AMaturePerson wrote:I am new at this and all the things I've seen have not been very useful. All I want is the basics of how to open a lock. Combo, Key, ANYTHING. Please help and tell me things to look for, not just a load of technical terms.
So basically you want instructions on how to pick a lock without having to understand how anything works? Sure thing.
For the locks with the jaggy keys, insert one of the L-shaped things into the key hole and try to turn it. It won't turn much, but that's ok. You need to put a pick in there too... see, the L-shaped thing turns the lock and the pick moves the pins. Clever, right?
So, once your L-shaped thing is in the key hole, insert any pick (the things with the handles and the funny little ends on them) all the way into the key hole and wiggle the pins around while trying to turn the key hole very gently with your L-shaped thing. If any of this is too technical please let me know, I'd be glad to simplify things further.
As for what pick to use, just go for the one you like the look of most to start with. Wiggle it around until it works or until you get bored, whatever comes first... if it doesn't work then try the next one until you get one that opens the lock. If you get through them all and the lock doesn't open, unfortunately your lock is unpickable. But you should be able to open roughly 5% of locks with this approach. Best of luck
Oh and for combination locks, just try all the obvious combinations that people use first. A good trick is to ask google to suggest a cool combination for "you" to use for "your" (
) lock, and you can use those suggestions to try and guess it with! If none of those work, you'll just have to go through all the numbers while you watch a movie. Boring I know, but not as boring as having to learn about how they actually work!
Hope this helps buddy!
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I've only had luck in breaking the latches on cheap "hardend" combo locks... I love puzzles and not being able to do this bugs me...