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Quickly Pick a Lucky Lock

Quickly Pick a Lucky Lock

Picked a lock with masterful speed

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How to unlock the Quickly Pick a Lucky Lock achievement in Thief - Definitive Guide

To make this easier do this after the prologue (because it wont let you save in game), save infront of a door/lock that needs to be picked. Now go ahead and pick the lock, but memorize the analog locations in which you need to set the pin. Once memorized just reload the save and pick the lock with speed now knowing where to place the pin with left analog stick.
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25 Feb 2014 19:39

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Is using focus going to help for that ?
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By JungleWookiee on 26 Feb 2014 09:01
In all honesty I can imagine the focus where you slow time down can help, but seeing as how I am also going for the achievement where you can't activate focus before the last level I am not quite sure
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By GIO42 on 26 Feb 2014 12:05
GIO42, removed my previous comment and up voted. It was my ineptitude causing the problem, not your solution. This solution works 100%.

Thanks!
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By BigBoomKC on 26 Feb 2014 15:21
Glad I can help!
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By GIO42 on 26 Feb 2014 16:14
Nice solution got mine in chapter 5, I had a desk and a cabinet to work on in the same room both had 3 pins.
I could not get it to pop on the desk facepalm pins where set to 12 o'clock 3 and 9.
Got it to pop on the cabinet clap they where set to 9 o'clock 11 and 7 way easier pins all on one side didn't have to throw the stick all over the place like on the desk.
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By SENTINAL 107 on 26 May 2014 22:38
So, I've done this several times now with speed. I save right before, find the right combo to unlock, reload the save and do it again quick, but the achievement is not unlocking. All I'm doing is pushing the cn_LS in the correct direction and hitting the cn_RT, but it's not working. Does anyone have any tips that could possibly help me?
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By KingJamerscore on 27 Feb 2015 13:17
I want to add that I think if you mess with the lock to learn where the spots are, and then cancel the lockpicking to save I think that will make it so the achievement won't unlock. I was picking the first locked gate in Chapter 1 over and over after I did that, but as soon as I got to the second locked thing and made a save before I messed with it I got it first try.
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By ThaDevilzHand on 26 Aug 2016 20:41
Simple words. u have to unlock 3 pins within 5 seconds. u can even fail during 5 seconds
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By LaughinGuo on 27 Oct 2020 20:22
I have done it 10x times. In less than 2 seconds. Won't unlock.
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By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 23 Aug 2022 12:59
Fuck me... it has to be a 3 pin lock.
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By GR34TD3STR0Y3R on 23 Aug 2022 13:09
I'm playing on master difficulty, tried on different locks and they stay the same. Are you moving the analog away thinking it's not going to be in the same spot, I can see people messing up there thinking they aren't going fast enough.
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By GIO42 on 26 Feb 2014 05:22
This method works but wait a few seconds to see if the achievement unlocks. Did this in Area 8, Blackfurrow, just under lady Marigold's apt. (section 9), in the city. Just north of the Watch Council office. Playing on Thief level and did not use focus. The wooden doorway is down a flight of stone steps & no guards there. Simple three circle lock.
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By Marine1Ten on 27 Feb 2014 03:13
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First chapter right after you pass the man who is talking to the corpse on the table, there is a gate you need to unlock. Save the game before you pick the lock and memorize the analog pattern for it, once you unlock it reload your save and try to immediately land on the 'sweet spot'. Might take one or two tries to get but that's all you need to do.

For example to unlock the door for me it was

Bottom left
Bottom right
Top right
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26 Feb 2014 04:12

The term 'Lucky Lock' refers to any lock you find throughout the game that can be picked with Garret's tools. To obtain this achievement, you have to complete the pick right in under five seconds. A good trick to utilize is to find a lock, perform a quick save, then attempt the pick. Take note of the positions each spring is located at, for example, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock. After you've memorized the springs' locations, reload your save and quickly pick the lock again. If you do it quick enough, you will unlock the achievement.

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The term 'Lucky Lock' refers to any lock you find throughout the game that can be picked with Garret's tools. To obtain this achievement, you have to complete the pick right in under five seconds. A good trick to utilize is to find a lock, perform a quick save, then attempt the pick. Take note of the positions each spring is located at, for example, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock. After you've memorized the springs' locations, reload your save and quickly pick the lock again. If you do it quick enough, you will unlock the achievement.

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As per the trophy description, unlocking this trophy requires you to pick a lock at masterful speed. Lockpicking involves maneuvering your pins through a series of 3-5 "pins/holes via the until you've found the sweet spot, and then pressing to lock a pin in place before moving towards the next hole. A pin/hole will turn blue when you've found the sweet spot.

Masterful speed entails picking each hole in a lock knowing ahead of time which direction you should adjust your pin, advancing through each hole (pointing towards the correct direction before moving on towards the next one), all the while doing this perfectly without any mistakes. That said, you should attempt this trophy only after you've purchased the Lockpick Quality upgrades from a tavern merchant, as these upgrades will increase the range of the sweet spots during lockpicks. The sweet spots for 3-pin locks are also much bigger than the 4 or 5-pin ones, so you'll also want to attempt the trophy on those instead.

Go to any chest or door that requires lockpicking (stuff you've picklocked before will require you to pick it again), make a quick save, and attempt to perfectly pick the lock. Repeat the checkpoint as needed until you've done it perfectly.

For those who prefer visual aid, please refer to the video below courtesy of PowerPyx:

 

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The trophy is knocked out even without concentration.
To do this, select any lock in the game (it’s easier to do it with a lock with 3 points that need to be fixed). Approach the lock, save, and begin to hack the mechanism as usual, simultaneously remembering the desired position for each fixation point.
Next, you launch the last save, the fixation points will remain the same for this lock, as those that you memorized during the first hack.
All that remains is to quickly use the L-stick to indicate the desired direction for the three points, fix them as quickly as possible, and after that the trophy will appear.
The trophy can only be obtained after the prologue , because... Only after it does it become possible to save.
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28 Feb 2014 15:38

5 Comments
Just take any lock with 3 points and do this: Left stick left, right, left. I don’t know why, but almost every lock I have is broken this way.
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By ExiLe__HappyJack on 02 Mar 2014 13:20
It is not necessary to remember the location of the master keys and get into trouble. I got this achievement in Chapter 1. Let's approach a simple lock (3 hacking points) and after the first hacked point, quickly change the direction of the stick (up, left, right, down) while holding it like that. In this case, the hacking point is immediately highlighted, all that remains is to hold down RT.
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By Psycho4fun on 25 Mar 2014 09:48
the saving chip has been fixed - now every time you load a save, a new lock combination, now the trophy can be obtained either with the help of concentration, or by pumping up the sensitivity when opening locks to the 2nd level from the seller in the tavern
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By mig9 on 07 Dec 2015 12:21
A convenient place for training is during a bank robbery (side quest), in the hall in front of the entrance to the main vault and a bunch of locked cells. In the center there is a cabinet in which you can save and then open the cells an unlimited number of times.
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By Zdets on 17 Jun 2017 11:46
You can get the trophy very easily on the additional task from Hector “Handmade”. There is a safe in the basement of the studio, we save before breaking into the safe, remember the position we need. Reboot, hack and get the trophy. The safe must be cracked without making mistakes.
PS I also tried to get the trophy on the second floor when I hacked the table, but the trophy did not fall out, although I hacked the table faster than the safe.
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By Sanua_Takobes on 15 May 2021 19:17
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It's simple to get this trophy - just pick the lock with concentration.
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23 Feb 2014 12:15