Fallout: New Vegas
75 Achievements
1655 XP
60-80h
Epic
Artful Pocketer
Pick 50 pockets.
15 XP
0.1%
How to unlock the Artful Pocketer achievement in Fallout: New Vegas - Definitive Guide
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The shop keep in the Vault 21 has some bubblegum that for some reason doesn't get removed when you pickpocket her. Wait until she is leaning against the wall near the counter, hide partially behind it with a stealthboy on and then pick her pocket when it says hidden. Do that about 2-3 times, save the game and repeat. She'll catch you sometimes so just reload the save if she does. Took me 10 mins. You'll need to back out of the picketpocket screen manually each time you attempt to take the bubblegum if she doesn't catch you.
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there must be a patch or something because my sneak is at 100 and i have the stealth suit and i was pit pocketing the lady at the gift shop and even though i kept walking away each time i pit pocketed i checked my pip boy and the count was still the same. so idk if mine was glitched or it was a fixed bug, but i had to pit pocket 50 different people in order to get the achievement. may-14-2020
By Supertray17 on 14 May 2020 08:58
awesome find! worked like a charm
By VengenZZZ6661 on 26 Oct 2010 08:21
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Another option I found extremely helpful, was using the same location, Vault 21 to pickpocket the bubble gum like others. Except I did it a little different. I only had a sneak on 64, and even using the stealth boy, I still was getting caught, no matter if she was sitting or leaning against the wall. Heres what I did.
Get behind her and pick pocket the bubble gum. If successful press select to wait an hour. This will also "autosave" your progress. If you dont return to her inventory screen, meaning shes catches you, press "start" and reload the auto save. Rinse and repeat until the achievement pops.
I found this way much faster plus as a bonus you wont lose and successful pickpockets by only saving after every 2or3.
Get behind her and pick pocket the bubble gum. If successful press select to wait an hour. This will also "autosave" your progress. If you dont return to her inventory screen, meaning shes catches you, press "start" and reload the auto save. Rinse and repeat until the achievement pops.
I found this way much faster plus as a bonus you wont lose and successful pickpockets by only saving after every 2or3.
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By far the best method. Also worked very well for me when she was sitting at the terminal.
By Skanker irl on 09 Dec 2012 11:29
Top tip - it worked best when she was sat down, and you can do it with the muttfruit, beer or bubble gum, they all stay in her inv.
I also had great fun after 50 pocket picks to stuff a time bomb in her pocket, most satisfactory :)
I also had great fun after 50 pocket picks to stuff a time bomb in her pocket, most satisfactory :)
By No 1 Richy on 06 Oct 2011 00:20
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You need to go to Vault 21 Hotel Gift Shop located at the end of the strip on New Vegas. It would be easier if you had a stealth boy. One isn't used in the video. What you do is find a girl named Sarah in the gift shop. In her pocket is some bubblegum that never goes away. Pick her pocket for the bubblegum, it won't leave her inventory, and it won't be added to you inventory, but it still counts. Manually leave the pickpocket screen, and save if it's successful. If you get caught, just load your save and try again. Keep doing this till you get the Artful Pocketer Achievement! :) Good luck!
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+1 for the video.
By Hoffman on 04 Nov 2010 09:59
Where's the video?
By WTG x RoCK STaR on 30 Mar 2019 23:26
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I'd say your best lifeline for getting this achievement is to have a slew of Stealth Boys on hand. Even with relatively low Sneak skill, a Stealth Boy is invaluable to have towards racking up your pickpocketing total. Stealth Boys can be hard to find in the Mojave Wasteland, but this entry on the Fallout Wiki should help tons: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Stealth_Boy_(Fallout:_New_Vega...).
After acquiring Stealth Boys, you need to get to some populated areas in order to rack up as many pickpockets as you can before the Stealth Boy wears off. Best bets are to go to the casinos on the New Vegas strip, or to other places such as the Great Khan Encampment or towns such as Novac or Primm.
Last word of advice is to have Lily as a companion, for the "Stealth Girl" perk doubles the duration of Stealth Boys.
After acquiring Stealth Boys, you need to get to some populated areas in order to rack up as many pickpockets as you can before the Stealth Boy wears off. Best bets are to go to the casinos on the New Vegas strip, or to other places such as the Great Khan Encampment or towns such as Novac or Primm.
Last word of advice is to have Lily as a companion, for the "Stealth Girl" perk doubles the duration of Stealth Boys.
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Just as some people have stated that you can repeatedly pickpocket bubblegum off of the shop keep in the Vault 21 gift store infinitely, there are several travelers in the actual vault.
Right down the second staricase there should be two groups of three talking amongst themselves, with high sneak or a stealth boy you can repeatedly move back and forth between them, saving after every group or two. Like the shop owner their items never disappear from their inventory so you can keep stealing from them until you get the achievement.
Just be careful to save often, being caught will result in the entire group becoming hostile upon detection.
Right down the second staricase there should be two groups of three talking amongst themselves, with high sneak or a stealth boy you can repeatedly move back and forth between them, saving after every group or two. Like the shop owner their items never disappear from their inventory so you can keep stealing from them until you get the achievement.
Just be careful to save often, being caught will result in the entire group becoming hostile upon detection.
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this worked for me:
1) Go to Novac.
2) Go to the mouth of the dinosaur and find Manny Vargas. You may have to wait a while.
3) Pickpocket ammo from him one at a time until you have Artful Pocketer.
This will not be so easy if you do not have at least one, preferably two, of the following:
1) A high Sneak skill
2) A Stealth Boy
3) Autosave on travel (this is the default. Unless you have changed it, it's on.)
Every few pickpockets, enter the door behind you to autosave. Then, if you get caught pickpocketing, let him kill you. It will reload from your autosave and you can continue with almost no inconvenience. If you have a companion with you, make sure there's no chance of them killing Manny. You can just have them wait in front of the store.
To ensure your pickpockets count, you can wait for the words "You've lost Karma!" to appear without gaining infamy or just check in your Pip-Boy
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1) Go to Novac.
2) Go to the mouth of the dinosaur and find Manny Vargas. You may have to wait a while.
3) Pickpocket ammo from him one at a time until you have Artful Pocketer.
This will not be so easy if you do not have at least one, preferably two, of the following:
1) A high Sneak skill
2) A Stealth Boy
3) Autosave on travel (this is the default. Unless you have changed it, it's on.)
Every few pickpockets, enter the door behind you to autosave. Then, if you get caught pickpocketing, let him kill you. It will reload from your autosave and you can continue with almost no inconvenience. If you have a companion with you, make sure there's no chance of them killing Manny. You can just have them wait in front of the store.
To ensure your pickpockets count, you can wait for the words "You've lost Karma!" to appear without gaining infamy or just check in your Pip-Boy
Thanks to Cyberwaste138 & RandomGameCrap
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In the New Vegas Strip you can pickpocket Walter Phebus an unlimited number of times provided you are not caught. The way to get the achievement is to save the game while you're hidden next to him. Use a stealth boy you'll need to have at least two, Pickpocket him save every time you are successful and when you get caught just load up your last save rinse and repeat.
Walter Phebus is located in the New Vegas Strip sitting on a concrete bench next to the LV8 building. Building has a Lucky 38 billboard sign right next to it.
You might want to save it twice once for loading back when you fail a pickpocket attempt another for once you get the achievement load up that second save when you didn't have all that bad karma for pick-pocketing.
Walter Phebus is located in the New Vegas Strip sitting on a concrete bench next to the LV8 building. Building has a Lucky 38 billboard sign right next to it.
You might want to save it twice once for loading back when you fail a pickpocket attempt another for once you get the achievement load up that second save when you didn't have all that bad karma for pick-pocketing.
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I completed this recently myself and found an obscenely easy way to do it.
-At the time I had about 75 stealth but it won’t matter too much.
-Go to any casino (I used Ghomorrah as they had plenty of ammo in their pockets)
-Use a stealth boy
Pretty much all I did was use the stealth boy, walk up to guards, pick pocket ONE bullet, then exit the menu and continue doing this. Every time the menu is opened and something is taken it counts as one instance of picking a pocket, and is minimum risk due to being a light or weightless item. If someone found me out, I’d just move on to the next as they were unable to find me. Rinse and repeat until completed! I thought I’d have to reload a save due to agro but they forgot after a couple of minutes.
**Note: It seemed that casings or hulls did not count for whatever reason.
-At the time I had about 75 stealth but it won’t matter too much.
-Go to any casino (I used Ghomorrah as they had plenty of ammo in their pockets)
-Use a stealth boy
Pretty much all I did was use the stealth boy, walk up to guards, pick pocket ONE bullet, then exit the menu and continue doing this. Every time the menu is opened and something is taken it counts as one instance of picking a pocket, and is minimum risk due to being a light or weightless item. If someone found me out, I’d just move on to the next as they were unable to find me. Rinse and repeat until completed! I thought I’d have to reload a save due to agro but they forgot after a couple of minutes.
**Note: It seemed that casings or hulls did not count for whatever reason.
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At the Vault 21 store on the strip the shopkeeper Sarah has some bubblegum that when picked doesn't leave her inventory. So to get this trophy quickly purchase\find a stealth boy and then wait until she is leaning against the wall. Activate the stealth boy and position yourself by the counter pointing towards her. When it says you are HIDDEN attempt to pick pocket that bubblegum. You will have to back out of the inventory screen each time. Repeat this 2 to 3 times, save game and repeat the pick pocketing and saving until you hit 50.
Might want to make a master save before hand if you want to avoid any karma changes. Works on Ultimate Edition also.
Might want to make a master save before hand if you want to avoid any karma changes. Works on Ultimate Edition also.
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Doesn't work on Ultimate Edition, tried it several times and she always finds me.
By SolaceCreed on 03 Aug 2020 13:01
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A fairly simple achievement to get level your character up to at least level 25 by then you should have enough points in stealth for this to be easy any stealth increasing armor will help as well such as the Chinese stealth armor. go to towns with mixed factions like the strip, Westside, The Thorn & Primm you can even pickpocket hostiles do this 50 times and the achievement is yours
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Use your Sneak skill to pilfer valuables from people’s pants. For best results, approach your target from behind while crouched to minimize the noise you make. Note that it is easier to pickpocket lower level or sleeping targets. Also, stealing one item at a time counts as an individual pickpocket attempt. Keep track of your progress on the Stats screen of your Pip-Boy.
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For this achievement you must pick pocket 50 items. You can pick pocket by crouching down and then tapping 
when hidden from the target. To maximize results, do it at night (if outside) with a high stealth level, low / no armor, and a stealth boy active if desired.
The best place to farm this achievement is within the Vault 21 reception area. The receptionist will have the item; "Bubblegum" on her person. If you pickpocket this item from her, the item will never go away, so you can continuously steal this from her. Having a high Stealth skill, using a StealthBoy makes this achievement go by much faster.
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A bit of a crappy trophy.
People advise stealing Sarah from shelter 21 (near Lucky 38) with stealth battles. She has endless bubblegums, which is very convenient. I advise you to stock up on 3-4 stealth battles, because I don’t use them out of habit, but here I didn’t have 2, I had to soak my ass and steal 15 times from random passers-by, which took quite a lot of time.
People advise stealing Sarah from shelter 21 (near Lucky 38) with stealth battles. She has endless bubblegums, which is very convenient. I advise you to stock up on 3-4 stealth battles, because I don’t use them out of habit, but here I didn’t have 2, I had to soak my ass and steal 15 times from random passers-by, which took quite a lot of time.
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We approach the victim from behind, use stealth combat and (preferably) stealth armor, which can be obtained and improved in DLC 3. We save and steal one cartridge at a time.
By XEP-KOTA on 24 Feb 2018 14:00
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You need to steal any item from someone else's pocket 50 times.
For theft, I advise you to dial Stealth 100 or stock up on stealth battles. It is best to steal from the simplest bots and the simplest objects. If you steal a weapon, your theft will fail 90% of the time. I advise you to save after each theft. If there are many items in the pocket you reached into, then steal one at a time. Each item will count as one theft.
The most suitable places for theft:
1. The Thorn (you can easily commit 20 thefts).
2. Hidden Valley (you can commit from 10 to 15 thefts).
3. Nellis Hangars (you can commit about 5 thefts in the Bombers' cafeteria)
4. Other cities where you are loved.
For theft, I advise you to dial Stealth 100 or stock up on stealth battles. It is best to steal from the simplest bots and the simplest objects. If you steal a weapon, your theft will fail 90% of the time. I advise you to save after each theft. If there are many items in the pocket you reached into, then steal one at a time. Each item will count as one theft.
The most suitable places for theft:
1. The Thorn (you can easily commit 20 thefts).
2. Hidden Valley (you can commit from 10 to 15 thefts).
3. Nellis Hangars (you can commit about 5 thefts in the Bombers' cafeteria)
4. Other cities where you are loved.