Lockpicking in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines allows you to enter places that maybe you shouldn’t. We’ll break down how this works and tell you how to make your character better at it.
How to Lockpick in Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines
Lockpicking in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is fairly simple. Unlike in other games, there’s no minigame or anything like that for lockpicking. Lockpicking is entirely a stat check in this game.
To lockpick, you’ll require a lockpick first of all. You get a free one from the tutorial. If you skip the tutorial, you can buy a lockpick from Trip’s Pawnshop in Santa Monica. It costs $90 to buy.
When you finally have a lockpick, though, you just have to approach whatever you wish to lockpick. Interact with what you want to lockpick and your character will start lockpicking it automatically. If your character is skilled enough for the lock, they will successfully pick the lock. Be careful that you aren’t caught by other characters when attempting to lockpick, however.
Making your Character Better at Lockpicking
Your character’s lockpicking ability is governed by their Dexterity Attribute and Security Ability. Basically, your lockpicking ability is a combination of both stats. For example, 3 Dexterity and 3 Security combine to give you a lockpicking skill of 6. They both also carry the same weight, so 5 Dexterity and 1 Security would also give you a lockpicking skill of 6. You can increase these stats by leveling up or finding manuals across the game world.
The Frozen Throne was one of the RTS games I previously played, and I recall playing the campaign and going up against the undead only to discover that you actually sided with the undead in the end. Given the discussion of the undead, some of you may be familiar with necromancy in Spellforce. If you’re lacking the fourth ingredient and are unsure of how to obtain it, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered.
The 4th Ingredient Slot For Necromancy
It is important to note that you may complete all Necromancy concoctions, even Tier 3 units, with just the initial three ingredients. To make some of the more challenging undead, you will undoubtedly require higher quality ingredients.
However, if you have advanced in the game sufficiently to obtain the more valuable resources, you do not need the fourth ingredient.
Open your Grimoire to see the location of the fourth ingredient for necromancy. When you’re in the Grimoire, use the tabs at the bottom of the screen to go to the Necromancy page; the icon is a malevolent hand emerging from the ground.
There are a number of challenges there, and each one provides a prize. The first three tests concern spells. After successfully completing the first three tasks, you receive the Summon Necromancer Minions, Soul Cage, and Soul Catcher.
But the Soul Well, a unique room, can only be accessed by completing the final task. You will receive new prizes as you unlock this room and add it to your tower, such as weekly souls, an extra army stack space, and the option to utilize a fourth ingredient when summoning undead creatures using necromancy.