no one is nearby when you try to pick a lock.

There is a Perk you can unlock to help in this regard. Once you hit Thievery Level 6, you can unlock the “Silent Fiddler” Perk, which makes you much quieter when lockpicking, and reduces the sound of a lockpick breaking by 75%.

How to get lockpicks in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Lockpicks are fairly easy to come by in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, which is good because if you’re attempting a very difficult lock, you’ll likely break several lockpicks before succeeding.

Lockpicks can be purchased from a variety of vendors, most commonly Blacksmiths. You can easily purchase them from Blacksmith Radovan in Tachov early on in the game. Otherwise, lockpicks are often found as loot inside chests, particularly in bandit or poacher camps.

If you return periodically to the practice chest in Lower Semine Mill that Kreyzl suggests you practice on, you’ll find it refills with a small handful of lockpicks, giving you a limitless supply, albeit dripfed over time.

This practice lockpicking chest can be found in the barn next to Kreyzl’s house. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver

You cannot directly forge lockpicks via blacksmithing. However, there are two Perks you can unlock to get you more lockpicks:

• Tool Master (Thievery) - 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 (Craftsmanship) - 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.

This second Perk is particularly useful, because it means you’ll get extra lockpicks as an added bonus every time you forge any item at a smithy. Once you’ve unlocked this Perk, you should find that you’re never short of lockpicks when you need them.

That’s wrap on our guide to lockpicking in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. If you need more help with your adventures in Bohemia, we’ve got you covered. Check out our guides on how to get a horse , how to get money fast and how to fast travel . We’ve also got pages on the best Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 class and the game’s main quests .

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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