Learn Pick Lock · player level 16+
Visit Osborne the Night Man in Stormwind City, or another Rogue trainer. Learn Pick Lock and put it on your action bar.
Reference base training fee: 18
· check the trainer's current price
Lockpicking 1–350 — Profession guides · WoW TBC
Rogue only
NoteTBC Rogue skill · learn from level 16. Maximum skill = player level ×5, capped at 350. No profession rank purchases.MoreLess
Track progress for: Shared progressSave a character in the talent calculator to keep its own progress. Talent calculator
349 skill points remainingOpening attempts vary
Player level 70+To reach your target skill
Toolkit purchase: 15One reusable toolkit; quests may provide it free
Practice checklist
0/11 steps completed · completing a step includes earlier steps
Carry Thieves’ Tools
Keep one toolkit in your bags. It is not consumed. Check your Rogue practice quest for a free set, or buy one from a supplies vendor. Use Pick Lock on the box; opening it with a key does not train Lockpicking.
1–100
Practice Lockboxes at Alther's Mill
Opening requirement: 1+ · Player level 20+ to finish this range · Redridge Mountains
Open the practice boxes inside Alther’s Mill north of Lake Everstill.
View on map100–150
Waterlogged Footlockers · Zoram Strand
Opening requirement: 70+ · Player level 30+ to finish this range · Ashenvale
Follow the Zoram Strand shoreline and open suitable footlockers. Check the lock color and keep moving if a box is unavailable.
View on map150–175
Battered Footlockers · Angor Fortress
Opening requirement: 150+ · Player level 35+ to finish this range · Badlands
Practice on the battered footlockers in the upper section of Angor Fortress.
View on map175–200
Dented Footlockers · Angor Fortress
Opening requirement: 175+ · Player level 40+ to finish this range · Badlands
Move to the lower section for dented footlockers once your skill meets their opening requirement.
View on map200–225
Dented Footlockers · Lower Slag Pit
Opening requirement: 200+ · Player level 45+ to finish this range · Searing Gorge
Use the lower Slag Pit locks while working toward 225. Pickpocket suitable nearby humanoids for additional junkboxes.
View on map225–250
Dented Footlockers · Upper Slag Pit
Opening requirement: 225+ · Player level 50+ to finish this range · Searing Gorge
At 225 use the harder footlockers in the upper Slag Pit. Read the Locked tooltip before each attempt.
View on map250–300
Blackrock Depths locks & Heavy Junkboxes
Opening requirement: 250+ · Player level 60+ to finish this range · Blackrock Mountain approach
Travel through Blackrock Mountain to Blackrock Depths. Use Pick Lock on accessible dungeon locks and open Heavy Junkboxes from eligible humanoids. The map shows the approach, not a dungeon-floor route. Check individual lock requirements; reset limits and repeat-lock rules apply, so no hourly skill rate is promised.
View on map300–325
Wicker Chests
Opening requirement: 300+ · Player level 65+ to finish this range · Zangarmarsh
Practice on Wicker Chests in Daggerfen Village, Zangarmarsh. The client lock requires 300 skill. Chest availability and respawn times vary; no hourly skill rate is assumed.
View on map325–350
Outland locks and Strong Junkboxes
Opening requirement: 325+ · Player level 70+ to finish this range · Hellfire Peninsula / Outland
Pick Pocket eligible Outland humanoids for Strong Junkboxes and open them with Pick Lock. The client requires 325 Lockpicking. The map is an area overview; drops and hourly skill gains are not guaranteed.
View on mapWhile practicing
- Check the lock’s difficulty before opening. Opening requirements are not skill-up guarantees; grey locks do not improve the skill.
- If progress stops at your level ×5, level your character before continuing. No Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert or Artisan training is needed.
- World containers can be contested and dungeon enemies dangerous. Take a group where needed. Repeated locks and instance resets follow server rules; this guide does not assume unlimited instant skill gains.
Only one reusable toolkit is needed. If a quest gave you one, enter Owned = 1. Base vendor prices exclude reputation discounts; trainer fees and travel are separate from toolkit purchases. Junkboxes are not assigned invented market prices or drop rates.
Materials & prices
Enter a price for any material. Priced costs update immediately.
Material purchases remaining 15
Thieves' Tools
Vendor
×1required
Price per item
Missing
1
15
Owned supplies reduce purchases. Blank prices stay unknown; zero means free. Skill-book and training fees are listed separately in the guide.
Reference base training fee: 18 · only when learning Pick Lock
Minimum opening skills from the Classic client. These are opening requirements, not recommended leveling ranges or confirmed drop locations.
Pickpocketed junkboxes
Battered JunkboxRequires Lockpicking 1 · Skill requirement metWorn JunkboxRequires Lockpicking 70 · More skill needed
Sturdy JunkboxRequires Lockpicking 175 · More skill neededHeavy JunkboxRequires Lockpicking 250 · More skill needed
Khorium LockboxRequires Lockpicking 325 · More skill neededLooted lockboxes
Ornate Bronze LockboxRequires Lockpicking 1 · Skill requirement metHeavy Bronze LockboxRequires Lockpicking 25 · More skill neededIron LockboxRequires Lockpicking 70 · More skill neededStrong Iron LockboxRequires Lockpicking 125 · More skill neededSteel LockboxRequires Lockpicking 175 · More skill neededReinforced Steel LockboxRequires Lockpicking 225 · More skill neededMithril LockboxRequires Lockpicking 225 · More skill neededThorium LockboxRequires Lockpicking 225 · More skill neededEternium LockboxRequires Lockpicking 225 · More skill neededHow it works
Suggested practice ranges are combined with client lock requirements and original location references. No exact opening count, skill-up probability, drop rate or hourly leveling speed is assumed. Costs cover one toolkit and a separately labelled training reference. Progress is stored locally, separated by game version and selected Rogue.