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Focus on the Tasks at Hand

Focus on the Tasks at Hand

Picked a pocket and a lock using the focus ability

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How to unlock the Focus on the Tasks at Hand achievement in Thief - Definitive Guide

You have to max out your dexterity using focus points to do this.

When you go to pick a lock, hit Y to start focus and you'll see tumblers. Go ahead and pick the lock.

Now find someone to pickpocket, hit Y, relieve them of their cash.

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28 Feb 2014 16:11

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Perfect spot for this is the end of chapter 7 , don't really want to elaborate in case of spoilers but the situation is there on a plate for this achievement, and it should be fairly obvious when it happens smile
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By Calex dEUS on 06 Mar 2014 17:23
Ugh, so no way to change my settings in the middle of a play-through? I did my first play-through with focus disabled (for the 700 point custom difficulty achievement). Is there any way to re-enable that or do I need to start up a new play-through and get to chapter 2?
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By Weezleram on 24 May 2014 15:06
which settings do you mean? I just played on normal and it all worked fine. You can have multiple saves, right? Can you not use a different save slot and then go back to your 700pt game?
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By SneakyStabbalot on 25 May 2014 05:48
I think he meant to ask if he could do it without having to restart the game on normal. Me having completed the game on a custom difficulty to get other achievements find it annoying to have to replay it until i can max my dexterity...
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By Ellejee on 24 Jun 2014 05:26
You just press Y, note that not everyone carries stuff to pickpocket, and I think they have to be alive and standing when you do it
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By SneakyStabbalot on 22 Mar 2015 18:58
pickpocket is X. I did a pickpocket and then picked a lock without leaving focus - I did NOT get this achievement.
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By Shadow XBL on 23 Mar 2015 03:29
Looks like u gotta upgrade dexterity before it counts
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By Y2Kasper10 on 30 Dec 2018 05:18
It's kind of odd that the game forces you to upgrade in order to unlock the achievement. Clearly it can de done without the upgrade.
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By Darkness727420 on 05 Sep 2019 02:14
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In order to get this achievement, you must pick pocket a guard and then successfully pick a lock.

The easiest area to do this is on Chapter 2. HOWEVER! You cannot do this right away. You need to have your skills upgraded, notably, your dexterity.

You can pay to get upgrade points at the old hag near the start of chapter 2. They are costly, so bring lots of coin.

Here is an awesome video (credited to the amazing PowerPyx) demostrating how to get this achievement right at the beginning of chapter 2.

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16 Sep 2015 17:39

To be safe, max out Dexterity in the focus upgrades, as I tried numerous times with no success with one point invested in it. After you have Dexterity maxed out just find a lock that needs picking and find someone weighed down by their coin purse. The rest is cake.

As of this morning I can confirm that you need Dexterity maxed out to net this trophy, as it changes the lock pick minigame when focus is active.
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26 Feb 2014 07:25

Focus allows you to easily spot collectibles, objects you can interact with and also slows down time. To use you focus ability you press the button. Before you can obtain this achievement you must first use two focus points to level up your Dexterity focus ability. Focus points become available after you visit the Queen of Beggars just prior to beginning Chapter 2, after you visit she will automatically award you with one focus point and the ability to purchase more from her with a donation of gold. You can go directly back to her and purchase one more point allowing you to fully upgrade dexterity. Once you have done that you just need to pick a pocket and a lock whilst in focus mode and the achievement will unlock.

You don’t have to do both during a single activation of your focus ability.

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You will need to purchase Focus Upgrades for this trophy, specifically Dexterity II. You can purchase focus upgrades after completing Chapter 1 from the Queen of Beggars ( on your City map).

Once you’ve purchased them, simply activate your focus ability via before you pickpocket a guard and lockpick a door/chest. You probably won’t notice a difference when pickpocketing with focus on (you supposedly loot faster) but when you’re lockpicking, initiating focus mode grants you the ability to see “inside” the lock you’re picking.

Note that you do not have to do these two tasks consecutively; you can do it at different times. Do both tasks to unlock this trophy.

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

 

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You can unlock this achievement after buying focus upgrades, you'll need one that makes you pick all pockets at once and one that makes you see mechanisms of locks. Then find a target with at least two pockets to steal from, use the focus and pick both pockets at once. Then find any lock, use focus and solve the minigame and the achievement should pop up.
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23 Apr 2023 00:00

Focus allows you to easily spot collectibles, objects you can interact with and also slows down time. To use you focus ability you press the button. Before you can obtain this achievement you must first use two focus points to level up your Dexterity focus ability. Focus points become available after you visit the Queen of Beggars just prior to beginning Chapter 2, after you visit she will automatically award you with one focus point and the ability to purchase more from her with a donation of gold. You can go directly back to her and purchase one more point allowing you to fully upgrade dexterity. Once you have done that you just need to pick a pocket and a lock whilst in focus mode and the achievement will unlock.

You don’t have to do both during a single activation of your focus ability.

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The description under the trophy reads: "Use concentration to pickpocket and pick a lock."
However, not everything is so simple. In order to get this trophy, you need to beat the game until the moment when Grandma the Lady of the Beggars appears.

We go to its location in the church, make a donation and get the opportunity to increase concentration skills. We pump up the second item from the top called “Dexterity” all the way, after which we get the opportunity to “look inside the locking mechanisms.”

All that remains is to rob someone and pick the lock with your concentration turned on.

You can see how all this is done here: https://youtu.be/GqNFNWjOVd8
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01 Mar 2014 15:43