WoW Classic Lockpicking Guide

Lockpicking is a class skill in WoW Classic that only Rogues can learn. A high skill in Lockpicking allows your character to pick locks on chests and doors. To increase your skill in this ability, you need to level up Lockpicking. This WoW Classic Lockpicking Guide explains how to level Lockpicking from 1 to 300.

📂 WoW Classic > Rogue

📅 Last updated on February 16, 2024.

Leveling Lockpicking in Capitals in WoW Classic

In WoW Classic you can offer your services to pick locks as a  Rogue in a capital city. To do this, create a macro that you can use to post regularly in the chat. If your Lockpicking skill is very high, you can even charge gold for it or receive tips more often. This is particularly useful if you are standing in the city and, for example, waiting for an Onyxia head to be redeemed for the buff or have other downtimes.

While this isn’t a quick way to level up Lockpicking, now and then you’ll get chests that still give a skill point. Especially at the start of a new season in which many players level their characters at the same time.

Leveling Lockpicking from 1-90 in WoW Classic

To level up your Lockpicking class skill as a Rogue in WoW Classic from 1-90, the Redridge Mountains are suitable for Alliance players and The Barrens for Horde players.

Alliance Lockpicking in Redridge Mountains

As an Alliance player, go to the location marked on the following map in Redridge Mountains. When the Practice Lockboxes turn gray, you will find more in Lake Everstill (starting from skill level 70):

Horde Lockpicking in The Barrens

As a Horde player go to the ship in The Barrens where the  Rogue quest takes place:

You can level your Lockpicking skill higher than 90 in these places. Feel free to level your Lockpicking skill until the Practice Lockboxes are gray.

Leveling Lockpicking From 90 – 150 in WoW Classic

To level Lockpicking from 90 to 150 in WoW Classic, you can pick one of the following spots:

1. In Stonetalon Mountains there are a few Practice Lockboxes in the goblin camp at Windshear Crag just before the passage to Ashenvale. Some lockboxes require a skill level of 70 and some start at 110.
2. In Hillsbrad Foothills, you can find Practice Lockboxes in Durnholde Keep.
3. In Wetlands, you can find Practice Lockboxes a little north of Menethil near the Murlocs.
4. In Ashenvale, you can find Practice Lockboxes at Zoram Strand in the west.

Use these spots to level your lockpicking skill to 150. You have to fight some enemies in all of the places and the Practice Lockboxes are relatively scarce.

Leveling From 150 – 200 in WoW Classic

To level your lockpicking skill starting at level 150 the best location is Desolace. You’ll find “Waterlogged Footlocker” on the west coast of Desolace. They turn yellow at 175 and green at 200. Having underwater breathing or being an  Undead is very helpful while lockpicking these chests. You can get underwater breathing with  Underwater Breathing from a  Warlock or by using  Elixir of Water Breathing.

Without water breathing, you might want to switch to Badlands after reaching 175. Go to Angor Fortress south of Uldaman. Starting at 175 you can open the chests in the bottom part of the fortress.

Leveling Lockpicking from 200 – 250 in WoW Classic

You can level Lockpicking up to 250 in WoW Classic in Searing Gorge. You’ll find the lockboxes in an underground section. This is the same section where the Thorium Brotherhood quests lead you to. In the screenshot below you can see where the section is on the map of Searing Gorge:

Leveling Lockpicking From 250 – 300 in WoW Classic

To level Lockpicking from 250 to 300 in WoW Classic, you can open doors in Blackrock Depths. Enter the instance and open the following 3 doors and an optional lock:

1. After entering the instance, open the door to your left.
2. Now go through the door and turn right. Open the door in front of you.
3. Go through the door again and open the first door on the left.
4. In the room after the third door, you can also open the lock if you are 60. Below level 60 you have to test whether it works without accidentally pulling the enemies.

Then leave the instance, reset it, and start again. Remember that you can only reset an instance 5 times per hour. Either you take a break or extend your run to gold farming.